Unfortunately, I've been out of the loop for a while and am now just getting back into the game. I'm surprised ... well maybe not ... that this question hasn't been asked. I can't be the only one that is wondering...
All the answers from "AMA - first edition (Arthur, Bruce, Stephen & Paul)" collated into one post
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Unfortunately, I've been out of the loop for a while and am now just getting back into the game. I'm surprised ... well maybe not ... that this question hasn't been asked. I can't be the only one that is wondering...
If you're after an official answer from FD, it would be a very safe bet to say their answer will be the same as the answers to the other Odyssey questions... wait and see. If you want more speculation and about what others think, I asked this question on the forum back in August:
What happens when you die in Odyssey?
Every man and his dog is starting a thread about Odyssey so I thought I would too ;) Right at the moment in the game the player is tied to a vehicle, be it a ship or SRV. When that ship or SRV dies the logic is you somehow escaped and are now placed at a rebuy screen or your ship. With Odyssey...
Boo! Need to declutter the system maps immediately* (maybe thru' a menu option).
Yay! Please repeat to all the white knights who claimed there was no grinding in this game whenever someone started a thread about all the grinding in the game.
*Except for the Fleet Carrier I accidentally found this evening called <-Painite-> 350k and it bought all my painite. That one can stay
Not really, can already meet them in space.
I took it as a humorous remark rather than literally, like if someone asks if you've seen Santa Clause lately: "When you meet him you ask him what presents the elves have been making you". I could be interpreting it wrong though
Nice read, thanks StuartGT.
I am used to [REDACTED] because no clues, fine. However, not telling whether it's actually reachable is a bit much combined with the "It's in the game" statement. Refusing all that time to at least tell people whether an investigation can actually lead to fruition, however hard it may be, is just... Ah well, quite convinced by now that it's not reachable if it exists at alll apart from the codex entry and they don't want to deal with the rage of all the people who dedicated a lot of time to it for YEARS on end. Yes, doing justice to this monster of a myth is scary and hard, I do get that and the new Odyssey features give you more tools to do it justice - it's logical but still...
I am used to [REDACTED] because no clues, fine. However, not telling whether it's actually reachable is a bit much combined with the "It's in the game" statement. Refusing all that time to at least tell people whether an investigation can actually lead to fruition, however hard it may be, is just... Ah well, quite convinced by now that it's not reachable if it exists at alll apart from the codex entry and they don't want to deal with the rage of all the people who dedicated a lot of time to it for YEARS on end. Yes, doing justice to this monster of a myth is scary and hard, I do get that and the new Odyssey features give you more tools to do it justice - it's logical but still...
The Holy Chalice, also known as the Holy Grail, is in Christian tradition the vessel that Jesus used at the Last Supper to serve wine [Wikipedia]. People are still searching for it some 2000 years later (plus the spear that pierced his chest), there was even a seeker of the Holy Grail on Babylon 5
. For some it's a matter of faith that Raxxla exists and that's enough. The rest of us just think it will be found when Fdev put it in the game (no proof whether God has left the grail on Earth but like the dinosaur bones He could be having a laugh at our expense)...
My money's on p2p and FPS game play tuned away from twitch style to attempt to compensate for the fact that p2p isn't good for FPS games.
When they say "we cannot comment on ship interiors," a part of me gets excited that they are simply hiding it and cannot talk about it yet.
But the cynic in me knows it's just a clever evasion for "it ain't coming but we don't want to enrage people by being upfront about it."
But the cynic in me knows it's just a clever evasion for "it ain't coming but we don't want to enrage people by being upfront about it."
Heh, have to admit I took some pleasure reading that one. There's been several such threads really recently with a strong contingent representing the camp of "it's not grindy, you're playing it wrong". Whilst partially true (I mean, if you don't like grind, don't grind right?), that stance always had, for me, a primary motivation of dismissing any feedback about the subject.
I'm really pleased to see it's on FDev's radar and I hope they have some solid solutions to removing the log in and out approach, whilst still removing the excessive need to repeat a task to obtain ample materials (assuming they admit some players just want to do stuff now, not "naturally").
