AMA IV - Happy 3307

[Paul_Crowther]

In an expansion attempt for a Power, is exactly half favorable factions enough to get reduced triggers? We've had both situations happening, so it would be interesting to know which is a bug and which is not.

You need a clear majority of friendly systems for thresholds to be reduced.

 

[Zac Cocken]

Will there be any non-letal weaponry in Odyssey?

This one is already on our list to ask the dev team!

 

[Bruce G]

So a full size Panther is on the cards then? We know you have it

Nice try!

 

[Rabidbadger69]

Is Odyssey for Xbox going to be optimised for Series X/S?

 

[Rubbernuke]

If I kill / retire a security officer in a settlement, is that the same amount of BGS influence as eliminating a security vessel in space?

 

[Riverside]

What triggers happiness in Factions? It seems random.

 

[RockyStar]

Will there be new engineers to upgrade hand held weapons?
And new guardian sites to unlock hand held guardian weapons?

 

[BirdWisdom]

There are currently no plans for this, do you have any idea how you would want this implemented?

Stations and FC.

 

[Paul_Crowther]

Is Odyssey for Xbox going to be optimised for Series X/S?

We don't currently have anything to announce on any Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5 specific versions of Elite Dangerous or Elite Dangerous: Odyssey. We can confirm that you will be able to play on the new consoles via their backwards compatibility features.

 

[yianniv]

Happy New Year.
Are any plans to put sales order quantity limits on Fleet Carriers? This whole FC concept need a lot of QoL improvevements. I hope after Odyssey is released

 

[Zac Cocken]

Will there be new engineers to upgrade hand held weapons?
And new guardian sites to unlock hand held guardian weapons?

There will be new Engineers! We'll go into more detail at a later date.

 

[Ozric]

Do you have any more balance changes planned for before Odyssey is released? And will the -25% illegal goods bug be fixed for Smuggling along with it?

Edit the bug is far more damaging to the profession than the PWA bug was, and it's been in the game far longer.

 

[Paul_Crowther]

What triggers happiness in Factions? It seems random.

It's based on their active states in their various star systems. Some states increase happiness, others decrease it.

 

[[VR] Orodruin]

As someone that has wanted AX CZs back for a long time, I was devastated to see them back during the time when I am away from the game on vacation and fear that they will all be gone by the time I get back.

Apart from any lore considerations, are there plans to have AX CZs more regularly appearing in the future?

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Will there be a "save" game slot?

 

[Zac Cocken]

Stations and FC.

Noted, thanks!

 

[Paul_Crowther]

And that's that for this week. Thanks for all your questions, we will be taking some of your Odyssey questions to our development team to answer in the future. We'll be back next week but for now, happy 33o7 Commanders!