I've heard its being worked on. 
Is there any firm news other than rumors?
Is there any firm news other than rumors?
Distant Worlds 3 ???
- Thread starter Rock-Hermit
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There's no other news until Frontier reveal what the new era content update is about. Until then its all speculation with no guarantee that there'll be a DW3.
Update copy & pasted from post #15:
Distant Worlds events are a large community effort, they take a lot of time to put together, and its a big sacrifice of peoples spare time once they commit to the project. For example; DW1 took 5 months planning, whereas DW2 took twice that. So for another Distant Worlds event to occur, the majority of the team who dedicated months of their spare time to the previous two events need to be as active and passionate about the game today, as they were back when they worked on DW1 & DW2.
There are around 40 people in the Distant Worlds organisation team, many of them were there right at the beginning for the first one (DW1), back in 2016, and many more who joined to help put DW2 together three years later, and new people who joined the team as recently as 2020. The team is made up of players that have experience across a wide variety of content creation for Elite Dangerous. These include community initiatives like EDSM, the DSSA, Hull Seals, Rock Rats, CoR, the Galactic Mapping Project, FleetComm, ED Streamers, Fuel Rats, Distant Radio, and even an official Elite Dangerous author, as well as individual organisers from some large non-DW related expeditions too.
They have some great ideas for DW3 already written up that would pack the expedition full of projects and tasks for players to undertake during the trip, expanding DW3 to more playstyles by utilising the new content, and building upon the legacy of the other expeditions, as well as a whole DW3/DSSA narrative to be written by one of Elite's official authors. Importantly, none of these ideas require any specific help from Frontier since they've been written purely with current gameplay and game assets in mind, the exception being the opportunity to have Frontier oversee any merchandising people do for DW3, so proceeds generated go solely to a charity Fdev sponsors. This latter point is an important one for this team, its something that was discussed at length after DW2, and we feel that if a DW3 event got even half the publicity and participation as the previous one did, its possible it could do a lot of good outside of Elite, as well as bringing a lot of memorable times and creativity to the people who take part in it.
There are around 40 people in the Distant Worlds organisation team, many of them were there right at the beginning for the first one (DW1), back in 2016, and many more who joined to help put DW2 together three years later, and new people who joined the team as recently as 2020. The team is made up of players that have experience across a wide variety of content creation for Elite Dangerous. These include community initiatives like EDSM, the DSSA, Hull Seals, Rock Rats, CoR, the Galactic Mapping Project, FleetComm, ED Streamers, Fuel Rats, Distant Radio, and even an official Elite Dangerous author, as well as individual organisers from some large non-DW related expeditions too.
Update on behalf of the Distant Worlds team, March 2022.
With the announcement that Odyssey content won't be coming to console, we feel as though its only fair to let those who were still inquiring about the possibility of a DW3 know that this is now not going to occur.
The two Distant Worlds expeditions were only made possible with the time, creativity, and dedication from a whole team of people, and many of those people are console-only players. We were one team working together. Sadly Frontiers announcement regarding the abandonment of Odyssey for consoles has pretty much made it impossible for that team to consider working on another event, as many of the friends we all made along the way won't be able to take part. This (among other things briefly touched on below) has lead us to the collective decision to retire the Distant Worlds events from Elite Dangerous.
Distant Worlds was about building a large-scale community event upon new game content, trying new ideas, and getting the best out of whatever assets and gameplay was available. We have no desire to make a Horizons-based event again, we've been there and done that, so it was always going to be built upon whatever Odyssey brings to the game - provided that content was interesting enough to make it worth the time investment needed, and crucially be available to all. Additionally, both events of the past were successful and popular because they were written for (and took place in) an era when the game was still relatively new, with a galaxy that still held some trepidation and was largely unexplored (especially in DW1's case). The galaxy today is... well... old, and well traveled. The mystique it once held is no longer there for many people who've been around a while.