The other answer related to this was the material trader being too expensive (note that this is another topic that's recently been shot down) and I've always just accepted it for what it is but am really happy if they want to make it cheaper. That's one easy way to gonk the grind for players.
I'll be honest, these were the only two answers that stood out for me. I didn't expect much, I'm pretty certain they won't give more unknown info out (about Odyssey) until the next diary. I'm fine with that too.
I took it as a humorous remark rather than literally, like if someone asks if you've seen Santa Clause lately: "When you meet him you ask him what presents the elves have been making you". I could be interpreting it wrong though
I was joking too...
I think that nonsense. I think it one of the things that was dropped because of covid 19. I think we will see interiors added over the next year.
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I would agree with you, but there is one thing interiors do that you can't just dismiss. You might hear a certain Latvian bang on about IMMMMMMMMERSHUN and it really does add to a game. Yes I will agree that MAYBE interiors won't add any gameplay to the game but it would enhance the game.
Yes Star Citizen has interiors, but so does X4, and right now for Elite Dangerous, X4's model is probably the most realistic we can push Frontier for. The cockpit is walkable, and the entry to the ships is walkable.
So for large ships in Elite Dangerous, you'd walk up to the outer door, and "teleport" to the cockpit area. For smaller ships in X4 you can walk right into the cockpit, but Elite Dangerous's smaller ships still have an outside door, and a door in the cockpit.
It's not full interiors, but it's do-able for Frontier given that the cockpits for all the ships are currently modelled and it would add so much to the game.
So don't dismiss ship interiors because you're following the narrative that they have no benefit to the game.
You are far too sensible for these forums
I'm following the narrative? I'm not allowed to have my own opinion that every time it's been tried in the X games and whatnot, it adds nothing too entertaining for me? I've somehow fallen under the thrall of spin merchants rather than never being very impressed with implementation?
I apologize for having the temerity to not be excited about ridiculous repair scenario theorycrafting or pretending anything exciting is going to happen there with other players. I didn't say "no benefit," I just think it probably shouldn't be a priority due to every other attempt being rubbish from my perspective. No big deal, and precious little narrative.
The only "immersion" I care about is having proper VR support eventually. Something plenty of other people consider low priority. Such is life. We disagree. The end.
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Idk if you can pull star citizens non-design as a comparison here, or in general to be honest. They dont know how to make games beyond pretty pictures.. You want a proper MMO? Ship interiors will serve a purpose there and that's not fps combat or some nonsensical interior repair. That works in games like Guns of Icarus. For elite, the ship interiors could very well be "personal decoration quarters. Let us show off ourselves, decorate, a place to store things and interact with things. Of course you can access everything from your pilot seat, but why not give us the option to fiddle around with our commander in front of our bathroom mirror, or tweak our eventually arriving suits for Odyssey in a sepparate room, give us a few rooms to decorate and maybe place little doodads like statues we recieved from community goals, plaques for discoveries or our elite ranks, for others you may invite to your ship to see or just for ourselves.
I get where you're coming from, but in order to actually make the game feel alive and not like a sterile simulation where you only interact with the same holographic cockpit with the same colour in every ship you own, give it meaningless variety and little things like that. That makes the game world feel alive. There is no need for exciting things to happen inside a ship. The "lame" part is where it's at, the ship can be your home away from home. And they could also add a lot more stuff to throw my hard-earned ARX at, because i'm really a simp for interior decoration in every game.
Let's just take the hideouts from Path Of Exile as an example. You dont need em. They're still really damn cool because you can express yourself. THAT is why I would like to see ship interiors eventually. Give us variety, give us choice and spaces to express ourselves outside of a few paintjobs and predefined decals.
Well the actual quote is,
This is fairly clear in suggesting they are coming, just most likely as part of the updates after launch.
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I think that is possibly a bit too optimistic and sets expectations leading to a likely disappointment.
Ships interiors, if they come, and any potential related gameplay imo will most likely represent a very significant DLC in itself that will conversely require a significant amount of time, not just as an add on to Odyssey “over the next year”. And that is assuming the next DLC is not aimed to expand atmospheric content instead etc.
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