Colossal announcement at Gamescom in two weeks' time

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The title is taken directly from this weeks newsletter. Colossal is a pretty big word. I'll admit to getting a bit jittery.

What is it? Apparently it's pretty big?...

"Colossal"

I'm going with the expectation it's going to be utter crud. Something like: "CQC is coming to PC in September."

Great, I didn't want to play that in the first place.
 
Haven't they always said the Planetary Landings would be in a paid expansion? They cant seriously be planning a paid expansion when the game still has so many things to fix.

Why not? It would fit the pattern so far.

Release another half-baked shiny to get everyone to forget the Power Play failure.
 
Haven't they always said the Planetary Landings would be in a paid expansion? They cant seriously be planning a paid expansion when the game still has so many things to fix.

They can announce whatever they like. Doesn't mean it'll be released then, just that it would move from being made of pure speculatanium to a timeline item of Eventually(tm). It's like Soon(tm) but with even longer lead-times.
 
Why not? It would fit the pattern so far.

Release another half-baked shiny to get everyone to forget the Power Play failure.

Power Play is a fun addition to elite. It's not at all a failure - just something you don't like.
 
Come on, it's pretty obvious. And no, it's not going to be planetary landings, or walking around ships, or thargoids. I mean, am I the only one with brains around here? Anyone who has been following the fdevs communications could have guessed it.

It's bobbleheads. They're back, baby, on a dash near you! :D
 
Haven't they always said the Planetary Landings would be in a paid expansion? They cant seriously be planning a paid expansion when the game still has so many things to fix.


The weakest link in the game is Exploration, and it would probably take something colossal like Planetary Landings to really fix it. If all it takes is money, FD can have it. As much as it takes.
 
They can announce whatever they like. Doesn't mean it'll be released then, just that it would move from being made of pure speculatanium to a timeline item of Eventually(tm). It's like Soon(tm) but with even longer lead-times.

^This. It really doesn't matter, other than giving us a hint about direction.

I really wouldn't like to guess, at this point. It wouldn't surprise me if it were the addition of in-game Magic: The Gathering style cards for Powerplay.
 
Its the Panther Clipper!

On a serious note, I hope its more improvements to the base game, such a better missions, background sim fixes, NPC voice communications etc.... Though I bet its planetary landings..
In reply to the background sim.
They don't need to go to Gamescom to announce that, they did that yesterday on their news feed. You should read it. Apparently only a tiny bit of the background sim was limited. Some states simply were not able to be in conflict, war, or voting at a specific time. So they are changing that. Every thing else about the background sim seems to be working properly. At least from my experience with a few zones I know groups have flipped.
 
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Me n my brother so hope its Thargoids so weve got something to do.PP is a boring grind for us very casual players so please please please let it be The Thargoids.

Coops.
 
Haven't they always said the Planetary Landings would be in a paid expansion? They cant seriously be planning a paid expansion when the game still has so many things to fix.

That would be hilarious. I thought I bought a complete game. I bought skins for added support. Frankly, I think that the "1" should be dropped off of the "1.x". Not one dollar from me until we get the "1".
 
I reckon NPC hireable wingmen. They'd need someone really good at NPC AI to work on that! ;)

Hey, now that's something I could get behind! I would be quite pleased with that, to be honest. It would make the universe seem a little more real.
 
Guys, guys, I know what it is! I'm not really allowed to say...but here it is...

Return of the bobble heads!!!!
 
...I'm thinking planetary landings with an intended release in December 2016.
It's looking more and more like planetary landings. They've already taken the time to deny the only other "colossal" possibility which would have been FPS mode. And they haven't said one word in response to all of Planetary Landing speculation.
...Though I bet its planetary landings..
If its planetary landings, I'm coming home from the deep ASAP to wait for the required parts to be equipped on my DBX before venturing back out...there's so many epic planets I've seen that I would love to have put down on for a look around.
Planetary landing...

If it's planetary gameplay, I'll be happy as a pig in sheets (hehe). This will move Elite: Dangerous out of the beta phase for me. :)

Do we really need YET ANOTHER THREAD on this?
What a silly and redundant question Alien?...
 
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Could "colossal" be some sort of clue or a hint..

I thought maybe the Colossus Computer used to decrypt encoded messages in WWII.. perhaps a link to the Unknown Artefacts?

The wiki page for the Colossus Computer has a reference to a 1970s sci-fi film called Colossus: The Forbin Project... I think it's about a rogue government supercomputer that becomes intelligent and takes over the world.. Isn't there something in the Elite universe Lore about rogue AI that are far out there in the Galaxy?

Could it be non-Thargoid, AI NPC antagonists to be introduced?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project
 
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^This. It really doesn't matter, other than giving us a hint about direction.

I really wouldn't like to guess, at this point. It wouldn't surprise me if it were the addition of in-game Magic: The Gathering style cards for Powerplay.
I don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to seeing footage and stuff. I reckon they have the fundamentals of whatever they're working on already running in-game.
 
Power Play is a fun addition to elite. It's not at all a failure - just something you don't like.

so your twitch feed is all about "tootling around the galaxy"... something you are avoiding as well ? or are you just spouting off to go off topic and bait this guy ?
 
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