Console Profile Transfers and 2022 Updates

Ouch! How did that happen?
Switched accounts but was able to continue playing horizons.

I didn't realize I would have had to buy horizons again to get the cobra and by then the timeframe to get it was over.

I miss it, it is my favorite small ship in the game because it has SPACE to hold everything. There was quite literally, no better material farming ship in the game overall.

I would give anything to have it back.
 
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Need some clarification please

As part of copying ships, does this include upgraded modules to grade A etc? Or do we need to sell all our modules to avoid losing the cash value of these?

And by cosmetics being copied: does this mean any paint jobs bought from the store will be transferred? But other vanity items like bobbleheads etc will not be transferred over?
 
Need some clarification please

As part of copying ships, does this include upgraded modules to grade A etc? Or do we need to sell all our modules to avoid losing the cash value of these?

And by cosmetics being copied: does this mean any paint jobs bought from the store will be transferred? But other vanity items like bobbleheads etc will not be transferred over?
I don't see why this isn't clear but sure I'll explain what they already said.

1. Yes everything ship related will transfer over.
2. Yes, those will all be transfered over because they are all cosmetics.
 
Great stuff, lads. Well done, this is a HEAVY lift.
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Wow, you're taking my comment realy very literally.
Of course I don't expect Frontier to gift me a new pc, it's just a jab at leaving so many console players out hanging.
Imho It's due to their incompetence in management that the console version of the game has now been excluded from further content updates.

I said it before, for console players who also own a capable pc this transfer looks pretty okay but there are so many others who see their game stranded, a game they loved to play, like me.
Without any further content updates you're going to fly in circles after so much time simply because there's nothing new to do.
I've got over 4000 hours in this game, spent quite some money on store items, took part in some great events and had tons of fun.
Yes I got my money's worth, I would've loved to continue that journey but due to mismanagement I am now forced to buy a powerful pc if I want to do that, that feels screwed over to be honest.
And frankly speaking, the presented roadmap and the trust I lost in Frontier isn't realy motivating me to buy a new pc, even though I can afford it.

You call me out for being entitled, I'm not, it's their game and they can do whatever they want with it, it's just that I don't have to agree with those choices, which I don't, and in the end it's my money they want but won't get because of those choices.
Get GeForce Now, which runs fine on console and PC Elite can play through that
 
I don't see why this isn't clear but sure I'll explain what they already said.

1. Yes everything ship related will transfer over.
2. Yes, those will all be transfered over because they are all cosmetics.
What about old discounts applied to those ships and/or modules from old CGs? Will they still be in effect upon rebuy?
 
Yes they said they would be talking about their plans for 2022, that to me is a road map, from the looks of things, an they have indeed produce a road map, it just a very very empty one, even emptier than I thought it would. An I thought this year would be primary bug fixing but I was hoping for something to get the community excited like comets or clouds/weather, something to get the community juices flowing again.
Looked like a rough overview of their plans to me. And they never specifically said roadmap, probably on purpose, as people will expect a road map to be detailed.

They did exactly what they said they would do, which is fine by me.

As to weather/clouds, I'm sure we'll see that at some point, but not likely to be anytime soon. Comets I am not too fussed about, just another dead rock flying through space.
 
Looked like a rough overview of their plans to me. And they never specifically said roadmap, probably on purpose, as people will expect a road map to be detailed.

They did exactly what they said they would do, which is fine by me.

As to weather/clouds, I'm sure we'll see that at some point, but not likely to be anytime soon. Comets I am not too fussed about, just another dead rock flying through space.
how would you even get close to comets anyways.
 
If you watched the livestream they hinted at some significant developments in the story, beyond Galnet and CG content, running up to November. Of course they don't want to spoil any of that content so they didn't say any more than hints.

The T10-Defender and the Alliance collaboration with Lakon released 3 Cheifton type ships... and all of them were released as "Narrative Content".

With that said, I do not know what FDev have planned.

What I do know though is that whatever FDev have planned can't be mentioned prior to relase of said update because it is tightly knit with the narrative. And they do not want to spoil that narrative. At least we now have dates to look forward to. That is way better than what we had previously.
It is not enough.Of course they don't want and should not spoil the whole thing, but some random bit with something new but not clearly identifiable would go a long way. A part of a screenshot that is not giving too much away, a random soundbit. Players would have something they could speculate about, guess what it might be, building expectation. We got nothing like that, just a notice that we have to wait another 3 months for something new and a total 6 months for something major new and not even the slightest teaser of what it could possibly be.
 
Well, what can I say? Frontier is clearly putting Elite out to pasture. We're not quite at an "Old Yeller' moment yet, but we're getting there bit by bit. That is the first roadmap I've ever come across that had me fall out of my seat with laughter. For a moment I thought it was April Fools Day. But it's not. Which is kinda sad.