The tagline for DW1 back in 2016 was taken from an old Canadian folk song; "Tracing one warm line though a land so vast and savage". It felt quite apt for that period. In today's Elite, we're not sure that feeling can be recaptured as the game currently stands. Importantly, the enthusiasm to explore the galaxy with friends and within social groups was one of the main driving forces behind the whole idea, and the console news has come as a blow for many of us, as it hits at the very core of what DW was all about.
Distant Worlds belonged to all the community (Console & PC) and moving forward without the hard working efforts of our console friends is unthinkable as a team.
So with all issues considered, we feel as though 'Distant Worlds' has had its day. It was a product of its time, and trying to recapture what made it special back then, is something we feel cannot be repeated.. not in Elite as it currently stands.
With all that said, and as discussed within the team after Frontiers announcement, we never want to say never, so the pilot light for another DW-type event will be kept on via the official organizers server (linked below), if nothing else, just as a place where many of us can occasionally hang out and chat to fellow organizers or explorers who took part in the previous events, a place to stop by and reminisce from time to time.
And if there is ever any exceptional circumstances that can bring the team back together - be it a complete migration of the console team over to PC, coupled with new and innovative galactic content that once again captures the imagination and reignites the passion that gave rise to DW1 & DW2, or even the lure of exploring virtual galaxies together beyond Elite Dangerous, then the ideas for another jaunt into the black may be revisited. Until then, fly safe o7.
- Distant Worlds Organization team.
For those looking for alternatives to DW-type events, check the expeditions page on EDSM to see whose doing what. We hope people will support those expeditions as much as they supported the Distant Worlds events of the past.
If you want to keep in touch with Distant Worlds org team members and participants of both DW1 & DW2, you can do so here - Distant Worlds Organizers server: Discord Link
(edited Nov. 2021 - fixed EDSM link)
(edited Mar. 2022 - updated event status)
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As long as its not Beagle Point again.
If FCs are interesting and indeed do have ranges of 500 LY, then i see potential there for a Distant Worlds based around reaching previously unreachable systems. Perhaps along the top, bottom or edges of the galaxy.
If FCs are interesting and indeed do have ranges of 500 LY, then i see potential there for a Distant Worlds based around reaching previously unreachable systems. Perhaps along the top, bottom or edges of the galaxy.
Good grief! I still haven’t returned from Distant Worlds II yet!
Good grief! I still haven’t returned from Distant Worlds II yet!
I got a PM from someone last month whose still on his way home from DW1
. He'd been tootling around the galaxy for 4 years and hasn't docked at a station since DW1's launch back in January 2016 !
I got a PM from someone last month whose still on his way home from DW1
That's some serious exploration devotion. Or they got lost on the way back. It's one of the two
I got a PM from someone last month whose still on his way home from DW1
You did a bit of that yourself due to that cracked canopy before DW1, iirc.
Just patched and took off from Beagle 2 a little bit ago. Think I'll take a leisurely jaunt down the Sagittarius-Carina Arm for the route home.
Hey, everyone!
New commander here, been playing for about 2 weeks now and counting
I've been skimming through events and I see people still doing Distant Worlds? I can't really tell if it's just joking around or a real thing.
Is it possible to participate in Distant Worlds now?
This is seriously possibly the best feature of the game, it's a shame you should do deep digging around to find it, after purchasing the game.
New commander here, been playing for about 2 weeks now and counting
I've been skimming through events and I see people still doing Distant Worlds? I can't really tell if it's just joking around or a real thing.
Is it possible to participate in Distant Worlds now?
This is seriously possibly the best feature of the game, it's a shame you should do deep digging around to find it, after purchasing the game.
Welcome to Elite Arkendight. Distant Worlds 2 ended last year but there may still be some stragglers left out there on their way home. You can still go follow the old DW1 and DW2 routes if you want to go and see the sights, but the official expedition is over so there won't be any support or rewards on offer now.
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Hey, thanks for the reply!
I'm very much looking forward to continuation of these space voyages.
