ANNOUNCEMENT Community Update - January 3306

[Stephen Benedetti]

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Greetings Commanders,

Happy New Year!

As we enter 3306, we would like to tell you about the next update coming to Elite Dangerous!

Thanks to all the commanders who joined in the beta back in November, we're happy to announce that the January Update will be launching on the 14 January! As we mentioned back in October, the first half of this year's updates will be focused almost exclusively on Fleet Carriers and fixing as many high priority bugs and issues as possible, ensuring that the game runs as smooth as a freshly-purchased Cobra MkIII. To be clear, this means that Interstellar Initiatives/Community Goals will be on hold while we focus on the subsequent series of updates and betas that will be coming over the following months.

Much like the January Update, these updates will be accompanied by an open beta, allowing commanders to jump in and see the content before it's released, as well as help us identify any major issues or bugs. We'll be providing more details about all of these updates in the near future, so keep an eye on all of our usual channels.

The team are hard at work on the next major milestone coming to Elite Dangerous at the latter end of this year and, as also mentioned in the previous post, we'll be ready to start revealing more about this after the Fleet Carriers update. We know you're keen to hear more, and we're excited to be able to show you what's to come!

 

[cero patatero]

Woooow the first... Thank k you

 

[Simplystyc]

This makes me very happy. Thank you Frontier

 

[AzizBaker]

finger crossed for space legs !

 

[Flimley]

Hooray for everything. \o/

Flimley

 

[magnaram]

Let's hope the developers and testers don't fail it again.

 

[Redden Alt-Mer]

To be clear, this means that Interstellar Initiatives/Community Goals will be on hold while we focus on the subsequent series of updates and betas that will be coming over the following months.

Hi Steve, sorry but this is not clear at all Does this mean no CG and no II until when exactly? Until FCs are released (supposedly end of Q2)? Or until the new season (supposedly end of Q4)?

Thanks

 

[DDexter]

Ah same procedure as every year - thank you Miss Sophie

 

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

Woot!

 

[Sir.Tj]

Excellent.

 

[marx]

Thanks for the heads-up, but...

To be clear, this means that Interstellar Initiatives/Community Goals will be on hold while we focus on the subsequent series of updates and betas that will be coming over the following months.

So much for them then.

 

[recrudesce]

Gonna provide a list of the bugs which are being fixed in this update or are we to guess ?

 

[Phoenix_Dfire]

Typical. Probably an hour before Lave Radio goes live.

Sorry about the Intersellar Iniatives though - Oh Well.

 

[Cmdr ST4R F0X]

Running like a freshly-purchased Cobra Mk3 ?
Interesting analogy, so you mean it will be E-rated and barely usable ?

 

[BlackFil]

Just to clarify, does this mean that Fleet Carriers will be out in Beta next week or nay?

 

[MDHansen]

Hi Steve, sorry but this is not clear at all Does this mean no CG and no II until when exactly? Until FCs are released (supposedly end of Q2)? Or until the new season (supposedly end of Q4)?

Thanks

"the first half of this year's updates (..) "
"this means that Interstellar Initiatives/Community Goals will be on hold while we focus on the subsequent series of updates (..) "

 

[DeadMeatGF]

Let's hope the developers and testers don't fail it again.

Well, there was an open beta, so you should have been one of the testers - if it fails it's on you.

 

[Alec Turner]

ensuring that the game runs as smooth as a freshly-purchased Cobra MkIII

Is that a stock Cobra with stock modules?

 

[zimms]

Just to clarify, does this mean that Fleet Carriers will be out in Beta next week or nay?

Nay.

Well, there was an open beta, so you should have been one of the testers - if it fails it's on you.

Nope. Unless Frontier pay people, they can't expect them to do their work for them.

 

[Lukozer]

We know you're keen to hear more, and we're excited to be able to show you what's to come!

Any danger of actually showing us then???