On the one hand, the roadmap confirms that the Elite servers are not going to be shut off for some time. That is good news. On the other hand, I get the distinct impression that the Elite we have now is all the Elite we are going to get. With the exception of the cut & paste mentions of "stability" and "optimization", the only new content can be counted on the fingers of one hand:

  1. A new mission variant
  2. Narrative content (including "major" narrative content)
  3. A "key feature" overhaul
So...two new gameplay elements and some narrative content. Wow. In other words, Frontier is going to deliver over the course of a year what other devs would consider to be a minor DLC. For a putative live service game. :rolleyes:

Eh. The writing's been on the wall for some time. It is what it is. Braben's "baby" has been put up for adoption. Oh well. I just hope somewhere in those stability and optimizations patches Elite's anti-anti-aliasing is addressed. But seeing how this so-called roadmap reeks of busy work, I doubt it. If not in maintenance mode by another name, Elite certainly is now in zombie mode: it's dead but still manages to shamble along for a little longer.

BTW: it is worth keeping in mind that console commanders were thrown to the curb so that FDev could focus on PC development...and this is what FDev's new PC-focused development looks like. What else needs to be said?
 
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Happy that I can transfer my CMDR to PC! A little bit sad about the Carriers though. I have well over 200 Thargoid Hearts, SAP-8 Cores, and Trinkets of Hidden Fortune aboard mine for Raxxla research purposes and I guess I have to lose all those now.
With the help of another account (yours or someone elses), you can transfer all your commodities over, e.g. all what a FC can buy you could shuffle over to another FC (at min-cost), or via ejecting them and the other commander picks them up with limpets. Once your console stuff is transferred over to PC, you can the do the same backwards.
 
Well, what can I say? Frontier is clearly putting Elite out to pasture. We're not quite at an "Old Yeller' moment yet, but we're getting there bit by bit. That is the first roadmap I've ever come across that had me fall out of my seat with laughter. For a moment I thought it was April Fools Day. But it's not. Which is kinda sad.

On the one hand, the roadmap confirms that the Elite servers are not going to be shut off for some time. That is good news. On the other hand, I get the distinct impression that the Elite we have now is all the Elite we are going to get. With the exception of the cut & paste mentions of "stability" and "optimization", the only new content can be counted on the fingers of one hand:

  1. A new mission variant
  2. Narrative content (including "major" narrative content)
  3. A "key feature" overhaul
So...two new gameplay elements and some narrative content. Wow. In other words, Frontier is going to deliver over the course of a year what other devs would consider to be a minor DLC. For a putative live service game. :rolleyes:

Eh. The writing's been on the wall for some time. It is what it is. Braben's "baby" has been put up for adoption. Oh well. I just hope somewhere in those stability and optimizations patches Elite's anti-anti-aliasing is addressed. But seeing how this so-called roadmap reeks of busy work, I doubt it. If not in maintenance mode by another name, Elite certainly is now in zombie mode: it's dead but still manages to shamble along for a little longer.

BTW: it is worth keeping in mind that console commanders were thrown to the curb so that FDev could focus on PC development. And this is now what FDev's new PC-focused development looks like. What else needs to be said?
There's also the "we're bringing in content that's never been done before in Elite" (paraphrased), which is separate to the "key feature" overhaul. That sounds pretty major. It's possibly on-foot Thargoids but could be something entirely new and unexpected.

I also suspect (it's a guess) we'll be getting a new ship along with the purported on-foot Thargoids. I base this on the current narrative and lore.
 
In other words, Frontier is going to deliver over the course of a year what other devs would consider to be a minor DLC. For a putative live service game.

Well (a) it isn't a live service game. You're thinking about how Horizons was released in stages as a presale maybe but you still won't be paying any kind of subscription over (b) the next 8 months. (Yep, we're already 1/3 the way through 2022 I'm afraid)

There won't be a new DLC until that time (did we really expect one?) but the current DLC is being supported with overhaul, mission system, new Azimuth scale narrative plus a better result for consoles than I expected anyway.

Ultimately I don't see why devs would invest time / money in overhauling anything if the game really is being wound down though. Not only do they keep saying it isn't but there would be zero point in overhauling a car you're about to scrap and being unnecessary money down the corporate drain is a pretty ridiculous analysis imho.
 
Already processed the decommision of my fleet carrier. Not sure when I should download the game on pc from steam but it's probable when
they decide to let us transfer our progress. Sounds like I'll lose my 5k tritium aboard my carrier but at least that's all I think I'll lose.
 
I'm looking forward to transferring over my account and enjoying new content. It's more than I expected so I'm grateful.

But I guess if you have had odyssey since release no new content for awhile.
 
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