It's probably a good turn of events for me, since I can prepare for the upcoming content and be a fully-fledged member of the expedition by then.
How can a participant help in organizing the event?
Is it RP intensive?
I'm very much looking forward to continuation of these space voyages.
It's probably a good turn of events for me, since I can prepare for the upcoming content and be a fully-fledged member of the expedition by then.
How can a participant help in organizing the event?
Is it RP intensive?
Welcome to ED, Arkendight!
Erimus gave you the DW2 update. If you’re interested in ongoing exploration and emergent gameplay projects, you should check out the Deep Space Support Array being organized by Qohen Leth.
I am currently recruiting for one of the DSSA fleet carrier expeditions. Be happy to chat with you about details, if you’d like to learn more. Here is the recruiting thread:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/cmdrs-wanted-dssa-fleet-carrier-deployment.543369/
Erimus gave you the DW2 update. If you’re interested in ongoing exploration and emergent gameplay projects, you should check out the Deep Space Support Array being organized by Qohen Leth.
I am currently recruiting for one of the DSSA fleet carrier expeditions. Be happy to chat with you about details, if you’d like to learn more. Here is the recruiting thread:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/cmdrs-wanted-dssa-fleet-carrier-deployment.543369/
what about now ??
forums.frontier.co.uk
ANNOUNCEMENT - Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Announcement
It's time to disembark, Commander. We are delighted to share with you a glimpse of the Next Era - Elite Dangerous: Odyssey. Explore distant worlds on foot, expand the frontier of known space and leave your mark on the galaxy as you become the first person in history to explore lands...
Yes. Next year. After we get the space legs, we're all going to walk to BP.I've heard its being worked on.
Distant Worlds events are a large community effort, they take a lot of time to put together, and its a big sacrifice of peoples spare time once they commit to the project. For example; DW1 took 5 months planning, whereas DW2 took twice that. So for another Distant Worlds event to occur, the majority of the team who dedicated months of their spare time to the previous two events need to be as active and passionate about the game today, as they were back when they worked on DW1 & DW2.
There are around 40 people in the Distant Worlds organisation team, many of them were there right at the beginning for the first one (DW1), back in 2016, and many more who joined to help put DW2 together three years later, and new people who joined the team as recently as 2020. The team is made up of players that have experience across a wide variety of content creation for Elite Dangerous. These include community initiatives like EDSM, the DSSA, Hull Seals, Rock Rats, CoR, the Galactic Mapping Project, FleetComm, ED Streamers, Fuel Rats, Distant Radio, and even an official Elite Dangerous author, as well as individual organisers from some large non-DW related expeditions too.
They have some great ideas for DW3 already written up that would pack the expedition full of projects and tasks for players to undertake during the trip, expanding DW3 to more playstyles by utilising the new content, and building upon the legacy of the other expeditions, as well as a whole DW3/DSSA narrative to be written by one of Elite's official authors. Importantly, none of these ideas require any specific help from Frontier since they've been written purely with current gameplay and game assets in mind, the exception being the opportunity to have Frontier oversee any merchandising people do for DW3, so proceeds generated go solely to a charity Fdev sponsors. This latter point is an important one for this team, its something that was discussed at length after DW2, and we feel that if a DW3 event got even half the publicity and participation as the previous one did, its possible it could do a lot of good outside of Elite, as well as bringing a lot of memorable times and creativity to the people who take part in it.
There are around 40 people in the Distant Worlds organisation team, many of them were there right at the beginning for the first one (DW1), back in 2016, and many more who joined to help put DW2 together three years later, and new people who joined the team as recently as 2020. The team is made up of players that have experience across a wide variety of content creation for Elite Dangerous. These include community initiatives like EDSM, the DSSA, Hull Seals, Rock Rats, CoR, the Galactic Mapping Project, FleetComm, ED Streamers, Fuel Rats, Distant Radio, and even an official Elite Dangerous author, as well as individual organisers from some large non-DW related expeditions too.
