ANNOUNCEMENT Fleet Carriers Update - BETA BLOWOUT

thistle

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AylaVue said:
I'm with The Yamiks and his "Remove the upkeep" take.
Sure it's Immersive. However, if people are selling fleets to buy one, what makes you think they'll be able to keep it for very long?
The frustration will just set in sooner of not having all your old fav ships to park on the FC. I see some complaining 5 Billion is hard to obtain, while I would argue 1 billion is hard to obtain, and even more would come in with 1 million is hard to obtain.

The Yamiks mentioned - once you're able to buy and upgrade one let that be your badge of game completion by removing a weekly upkeep. I agree with that and think it fits more with the rest of the game because my crew on my ship is always there. They are happy to serve under my command and they signed on knowing they get paid as WE get paid.
Upgrades to the ship should be the only cost besides fuel. Once it's yours it's yours! This would make those 5 month treks around the galaxy a lot more fun and involved without the added salt of "I HAVE to log into Elite and spend hours grinding today because I bought the Fleet Carrier".
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Actually how about we don't base any game mechanics on the views of Yamiks, if fdev changed the carriers to be exactly what he suggests it would still result in a new video which would call the new version "disgusting" or similar.

So ... yeah, no. Boink.
 

zimms

zimms
I'd say "discuss the post, not the poster" should also apply if it's Yamik's opinion.

I also think upkeep is a bad idea. As was making carriers stations instead of POIs. Are my opinions automatically invalid as soon as Yamiks happens to agree with any of them?
 

thistle

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zimms said:
I'd say "discuss the post, not the poster" should also apply if it's Yamik's opinion.

I also think upkeep is a bad idea. As was making carriers stations instead of POIs. Are my opinions automatically invalid as soon as Yamiks happens to agree with any of them?
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Cool. I disagree with making changes to the game on the basis of the opinions of someone who would no doubt then attack those same changes.

If you agree with the changes someone else supports, that's fine by me. They may even be good changes.
 

Klearoflauge

Klearoflauge
Greetings fellow commanders.
Missing something for sure here,
but when someone sells Tritium to my carrier or any commodity...
how do I get it out without buying it from my own carrier?
 

Chug

Chug
Stephen Benedetti said:


Greetings Commanders,


Tied up too many credits in ships and modules to buy a Fleet Carrier this Beta? We have you covered with the BETA BLOWOUT!


Starting from 21 May at 10:00 UTC and lasting until the end of the Beta (26 May), Fleet Carriers will cost a mere 1 million credits and ALL Additional Services will be reduced to 100 credits per service!

We hope that you all get a chance to jump into the Beta over the weekend and show us what you can do with your very own Fleet Carrier!


Please note: The Beta Blowout costs for Fleet Carriers DO NOT reflect the final prices when they are released in June.


o7 Commanders!
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We understand that the reason for maintenance costs will reduce the amount of unused or abandoned FC in game.....Just an idea I have, to do the same, but without the loss of your FC.
Would it be possible to apply to decommission (including fees) the FC for a minimum timeframe, removing it temporarily from the live server until the owner returns ? This could possibly limit the amount of FC in game. Just a thought....


Stephen Benedetti said:


Greetings Commanders,


Tied up too many credits in ships and modules to buy a Fleet Carrier this Beta? We have you covered with the BETA BLOWOUT!


Starting from 21 May at 10:00 UTC and lasting until the end of the Beta (26 May), Fleet Carriers will cost a mere 1 million credits and ALL Additional Services will be reduced to 100 credits per service!

We hope that you all get a chance to jump into the Beta over the weekend and show us what you can do with your very own Fleet Carrier!


Please note: The Beta Blowout costs for Fleet Carriers DO NOT reflect the final prices when they are released in June.


o7 Commanders!
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We understand that the reason for maintenance costs will reduce the amount of unused or abandoned FC in game.....Just an idea I have, to do the same, but without the loss of your FC.
Would it be possible to apply to decommission (including fees) the FC for a minimum timeframe, removing it temporarily from the live server until the owner returns ? This could possibly limit the amount of FC in game. Just a thought....
 

anpade

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Hello, i am playing ED on PC via Steam and can´t access the Beta. For several days i tried but after choosing Beta (Horizons) in the launcher the message appear "Can´t connect with the authentication server"... (translated from german). Any ideas out there commanders?
 

