We should just give up on the Panther Clipper and Puma Clipper and go straight to the Panda Clipper, the replacement for the Sidewinder.
FD, since the Panther Clipper has become a running joke, any chance of the Puma? ;)
I'm a little bit sad the Panther isn't coming in Beyond. I thought with the trade/mining update they might drop it on us. It would have been the cherry on top for me.
Unfortunately the cherry season has already passed since a few months. Wait for the next season.
I have fond memories of Frontier: Elite 2, too. For me it was more accomplished than Elite Dangerous since it was released as a finished product versus years of updates with it still falling short in some areas and lacking entirely in others (atmospheric worlds etc).
Development is far more complex these days, no doubt and far more budget hungry, yet Elite 2 was also very complex and graphically top of the line for it's time.
I would love if FD would re-introduce the Puma to the game as well. No harm giving us more choice, even if some ships share similarities. Can't hurt their cosmetics business either, since they like to charge for everything. Lol.
Development is far more complex these days, no doubt and far more budget hungry, yet Elite 2 was also very complex and graphically top of the line for it's time.
I would love if FD would re-introduce the Puma to the game as well. No harm giving us more choice, even if some ships share similarities. Can't hurt their cosmetics business either, since they like to charge for everything. Lol.
For me, FE2 and FFE were great pioneering works, yet ED has far eclipsed them as a worthy successor. Even FFE could have been seen as an "updated" FE2 with scripted missions and the thargoids. With ED we get a sustaining game that does not need separate new iterations to be updated where every player keeps their ship assets and stats in an immense successfully shared scope.
Panther Clipper is coming, it's just not here yet. It could come within the next six years of the ten years since official release of ED
Panther Clipper is coming, it's just not here yet. It could come within the next six years of the ten years since official release of ED
Yeah, "more complex" only describes the tip of the Iceberg I think. Elite 2: Frontier has been created by David Braben on his own. Like, he did the complete thing. In his garage! Wait, no, probably not in his garage, but the rest is actually true.
Perhaps they will be implemented all at once? Elite Dangerous: CATS
They can combine it with cockpit cat aesthetic DLC - an animated cat goes on your dash and sits on your scanner.
I already got live ones that do that for me... They wouldn't go for the scanner though, but like to hit boost when I am trying to dock.
Space cats are a very, very bad idea.
CATS: How are you gentlemen !!
I wanted to fly the Lion more in FE2 but the Amiga version (maybe the DOS version too) had a horrible bug where the turret would fire and damage your own hull at low elevation. Which proved to be quite a handicap. I don't mind a challenge but I object to helping my attackers in combat.
From internal notes found scrawled on a napkin:
”The Panther Clipper model is complete, but it not to be released until after the Cheeta Scout.”
”The Panther Clipper model is complete, but it not to be released until after the Cheeta Scout.”