Update on behalf of the Distant Worlds team, March 2022.
With the announcement that Odyssey content won't be coming to console, we feel as though its only fair to let those who were still inquiring about the possibility of a DW3 know that this is now not going to occur.
The two Distant Worlds expeditions were only made possible with the time, creativity, and dedication from a whole team of people, and many of those people are console-only players. We were one team working together. Sadly Frontiers announcement regarding the abandonment of Odyssey for consoles has pretty much made it impossible for that team to consider working on another event, as many of the friends we all made along the way won't be able to take part. This (among other things briefly touched on below) has lead us to the collective decision to retire the Distant Worlds events from Elite Dangerous.
Distant Worlds was about building a large-scale community event upon new game content, trying new ideas, and getting the best out of whatever assets and gameplay was available. We have no desire to make a Horizons-based event again, we've been there and done that, so it was always going to be built upon whatever Odyssey brings to the game - provided that content was interesting enough to make it worth the time investment needed, and crucially be available to all. Additionally, both events of the past were successful and popular because they were written for (and took place in) an era when the game was still relatively new, with a galaxy that still held some trepidation and was largely unexplored (especially in DW1's case). The galaxy today is... well... old, and well traveled. The mystique it once held is no longer there for many people who've been around a while.
The tagline for DW1 back in 2016 was taken from an old Canadian folk song; "Tracing one warm line though a land so vast and savage". It felt quite apt for that period. In today's Elite, we're not sure that feeling can be recaptured as the game currently stands. Importantly, the enthusiasm to explore the galaxy with friends and within social groups was one of the main driving forces behind the whole idea, and the console news has come as a blow for many of us, as it hits at the very core of what DW was all about.
Distant Worlds belonged to all the community (Console & PC) and moving forward without the hard working efforts of our console friends is unthinkable as a team.
So with all issues considered, we feel as though 'Distant Worlds' has had its day. It was a product of its time, and trying to recapture what made it special back then, is something we feel cannot be repeated.. not in Elite as it currently stands.
With all that said, and as discussed within the team after Frontiers announcement, we never want to say never, so the pilot light for another DW-type event will be kept on via the official organizers server (linked below), if nothing else, just as a place where many of us can occasionally hang out and chat to fellow organizers or explorers who took part in the previous events, a place to stop by and reminisce from time to time.
And if there is ever any exceptional circumstances that can bring the team back together - be it a complete migration of the console team over to PC, coupled with new and innovative galactic content that once again captures the imagination and reignites the passion that gave rise to DW1 & DW2, or even the lure of exploring virtual galaxies together beyond Elite Dangerous, then the ideas for another jaunt into the black may be revisited. Until then, fly safe o7.
- Distant Worlds Organization team.
For those looking for alternatives to DW-type events, check the expeditions page on EDSM to see whose doing what. We hope people will support those expeditions as much as they supported the Distant Worlds events of the past.
If you want to keep in touch with Distant Worlds org team members and participants of both DW1 & DW2, you can do so here - Distant Worlds Organizers server: Discord Link
(edited Nov. 2021 - fixed EDSM link)
(edited Mar. 2022 - updated event status)
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Cool. I'd definitely be interested if this if it takes place.
"Atmospheric landings and carriers would have been a bare minimum to warrant the work for a DW3" / quote
Frontier have revealed its only tenuous atmospheres, and they be like different coloured sky hues, not actual atmospheres with all the things we have come to imagine. sigh- frontier - sigh
So I guess dw3 is a no go for now?
Frontier have revealed its only tenuous atmospheres, and they be like different coloured sky hues, not actual atmospheres with all the things we have come to imagine. sigh- frontier - sigh
So I guess dw3 is a no go for now?
It's a "we're waiting to see of Odyssey brings any exploration content" for now.
Would be great to be part of a DW3 expediton.
That's the way.......make it so
That's the way.......make it so
Obviously, I'm interested. Not that I really need to say that here, but I'm tagging this one to be able to keep track of it more easily.