AMA II: Question Boogaloo - Arthur, Bruce, Stephen and Paul

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norlin

norlin
Bruce Garrido said:
Hi Norlin,

You can check out and keep an eye on the Frontier Careers page for openings: https://www.frontier.co.uk/careers

That said, I can't guarantee you'd only be working on specific fixes that you personally want in the game. Changes are usually prioritized according to factors besides personal preference.
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Hi Bruce,

Thank you very much for the answer!
Just to clarify, sure I understand I can't work on what I want, rather I was talking about tasks which are suggested/requested by all the Commanders AND the team decided that it's "nice to have but later" and put them to a backlog...
Maybe even as a part-time contract or something like that.

Anyway, thank you, I should look at the open positions indeed.
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Souvarine

Souvarine
Why do I need to turn the wing beacon on?

The beacon options are currently 'off' or 'wing'. Nobody I've ever spoken to has ever been able to think of a reason you'd want your wing beacon off if you're winged with someone. Given that there are no more beacon options other than 'wing', wouldn't it make sense for it to default to 'on' rather than 'off'?
 

Bruce G

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Souvarine said:
Why do I need to turn the wing beacon on?

The beacon options are currently 'off' or 'wing'. Nobody I've ever spoken to has ever been able to think of a reason you'd want your wing beacon off if you're winged with someone. Given that there are no more beacon options other than 'wing', wouldn't it make sense for it to default to 'on' rather than 'off'?
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Makes sense! Thanks for the suggestion.
 

Namsel

Namsel
Why does the new gameplay of scanning organic life seems to be so important than even has a new career: exobiologist? When for example mining hasn't since it's included in Trading. Why this one is not included in Exploration? It even has a specific area in the stations, Vista Genomics, to sell the data.

Thanks.
 

Bruce G

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HaiderKubba2020 said:
can we get a visual representation of BGS states e.g. damage when terrorist attack, riots, maybe even advert drones changing?
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That's a great suggestion! We can't commit to it in the near future due to the amount of graphics and dev resource that would require. The team are currently busy working on Odyssey and bringing you narrative/community goals. Perhaps this can come post-Odyssey!
 

Arimus

Volunteer Moderator
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Currently in the game options it is possible to configure the default drive mode for SRV's (Drive assist on or off). There is a surprisingly large number of players in the game, even a full player community (Newton's Gamibt) dedicated to flying FA Off only. Every time we enter the game we have to turn FA Off. It would be great if there was an option in the controls just like the SRV option to have the default flight mode as FA Off. Any chance this could be added to the game?
Thanks.
 

[VR] Orodruin

[VR] Orodruin
How (if at all) will the exit of the UK from the common market at the end of the year affect the availability of connections to Frontier's servers and are any contingency plans for how this will be handled?
 

Ozric

Volunteer Moderator
Ozric
I would be interested to know if there are any plans to fix any of the long standing bugs with Exploration? There are over a dozen bugs between Exploration/Codex/NSPs that have been in the game and unaddressed since it's release two years ago. Some of which are game breaking because they do not reveal things when you scan/enter a system, meaning many important discoveries could have been missed.

Obviously the big push is towards Odyssey, but will there be a raft of bug fixes going in along with that patch?
 

Daeder

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you will implement vr in odyssey also for those who do not use manual controls to use weapons with mouse and keyboard but inside the helmet? obviously in 3D, not 2D mode
 

Crackensan

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The Pulse Wave Scanner is still broken, as of Sept. 7. Are there any plans to fix it to get players back to Core Mining? As it stands, Core Mining is simply too much of a hassle to even consider.
 

Bruce G

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Namsel said:
Why does the new gameplay of scanning organic life seems to be so important than even has a new career: exobiologist? When for example mining hasn't since it's included in Trading. Why this one is not included in Exploration? It even has a specific area in the stations, Vista Genomics, to sell the data.

Thanks.
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Thanks for the feedback! We could create a separate career for mining, but I can understand it contributing to Trade since it's ultimately a method for gaining credits the same way trade is. Exobiology does not necessarily share similar ties with Exploration in the same way as it will have it's own unique mechanics and uses.
 

GroG79

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A lot of missions will need to be adjusted as the pay is just silly compared to doing other activities. How fast can we expect these adjustments?

Not just these smuggle mission. Also delivery missions requesting non metal-mineral cargo. I have seen deliveries for 6000 ton @ 3-4 million.

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Arthur Tolmie

Lead Community Manager
Frontier
CMDR Kai Zen said:
@Arthur Tolmie I first wish to thank you for this open line of communication and congratulate the CM team for doing an awesome job, on balance, with more open and honest information sharing with the community. To that end I’m very sorry to have to point out (and ask your forgiveness in advance) but am sure you will agree that as the Pulse Wave Analyzer has, as of today, been broken for 87 days (since the September 7 patch) it seems that the community is owed a better response by now (just shy of 3 full months later) than “we are looking into it” so my question is: Can you commit to going to the devs at some time before next week’s AMA and securing us some meaningful answers to the following inquiries?:

A. What exactly is the issue causing the error?
B. As it was broken in a patch that included no notes on a change to PWA, how and why was it adjusted?
C. How did you expect to rebalance mining last week with meaningful data on players behavior when the PWA being broken removed 2/3 of the mining game play loops from ‘proper activity’?

I will point out for the moderators that the ONE question I asked them in the body of text is if they can commit to securing an answer to the other questions within the next week so it is within the guidelines as I am not asking for an immediate answer on the other inquiries.

Thank you,
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Kai,

We have answered the PWA question in our opening post however I will answer it again here for you...

The team and I are acutely aware of the PWA issue and the justified frustrations this causes our players.

We have been raising it with the development team who are currently working hard trying to establish what has gone wrong and why.

Please bear in mind that this is an incredibly busy time for them and they are also hampered by working from home, which despite the best efforts of everyone involved does affect the collaborative effort when it comes to solving problems.

A) I do not know what is causing the issues

B) There were no notes on it because there was no intention to alter it

C) The re-balancing used historical data as well as current, as was stipulated this is an ongoing process and one we will refine if required.

-Arf
 
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