I think you'll find - time will tell - that there is a substantial cohort of players who are willing to participate in any event, betas included, if they think doing so will help to improve the game for everyone.
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I'll be 88 and my carer will be flying my ships for me...New Era in 2042 confirmed!(at which time I'll be 86, that will be fun)
It makes you laugh really, They lost a months Dev time fixing the issues in the September patch, the community petition highlighted that vocal members of the community wanted a lot of bug/ issues fixed. They can't pull people off the New Era project, and they can't do both fixes and fleet carriers with the resources they've got left, so something has to give.
Personally, Getting the game right or stable is the right thing to do. As long as the Interstellar Initiaives continue to keep the background plot rolling, then having the Carriers moved back a while is no great loss.
Personally, Getting the game right or stable is the right thing to do. As long as the Interstellar Initiaives continue to keep the background plot rolling, then having the Carriers moved back a while is no great loss.
Where did you see that? I see nothing about anything plot-related continuing next year
The only points made in the OP was that focus would be on bug fixing and that FC's were being delayed. The re-introduction of beta servers was also mentioned, which is good.
Nowhere was it mentioned if II /CG's / Community CG's would continue during the focus on 'fixing the game' so without it being mentioned explicitly I think we all will be guessing!
That, and maybe they also realized that implementing the carriers on current version might not work unless they fix it first.
Agree.
I can see how the FC December release would look like: release, bugs, bugs, bugs, bugs, a few fixed, more bugx, players complaining, game doomed, what's up with this FDev, everything sux, life is terrible, there's no content, FC don't work... why don't you fix the bugx first!?!?!
That's how it would sound, and the FC part would be "whatevs" by everyone.
But if they fix the bugs, then release a very stable (genius?) FC update, we can all focus on having fun with the carriers instead of focusing on the latest bugs.
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My hope is that FC's will be in the Q1 2020 beta, as that would permit all of us to try to break them and the issues discovered being resolved prior to a Q2 release...
And we may be able to buy them with fish! (I wish I'd been playing in those days)
I was trying to remain optimistic
I always hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Well we know that the Chinese government have been desperate to build their own futuristic carrier, so maybe a lot of resources at Frontier were used up
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I didn't. I said as long as the Interstellar Initiatives carry on, I'll be quite happy with the main focus on bug fixes and leaving the carriers till later. If we lose the I.I.'s as well, then I'll be walking away for a little while I think, after all that NMS Base won't build itself.
I believe it's still possible, because it's a separate thing.
I think this whole mess we're in now is because of the fact that back in 2018 most of the staff was moved to work on New Era content, leaving the only a handfull of people behind to maintain the game while they're gone (I wouldn't be surprised if half of them were new to the job, still learning the ropes)
And they still can't keep a date or release even close to any timescale.
Repainting the facts? I am merely listing sources unlike yourself.
- Which two different 2018 release dates were announced for carriers?
- August 2018 is not 2 months before December 2018
- So you claim that Fleet Carriers got bumped in 2018 due to the "bugs it created" and not shelved at concept stage due to the workload of the rest of Beyond Q4? Where is your source, I was clear with mine.
- Who told who that 2019 would be about "fixing bugs"? Again lets see the source. In the real world, 2019 was minor updates focussed on New Player Experience and UI improvements.
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examples please! Lists are better than vague slogans. And what isn't close to a timescale? You mean they don't use time or you experience time at a different scale?
There is also the possibility that we can have none of the above.
Nothing vague about the carriers delay is there.
SO you say that carriers have only been delayed for potentially 6 months because the original concept was a squadron carrier? That is disingenuous at best.
Carriers were supposed to come in Beyond chapter 4, they did not. Frontier specifically said multiple times that the feature was not canceled, but postponed.
It is then teased/announced they are coming in Q4 2019. Now we find out that they should instead come in Q2 2020.
In sum carriers have been delayed from Q4 2018 to Q2 2020, well over 6 months. It also shows that FD ave blown their own deadline 2 times. THEIR OWN deadline.
There is no excuse other than mismanagement
Yesssss, i have finally caught up on this thread (for now).
Good show everyone
Good show everyone
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