On the subject of an expedition focused on planetside exploration I just wanted to chip in here to say it's VERY likely that, once Odyssey has bedded down a bit, I'll be organising a sequel to the First Great Planetary Expedition. This was an expedition back in March 3305 where over 50 commanders signed up to completely circumnavigate the planet Kumay in the Chi Herculis system (with around two dozen commanders ultimately completing the journey). As with the more traditional galaxy wide expeditions, we carefully suveyed and plotted a route for the expedition, with waypoints for people to head for that offered sites of particular natural beauty, challenges (mountains to climb, valleys to cross), weekend events (racing, SRV stunt competitions, hide and seek, etc) and more besides.... and especially planetside exploration on the new revamped worlds that the Odyssey series is bringing to Elite. For this reason its still 50/50 on whether DW3 will happen with Odyssey v1.0 or whether we'll wait to see if more content for explorers is added to later Odyssey updates further down the line.
On the subject of an expedition focused on planetside exploration I just wanted to chip in here to say it's VERY likely that, once Odyssey has bedded down a bit, I'll be organising a sequel to the First Great Planetary Expedition. This was an expedition back in March 3305 where over 50 commanders signed up to completely circumnavigate the planet Kumay in the Chi Herculis system (with around two dozen commanders ultimately completing the journey). As with the more traditional galaxy wide expeditions, we carefully suveyed and plotted a route for the expedition, with waypoints for people to head for that offered sites of particular natural beauty, challenges (mountains to climb, valleys to cross), weekend events (racing, SRV stunt competitions, hide and seek, etc) and more besides.
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You can still access the 3D interactive map of Kumay that we produced for the expedition over here:
(click and drag on the globe to rotate it, zoom in and out the mousewheel)
Click on the blue title banner at the top of that page to get to the forum thread.
Until we get Odyssey I don't see much point in even starting to consider which planet we might choose this time around but do just keep in mind that this may well be a thing that's happening some time next year.
P.S. don't expect the organisational behemoth of Distant Worlds, I can't be faffed with all that work, but if you're up for some long distance SRV travel with a bunch of like minded commanders then watch this space (that space? ... errr, a space yet to be determined).
Thank you for the heads up! I'm hoping for something in the upcoming dev diaries and announcements that'll tip the balance to "enough new content for DW3" of course, but either way I'll be keeping an eye on these smaller Distant Worlds events!
Neither am I, but I am approaching Colonia and thinking of getting a lift back to the bubble after I've opened up the engineers there on a fleet carrier.I just want to point out that I am not back from DW 2 yet. I expect to return sometime this coming spring.
This is pretty much my status as well, though I’m probably not going to hitch a ride back. I’ve been having trouble squeezing in even one session a week these days (setting up and down for VR takes time, even if the base stations don’t move), so I’m not making very good time.Neither am I, but I am approaching Colonia and thinking of getting a lift back to the bubble after I've opened up the engineers there on a fleet carrier.
So i guess there's isn't a chance of dw-3 happening any time soon now
ANNOUNCEMENT - Odyssey Update 2021
Greetings Commanders, We wanted to share an update with you regarding the ongoing development of Elite Dangerous: Odyssey. 2020 was a difficult year for many, but in spite of those challenges we are pleased with our progress towards what is a truly ambitious new era for the game. We’ve been...forums.frontier.co.uk