Elite Dangerous | Trailblazers coming 26th February

[Valorin]

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The time to make your mark on the galaxy is nearly upon us...

The Trailblazers update featuring System Colonisation is coming to Elite Dangerous on Wednesday 26th February 2025!

Stay tuned for more details in the future!

I mean... YAY! Looking forward to it!
But... what happened to the beta?!

 

[Ian Doncaster]

But... what happened to the beta?

The December livestream strongly implied that it's not a Beta in terms of "takes place on separate servers" but in terms of "they know there's going to be a lot of rebalancing needed but can only find out exactly what by releasing it and seeing what we break", so we shouldn't expect things like costs, timescales, ranges, etc. to necessarily be at their intended point.

All players will be able to engage with it. What you do will be final. So if you colonise systems during Beta they'll be yours, you'll be able to keep them, we're not going to take them away from you.

 

[Sighman]

Waiting to see if we can name our systems. Then i will call mine Raxxla [snip].

You and 1000 other commanders, which is why naming a system is highly unlikely.

 

[Agony_Aunt]

You and 1000 other commanders, which is why naming a system is highly unlikely.

Safe but boring.

Instead people will be saying "Oh, my home system is (incomprehensible and forgettable alphanumeric string)"

 

[forbiddenlake]

When will all the things broken in Ascendancy 3 months ago be fixed? Including key parts of the key feature released then, Powerplay 2.0?

 

[Toxophilite]

Is there any form of text summary of info pertaining to this anywhere that I can look at - I really don't want to have to plough through a livestream/ video guide?

 

[Alec Turner]

On the beta thing ... since fdev said that any colonisation done during the "beta" would persist I think the community have ASSUMED that it's not strictly a beta in the sense of it being a different test server but rather an update to the live system whose features should be considered as still being in beta in the sense that they're subject to re-evaluation and further change.

Obviously it would nice for someone from Frontier to confirm that this assumption is correct.

 

[_herbie_]

Sadly, I think we have to accept the fact that we can't transfer Odyssey materials from/to carriers anymore or use FC bartenders.
Might as well uninstall the facility since it doesn't work but drains money.

The carrierbar works. Only each material must be transferred individually. Some things work. Some does not. In my case, three data records don't work at all. Unfortunately, what works and what doesn't is different for everyone.

 

[jacklul]

The carrierbar works. Only each material must be transferred individually. Some things work. Some does not. In my case, three data records don't work at all. Unfortunately, what works and what doesn't is different for everyone.

I tested all of them on my FC and it always errored out.
I've seen people mentioning that it works if you never had this particular material on the carrier before.

 

[Gizzard]

The carrierbar works. Only each material must be transferred individually. Some things work. Some does not. In my case, three data records don't work at all. Unfortunately, what works and what doesn't is different for everyone.

Hmm "it works but only if you do it in a certain way" doesn't sound like its really working right to me.

 

[HRDiagram]

I'm sure I'll end up doing a system containing a single Brown Dwarf.

 

[_herbie_]

Hmm "it works but only if you do it in a certain way" doesn't sound like its really working right to me.

It works. It's like Raxxla. You search for a way and you find a feature.

 

[Cosmo]

Great, that means this update is not only system colonisation? The image would be better if it included the Panther Clipper.

 

[aRJay]

What will this do?

Overwhelm the chat during the livestream that night.

I didn't expect even the beta to come this soon, let alone the update. Looking forward to hearing more about the details then!

They said it was going to be an ingame ‘beta’.

Hi



I'm reading this as...On Wednesday 26th February the 'Trailblazers' update will be available to download into the game....(unless delayed for some reason...(my words) etc.)
Or...The 'Trailblazers feature' will only be discussed about on that (I presume) Wednesdays Livestream?

Jack

The wording to me definitely reads as the update happening on that Wednesday assuming early access content creators don’t break it like PP2.
The livestream might just be filled with questions about the servers being up yet.

 

[aRJay]

Safe but boring.

Instead people will be saying "Oh, my home system is (incomprehensible and forgettable alphanumeric string)"

That could be by design to remove an over inflated sense of ownership, importance and tingodhood on the part of system architects.

 

[Paul_Crowther]

Hey folks, the Trailblazers update will see System Colonisation introduced as a beta but it will be in the live game. We'll have more specific details on what that means nearer release.

 

[Fixitman]

I hope to test it with my third commander. Not happening if the galaxy map filters are still broken.

 

[Greasetrap42]

It would be nice if one project could be somewhat cleaned up before moving on to the next.

If given the choice between more ingame content that may-or-may-not work (roll a d20 and add your luck modifier on each new feature) vs cleanup of obvious issues from the last round of updates, I would prefer Frontier focus on cleanup.

 

[Rubbernuke]

Hey folks, the Trailblazers update will see System Colonisation introduced as a beta but it will be in the live game. We'll have more specific details on what that means nearer release.

So its a test within a beta thats testing something to test inside a riddled enigma?

 

[Sighman]

I tested all of them on my FC and it always errored out.
I've seen people mentioning that it works if you never had this particular material on the carrier before.

Whether some of the goods are stolen could also be a factor. They seem to all get mixed together in the UI now.