News Beyond - Chapter Four - Beta Update (Week 4)

[Micha]

Hello Commanders,

We’re pleased to announce that the next set of beta content for Beyond - Chapter Four will be Thargoid Conflict Zones and a brand-new Thargoid-attacked Megaship scenario!

Great stuff Will, and thanks to the Team for their hard work. Looking forward to the patch notes.

Now; if only I wasn't going scuba diving this weekend.. argh!

 

[Daish]

Lack of communication YET again Frontier

Have you sorted any bug fixes in order to properly test Beta??????
Is this thargoid incursion just a matter of bringing Non human Uss forward to the bubble area even though its only in maia system????
Is Mining Balanced?????
Is FSS scanner fixed????


See a pattern emerging here!!!?!?!?!

 

[CMDR Rusty Dog]

Any chance of cheap/centralised engineering so we can properly play around with those new ships?

Agreed. Kind engineers in this last patch would be really appreciated ! Mind you, so would the ability to actually find High Grade Emissions in the FSS They are there but so so rare now.

Also I hope they've fixed the FSS so that the blue pulsating markers are no longer pointing to things that aren't there. This popped up in beta 3 only.

 

[rootsrat]

Lack of communication YET again Frontier

Have you sorted any bug fixes in order to properly test Beta??????
Is this thargoid incursion just a matter of bringing Non human Uss forward to the bubble area even though its only in maia system????
Is Mining Balanced?????
Is FSS scanner fixed????


See a pattern emerging here!!!?!?!?!

I can answer some of those for you:

1. Yes. Each Beta iteration saw LOTS of bugfixes in the patch notes. I think it's safe to assume this one will to.
2. No, Thargoid Incursion has nothing to do with NHSS. It's all about BGS and Conflict Zones.
3. Wait for patch notes tomorrow to find out.
4. It's not broken.
5. Here

Spoiler

 

[-VR- Max Factor]

Lack of communication YET again Frontier

What. How.

Have you sorted any bug fixes in order to properly test Beta??????

Lots have already been fixed in the previous patches. Check the patch notes tomorrow for more.

Is this thargoid incursion just a matter of bringing Non human Uss forward to the bubble area even though its only in maia system????

Test the beta tomorrow.

Is Mining Balanced?????

Check the patch notes and test the beta tomorrow.

Is FSS scanner fixed????

Is it broken?

See a pattern emerging here!!!?!?!?!

What kind of pattern were you looking for.

 

[lovely lovely]

Dr Lovely Lovely prescribes one dose of chill pill

(not a real doctor and cant prescribe chill pills)

 

[XLA]

Any chance of cheap/centralised engineering so we can properly play around with those new ships?

This please. You can't really win against thargoids, especially in waves without a engineered ship.

 

[Patrick_68000]

Excellent. Frontier on the front line as always. +1

 

[lovely lovely]

mmmm, just got to Maia, Obsidian. No shipyard, outfillting, refuelling, repair or restock. Universal Cartographics offline too.

Take it no one uses this station then? Any other large pad places in Maia to bring over some ships, rearm, fuel etc?

plenty of conflict zones

 

[rootsrat]

mmmm, just got to Maia, Obsidian. No shipyard, outfillting, refuelling, repair or restock. Universal Cartographics offline too.

Take it no one uses this station then? Any other large pad places in Maia to bring over some ships, rearm, fuel etc?

plenty of conflict zones

Artemis Lodge in Caeneo or something like that.

The patch is not out yet though.

 

[Omega Fighter]

Can you choose to fight for thargoids in conflict zone?

 

[rootsrat]

Can you choose to fight for thargoids in conflict zone?

No, that's been confirmed at the last stream.

 

[Hanerib]

I like conflict zones, Thargoid conflict zones sounds like fun. It also sounds like something that could be difficult to make right at first try. Could be quite an experience with game music turned on, npc chatter, immersive BGS state effects...

 

[ShadowWolf Kell]

Wow, you seen the patch notes already?

CMDR Thrust is slacking.

 

[Mangal Oemie]

With system states, non-flipping mission boards, 7-day CZs, no action on bots, and now incursion, I get the sense things are going to get really brutal for BGS players once Chapter 4 goes live.

 

[foxoplasma]

Cheers, although i hope the Mamba will get a little bit of a buff as well.

 

[Night Parrot]

NB: can you ask the lab coat wearing people (DAV) to nudge the BGS stats so they aren't neutral in every system? we need to test the journal things [/I]

After testing BGS in the Beta I'm really concerned that Thargoid attacked stations (incursions) will not be fixed without players fighting or repairing.
Hopefully NPCs' fighting Thargoids' and fixing stations will be logically simulated in the BGS.

 

[Yido-Jay]

Separate From Live Game

Support will likely move you to the bubble if you ask them. You could also always suicide back there to your starting system. Remember that the beta is completely separate from live, so anything that happens there has no impact on your live game.

Please say that is not correct ?

I’ve not played In months, minimum progress in game prior to the Beta.Only truly got into the game since, wile playing the Beta.

I’ve since brought and outfitted new ship, earnt around 100mil credits, levelled exploration to almost Pioneer and travelled to Colonia.

I CAN NOT GO BABK TO MY LIVE GAME !!!!
Please help Devs ?!!!!!!!

 

[Cmdr Andrew Johnson]

Just when I have to take the wife away for 3 days to celebrate a 10th Wedding Anniversary - oh well Saturday night is war on the bugs night!!!

 

[Flyinspaghetti]

Any chance we could have cheaper engineering & ships/modules for the remainder of the beta?