Seriously, waiting for a month or two is "outrageous" to you? How about all those of us who have waited for Elite 4 since the mid-90's?
A couple of months, or even a year, is not that long, really.
News Development Update - 15th Jan
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A couple of months, or even a year, is not that long, really.
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What he said basically, really appreciate your post clarifying the difference between point updates (with emphasis on "low risk" changes - which explains the somewhat random, and to some, seemingly insignificant, selection of changes therein) versus major updates which will address some of the issues people are getting hot under the collar about (but whose fixes are presumably not "low risk") plus exciting new features. People who were involved in the Beta and were used to a "bolder" approach to the regular updates must appreciate that a large paying community is now involved and that a more cautious and responsible approach to changes is necessary.
Stoked about the 1000ly route planning, traveling across the galaxy > 100 ly at a time is a pain. I hope that the routing speed is updated as well.
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No one is forcing you to pay anything extra. Initial limited testing is a good idea because it keeps feedback loop and admin work /costs under control. Open Beta's concept is new anyway and FD don't have to open beta just because some other game does.
I don't see how this splits up playerbase at all. Nor is it screwing any customer- you don't have to join the beta but in the end you will still get a free update.
Maybe BMW will let you participate in their open Beta for the new sports coupe for free?
Hi Michael,
Please please please... could you let me and others know if the stutter problem is being actively investigated by FD? Just want to know what the score is. Thanks.
Please please please... could you let me and others know if the stutter problem is being actively investigated by FD? Just want to know what the score is. Thanks.
Excellent. Thanks!!!
I just hope that none of the newer patches that come out are ones we have to paid for, as the game has just been bought.
Should? Why?
They already havea great many players with beta access. If that number is beyond their requirements already, they may very well require more funds more than they require more testers. If they find, in the future, that they don't have enough testers at one point they can then open up beta testing to more people.
And before things like Minecraft made a big hit with early access no company did that either. Things change. When early access began people screamed about how outragous it was to pay to be a beta tester, yet now it is all the rage. What is to say that beta testing for an update can't be seen as early access?
Simple. You let the route planner plan your route, then you run along the brown line to the point it goes dotted, back up a jump and check that the star is scoopable.
It's what I did when I flew a craft that didn't have a big enough fuel tank for a 100ly route. Galactic navigation doesn't have to be easy, I want some involvement in plotting a course and longer route planning will be fantastic.
What would be useful in the route planning would be if you look at the planned route and could select a way point off the route and have it replot course via that system. Or select a system to avoid in the same way... But like my TomTom let's me "travel via" or "avoid part of route".
But seriously, I'll settle for 1000ly if that's all we get. It will be a massive help.
To be honest, I am more interest what 1.1 will bring (just two weeks away btw). Routing is just one aspect, as I understand, but there are lot of small yet missing things from current game.
Thanks Michel and devs for having some concrete dates to look forward to. Please keep us informed. Thanks
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Then you are beta tester, and will get access to beta test of 1.1 and 1.2. Remember, those will be separate worlds from retail version, so most likely you will have to create new commander.
Thanks Michel and devs for having some concrete dates to look forward to. Please keep us informed. Thanks
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Then you are beta tester, and will get access to beta test of 1.1 and 1.2. Remember, those will be separate worlds from retail version, so most likely you will have to create new commander.
No, I don't see a problem with this.
Elite has no subscription and the only microtransaction you can buy is cosmetic items. Personally I hoped this was one of the things they had thought of to generate revenue for the company. All this does is that some people can choose to get access to the (probably buggy) build a week early and play around with the features. I'm not expecting any progress to be saved or transferred over to the main build later while playing in this Beta environment. Everyone else then gets access to a polished version of it a week later.
nope - not mine..yours helps out once in a while
And that thank the lord for that.
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