AMA II: Question Boogaloo - Arthur, Bruce, Stephen and Paul
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Will the Galnet Anaconda paint be made available again?
Q. any chance we will see a medium Saud kruger ship?
Bruce G
Senior Community Manager
We'd love to do this! There are no plans for it at the moment, but stay tuned.Hello
If someone has a larger Player Group and that player group has designed its own Logo (so no copyright issues) will it be possible at some point to get these Logos onto our Ships in Game?
Stephen Benedetti
Community Manager
If you have submitted a bug report to our issue tracker then it will be known. Currently, the development team is extremely busy with the Odyssey update, along with the difficulties of working from home. Please be patient as some issues may take longer to be resolved.
Q - will combat rank see a similar balance for risk vs reward, its infuriating to have a 45 minute battle in an underdog ship using alot of skill to receive the same 0.001% rank reward as someone with zero skill killing elite sidewinders in a G5 engineered corvette (effectively farming)
VampyreGTX
Volunteer Moderator
Q. Has the 50 mil cap on mission rewards been lifted? A squadron mate of mine just saw a reward payout of 51,056,028...
Q: Its great to see Powerplay finally on the radar for improvement, so thanks for listening!
In the balancing p2 thread Bruce said:
Now (and I get you can't be too specific because everything is subject to change) how do you define 'long term' in this context? A lot of Powerplay pledges will read 'long term' and let out a little sigh* because similar things have been said in the past as the years flick by. I get straightening out Powerplay is like untangling burning spaghetti but will it be soon rather than Soon™?
*scream
In the balancing p2 thread Bruce said:
Now (and I get you can't be too specific because everything is subject to change) how do you define 'long term' in this context? A lot of Powerplay pledges will read 'long term' and let out a little sigh* because similar things have been said in the past as the years flick by. I get straightening out Powerplay is like untangling burning spaghetti but will it be soon rather than Soon™?
*scream
Q- are the team working on different SRV designs, having just the one is a bit limiting to the imagination, i always thought there would be tracked version or faster more fragile versions to add a little flavour to them.
Nice idea. We don't have anything to announce on changes to route planning right now.
Bruce G
Senior Community Manager
Hi Stone Smith,
We have a localisation team that work diligently on the non-English versions of Elite that we support. I don't think we're currently offering freelance work with groups of players from those localised communities.
Hellos!
My question is simple: Why is menu logging still allowable?
I know that Combat logging via task kill has been a bannable offense for years, and that’s great! It means that if someone is engaged in Player vs Player combat, then the only ways out is through standing and fighting, or surviving long enough to highwake out.
Unfortunately, there is an equally damaging ‘unintentional exploit’ that allows some commanders an unfair way out of a combat encounter that is not meant to be part of the game, and has only gotten worse since the game has gone on: Menu Logging
When the game released, the most powerful ship was an unenginered anaconda. While it would be difficult to cut through the shields and then destroy the power plant within the 15 second window, with a wing, some coordination, and everyone going for the powerplant, it was definitely possible. So, at the time 15 seconds is reasonable.
Unfortunately, while the addition of new ships, Powerplay modules, and engineering has created great benefits across the game, menu logging has not improved. Recently I did a test where my buddy in a prismatic Federal Corvette stood still and let me use my best PvP ship to try and take him down, and see how long it took.
Source: https://youtu.be/Xd1cWkIvIjs
It took 4 minutes and 56 seconds.
The point is, even if I had a full wing, all with optimal pvp builds, it would be doubtful 4 cmdrs could take out a Corvette with that build within 15 seconds. There are other more shield tanking builds, such as a Cutter, which has better shields to start, and can fit a class 8 prismatic shield, one grade higher than the Corvette.