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Langhorne

Langhorne
anpade said:
Hello, i am playing ED on PC via Steam and can´t access the Beta. For several days i tried but after choosing Beta (Horizons) in the launcher the message appear "Can´t connect with the authentication server"... (translated from german). Any ideas out there commanders?
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As posted elsewhere.

To resolve this issue, please do the following:
1) Open the Launcher
2) Click Options -> Log Out Machine - It’s important to use Log Out Machine, and not just Log Out!
3) Restart Launcher and fill in your details and log into game

I didn't link to Steam when given the option. Instead, I went with Frontier (Elite Dangerous) logon name and password.
 

Langhorne

Langhorne
Klearoflauge said:
Greetings fellow commanders.
Missing something for sure here,
but when someone sells Tritium to my carrier or any commodity...
how do I get it out without buying it from my own carrier?
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There's a Transfer option in the Inventory section of the right-hand panel. Use it to make the transfer to your ship. After confirming the transfer and before you exit the Transfer menu, click on the Cancel button (which is kind of a bug and might get changed eventually).
 

Klearoflauge

Klearoflauge
Langhorne said:
There's a Transfer option in the Inventory section of the right-hand panel. Use it to make the transfer to your ship. After confirming the transfer and before you exit the Transfer menu, click on the Cancel button (which is kind of a bug and might get changed eventually).
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thank you
 

anpade

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Langhorne said:
As posted elsewhere.

To resolve this issue, please do the following:
1) Open the Launcher
2) Click Options -> Log Out Machine - It’s important to use Log Out Machine, and not just Log Out!
3) Restart Launcher and fill in your details and log into game

I didn't link to Steam when given the option. Instead, I went with Frontier (Elite Dangerous) logon name and password.
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Worked fine :) Thank you very much. Sorry for not searching by myself...
 

TorTorden_VR

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That's precisely what the blow out is for.

To stress and see exactly how many carriers it will take for the servers and systems to "blowout".

You didn't expect betas be fun did you?
 

CMDR Waltor64

CMDR Waltor64
Ralph Vargr said:
2315 CDT Sunday 24 May 2020. Beta is pretty much over, most who wanted to try a carrier have.

June will reveal just how many carriers will be in game. Does anyone expect an increase in carrier popularity? :)
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I had no interest and figured for a million and a non-consquential beta I'd give it a try. Now I am seriously considering it.
 

Hooplah

Hooplah
Five days to get experienced Elite players for the last six years to figure out all the issues with the upcoming fleet carrier providing low cost to fly the thing? Who at Frontier decided this was a good idea letting new players with little experience comment. Maybe because the players for years who know the game never get a connection with the Devs working out all the issues. Big mistake not using the players who know this game and Frontier is so secretive costing millions in 2020 to develop a game. But for some crazy reason we are willing to help.

Space games developed in the UK are often more about legal issues. Frontier: First Encounters released in April of 1995 took a few lawyers to release it. Nineteen years later after all the UK legal issues we have Elite Dangerous. Enjoy how we got to this moment in the most accurate version flying around the Milky Way galaxy. There are payers out here that now a lot more about the galaxy then I suspect most of these young programmers have any clue.
 
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gazelle

gazelle
Hooplah said:
Five days to get experienced Elite players for the last six years to figure out all the issues with the upcoming fleet carrier ...
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Python: 
from dateutil.parser import isoparse

for beta, start, stop in (
    ("Beta3.7-1", "2020-04-07T11:00Z", "2020-04-20T11:00Z"),
    ("Beta3.7-2", "2020-05-11T11:00Z", "2020-05-26T11:00Z")
):
    print(f"{beta} runtime: {isoparse(stop)-isoparse(start)}")
Beta3.7-1 runtime: 13 days, 0:00:00
Beta3.7-2 runtime: 15 days, 0:00:00
 

sedilbur

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Oh bete has ended...could not participate to the blowout objective...

Anything, I never planed to grind credits anyway :)

To all griefers with enough funds ... i am sure the next blowout will start with the launch ^^ Frontier dev's will be on PLS for a while :)

I hope new erra is real content for all players [...]
 
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