Colossal announcement at Gamescom in two weeks' time

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ozrix84

ozrix84
It might be a big patch. With the drought of updates, they might actually announce a surprise release of a big overhaul.
 
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Bobbydylan

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ozrix84 said:
It might be a big patch. The devs are talking about updates to the UI and whatnot, and they might actually announce a surprise release of a big overhaul.
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I would love that. The current UI grew out of a stopgap measure in the alpha, and seem pretty different from what was in the concept drawings.
 

Snarfbuckle

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tiger61378 said:
Nobody's sure...I'm guessing Thargoids will be released. Either that, or more powerplay stuff....
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10 more powerplay factions and these are ELITE factions so you need to be pledged 8 weeks before being allowed to touch the overpriced useless modules.

And all ranks to these factions are TWICE the merit costs of all others but fear not, rank 5 gives you 1 gazillion credits and 10 ships of each type and one Thargoid harem.
 

Mephane

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edgar said:
Yeah that's the expanded universe explanation, made up to retcon the fact that the original writers didn't know what a parsec was! :)
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My own interpretation is that Han Solo was absolutely clueness what a parsec is. It's possible that the unit isn't regularly used any more in the SW universe at that point, and merely used when you want to sound more fancy or funny. Like buttload, which is an actual unit of measurement, but is used without knowing what it actually means. (It is a unit of volume, 1 buttload = ~477 liters)
 
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shadragon

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The last ten pages have nothing to do with the original topic.

The pages before then are speculation, guesses, hopes and dreams.

This thread serves no purpose at all. Be patient and wait for the announcement kids.
 

AnnuverScotinExile

AnnuverScotinExile
Mephane said:
My own interpretation is that Han Solo was absolutely clueness what a parsec is. It's possible that the unit isn't regularly used any more in the SW universe at that point, and merely used when you want to sound more fancy or funny. Like buttload, which is an actual unit of measurement, but is used without knowing what it actually means. (It is a unit of volume, 1 buttload = ~477 liters)
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A bit like a firkin, really (which is about 41 litres).

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shadragon said:
The last ten pages have nothing to do with the original topic.

The pages before then are speculation, guesses, hopes and dreams.

This thread serves no purpose at all. Be patient and wait for the announcement kids.
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But, as someone said earlier (me, btw), the whole point of the thread was to make silly comments about what a 'colossal' update might be. We didn't need another speculation thread about the Gamescom announcement, since we already had one of those. Surely our mods would have merged by now if they took the apparent subject of the thread at face value.

So, more colossal jokes, please.
 

MarktJones

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A giant bronze statue of me will be revealed floating in space. Players will be divided into those that think the pattern of verdigris on the statue is a code that indicates where a Thargoid invasion fleet is waiting. The other half will think that shooting the statue in the crotch will make the Thargoids appear.
 

Globusdiablo

Globusdiablo
Mephane said:
My own interpretation is that Han Solo was absolutely clueness what a parsec is. It's possible that the unit isn't regularly used any more in the SW universe at that point, and merely used when you want to sound more fancy or funny. Like buttload, which is an actual unit of measurement, but is used without knowing what it actually means. (It is a unit of volume, 1 buttload = ~477 liters)
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What a buttload! :) To have, or not to have: clueness. Indeed a question.
 

Vasious

Vasious
edgar said:
Yeah that's the expanded universe explanation, made up to retcon the fact that the original writers didn't know what a parsec was! :)
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Mephane said:
My own interpretation is that Han Solo was absolutely clueness what a parsec is. It's possible that the unit isn't regularly used any more in the SW universe at that point, and merely used when you want to sound more fancy or funny. Like buttload, which is an actual unit of measurement, but is used without knowing what it actually means. (It is a unit of volume, 1 buttload = ~477 liters)
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I always thought he was deliberately using Parsec wrong to goad Luke in to making a bigger boast there by showing Luke didn't know what he was talking about.
"Think you're a good pilot kid, My ship can do the Kessel run in under 12 Parsec"
"Oh Yeah, I could do it in under 10 so there!"
"Yup Farm-boy from a back water dust ball"

Given how Luke calls out the Pilot about hitting the exhaust port comaping it to his time shooting wamp rats, Solo might have got him to.
 

noodle

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Vasious said:
I always thought he was deliberately using Parsec wrong to goad Luke in to making a bigger boast there by showing Luke didn't know what he was talking about.
"Think you're a good pilot kid, My ship can do the Kessel run in under 12 Parsec"
"Oh Yeah, I could do it in under 10 so there!"
"Yup Farm-boy from a back water dust ball"

Given how Luke calls out the Pilot about hitting the exhaust port comaping it to his time shooting wamp rats, Solo might have got him to.
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Yup. If you try hard enough, you can always think up an explanation for poor script writing ;)
 

Vasious

Vasious
noodle said:
Yup. If you try hard enough, you can always think up an explanation for poor script writing ;)
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No that is not my attempt at reconning, just what I thought before the expanded universe came in and put the square peg through the round hole.
Two egos trash talking
 

Snarfbuckle

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Lysander lysan said:
Anything related to PL would be 1st phase, and that would be just fine. Then we are on track and look forward to the next hype.

I don't think it would be anything like wingmen and updating the interstellar phenomena graphics, however there is a possibility that is is all included in the next patch.
This game is huge in scope, the true gameplay we emerge when you can play freely between ship, station and ground. Then we will see the stories of Han Solo come to life again.

My personal evaluation so far.

1. The Sound scape is one of the best I've even heard in any game, a true marvel to be behold.
2. Graphics are ok, the textures are standard pleasant to look at, however not as the same standard as the sound.
3. Flight model is great, still room for improvements however rock solid.
4. Trading, need more depth, FD just need to look at some of the new trading tools like the trading computer add-on as a good example of what is needed.
5. Mining, room for improvements, maybe dedicated mining ships or larger mining platforms would make it more fun. We clearly need a more fleshed out gameplay in that direction.
6. Combat, I think we got a lot of focus here, as I don't do much combat I can't evaluate this part of the game.

My hope for the future would be more detailed graphics, sometimes it look like very low poly or very low in details compared to what we see in new games today.
together with the development of the areas where we need a more fleshed out gameplay. I don't expect the sound to be any better, I really don't know how they can improve it further?
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7. Powerplay is a mess and needs a complete overhaul.
8. Modules locked to powerplay needs an overhaul
 
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