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Powerplay group functions.
with powerplay bringing players together under one flag I would imagine that new groups will want to form up to protect their faction, with this in mind will powerplay or future updates for powerplay add a group management function like member search or the DDF discussed feature to automatically kick players from a group who attack another player that belongs to their group?
Hi David,
Will we be seeing Harry Duval as one of the faction leaders?
If you can't reveal the release date of Powerplay, can you confirm if there will be a beta test period for Alpha/Beta backers before the release goes live?
Can you be aligned with more than one Power? Also will certain Powers be at conflict with another? ie you cant join both Power A & B because they are enemies?
From AnnuverScotinExile:
So, on the subject of a real power play, when do we get our God-like powers David?
Greetings CMDR Braben
How do YOU pronounce Patreus?
Will we be able to name a power is we get our ranks to the top?
Hi David, cockpit access to Galnet is a good new feature. Will this have a range? I.e will explorers on the other side of the Galaxy still have access?
Thanks
Surely a "right on commander" is long past due? If not will there be some other kind of recognition for ranking up in the game?
What's the rank requirement for the new Imperial ship in 1.3. Also is frontier alright with people modifying the HUD color in ED? I'v'e seen a lot of screenshots with the diffrent colors but never saw an offical stance on that matter.
From Jorlin:
How will supporting a "Power" influence my standings with the "Major Factions"?
Hi David,
First, thanks for the effort from you and your team for providing a such good game!
Secondly the question:
I'm still wondering about the increasing complexity around factions. Can you clarify the linkage between Factions and Powers?
From what I understand now we have: A minor Faction is dependent (or not) to a major faction. A Power has influences on several minor factions and/or major factions. A minor faction can evolved (or split?) to a Power. Finally, is Power a "meta faction"?
Thanks!
Question is in the title.
Is PowerPlay system control built on top the minor faction system control mechanism?
Will be be able to express our allegiance to a power (and also, support the ongoing development ) by purchasing power-specific paint jobs for ships?
Will the current ranks and reputations be adjusted? What about the people who are allied to all three powers, and hold top rank for both the Federal and Imperial navy? That seems like an impossible or at least undesirable situation.
From Rall:
Will there be independant powers to back, and can player backed minor factions become powers if deemed important enough. E.g. The Crimson state
Hi David,
A philosophical question:
Do you think Powerplay reflects wider society today, in the same way that the original Elite reflected a Thatcher inspired cultural focus on money and the individual way back in the 1980s?
Hi David,
A philosophical question:
Do you think Powerplay reflects wider society today, in the same way that the original Elite reflected a Thatcher inspired cultural focus on money and the individual way back in the 1980s?
What's stopping say a group of factions from forming a large alliance and dominating us all? SOMEONE GET MY TIN FOIL HAT.
From Sigon:
How do you plan to balance the player influence over different factions? Would it be acceptable for Frontier if by player choice one of the major factions (Alliance/Empire/Federation) is wiped out?
How much time do you get to play the game yourself? And have you ever done anything naughty like piracy??
Hi David, thanks for taking the time to answer some of our questions!
Will the 1.3 update include more appropriate consequences ( currently a bounty that can be paid off within a few minutes ) for killing clean ( no bounty ) players?
Hi David,
Will there be an Exploration focused Faction in Powerplay?
Greetings CMDR Braben!
Thanks to all the hard work your team has done!
I have only one question.
Will President Vidar Vondell from the corporate faction in Eta Draconis "Gold Vision Co." be part of the original 20 factions first included?
We flipped the system, they expanded to eradicate pirates from BD+57 1692 and had a galnet article posted with him commenting on the capture of Eta Draconis. Just curious =)
Thanks again, wonderful game.
-LW
Hello David!
Will some of the issues with Wings be addressed in 1.3? I love Wings, but it has some minor instancing issues from time to time. A lot of people have been reporting not seeing any other players except for their Wing members in Wings, but as soon as they drop out of the Wing they see lots of players.
From bobiroka:
Will Powerplay effectively replace the current Community Goals system?
Is powerplay a way to determ who be next Federal President or Emperor in a roundabout way by players?
Its been long time since we heard any News about how the Emperors Health is currently. Or is this just a emperor plot to deside who he can trust or not? Paranoia seem to be a common trait in Emperors.
