Fleet Carriers Update - Launch Announcement

Thundar_

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The update on PS4 seems to have messed up my save game. It seems that a very old version of my game has loaded.

The first sign of woe was that my ship was docked at a station in a system on the opposite side of the bubble from where I left it yesterday.
My Commander is showing as being pledged to a power that I left about 3 weeks ago (I have been pledged to a new power for more than 2 weeks).
My ARX tally was zero.

I didn't even bother launching my ship. I just logged off and came here to see if anyone else is having issues.

Take care Commanders.
 

Old Duck

Old Duck
Oaktree said:
I'm a poor commander who doesnt like to grind, so I'll pass. Thanks for the update and your work anyway.

Here's one 🍺 [...]
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Here's one 🍺 to all of us poor CMDRs who have to wait almost another year before we get any new content. At the very least it would be nice if FDev gave us a couple more Interstellar Initiatives to keep us going between now and then. Once I land on someone else's FC to see what all the hubbub is about, ED will likely return to the back-burner until we get a "festivus for the rest of us".
 

D Ghost NL

D Ghost NL
Thundar_ said:
The update on PS4 seems to have messed up my save game. It seems that a very old version of my game has loaded.

The first sign of woe was that my ship was docked at a station in a system on the opposite side of the bubble from where I left it yesterday.
My Commander is showing as being pledged to a power that I left about 3 weeks ago (I have been pledged to a new power for more than 2 weeks).
My ARX tally was zero.

I didn't even bother launching my ship. I just logged off and came here to see if anyone else is having issues.

Take care Commanders.
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Here on Xbox too
 

Zerkesh

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So now that we can land on other ships... Can we finally have the docking bay for the Anaconda that is still in its description? :D
 

shadowwar

shadowwar
Launch Announcement should be just that telling us we can now start downloading the content. But NOOOOO!
I don't like being so negative but you leave yourselves open for it.
 

Old Duck

Old Duck
Thundar_ said:
The update on PS4 seems to have messed up my save game. It seems that a very old version of my game has loaded.

The first sign of woe was that my ship was docked at a station in a system on the opposite side of the bubble from where I left it yesterday.
My Commander is showing as being pledged to a power that I left about 3 weeks ago (I have been pledged to a new power for more than 2 weeks).
My ARX tally was zero.

I didn't even bother launching my ship. I just logged off and came here to see if anyone else is having issues.

Take care Commanders.
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An update gone wrong? Impossible!
 

sandkid

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Stephen Benedetti said:
Keep your carrier jump ready
Like any good Commander, you’ll need to employ a trusty crew to run all of the operations. Your Deck Officer, for example, is responsible for day-to-day maintenance, navigation, weaponry, and other duties. In addition, each service you introduce corresponds to a Head Crew Member. Provided you’ve got the credits to cover upkeep costs, you can turn your Fleet Carrier into its own micro economy.
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I like how this implies some sort of a deep feature or gameplay loop, but is in fact little more than random NPC faces that do literally nothing. You don't have the option to try and run the FC alone, and the risks associated with that. You can't choose what officers you have separately from the installed facilities. Your crew is not trusty: they'll shoot you if you so much as scratch YOUR FC, not defend you against enemies if those enemies aren't themselves a threat to the FC, and you have no access to your own bridge.

shrugs

So many missed opportunities, such a poorly designed upkeep device as an excuse for ship removal (mothball after login time?), and the ship still provides zero value for mission runners - one of the principal activities the game is built on. Here's hoping they see expansion as time goes on.

Unlike CQC. Powerplay. SRVs. Passenger Missions. Smuggling. The list goes on of launch-and-forget. I sure hope Odyssey is packed full of expansions to existing features.
 

thistle

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Anyone on PS4 and XBOX downloading the update and finding it back with the beta ... it's because you've just redownloaded the beta. The servers are not finished updating.

I've no idea WHY it's even possible to download the beta again, but thats what appears to be happening.
 

Plaid_unicorn

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thistle said:
Anyone on PS4 and XBOX downloading the update and finding it back with the beta ... it's because you've just redownloaded the beta. The servers are not finished updating.

I've no idea WHY it's even possible to download the beta again, but thats what appears to be happening.
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It's not the beta. The beta client is completely different from the update, which the system downloads from the server automatically (if you have it set up).

As to why people don't wait not everyone is plug into the forums, and their is no in system message saying the servers are actually down.
 

thistle

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Plaid_unicorn said:
It's not the beta. The beta client is completely different from the update, which the system downloads from the server automatically (if you have it set up).

As to why people don't wait not everyone is plug into the forums, and their is no in system message saying the servers are actually down.
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It is the beta snapshot. I'm not saying it says "beta".

The live servers aren't up.
 

Plaid_unicorn

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thistle said:
It is the beta snapshot. I'm not saying it says "beta".

The live servers aren't up.
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Right, I understand that but for anyone who is not following the forums or frontiers website on consoles.(which I imagine is the large majority of people who play this game).. There is no way for them to know that at all.
 
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