This system is open to abuse, is being abused, to the point that if a commander can acquire the ship and build, then the current rules on Combat logging by task kill are but ink on the page. They are effectively invincible. While most reputable squadrons will ban their members if they menu log, an unscrupulous ganker can create a build that cannot be killed in 15 seconds, show up in a system, kill lower ranked commanders with impunity, and when bounty hunters show up, be completely untouchable, no matter how skilled they or their opponents are.
I am sorry if I sound rather… livid, but I feel this needs to be addressed soon; either menu logging must be made a bannable offense, the danger timer to logout increased if the hostile is another player (or across the board), or have menu logging during combat result in the ship exploding.
My question is simple: Why is menu logging still allowable?
I know that Combat logging via task kill has been a bannable offense for years, and that’s great! It means that if someone is engaged in Player vs Player combat, then the only ways out is through standing and fighting, or surviving long enough to highwake out.
Unfortunately, there is an equally damaging ‘unintentional exploit’ that allows some commanders an unfair way out of a combat encounter that is not meant to be part of the game, and has only gotten worse since the game has gone on: Menu Logging
When the game released, the most powerful ship was an unenginered anaconda. While it would be difficult to cut through the shields and then destroy the power plant within the 15 second window, with a wing, some coordination, and everyone going for the powerplant, it was definitely possible. So, at the time 15 seconds is reasonable.
Unfortunately, while the addition of new ships, Powerplay modules, and engineering has created great benefits across the game, menu logging has not improved. Recently I did a test where my buddy in a prismatic Federal Corvette stood still and let me use my best PvP ship to try and take him down, and see how long it took.
It took 4 minutes and 56 seconds.
The point is, even if I had a full wing, all with optimal pvp builds, it would be doubtful 4 cmdrs could take out a Corvette with that build within 15 seconds. There are other more shield tanking builds, such as a Cutter, which has better shields to start, and can fit a class 8 prismatic shield, one grade higher than the Corvette.
This system is open to abuse, is being abused, to the point that if a commander can acquire the ship and build, then the current rules on Combat logging by task kill are but ink on the page. They are effectively invincible. While most reputable squadrons will ban their members if they menu log, an unscrupulous ganker can create a build that cannot be killed in 15 seconds, show up in a system, kill lower ranked commanders with impunity, and when bounty hunters show up, be completely untouchable, no matter how skilled they or their opponents are.
I am sorry if I sound rather… livid, but I feel this needs to be addressed soon; either menu logging must be made a bannable offense, the danger timer to logout increased if the hostile is another player (or across the board), or have menu logging during combat result in the ship exploding.
Bruce G
Senior Community Manager
There's always a chance! No plans currently.
Hi Team (again) ...
Please would you consider providing a boost in speed or time reduction for those really long supercruise trips to very distant bodies in some systems ? This is not a Hutton Orbital question
Please would you consider providing a boost in speed or time reduction for those really long supercruise trips to very distant bodies in some systems ? This is not a Hutton Orbital question
Q - Specifically Small Seismic Charges and Class one Plasmas.. when can we have them
Hello, thanks for these new Q&As, I loved reading through the last one.
Anyway, will the new "in person" missions being added in Odyssey be purely focused on Odyssey content (doing stuff on planetary surfaces) or will they also include objectives from more traditional Elite missions like space combat, deliveries to stations, space salvage, etc?
Also, walking around in ship interiors, please? I know you guys can't comment on that either way, but I just thought I'd chip in to all the people asking for news on it.
Anyway, will the new "in person" missions being added in Odyssey be purely focused on Odyssey content (doing stuff on planetary surfaces) or will they also include objectives from more traditional Elite missions like space combat, deliveries to stations, space salvage, etc?
Also, walking around in ship interiors, please? I know you guys can't comment on that either way, but I just thought I'd chip in to all the people asking for news on it.
A faction's eligible for expansion if it's over 75% influence in any given system that doesn't have a conflict active within it. A faction can only have one expansion at once, no matter how many systems its present in. If multiple systems are eligible, then it chooses the one with the highest happiness.
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