Differences between Horizons and Odyssey?
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The main advantage would be that future developments will all be for Odyssey.
Basically, ED exists in two separate galaxies now; the Horizons one and the Odyssey one.
The Horizons version of the galaxy is "complete" now. What you have is all you're ever going to get.
The Odyssey version of the galaxy is where you're going to find any new stuff that FDev decides to develop for the game.
Basically, ED exists in two separate galaxies now; the Horizons one and the Odyssey one.
The Horizons version of the galaxy is "complete" now. What you have is all you're ever going to get.
The Odyssey version of the galaxy is where you're going to find any new stuff that FDev decides to develop for the game.
Horizons Legacy isn't being updated.
Horizons Live is Odyssey but without access to on foot activities including surface combat and exobiology. It also lacks access to atmospheric worlds and thus a large number of surface ports.
Horizons Live is Odyssey but without access to on foot activities including surface combat and exobiology. It also lacks access to atmospheric worlds and thus a large number of surface ports.
Thank you. At least someone here knows what the heck is going on.
Horizons Live is a broken game. You'll get things like missions with destinations you can't access, powerplay assignments you can't possibly do, and community goals where you have no hope of competing against players that have access to Odyssey content.
I believe the OP is talking about Live Horizons, not Legacy Horizons. Your comment doesn't apply.
To de-confuse things:
- "Legacy Horizons" is the old version of the game (version 3.8, which you can see on the bottom left of the game's main menu), which is the one available for consoles (and for PC if you want to download it). It can still be played but development was completely discontinued years ago, and its universe is completely separate from the current Live version. There's pretty much nothing happening there.
- "Live Horizons" is the current most up-to-date version of the game (version 4.x on the bottom left of the game's main menu), but without the Odyssey expansion.
- "Odyssey" is Live Horizons + the Odyssey expansion. This expansion has to be bought separately.
To be clear: They are the same game (same engine, same content, same shared universe, same events, everything the same), except that some Odyssey content is unavailable if you are playing in Horizons mode. This includes on-foot content, exobiology, ability to land on thin-atmosphered planets, certain engineers, certain materials, certain odyssey-only surface ports, and nowadays any of the new ships.
To the OP: Yes, that means that you are not merely missing being able to disembark your ship. In Horizons you can't land on thin-atmosphered planets, while in Odyssey you can. Likewise exobiology (which is highly lucrative) is not possible. Also the new ships are Odyssey-exclusive.
To get a taste of what you are missing out when you can't land on thin-atmosphered planets, here are a couple of examples:
The new ships are not Odyssey exclusive. They're available in Horizons as long as you buy them with arx first.
Yup, so it's more practical to just get Odyssey on sale than buying ARX for each new ship.
I stand corrected. I knew there was some limitation but didn't remember the exact details.
But as Storm above says, it's thus actually cheaper to just get Odyssey if you want the new ships. Then you can get all the ships (except the latest one) with in-game credits.
The cheapest path to newer ships is to buy Odyssey. That instantly provides access to four five new ships for in-game credits, with a fifth sixth available via Arx (and it'll be in game in a little over 3 months time, given the average release cycle). And access to more of the universe (in the form of more landable planets, outposts, bunch of stuff).
Alternatively can continue to ignore all the new stuff and drive around as-is ala Horizons, to boot, if that's your bag. Bargain.
edit: math.
Alternatively can continue to ignore all the new stuff and drive around as-is ala Horizons, to boot, if that's your bag. Bargain.
edit: math.
rootsrat
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This is the correct answer
There's no benefit to playing Horizons, is the way to look at it.
i play oddy but spend very little time on foot mission,just play the space missions so you may as well play oddy but not do the base missions it doesnt realy effect much,at least its there if you decide to have a dabble at it.,
If you want to access the new ships that are now out of early access it makes no sense not to get Odyssey, as you have to get them with ARX for Horizons Live. One ship costs about as much as getting Odyssey (little less), the moment you buy a second ship you are definitely burning money.
I recently decided to upgrade all my suits and handheld weapons to their maximum rank, as well as unlock several odyssey engineers and install mods on the suits and weapons. Even went to the Colonia region for this.
It was actually fun. It provides variety and a change of pace to merely flying the ship. It also gives more meaning to on-foot missions because you are actually getting some real tangible benefit from it (such as, for example, a significantly longer and faster-charging jump assist, improved battery capacity and night vision, which make an actual tangible noticeable difference eg. when doing exobiology, even if you never engage in on-foot combat.)
If you are looking for something different, I can recommend it.
Fwiw playing Open in Horizons 4.0+ is much quieter
Still a few AFK pad-blockers at CGs but can usually still get in. So it works well if you're PVE-oriented but still like seeing other players (kinda like a Private group I guess).(Note I haven't personally said no to Odyssey, it's just I've been away for 7 yrs and there's so much non-Odyssey content to catch up on that I'm not hurting for things to do. Fleet Carriers, System Colonization, re-engineering the RNGineering, getting SCO drives... Maybe Odyssey this winter if I stick around for a while.)
Didn't think of this. I was part of the original Mobius until recently. Apparently I haven't quite figured out how to join the new America version though. I might have to take a peek at Open in Horizons Live, thanks.Fwiw playing Open in Horizons 4.0+ is much quieter
(Note I haven't personally said no to Odyssey, it's just I've been away for 7 yrs and there's so much non-Odyssey content to catch up on that I'm not hurting for things to do. Fleet Carriers, System Colonization, re-engineering the RNGineering, getting SCO drives... Maybe Odyssey this winter if I stick around for a while.)
For my playstyle I have found that the Mandalay, the Corsair, and the Python II are the only new ships I have found useful.
Had no interest in alien flowers, nor their engineers with the same tired old mechanics. Same for the suits and weapons that need 'customization' with even more/different engineers. Haven't had any interest in the bio stuff either.
I did try landing on some rocks that had a 'thin' atmosphere and was not impressed. Still the same (mostly) dead moons/planetoids. Have not landed at any settlements, as there has been no need that I have seen.
So for me, I don't really see a benefit for me to play Oddity. Thanks for the replies folks.