Patch Notes Update Beta 3.9 Change log

[RustiSwordz]

3.9 interdictions are stupid OP now.

Not fun too many and got wasted in 5 seconds by the pirate.

Cut it back, its idiot stupid levels now. people on twitch are complaining like mad.

 

[Stavro Mueller]

Very first impressions of 3.9

This is really getting there now, in terms of polish. Updates to commodity market, outfitting and galaxy map are GREAT.

Also, the stability even in these minutes after launch is great - I have only been kicked out once.

Stuttering largely gone.

But the best thing is the performance increase. I am running a 15" Macbook Pro 2.7 i7. I get 40fps in space, 15fps in station at 2880x1800 on Medium. Or if I want high settings, I get 60fps in space, 25fps in station at 1920x1200. At 1280x800 on high I get 100fps in space and 40fps in station.

I can't wait to give this a good go tomorrow. I have already got 25k running about 5 hauler missions, so well on the way.

 

[Babul]

nice job FDevs, its a different experience again >

...got interdicted 4 or 5 times in a row. i evaded almost all except (indeed lol) the last, that was a pirate opening fire quicker than i expected. got away with 2% damage only, docked with ease, aaaand...

completed the red ignition paintjob collection

 

[FX2K]

New docking bays!

Just spotted a new docking bay at Azeban Orbital, for authorised ships only...

Spoiler

Can't enter it though

 

[BlueThunder]

I've been interdicted numerous times, but not killed yet. Running away works, but the AI can still take down shields and do some damage.

Were you trying to fight or run?

 

[Asp Explorer]

I had the opposite - a big Wanted Asp in LP98 - fired at me with two lasers and a shed-load of fragment cannons. He dropped his shields on his own somehow when he started firing, and just cruised around in a really weird manner.

Wasted him in my freebie Sidey, got no bounty as I didn't have a warrant scanner. Was entertaining though!

 

[5PIDER]

Nah I've had easy interdictions to get away from, just luck of the draw.

 

[Stavro Mueller]

I dunno about this station in particular, but all the outposts I've actually bothered to explore have one of these.

 

[FX2K]

Oh Never seen it before, passenger transport perhaps?
Shows how much attention I paid to the outposts then I guess.

 

[steveme]

I've evaded 3 for 3 interdictions (2 in LP98) - it's not super difficult and really gives you a feel of running the gauntlet into an anarchy system - good stuff!

 

[Cmdr KORKA]

they never g0t me/ aint startin now; will letr u know/

yes i gear for anti interdictions..

you will NEVER get me

 

[ronin516]

Anyone see a kill counter anywhere yet?

I havn't killed anyone yet but there seems to be no kill counter anywhere? Has anyone made any kills and found it?

 

[Derinahon]

I don't know about Azeban, but sure I've seen these on smaller stations before. Could be wrong :S

 

[Tar Stone]

Good:
- Very significant FPS increase all round on my laptop

- Scanner is filled with player commanders in SC and at stations around the core systems, 20 players all trying to dock at an outpost, LOL

- UI improvements are great as usual

- Game looks absolutely amazing


Bad:
- Still some stutter in SC and have the *very* occasional actual freeze for 1-2 seconds in SC and stations, didn't have this before

- Game did hang entering hyperspace once


Going back in now, seems like the servers are getting a hammering tonight, never seen anywhere near this many people in game, totally different experience from previous builds.

 

[Cmdr KORKA]

meh, tomorrow

Commanders.

It's ready - do I press PLAy

no

Guys u complain far too much./

 

[Grinchy]

Please FD???

Im not one to whine but seriously, can we please have a shared bounty system! Is it really so hard to allocate the bounty cr to Cmdr's from hull damage percent?

Had 3 people come in on my target on the last 10%.... , i did 95% of the work 3times in a row, only to have someone come in and laugh as they jumped out with the reward... And to top it off when i sent them a message... My thoughtful words of wisdom could not be heard or seen.... Now thats a galaxy wide problem right there, cant send messages to cmdrs if they jump in s/c... Whats with that?

Sorry, rant over. Just my 2cents.

One love,
CMDR Grinchy

 

[Chaz GELF]

Yeah, I'm having some trouble with staying connected right now. Bit of a shame, as I'm trying to ship some Eranin Whiskey to the Bolg system right now but every time I try to jump I just get taken to a "Could not connect to server" screen. I'll chalk it up to the sheer number of people playing at once.

 

[Asp Explorer]

i did 95% of the work 3times in a row, only to have someone come in and laugh as they jumped out with the reward

Either kill your target quicker, wait until someone else has done all the hard work, or kill those who would "steal" your bounty. All have consequences - that is part of the beauty of Elite.

 

[strolva]

Interdictions are more challenging, especially if you have a brain fart at the beginning. Some of the more popular systems are kinds silly, have been interwotsitsed 3 times in 2 separate systems, really gets annoying really quickly.

Fortunately I only fudged up twice, once I dropped out because I thought it was space police and got hammered and the second time I went down instead of up and couldn't win, but I live!

 

[katheb]

Harmless Aimless and Penniless. By far my favorite part of the update haha.