How should we start for trying to get our independant faction in to the top 20 list of factions we can pledge with? Should be start now rapidly expanding them or will we be able to choose our faction out of the 20 you pick?
When will there be non-celestial things to discover in deep space?
Are there plans to give people reasons to venture into dangerous anarchies and enemy held space in trade ships? My friends would love to do the whole "trade ship and escorts" convoy, but there aren't really many reasons for us to do that at the moment.
Can i go pledge for the independant faction in Jotunheim and expand them with a group to become a major power? Can we start planning and working towards this before 1.3 or not?
From Mephane:
What is in it for pilot's who would prefer not to pledge allegiance to any of these galactic powers? Both in terms of gameplay opportunities, and in terms of perks and rewards, because the newsletter makes it seem like you miss out on everything if you remain neutral.
I did say "deep" space... Those probes are still in the sol system so I'm hoping he meant other things to find!
In the newsletter, it was mentioned that an intersection between a trading power and a military power will result in piracy missions.
Will this make NPC piracy more profitable or will we continue to need to focus on players?
Have they always been out there, or are they new additions??? This is important Mr Braben. Very important.
From _Dastardly_:
Will players be able to change factions? If they can will there be some kind of cooldown or will they be able to switch constantly?
For fun
That said, it could be worth thinking about reducing the impact that solo & group players have on the political simulation.
Are there any Douglas Adams references to be found in the game? (Besides mostly harmless-- edit)
I went to Betelgeuse, as a first stop, to check.
Mr Braben,
Are there any plans for 1.3 to have any new/improved/balanced weapon modules? Many of us are curious at to the future of weaponry in Elite: Dangerous
Evening David
Me and my father have been wondering if you guys at FD where going to add in a system orrery for in game orbits and such?
The dance of planets and seeing the revolutions of a double binary system in motion or whatever the system contains would be an amazing thing to add depth to the game and to exploring for each individual system.
Anyway thankyou for your time
Off to the black i go
I would hope most of the data is there from generating the great old milky, so implementing it hopefully would be easier....
Hello David,
Will new characters come into the game (i.e. new senators and politicians) and to what scale?
From Demonmaker:
With the new powerplay features, can you divulge who your going to stand with in the faction/powerplay fights?
Hello M. Braben.
Thanks for the awesome game. I'm realy exited to Powerplay, and the global future of Elite.
Can you give us precision on the incoming Imperial Courier, will it be a pure Fighter ? Or Multi-role like the Cobra ?
And more personal question,
What are your opinion on Imperial Slavery ? Can a power decide to make it Illegal and have others deep changing decisions like that ?
Hi David,
Bloomin marvlous game, and i can see it just improving more and more infuture! Great stuff..!
Question: If we can declare allegiance to a Faction, and system.. Then Might we have the opportunity to Register Our 'Ships' name within that system, much liek Boats are registered to a port.
CMDR Zaphonicus Taurog in the 'Highway Star' Homeworld: Blah Blah...
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Keep it going... Elite Dangerous just keeps gettign bettter!.
From Philip Coutts:
Do you envisage Powerplay as a tool to raise the amount of PvP currently happening? It seems that you are giving carte blanche to attack anyone from a different faction to you, regardless if they are wanted or not. Is there not a danger that the inhabited parts of the galaxy end up as one big warzone?
I'm very much a fan of how Frontier has handled gender balance in its NPC characters, but as an Imperial citizen I'm quite disappointed to be hailed as a "Lord" and then "Baron" and so on. Is there a reason why the Empire has no Lady/Baroness/Viscountess/Countess ranks, or is this fixable? (FYI, there has never been a female equivalent of an Earl, perhaps Marquis/Marquess or Duke/Duchess could be substituted?) Also, will ranks within powers avoid this issue?
ROFL!!!
Brian
From Matlok:
The Empire have a couple of great ships that adds to the empirical identity. The mighty federation also have ships to call their own. I really love the Alliance, yet I feel they have been very neglected by the defs. Currently, there is no real reason to rank up in their systems, for there is no real reward. With Powerplay, will there be some content for the Alliance faction?
Will unanswered questions be examined at a later time?
Greetings! Below you can find all of the Questions and answers combined into one post. Please use this thread to discuss the AMA.
It would still be nice if they would just post what is necessary for ranks. As of right now, I have to consider all existing data invalid.
What about the questions from yesterdays thread? We were led to think that David has been answering those in a separate thread, but i dont see anything like that.