News 2.4 Open Beta Patch Notes

[WorldsGreatestForumDad]

No, it is people expecting ED to be game it's not.

What did you think powerplay was supposed to be? Its certainly not supposed to be what it is now.

Let me ask you this. Did you think when they started and created this game and introduced this stuff. They would have thought mobius would come along and be as big as it is.

I dont think so. It was meant to group up with a smaller sized group if Combat Zones were full so people didnt have to fight over kills or something like that.

Good and bad came out of what happened here. But it certainly stopped some of the gameplay we were supposed to be having because of it.

Its a huge cause and effect in how this game was designed. look at Reverb Cascade Trops or Grom missiles. Player bounties and now Crime and Punishment.

 

[Yaffle]

All

Please leave out personal attacks. Thanks.

 

[Robert Maynard]

If its pointless. Why is it continuously brought up? Gee. I wonder why.

.... because Frontier have chosen to retain game features contained in their earliest published design information for the game (over four and a half years ago), through development and past release (over two and a half years ago) - despite demands from a subset of the player-base to change the game to suit their play-style - a play-style that, from what one Dev has indicated, Frontier are well aware that the majority of players don't engage in.

 

[Sysmon]

Awesome! Ret's go!

S

 

[AnotherVoice]

What did you think powerplay was supposed to be? Its certainly not supposed to be what it is now.

Dunno, would be interesting to find out by digging in the 2015 threads

Let me ask you this. Did you think when they started and created this game and introduced this stuff. They would have thought mobius would come along and be as big as it is.

I dont think so. It was meant to group up with a smaller sized group if Combat Zones were full so people didnt have to fight over kills or something like that.

Good and bad came out of what happened here. But it certainly stopped some of the gameplay we were supposed to be having because of it.

Its a huge cause and effect in how this game was designed. look at Reverb Cascade Trops or Grom missiles. Player bounties and now Crime and Punishment.

Every feature this game has and will ever get will probably always be available to the same degree for both Solo and Open players.

I found this read and i think you should take a look at it, it's kind of the literal opposite of your mindset:
https://www.drewwagar.com/progress-report/why-ill-be-flying-solo-in-elite-dangerous/

I think you're looking for a PvP experience in a game that wasn't designed for it. If it was, Solo and private groups would simply not exist.

 

[Dutchman141]

I just read the added notes for the 2.4 open beta and at the ships fixes section I noticed this entry:

Federal Corvette

• Made adjustments so that the bumper Ship Kit works better with Paintjobs
• Fixed some clipping that could occur with a Class 1 Cannon in the small size 1 hardpoint

Why are there adjustments only to the bumper section?
The spoiler and wing sections suffer from the same glitching, I even posted pics of that in the bug report section many weeks ago.
Maybe they'll fix it in upcoming patch notes, if not then that would be a real bummer to say it carefully.

 

[Angrymog]

Still no

Keelback

• Fixed the missing seat

 

[CMDR Evolution]

Thank you Frontier. I missed the closed beta unfortunately

 

[Rardain]

I was really hoping they would have introduced the ability to see a blown cockpit canopy whilst in external free-cam but alas it wasn't there in the closed beta so I guess it's not going to happen anytime soon. I know it's only 'window dressing' in the big scheme of things but would still be nice to see it implemented at some point.

 

[Marc_Hicks]

More like "where is any new stuff?"...

Don't want to sound mean, but so far this is 2.4: General Tweaks and Fixes.

Multi-chain follow ons are the biggest sell point for me. Just hope they improve surface scan missions to make the danger/difficulty match the payout!

 

[Cosmo]

Dolphin- Flipped some text on the cockpit fire extinguisher

Nice, I reported this bug months ago.

 

[Soopyyy]

It still feels like 2.3.2, rather than a major update beta.

 

[Shadowma]

So when will we be able to choose a military style hair cut like the High & tight ? Like -

 

[Avago Earo]

So when will we be able to choose a military style hair cut like the High & tight ? Like - http://i.imgur.com/FGFfGvI.jpg

Would that be with Aviator sunglasses?

 

[BirdWisdom]

Thanks Dale!

 

[CMDR Poet Starwind]

Look, I never intentionally combat log. I play in Open, and take my beatings when it happens. Now if the boss saunters over to my desk, I will pull that usb tether like the port's on fire. That's the *only* time I abandon 'mersion.

 

[Marc_Hicks]

No prob we will end it after this. NPC's will never outsmart a human player. EVER. You know it. I know it. They also dont have the same type of engineering we do.

This is also frontiers bus to drive not yours. They need to explain what exactly is supposed to be going on here. Its gotten way out of hand as this game has progressed.

o7

I reckon MoM heard your challenge & accepted it......in which case we're all DOOMED, Thargoids or no Thargoids.

 

[Marc_Hicks]

Every feature this game has and will ever get will probably always be available to the same degree for both Solo and Open players.

I found this read and i think you should take a look at it, it's kind of the literal opposite of your mindset:
https://www.drewwagar.com/progress-report/why-ill-be-flying-solo-in-elite-dangerous/

I think you're looking for a PvP experience in a game that wasn't designed for it. If it was, Solo and private groups would simply not exist.

Except Wings & Multi-crew .

 

[WorldsGreatestForumDad]

The whole thing is why he will be playing in solo.

And you could see his experience when interacting with other commanders when Harry Potter interdicted Salome. He didnt Submit. He didnt highwake. He didnt try to go evasive.

If he wants to play in solo. Thats fine. Its alright. If someone wants to play in Mobius thats okay too.

But Open was made for that player interaction. Its okay if thats how he wants to play the game.

If they didnt want us shooting each other. They would have just disabled it. And they never would have introduced something called a Grom Missile. They wouldnt pit feds vs imps. And they wouldnt expanding on the crime and punishment.

you guys seriously love to have your cake and eat it too. You get to effect open players through the BGS. You get to whine and complain about open without ever stepping foot in it. Or getting the experience because for some reason getting blown up in Elite Dangerous is such a bad thing. Apparently learning the game, putting a shield on your ship is a bad thing too.

Like I said in the past. Mobius is not as big as it is because people just want to play PVE. Nobody has to try if they dont have to. You dont have to go into any other mode and still experience this game. Open is certainly harder to play in. Or people wouldnt be in mobius.

Very straight forward. Easy observation. Im sure everyone can understand this.

 

[Valorin]

Question: the decal we can earn by participating in the community goal in open beta, is it the same we got in the closed beta? And is it enough to have participated in closed beta? Also, we didn't need to get a sample of every single needed material, but only one as long as we turned it in at the station, right? Right?