Coming back soon, has much changed in the last 9 months?
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Hey, welcome back!
If you're asking about Elite: you barely missed anything in 6 months, and 9 months even. Two small updates in April and September, and another scheduled for Jan. 14. Stuff tangentially related to exploration: supercruise assist module (autopilot in SC), small ships gained two new class 1 slots, medium and large gained one, and... well, that's it. January update might change how the surface scan for geo / bio signals works, or it might not, we don't know yet.
Oh, I suppose there's that you buy cosmetics for virtual points called "Arx" now, not directly with money - and you can get a small amount of free Arx just by playing. For exploration, you gain a pittance of it by exploring, but when you sell your data, you'll very quickly hit your weekly cap. (Can't earn more than 400 Arx in a week.)
And yeah, that's all. Fleet carriers were shown to have some use for exploration but got delayed again, and Frontier is entirely silent on the icy world revamp now. The plan now is FCs for Q2 2020, so likely summer, with Frontier then announcing what the next expansion and New Era(TM) that's coming at the end of the year will be. Until the update in summer, no new content (not even IIs nor CGs), just bugfixes.
On the player front though, there have been some cool new tools in the meantime, such as Elite Observatory and VisitedStarsCache.space. And, not surprisingly, new maps on EDAstro
There's also this too. More of a curiosity, really.
If you're asking about Elite: you barely missed anything in 6 months, and 9 months even. Two small updates in April and September, and another scheduled for Jan. 14. Stuff tangentially related to exploration: supercruise assist module (autopilot in SC), small ships gained two new class 1 slots, medium and large gained one, and... well, that's it. January update might change how the surface scan for geo / bio signals works, or it might not, we don't know yet.
Oh, I suppose there's that you buy cosmetics for virtual points called "Arx" now, not directly with money - and you can get a small amount of free Arx just by playing. For exploration, you gain a pittance of it by exploring, but when you sell your data, you'll very quickly hit your weekly cap. (Can't earn more than 400 Arx in a week.)
And yeah, that's all. Fleet carriers were shown to have some use for exploration but got delayed again, and Frontier is entirely silent on the icy world revamp now. The plan now is FCs for Q2 2020, so likely summer, with Frontier then announcing what the next expansion and New Era(TM) that's coming at the end of the year will be. Until the update in summer, no new content (not even IIs nor CGs), just bugfixes.
On the player front though, there have been some cool new tools in the meantime, such as Elite Observatory and VisitedStarsCache.space. And, not surprisingly, new maps on EDAstro
There's also this too. More of a curiosity, really.
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Thanks for the info Marx, will be back online soonHey, welcome back!
If you're asking about Elite: you barely missed anything in 6 months, and 9 months even. Two small updates in April and September, and another scheduled for Jan. 14. Stuff tangentially related to exploration: supercruise assist module (autopilot in SC), small ships gained two new class 1 slots, medium and large gained one, and... well, that's it. January update might change how the surface scan for geo / bio signals works, or it might not, we don't know yet.
Oh, I suppose there's that you buy cosmetics for virtual points called "Arx" now, not directly with money - and you can get a small amount of free Arx just by playing. For exploration, you gain a pittance of it by exploring, but when you sell your data, you'll very quickly hit your weekly cap. (Can't earn more than 400 Arx in a week.)
And yeah, that's all. Fleet carriers were shown to have some use for exploration but got delayed again, and Frontier is entirely silent on the icy world revamp now. The plan now is FCs for Q2 2020, so likely summer, with Frontier then announcing what the next expansion and New Era(TM) that's coming at the end of the year will be. Until the update in summer, no new content (not even IIs nor CGs), just bugfixes.
On the player front though, there have been some cool new tools in the meantime, such as Elite Observatory and VisitedStarsCache.space. And, not surprisingly, new maps on EDAstro
There's also this too. More of a curiosity, really.
Welcome back Frost 
Can't think of anything to add to Marx's post, it's been quiet in Elite.
There are some expeditions starting over the next few months, and the ARX earned in-game are nice for picking up the odd paint (or potted plants
) but, that's about it until we finally get Fleet Carriers and find out where we can discover with them.
Can't think of anything to add to Marx's post, it's been quiet in Elite.
There are some expeditions starting over the next few months, and the ARX earned in-game are nice for picking up the odd paint (or potted plants
) but, that's about it until we finally get Fleet Carriers and find out where we can discover with them.Thanks Penny. I'm really looking forward to fleet carriers, I'm kinda glad they haven't arrived yet because I would have missed out on the fun!Welcome back Frost
Can't think of anything to add to Marx's post, it's been quiet in Elite.
There are some expeditions starting over the next few months, and the ARX earned in-game are nice for picking up the odd paint (or potted plants
Your first stop when you get back out into the black needs to be a visit to me on my latest SRV planetary circumnavigation
Where are you dude?
I'll come and see you for sure. I'm near the core with one commander (Johnny Frost) and I think Lar Sonuk is nearby as well.
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GAAAH...ok. How in the hell do I delete those duplicates that are all there? And I posted that ONE time over two hours ago...
And I posted that ONE time over two hours ago...Report them as duplicates.
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