Thanks for the update, much appreciated!Hi all. No Q&A today but they will be back very soon.
TBH. from what Arf said yesterday on the livestream (he's been playing Odyssey!) and this, it looks like they are very, very close to the alpha release and they are working flat-out to make sure there isn't something game-breaking or any massive connection issues, and getting everything uploaded ready for 100s/1000s of people to all jump on and download it at once!Well, it looks like they struggle even to put some weekly answers together, not a good sign for a whole expansion!
LolWell, it looks like they struggle even to put some weekly answers together, not a good sign for a whole expansion!
TBH. from what Arf said yesterday on the livestream (he's been playing Odyssey!) and this, it looks like they are very, very close to the alpha release and they are working flat-out to make sure there isn't something game-breaking or any massive connection issues, and getting everything uploaded ready for 100s/1000s of people to all jump on and download it at once!
You could be right! I assumed [while watching it] he/they were working on a big Lore/Galnet/CG thing as he was talking about the Adamastor quest and how much work it is - whatever it turns out to be, it will be welcome!Just watched it. It sounds like there's another Dev Diary or something similar coming down the pipeline soon, as he mentioned he was working on something he was unable to elaborate on, but required him to be based in the office for the past week.
There was similar talk prior to Dev Diary 3, around the difficulties of recording quality interviews with minimal staff allowed in the office (where their studios are) due to the lockdown.
You could be right! I assumed [while watching it] he/they were working on a big Lore/Galnet/CG thing as he was talking about the Adamastor quest and how much work it is - whatever it turns out to be, it will be welcome!
Regarding dev diary 4, I have a hunch it will be released alongside alpha and will be about how they had all these single, working concepts and had to intertwine them and get them all working alongside each other and fitting it all into the base game. It'll be titled "Seamless interaction"
Ah okay, maybe I need to rewatch it. My memory is all jumbled into one!Yeah, so he talked about the lore thing, and how they were working on something that was a bit longer and more substantial than the last one. And then, to my ear, he changed subject onto Odyssey, and that's when he mentioned going into the office to work on something he's "not allowed to talk about", but was definitely Odyssey related.
Also interesting is him specifying that this new lore event, players can take part in whether or not they're using Odyssey. So either the event is anticipated to be months and months long, or... well...
Well, it looks like they struggle even to put some weekly answers together, not a good sign for a whole expansion!
I hope not, because we won't see the alpha before late March at best....
Regarding dev diary 4, I have a hunch it will be released alongside alpha ...
My money is on early March.I hope not, because we won't see the alpha before late March at best.
I hope you're right!My money is on early March.
My feeling is that they gave themselves longer in the delay than they expected, and are wrapping it up with a few weeks/a month left to go. It's great being the optimistI hope you're right!
Gosh... Thank you for your observation...Well, it looks like they struggle even to put some weekly answers together, not a good sign for a whole expansion!
How do you know this?I hope not, because we won't see the alpha before late March at best.
From my Crystal Ball. Also an useful tool in my job.How do you know this?