I find it funny that now fdev are trying to see if they can implement what was asked for - VR in EDO in flight - even that is now not acceptable.
What was expected, and thus asked for, was that the new DLC is playable in VR, period.
What you are addressing are the shades of grey desperate users have been throwing out which reach from "can we please get confirmation that this doesn't mean no VR support for ED at all any longer" to "can we get some kind of bone thrown to us by having FDev implement any small bit of the new DLC for VR".
Sure, of course it is better if they allow for a transition and we do not have to orbit around an atmospheric planet and leave the game, restart it in flat and then play the Odyssey part, but they allow us to hit a switch in the game menu to do that - saves us probably 20 seconds or so, but wouldn't be much less disruptive to the experience. Or they even make it an ingame event - your ship AI announces "you have to gear up for leaving your ship, so please take of your flying helmet and get out of your seat, commander". Impressive transition mechanics that would be, implementation would probably cost them 1-2 hours, coffee break included.
But okay, perhaps the planetary make-over is more impressive that just blue replacing black for the sky and a bit of lazy particle effects to simulate dust and that's it, same barren empty planet surfaces as ever. In that case I agree that allowing us to experience such richer details on planets from our space ship would be something at least.
By the way, if they would allow VR users to use parts of Odyssey, i.e. the part which happens in the pilot seat, does that mean it is confirmed that no hostile entering of ships is part of the game play ? I guess because they haven't even confirmed that you can just walk in your ship this might have been clear to others already, but it would seem weird if VR user ships cannot be entered while other users' ships can in Open...
What I really find difficult to understand is why FDev considered this such a barrier they could not overcome while there are games out there showing how to do it....
So if Elite dont Support FPS just flying. You go and play Flight Simulator instead cause they support flying
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Btw play DCS,BMS and Elite you dont have to stick with one game all the time....and i just got 4 hours a week time ^^
It's simple - I would be playing a game which doesn't cut me out from some parts of the game experience & likely impact on the outfitting options and thus chances for survival in Open; and with a realistic expectation that this is the strategical decision for any future content too. If you had asked me, space legs was not as important to me as would have been planetary landings on ice planets, earth-likes, or enrichment of the game play with more substance to it, more interesting missions, Thargoids & Guardians creating a richer narrative, etc. etc..
