ANNOUNCEMENT Community Update (22/10)

[Stabby_Dave]

It's what everybody has been asking for. I'm just waiting for the inevitable deluge of salt aimed at the delay

 

[Electric Kite]

All I can say is... LOL.
Its beyond funny at this point.

Seriously. What is actually going on over there?

Also...where is Braben? Has he checked out?

Probably a smart move at this point.

 

[magnaram]

Frontier Halft Development never dissapoint me. I lie ever dissapoint me

 

[PKSeven]

I can't imagine that was easy to post but it's good to know that you've all taken the feedback to heart. Unfortunate to have another delay on carriers but needs must. Kudos to everyone on the dev team on doing what you can.

 

[Ian Phillips]

Frontier Halft Development never dissapoint me. I lie ever dissapoint me

Glass half empty I see

 

[Wobblin-Gobblin]

I'm sorry, but fc in the second quartal of 2020? And so the 'new' era wil be (maybe) released in 2021 or later? What about ice-planets?

Bug-fixing is good, but new stuff shouldn't suffer from that

 

[Deleted member 192138]

Oh are there bugs in the game?

 

[PBSF Pendragon]

Sounds like a plan. I think the bug fixes and staiblity issues / balancing are likely to have a much more positive effect than fleet carriers. Also I aven't even started saving and have no money

 

[Guywired]

Communtiy asks for more effort to 'fix' things.
Where does said communtiy think that effort will come from out of a full dev schedule?

More People power?

I mean.. FDev's got like 500 people working on Carriers for what.. 3 years now?

At this point it's a safe bet we'll find out in May that Carriers are delayed until Q4 of 2020.

How are they even still free at this point with all the time that's gone into them over the last 3ish years now?

 

[VampyreGTX]

I’m really glad about the focus on the core game and the bugs. I really want to see some focus and fixes brought into PowerPlay. I think PP needs a major overhaul, but obviously that is well out of scope of anything preceding the 2020 refresh, so I hope to see at least some QoL improvements and fixes that are MUCH needed to the PP community.

As for the delay in carriers, yes, it’s disappointing, but at the expense of, hopefully, a more stable, more balanced game, and fewer bugs upon carrier release. Oh, and more time for me and others to build our credit balances to afford carriers and all their extras or whatever LOL

 

[magnaram]

Glass half empty I see

It is what the frontier evangelists have, the great leader does everything well. No criticism, right?

 

[Will Flanagan]

I'm sorry, but fc in the second quartal of 2020? And the 'new' era wil be (maybe) released in 2021 or later? What about ice-planets?

Hello @Wobblin-Gobblin,

The new era is still set to be released by the end of 2020.

 

[jurema543]

i won't lie, i'm mad because the Fleet Carrier was the thing i was the most hyped for Beyond


Also, you should really tell us what is the major update of 2020
Because there is 3 majors possibilities for it :

• Spaceleg
• Atmospheric
• a huge disappointment

 

[r3per]

Well, would like to say I'm surprised, but I'm not. Guess I will have 100 bil on both accounts by then... What a HUGE let down. Guess we get fleet carriers same time Star Citizen is finished.

 

[Kezika]

Well, carriers delayed another 6 months.

Shocked.

Might want to check your math. Q2 would be 3 to 6 months from the original planned release in December, it would only be 6 monhts if they released them on the absolute last day of Q2.

 

[Ian Phillips]

I'm sorry, but fc in the second quartal of 2020? And the 'new' era wil be (maybe) released in 2021 or later? What about ice-planets?

You didn't read the post. There are NO delays to the 2020 update.

 

[Ozric]

I mean.. FDev's got like 500 people working on Carriers for what.. 3 years now?

Frontier have got 500 people in the entire company, not working on Elite or Carriers.

 

[Guywired]

Hello @Wobblin-Gobblin,

The new era is still set to be released by the end of 2020.

Because you only announce a delay when you're within 2 months of the planned release, amirite?

 

[Vithigar]

I guess congratulations are in order for the "open letter" crowd? This is exactly what they wanted, right?

 

[VampyreGTX]

More People power?

I mean.. FDev's got like 500 people working on Carriers for what.. 3 years now?

At this point it's a safe bet we'll find out in May that Carriers are delayed until Q4 of 2020.

How are they even still free at this point with all the time that's gone into them over the last 3ish years now?

Um.... FDev has 500 employees, NOT Eliteangerous. The 500 employees (not all fo which are devs either) are spread across all their product lines as well, PC, JWE, PZ, and other still to be announced future products.