Don't need VR Legs, but since Odyssey won't even allow VR Flight, guess this is end of the road for many :/

[Scydone]

Bummer. I've enjoyed Elite Dangerous since beta in VR with the Dev Kit 2. Playing in VR has been nothing short of extraordinary. Many nights my wife and kiddos were in bed and I'd be up late living a dream in space. I thought that ED would at LEAST allow us VR players to continue to FLY in vr still with Odyssey, and then we can choose to swap out our headset for pancake planet movement. I have a flight seat, so my monitor and seated position would work perfectly to allow for quick VR headset removal to then continue with mouse and keyboard. Not ideal, but I would at least enjoy much of the game in VR.

I realize I'm in the minority, being a VR user AND having a flight seat. ED in VR, while not as popular as pancake folks, is still THE sim experience in Virtual Reality (DCS world is great also). But, with only Horizons having VR functionality, it feels like I can't continue my journey in as meaningful of a way with all the new (non vr legs) features I'd still want to experience flying in VR with Odyssey. I can't get myself to login now knowing VR is basically being stripped down the road.

We can (sort of) handle no VR legs but at least let us continue flight in VR with Odyssey.

Dang.

 

[Maggie_Oz]

You can still play Horizons though

 

[Old Duck]

It's WAY too early to be throwing in the towel. Let's wait and see what happens.

 

[CDOTS]

Is it written in stone though? They said at launch I think it's not supported but maybe later it will?...I'm all worked up over it also as I've only played in VR. Waiting for a better response from Frontier. Vr users were Lead to believe it was Vr supported from the beginning. It would be nice and respectful if they cleared this whole thing up with a proper response.

 

[Andro]

Frontier should to do a very un-Frontierlike thing and release more info. 11 days after the trailer and we've already had months worth of confusion, misinterpretations, and meltdowns. And SC comparisons.

 

[Maggie_Oz]

The trailer was an accidental release.
Fleet carriers were imminent.
Odessy is months away, it's quite possible anything they say now will be irrelevant by the time it comes out.

 

[Scydone]

You can still play Horizons though

I guess. Would that really be very appealing? As I mentioned, "But, with only Horizons having VR functionality, it feels like I can't continue my journey in as meaningful of a way with all the new (non vr legs) features I'd still want to experience flying in VR with Odyssey."

 

[Maggie_Oz]

I guess. Would that really be very appealing? As I mentioned, "But, with only Horizons having VR functionality, it feels like I can't continue my journey in as meaningful of a way with all the new (non vr legs) features I'd still want to experience flying in VR with Odyssey."

Only you can decide if it's appealing or not.
Only you can decide whether to miss out on Odessy or playing it in 2d, initially.
This is all down to the choices you make and only you are responsible for that.

I guess if you opt out you will feel better when the avalanche of how terrible it is hits next year.

 

[Augusta]

They really should leave Horizons VR alone. I recently bought a VR and have been playing the game on it, and I see now why... It's a great experience.

 

[Maggie_Oz]

They really should leave Horizons VR alone. I recently bought a VR and have been playing the game on it, and I see now why... It's a great experience.

Is that not the case though?
I've not seen anything that says they will remove it..

 

[Augusta]

Is that not the case though?
I've not seen anything that says they will remove it..

Idk. Maybe the fuss has to do with atmospheric planets. Last I heard Odyssey will be built on top of Horizons. Not really sure what's what.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

It's WAY too early to be throwing in the towel. Let's wait and see what happens.

I’m not going to waste the next 6 months on a dead end game. Plenty of new VR titles coming.

“Leaving “ VR in Horizons is even lazier than removing it.

 

[Maggie_Oz]

Idk. Maybe the fuss has to do with atmospheric planets. Last I heard Odyssey will be built on top of Horizons. Not really sure what's what.

I recently upgraded to Horizons but i still have an option to launch just the base game, so I presumed Odessy would do the same.???

 

[Strangepork]

The trailer was an accidental release.
Fleet carriers were imminent.
Odessy is months away, it's quite possible anything they say now will be irrelevant by the time it comes out.

Hmmm, there have been a lot of "accidental" leaks lately

 

[CMDR DragonHorn]

I really think people overreacting about VR. I just don't see Odyssey not getting it eventually. The only problem, as I see it, would be cobbling VR to the legs. It might have several unforseen technical difficulties, but it doesn't seem like something impossible to do.

I'm much more concerned about depth of Odyssey, rather than VR. Imagine you would get something shallow, with basically no new features or no gameplay at all, as ED really is, in a particluar way.

 

[metatheurgist]

Frontier should to do a very un-Frontierlike thing and release more info. 11 days after the trailer and we've already had months worth of confusion, misinterpretations, and meltdowns. And SC comparisons.

So average Tuesday then.

 

[Augusta]

I recently upgraded to Horizons but i still have an option to launch just the base game, so I presumed Odessy would do the same.???

That's what I thought at first too.

 

[kilvenny]

I recently upgraded to Horizons but i still have an option to launch just the base game, so I presumed Odessy would do the same.???

Yes, three options, base, Horizons or Odyssey. The big issue is you only need base to run Odyssey, so Odyssey is not reliant on Horizons being present. Therefore Odyssey has to have all the Horizons content in it, but because it's not reliant on Horizons, it is very unlikely that any content from Odyssey like the terrain generation will be ported back to Horizons. Horizons will effectively become legacy and will likely only be tweaked if base changes in some way that affects it. The only reason for buying Horizons will be for the VR piece, but the truth is anyone doing due diligence will consider because Odyssey looks much better there is no point. Twelve months after launch of Odyssey, Horizons will disappear as a sellable item, by then most of the VR crowd will have accepted 2D or transitioned elsewhere and it will disappear.

 

[Maggie_Oz]

by then most of the VR crowd will have accepted 2D or transitioned elsewhere and it will disappear.

Or VR will be in Odessy by then

 

[VR Murgle]

I really think people overreacting about VR. I just don't see Odyssey not getting it eventually. The only problem, as I see it, would be cobbling VR to the legs. It might have several unforseen technical difficulties, but it doesn't seem like something impossible to do.

I'm much more concerned about depth of Odyssey, rather than VR. Imagine you would get something shallow, with basically no new features or no gameplay at all, as ED really is, in a particluar way.

So if VR is definitely coming to Odyssey why not just say that? Why let this go on for this long without? If they were planning to add it at some point they could have just said so but the way they handled this makes it look like they're either not sure or have no intention of ever adding VR to Odyssey.

And the sad thing is their silence probably isn't gaining them anything because anyone who considers VR to be vital to the E: D experience isn't going to buy the expansion unless it has VR.

They could have avoided a lot of drama but they choose not to and that does not bode well for the future of VR in Elite.

No VR is No Buy...