I bought a PC to play Elite Dangerou ssince it's been canceled on Console. I have one question tho... When are we getting new Starships? This is a space game with ships at the center of the game. When can we expect NEW Starships? Ground combat is nice, but this is a Sapce Ships game first and foremost and we haven't seen any new ships in several years? What does Frontier Plan on doing with Elite Dangerous? What is the Future of Elite Dangerous? Please Give us a Road Map for the next 5 years so we can get excited again... Elite Dangerous is a Great Game... But we need more Please? Thank You to the Devs for keeping teh game alive! o7
Elite Dangerous is ALL about Starships!?!!
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You might be able to glean a clue as to what FDEV thinks about Elite Dangerous from the tags they have assigned to it on their Twitch home page:
Cue all the people on here who say EDO is not a FPS Shooter ...
Question though: how many ships do you already own?
For me, yes, it's all about the ships. I have Odyssey, but still play Horizons. My favorite ships depend on the task at hand. The Python for a medium multirole ship, the Asp-X for exploring, the Cutter for mining and trade and the Corvette for wars/civil wars and bounty hunting. I don't have a carrier even though I can afford one. I prefer a relaxed game and don't want it to become a job.
I can't see FD programming new ships in the near future. They seem to be focused on the Tharigoids, which doesn't interest me.
I can't see FD programming new ships in the near future. They seem to be focused on the Tharigoids, which doesn't interest me.
There are 38 ships in game, all highly customisable plus a further 8 other vehicles and a fleet carrier. Not including my 28 storage t10s I have 48 flyable ships so far utilising only 28 of the in game models. Given that I haven't exhausted all my options so far, what would be the purpose of another ship? I'm asking to understand the reason behind the question. It's an often asked question but people don't often explain themselves. Do you have all 38 ships (and multiples of them)? Is there something in particular that you think you're lacking? Are you singular in your activities in game that this naturally limits the meta ships of this activity?
Eh - no! Elite Dangerous is all about grinding!
Meanwhile I'm contemplating whether I should build FdL number 8.
I mean I certainly wouldn't complain if new ships were going to be the focus of the new update. I can imagine it's probably quite difficult to create something different and good with the variety of what we already have though.
For me, the Panther Clipper and a medium combat ship (yeah I know, like we need another one of those), with 2 huge hardpoints kind of like a bigger Vulture. Not that this would fit in with thargoid stuff so
I mean I certainly wouldn't complain if new ships were going to be the focus of the new update. I can imagine it's probably quite difficult to create something different and good with the variety of what we already have though.
For me, the Panther Clipper and a medium combat ship (yeah I know, like we need another one of those), with 2 huge hardpoints kind of like a bigger Vulture. Not that this would fit in with thargoid stuff so
17 Ships... Plus 12.6 billion credits...
ED has already a couple space ships.
What would people expect new ships to change for the game? What kind of new ship should it be? A big hauler like Panther Clipper? Niche AX fighter? The uber-ship that does everything best? As long as they don't give meaning to details of the game, new ships don't mean much.
I think what we have now is the end of the line.
I think what we have now is the end of the line.
The answer to 'New ships when?' is easy, we don't know.
Answers to 'what do you want to do that you can't currently do?' could be interesting
I'd like a big cargo ship, 2,000t that fits on a large pad, like a long wheelbase T-9 or a fat Cutter. If it were well defended it would make the Cutter kinda obsolete but there's lots of hauling gameplay & I think there's a gap in the market for an even bigger, even slower tanker for station repairs, loading & unloading carriers, that kind of thing.
I like Dillon's idea of a 2xhuge hardpoint medium ship, sound like fun
Personally I'd like to see more small footprint ships that are fast with good acceleration/deceleration for salad hunting, racing, they don't need to be cheap or suitable for novices that are ranking up, just there for variety & they could potent ially be balanced against each other or optimised for different tasks, as long as each ship is 'best' at something but no ship is best at everything.
What would you like to see?
So they just add one to all ships, done. It is not as if they haven't done so before.
I own 6 ships and over 20 billion credits. I'm still mulling over whether or not to pull the trigger on getting myself a carrier. None of them are fully engineered to my satisfaction as of yet. I certainly don't feel like I'm going to be running out of options any time soon, especially considering that customisation via module outfitting means that it will be likely that in the future I will have more than one of the same ship type.
I'm curious as to why exactly you think that there aren't enough ships, given that you yourself say that you don't even own half of what's currently available, assuming that none of your ships are of the same make and model.
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You do realise that every new ship added will mean it takes even longer to get ship interiors? "Please FDev take some ships out of the game!"
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