Dev Diary 3 delayed to December because UK lockdown #2 affecting reshoots. "December will be a cool month", with another surprise for us

[StuartGT]

https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/jtizp2

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/jtizp2/dev_diary_3_delayed_to_december_because_uk
Reddit link because twitch clips/embedding needs fixing

Source: https://clips.twitch.tv/BreakableAdorableRadicchioTwitchRaid

 

[Factabulous]

Thanks for the update Stuart!

Oh fdev - playing 'hide the info in the middle of a stream' again

 

[SCiARA]

yea well done StuartGT, good to know I can rely on one source of info (forums) rather than having to lurk within social media

so what we reckoning on the "something else"?

 

[Bottom Hat]

Cheers @StuartGT o7

 

[Borko]

 

[Danieros]

A "cool month", eh? He repeats that so much that feels like a clue.

 

[StuartGT]

The restrictions imposed by this second lockdown can be inconvenient but safety of everyone is most important.

While there's a small possibility of a livestreamed demo of Odyssey being the surprise Arf refers to, I think an in-game big event is much more likely, tieing in with one or more of the on-going Galnet plotlines.

Elite Dangerous' birthday is on 16th December - a Wednesday - so that could also be a factor.

 

[StuartGT]

A "cool month", eh? He repeats that so much that feels like a clue.

Winter is cool. I hope we get snow this year

 

[SCiARA]

as in.....
John Snow??
We getting...
Dragons??

Space Dragons confirmed

 

[Cosmo]

Good excuse to delay the dev diary.

 

[CMDR Yates]

so what we reckoning on the "something else"?

A trailer probably. Doesn't need anyone on-screen (a la the dev diary), so all the footage can easily be produced at home.

 

[Factabulous]

Could be announcing the beta ...

Nah

 

[StuartGT]

Good excuse to delay the dev diary.

How terribly convenient for FDev that a dangerous, life-threatening pandemic is sweeping the UK causing the Government to lockdown the country to prevent spread * shakes fist *


Did I do that right?

 

[thistle]

Good excuse to delay the dev diary.

Ha ha.

 

[thistle]

I'd go with trailer myself, but we will see.

 

[jafergon]

Safety of the team and their families is first! I can wait a bit more. I also think it will be some sort of new trailer.

 

[Winterwalker]

How terribly convenient for FDev that a dangerous, life-threatening pandemic is sweeping the UK causing the Government to lockdown the country to prevent spread * shakes fist *

Hehehe

 

[Cosmo]

How terribly convenient for FDev that a dangerous, life-threatening pandemic is sweeping the UK causing the Government to lockdown the country to prevent spread * shakes fist *

Did I do that right?

As if there aren't other ways to do a dev diary.

 

[StuartGT]

As if there aren't other ways to do a dev diary.

I don't think FDev will change their Odyssey Dev Diary format just because you're impatient.

If you're eager for Odyssey news, FDev provided some just this week via PC Gamer:

Elite Dangerous Odyssey has headline feature article in this month's PC Gamer

Source: https://reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/jrky59/this_months_pcgamer/

forums.frontier.co.uk

 

[Cosmo]

I don't think FDev will change their Odyssey Dev Diary format just because you're impatient

If they wanted to take full precautions. Record the in-game footage, write the script, have 1 person do the narration. There are many creative ways to do it. I think they need more development time for the expansion.

Sorry, I'm skeptical about the real reason.