See that's the thing, we on this side of the fence are shooting blind, If we come up with an idea and you are allowed to, tell us specifically why it wouldn't work and we can help or accept it I think.
I believe they just don't know themselves, probably have an idea and a hope, but fix one thing that breaks two things means it's hard to nail down a release schedule. Update 5 and the launch date show that things need to be more fluid and we need to be more patient.
So, just tell us about progress and plans and keep one section of the community happy - <redacted> those <redacted> who take everything said as locked in promises!
I'm always speaking my mind, got a couple of warnings when slagging off white knights but that's it <touch wood>
ED Forums is hard to give up
I'ma come back when the game is fixed (but I won't grind anymore) - would love to fight the Thargoids but you (as in game designer not you specifically as you're great) have locked that off from players who refuse to grind.Wish I did, I love the planets and exploration but I need a good flight model, HOTAS support, orbital mechanics, proper solar systems, VR etc etc etc... A NMS and ED baby would be perfection
Hello Games could look after the storylines and procgen plants and life (less cartoony) and planet generation (overhangs and caves ftw) whilst Fdev could do the galaxy, flight, system makeup and BGS...Yeah, I believe that's what I said, right?
Makes a change from the usual collection of fruit loops
this is interesting to me, because I just don't see what a HOTAS would change in NMS - it can be perfectly flown with mouse and W,S for thrusters. the planetary approach is just awesome in NMS, when you enter the atmosphere and slowly you can see more and more of the landscape. Entering the lower atmosphere during a storm can be dangerous though. I don't miss the flight model of Elite there, because this game isn't really about flying your spacecraft, but more about exploration on planets. I came to Elite when Horizon came out, I came for planetary action - but when I compare what NMS offers and what Elite offers, it is not even hard to make the decision to play NMS and drop Elite. I came for the planetary stuff and NMS just does it by orders of magnitude better. And NMS has a fairly good interface to play the game intuitively - I even got used to build and quick menu meanwhile - but in the end what counts for me is "do I have fun playing the game?" - and the answer for Elite was "no, not really" and for NMS "you bet, I hardly can stop playing".Wish I did, I love the planets and exploration but I need a good flight model, HOTAS support, orbital mechanics, proper solar systems, VR etc etc etc... A NMS and ED baby would be perfection
can i come and have some cake plz
have some tim tams - chewy caramel, one of my favorites
well, Boris Johnson mentioned both, when he speculated about a free trade agreement with Australia - he said, it would be nice, if uk could have tim tams (well, they actually can already, I think Tesco has them on offer) and Australia penguin bars - I guess he hasn't actually tried tim tams - why would we buy penguins, if we have tim tams?
yeah they are very similar, I know both, having lived in the uk and now living in australia - I prefer tim tams though and doubt that an export of penguins to Australia will be a good deal. Much like uk beef - does Boris really believe we have waited for uk beef - we can flood the uk market with australian beef though, but we certainly don't need uk beef or lamb.
Of all the updates I have read where we get small glimpses of the effort that's going on behind the scenes (mostly thanks to your now-traditional Thursday forum blitz @sallymorganmoore) this one is most intriguing. This over all the other tidbits makes me feel there is a real step change coming for Elite, but some of the pieces are still moving right now. I can think of several reasons why it might be difficult or impossible to share any details about that at a team and corporate level, regardless of the new more open (and very much welcome) communication stance.
Don't get your hopes up, it will only end in disappointment. Expect nothing and get pleasantly surprised instead.
