Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Q&A - Settlements

VR Golgot

VR Golgot
Lobstris said:
The states are as follows: Active, abandoned, war, damaged, Online, Online Damaged, Offline, Offline Damaged and Conflict Zone

What's the difference between 'war' and 'conflict zone'? Whether or not the settlement is a participant?
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Presumably it’s just on a 'war footing' (higher access restrictions, specific trade focus / missions, local flavour text etc). But no actual CZ at that location at the time.
 
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Rubbernuke

Rubbernuke
If you can haggle face to face, but only from the faction in charge, will that be balanced with terminal only missions? If one can pay more but the other not, thats wonky in my book.
 

fernandofilipe86

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Paul_Crowther said:
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Q. Can we hack weapon emplacements to turn them on defenders, or switch off station power to disable weapon emplacements?
Yes, you will be able to bring down settlement defences, allowing others to enter the combat zones in vehicles. Powering down a settlement will also allow you to access restricted areas.
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Vehicles? Like SRV´s or new types of vehicles?
 

Gwyther

Gwyther
It all sounds great. Thanks for the update.
If the autumn release goes ahead, Christmas will come very early for some of us.
 

Auronio

Auronio
Paul_Crowther said:

Greetings Commanders!

Prior to the winter holiday break we asked you to share your questions on Odyssey with us so we could bring them to our developers and get the answers to you. Well you delivered, whoo boy did you deliver! We've had so many questions answered that we've had to break them down into categories to share with you and we'll be doing so over the next few weeks!

To kick things off we got together with Developer Gareth Hughes and we've all the answers to your Settlement questions here:


Q: If I go to an outpost and wipe everyone out, do they all respawn eventually, or is that town now a ghost town?
Outposts will send for reinforcements that will become progressively tougher, however these are not infinite. It would be possibly to kill everyone and then loot the outpost, however the consequences there after would be severe…

Q. You have said in one of the Dev Diaries that the people you encounter in stations and outposts are related to the faction in control. How will we get missions from other factions in the station?
There will also be mission boards on terminals available in ports and outposts that can support on-foot missions from all factions in the system. Mission Givers in ports and outposts can also be from a variety of factions.

Q. Do NPCs spawn only at these new Settlement Outposts or do they appear anywhere on a planet like those parked NPC ships that pop up in random places?
NPC’s will not spawn randomly in the ‘wilderness’, however they may stumble across you at a place of interest.

Q. What permanent states can the new Settlement outposts have, like conquered or destroyed etc.
The states are as follows: Active, abandoned, war, damaged, Online, Online Damaged, Offline, Offline Damaged and Conflict Zone

Q: If I eliminate everyone in a Settlement, do they respawn or will it remain empty?
Settlements won't stay empty forever. They will repopulate over time.

Q: Will there be Engineers for your weapons and suits?
Yes, the original cast of engineers will remain, and they will be joined by a new group – all of whom you will be able to meet in person for the first time.

Q. Are there destructible items in bases e.g. exploding barrels that can be used for tactical purposes?
Yes, you’ll be able to take advantage of certain environmental elements for a tactical advantage. If you want to stand next to big red barrels feel free to…

Q. Can we hack weapon emplacements to turn them on defenders, or switch off station power to disable weapon emplacements?
Yes, you will be able to bring down settlement defences, allowing others to enter the combat zones in vehicles. Powering down a settlement will also allow you to access restricted areas.

Q: Within Odyssey, thinking of the open air combat zones, what's to stop me from using an Orca, equipped with mines, to carpet bomb a settlement?
Settlement defences are quite potent, without shutting them off first you may find yourself suddenly without that ORCA...

Q: What's going to be able to stop an SLF with Shard cannons?
Outside of the settlement defences which we have already stated are not to be taken lightly – some hand held weapons can be very effective.


Keep an eye on our channels for the next set of answers next week!

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Hahaha
Good and nice answers.
I liked that
you may find yourself suddenly without that ORCA...
assuming that holds true for all types of vessels.
Looking forward to see all that stuff.
Also visiting engineers in person, walking in stations, why just can't we have it tomorrow...

Anyway. FDev, you guys know we are loyal and reliable clients/players, just deliver all that good stuff, please!
Have a nice weekend everybody!
 

ZioYuri78

ZioYuri78
Which is the difference between Online and Offline states?
The first can give you missions, market etc while the latter cannot?
 

Vingtetun

Vingtetun
Quick Q - although we can see these new settlements - are we going to be able to go "on foot" around existing structures in-game - like the cities we can land at, and the engineer bases and is new content coming for those?

They're spectacular locations, and would be a pity to be stuck in an SRV around them.

Similarly things like Guardian Ruins or the Thargoid Machine
 

lunarplasma

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Outside of the settlement defences which we have already stated are not to be taken lightly – some hand held weapons can be very effective.
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I hope this is sensible - If you can have a hand-held weapon that's going to do a lot of damage to a ship, you're going to have to justify why there isn't an even more powerful ship-based variant of it.
 

Marcus Sirrah Of Hyperion

Marcus Sirrah Of Hyperion
@Paul_Crowther Thank you for keeping us up to date and good things come to those who wait could you let us know when we will get the the next dev diary please as I think it will help appease certain Cmdrs. given the announcement of the delay to launch of odyssey hopefully there are plans for more regular updates and dev diary's thanks o7
 

markyp4334

M
With odyssey on consoles being rolled out later than pc I have a question regarding community Goals are there going to be ground CG and if so will there be other cg running for console players?
 
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