Arf's Holiday Message

Cmdr Nimineza

Cmdr Nimineza
Nothing to see here. Just pass on.
Promisses.... not kept... just as like the promissed ps4 stream (promissed in November), or any console related info,...

For me, I just set my carrier to hibernation, and shifted focus on other games and RL fun...cjust leave ED collecting dust on the shelf and refrain from buying Arx. This is the only language they understand.

Promisses are to keep. Don't keep 'em and watch people leave.
 

Frankymole

Frankymole
rOmiLaYu said:
Yeah, and that's really what saddens me. All their other titles are zipping along with full dev and CM engagement, streams, Dev posts, all of it. And then you have us here in Elite with the world on fire and poor Sally running about with a garden hose. It's just sad. She's been brilliant, but one woman isn't going to fix this. It smacks of major miscommunication and people left in the lurch, having to hold the party line. I feel for them. I really do.
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So is it all over? No more community managers?

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Frankymole

Frankymole
rOmiLaYu said:
I really do get the sense that something has gone wrong. For the most part, I've been largely unaffected apart from performance issues that seem to either get better or worse with each update. I was looking forward to fleet carrier interiors in January, but that hasn't happened. I have to imagine that COVID is impacting a lot of this as the UK seems to have been hit harder with lock downs and whatnot.
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On the contrary, restrictions have been lifted. People don't even have to work from home now, or wear masks.
 

rOmiLaYu

rOmiLaYu
Frankymole said:
So is it all over? No more community managers?

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To be fair, two of those eight weeks were taken up with holidays. And to be honest, what's there to stream about currently? They have to know that if they were to stream, the chat would virtually explode with negativity. I think it might be a bit tone deaf to stream at the moment, but your point is taken. Very little communication over the past two months, not withstanding the recent "oh hey guys, there's an update coming" surprise from the other week.
 

Lupus Malum

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Arthur Tolmie said:
Greetings Commanders,

As we approach the end of the year, I thought I would do something different. Instead of the usual Development Update, I would like to show more than tell; specifically around Fleet Carriers! We will have a full Development Update in January 2022, and lay out our plans for communicating with you through updates, streams and social channels.

Update 9

Update 9 is planned for release next week, with full patch notes published on the same day. Once we have a confirmed date and time we will of course let you know! Here are the highlights of what Update 9 will bring:
  • New Twin-Seat Combat Multicrew SRV
  • Mission extensions
  • Multi Limpet Controller
This update will also include a plethora of fixes and tweaks, including (but not limited to) the following:
  • Issues relating to inactive AI at conflict zones will now be resolved.
  • Issues relating to hatch breaker limpets when used on cargo hatch or escape pods on non-dockable megaships (Odyssey and Horizons)
  • Thermal Conduit no longer has the incorrect damage increase and is correctly represented visually.
  • Completing high influence missions will now affect Background Simulation as expected.
  • Stations no longer 'pop' into existence when jumping out of supercruise
One of the tweaks we have looked at based on your feedback is atmospheric lighting. I would like to share some before and after pictures of what you can expect with Update 9. These lighting effects will be noticeable when stars are low on the horizon.

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My thoughts on next year

One of the biggest aspects coming in 2022, literally and figuratively, is the addition of Fleet Carrier interiors. There is a huge amount that the team have been working on regarding this, so as promised we would much rather show you!

Join us on December 16th for our Christmas stream! This will be our last stream of the year and we want it to be special. Along with the usual fun you would expect for our end of year stream, we will be taking you on a tour around a Fleet Carrier interior for the first time. We will also be joined by a member of the development team to help us answer as many of your questions as we can.

Please remember that what we show will very much be work in progress and not final. There will also be some elements we will not show, as we feel some things are best experienced in-person, such as the all-important jump...

Outside of Fleet Carrier interiors, the development team are hard at work on new features and mission types, such as settlement defence that I cannot wait to share more on. We are also reviewing and assessing a number of areas that you have raised, such as the Engineering process, but as I said, I will leave those details for January!

One thing I am particularly excited for is the conclusion of the Azimuth Saga. We have been delighted to see our community engaging with this story arc and we cannot wait to expand on it ;). The narrative team and I are excited to entertain, perplex and thrill you with what we have in store next year!

It is fair to say this has been a challenging year for Elite Dangerous but we are proud and grateful of our community. It is our community’s continued love and support that drives us forward each and every day. To quote the first American female astronaut in space and physicist, Sally Ride - “The stars don’t look bigger, but they do look brighter.”

From the team and I, and all of us here at Frontier: have a wonderful holiday and we will see you in black!

O7 Commanders

-Arf

-Arf​
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Arthur, now we're in February any update on the progress of the engineering changes? Lots of great ideas from CMDRs since the post in November, any clues about what's going to b taken forward?
 

Frankymole

Frankymole
rOmiLaYu said:
To be fair, two of those eight weeks were taken up with holidays. And to be honest, what's there to stream about currently? They have to know that if they were to stream, the chat would virtually explode with negativity. I think it might be a bit tone deaf to stream at the moment, but your point is taken.
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That doesn't really stand up, they did twice-weekly streams (one of them play-alongs rather than news) after the Odyssey initial release when negativity was far higher.
 

rOmiLaYu

rOmiLaYu
Frankymole said:
That doesn't really stand up, they did twice-weekly streams (one of them play-alongs rather than news) after the Odyssey initial release when negativity was far higher.
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Fair, but I think that negativity back then was more "game is borked, fix it" and if I had to assume, the reason behind the streaming was "get out in front of it and carry on."

However, now we are 10 updates in with some good fixes but performance is still all over the place and we have more delays and broken promises. Unless the stream is "we've fixed the performances issues, console is getting released on XX/XX/XXXX, and Fleet Carrier Interiors are live tomorrow" I suspect there will be a cavalcade of salt and whinging. And we know that stream isn't possible, so no stream.
 

Segorn

Segorn
I'm sorry, but this doesn't seem like the most correct way to communicate with the community. The month of January is over, things that were talked about in December did not happen, which is normal, but the lack of communication is something very annoying. The CMs could have gone public and said that the plans had been changed and that they would soon return to activities, instead of talking and giving no explanation. Where is the better communication and transparency that was promised by the company?
 

SasaThargoidsHunter

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Therefore this is darkest ironic humor,

Welcome into the void of forgotten ones

to your right side you have the vr guys, on your left side the console guys, in the front you have the ship interior guys, in the back powerplay and bgs. We have prepared a seat for you on top of all of them, please note that there is sign written on it ,,missing promised streams and dev updates‘‘

hopefully they would blast us with some exiting things. Come on Fdev we know you can do this, show your potential.
 

CMDR KCalo

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Sasa21021991 said:
Welcome into the void of forgotten ones

to your right siide you have the vr guys, on your left side the console guys, in the front you have the ship interior guys, in the back powerplay and bgs. We have prepared a seat for you on top of all of them, please note that there is sign written on it ,,missing promised streams and dev updates‘‘

Therefore this is darkest ironic humor, hopefully they would blast us with some exiting things. Come on Fdev we know you can do this, show your potential.
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Back in the closet are the MAC players...
 
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