Horizons Can someone direct to the roadmap

[Harmoniser]

Hi,

I'm a bit of a lapsed original backer after losing my modest fortune just before engineers by going out in my fully ladened type-9 with no insurance. While it was heartbreaking there is something quite freeing about having to start again. For one those new missions added since release which didn't provide much money and new smaller ships become viable.

This time around, now I have a rift, I want to avoid the grind. But I really want to wait for the next season of updates. Right now there isn't enough to reinvest my time, especially with No Man Sky out and SC picking up its pace.

Could somebody point me towards the area on the forum that sets out the roadmap of dates for:

2.2, 2.3, and 2.4. And season 3 which I assume will land in December. I've only really been reading the newsletters but I've not seen any details on this for a long time.

 

[zimms]

Taken from the store page of Horizons:

2.0 – Planetary Landings
Available Now
A whole new angle on the galaxy. Journey from the stars to the surfaces of strange worlds, and hit the ground running in the new Scarab Surface Recon Vehicle.

2.1 – The Engineers
Available Now
Introducing an expanded mission system and game-changing loot. Craft exotic weapons and modules for your spacecraft and build a ship unlike any other.

2.2 – Guardians
Still to come
Take what comes and strike back with double. Bring a second ship to every combat encounter with Ship-Launched Fighters and defend your passengers against the deadliest threats in the galaxy.

2.3 – The Commanders
Still to come
Team up and stand together. Forge your own identity with the new Commander Creator, then share your bridge with Multi-Crew and fly with friends.

2.4 – TBA
A secret revealed in Elite Dangerous: Horizons’ final expansion.



For more details I guess we'll have to wait for Gamescom next week. I personally wouldn't be too sure that we'll also get news about season 3 already and I'm pretty sure we won't see season 3 as soon as December. Spring 2017 seems like the earliest date for that.

 

[[VR] Frank_G]

Engineers was shifted back to the beginning of Frontiers financial year. So i guess, we will see complete new seasons around march / april of the year and a big x.4 update to take part in the Xmas holiday sales.

 

[Barking_Mad]

No dates, although Gamecom starts next week so we might get some then. If you want some information re: Horizons content then see my blog thing, here.

FWIW I'd guess that there might be a Beta date for 2.2 announced at Gamecom.

 

[Harmoniser]

I personally wouldn't be too sure that we'll also get news about season 3 already and I'm pretty sure we won't see season 3 as soon as December. Spring 2017 seems like the earliest date for that.

Thanks, it would be great if they gave out more dates at Gamescom, I assume they have been silent due to some big reveal. On season 3 there were some ED veterans who told after the Engineers delay that Season 3 was being worked on by a separate team and the delay wouldn't effect it. It would good if a developer could confirm.

2.2 and 2.3 (other than passenger missions) don't really appeal to me as I play alone and I don't seem to come across many people in open play. I think I'll wait and see what season 3 is.

 

[Hydrino]

Thanks, it would be great if they gave out more dates at Gamescom, I assume they have been silent due to some big reveal. On season 3 there were some ED veterans who told after the Engineers delay that Season 3 was being worked on by a separate team and the delay wouldn't effect it. It would good if a developer could confirm.

2.2 and 2.3 (other than passenger missions) don't really appeal to me as I play alone and I don't seem to come across many people in open play. I think I'll wait and see what season 3 is.

Read next Monday's newsletter and/or check the forums after Gamescom, which starts this Wednesday.

Gamescom should be huge for Elite this year (and was last year), especially since they are not having a big presence at EGX.

FD has folks working on Season 3 and 4 already (probably 1-2 persons on long-term R&D for season 5 at this point). There is a lot of R&D and concept work to be done for walking around, landing on planets with atmospheres, ship-to-ship boarding, and all the other things they want to do and all that work doesn't get done in 3 months.

On the point updates not being of interest is that they always include a lot of stuff other than the headline feature. I would be surprised if the Multi-crew did not include enhancements for solo players as well - and the player avatar creator and ship launched fighters will work for solo commanders. As an example, 2.1 Engineers (loot and crafting) included a total mission system re-vamp with pictures of all mission givers (now Tier 2 NPC) and better info on how missions affect the BGS (plus some new mission types), lighting updates, SRV tracks on planets, Nav Beacon scanning for data, USS location and information updates, and more (I would not want to go back to pre-2.1 having already played it).

In any event, good luck with your decision and we should have tons of new update info very soon.