Hungry for even the slightest hints on 2.1?

Gorgonaut

Gorgonaut
Hungry for even the slightest hints on 2.1? Look at this concept art.

On Kotaku today, I found this image of the devs, toiling away for our pleasure!
Check out the sweet, sweet concept art on the wall!

Putting image in spoiler-mode, as it's huge.
Right click, i think for full res. Else, click here.

Edit: right behind the fan..That's hair!
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Also, sorry if someone else posted this earlier.
 
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Hilight

Hilight
Cool stuff. R+ for posting....I'd love to hang out there and watch them and chat for an afternoon sometime
 

Henri

Henri
what we might see...weapon changes made by engineers....
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Weapon affixes

So I have been trying out some of the new weapon variants, and while some appear to do just what it says on the tin, others are not so clear:


  • Low Heat Laser: Produces less heat and draws less power. I have a hunch it also does less damage, but I am not sure; also wondering if it does, whether the damage/heat ratio is better or worse than the default variant.
  • Overcharged Laser: Produces more heat and draws more power, and does more damage. Again, wondering about damage/heat ratio.
  • Focused Laser: Needs more power and produces more heat than normal, less than Overcharged. No idea what benefit it gives over normal.
  • High Impact Multi-Cannon: Slower rate of fire, very small magazine, same total ammo pool. Seems to do more damage per shot, therefore more ammo efficient, and a bit like a middle ground between a normal Multi-Cannon and a Cannon.
  • Overcharged Multi-Cannon: Higher rate of fire and smaller magazine. No idea whether the damage per bullet is different from a normal Multi-Cannon.
  • Bullet Spray Multi-Cannon: Exactly what it says; very low accuracy, sprays bullets randomly in a cone, probably only useful at close range. A gimballed version of this exists, but is completely useless compared to fixed.
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Sounds mostly right,some of this stuff will continue to get clarified in the UI as we develop. Two things worth pointing out off the top of my head though:

Overcharged - yep, that does more damage.
Focused - Lower base damage but penetrates the damage resistance of armour better. In general the focussed weapons will perform worse against lighter-than-normal targets, but better against larger targets or those with expensive armour.

(I believe Focused and High Impact are in fact the same, just used for beam/projectile weapons, as focussing a bullet makes not much sense ;)).​
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mind you this info is from 03/10/2014
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=45690
 
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Spacecat

Spacecat
I'm going to adopt a wait and see attitude. I only have the base game but from what I've heard, Horizons doesn't offer enough to spring for the $40 upgrade as of now. I'm really hoping for a game changer, but we'll see.
 

Gorgonaut

Gorgonaut
Banana's_Are_Good_For_You said:
They will come, they just wanna do it right because that's what ppl want these days apparently, as opposed to releasing and fixing as we go.
Hence delays.
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Oh, absolutely- I'm not one of those frustrated by the delay. I know they're working hard, and I'm sure 2.1 will be pretty damn cool:)
I don't want to distract them, though!
 

Gorgonaut

Gorgonaut
subhouse07 said:
WHAT...IS...THAT????
http://i.imgur.com/uEPX8FZ.jpg
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Those are...creature silhouettes!
I've enhanced it with photoshop, and i see 4 legs. Can't see any arms, though.
They're insect-like.
No immediate resemblance to barnies or UAs, design-wise.
I see large heads with some sort of crest(?)
Most of them have an S or C-shape, indicating a potential for snake-like movement?

Source- I'm a part-time creature designer.
 

Banana's_Are_Good_For_You

Banana's_Are_Good_For_You
Gorgonaut said:
Those are...creature silhouettes!
I've enhanced it with photoshop, and i see 4 legs. Can't see any arms, though.
They're insect-like.
No immediate resemblance to barnies or UAs, design-wise.
I see large heads with some sort of crest(?)
Most of them have an S or C-shape, indicating a potential for snake-like movement?

Source- I'm a part-time creature designer.
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Cool, post one of your creations?
 

Noddie

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To be honest;

There is supposed to be a LOT in 2.1

I'd rather they did more releases than save it all up for one "big blast". If the new crime-and-punishment is ready now, why does it wait on Engineers?
 

Gorgonaut

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Gorgonaut

Gorgonaut
Noddie said:
To be honest;

There is supposed to be a LOT in 2.1

I'd rather they did more releases than save it all up for one "big blast". If the new crime-and-punishment is ready now, why does it wait on Engineers?
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Personally, I have no problem with the "build up and blast"-approach. I just think it's a little frustrating that there's so little news about it.
But that's just me- I'm impatient. They probably have a good reason.

P.S.
Whenever I reply with a quote, I usually press enter to go down a line, and write away. After a few words, though, the next letters appear on the line above (the one between the quote and my reply). Am I the only one seeing this?
 

Noddie

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Right now, though, my Horizons upgrade feels like a bit of a swizz.

Great... Some minor ship variants and a planet landing mechanism... It's good, but forty quid?
 

askavir

askavir
Gorgonaut said:
Personally, I have no problem with the "build up and blast"-approach. I just think it's a little frustrating that there's so little news about it.
But that's just me- I'm impatient. They probably have a good reason.

P.S.
Whenever I reply with a quote, I usually press enter to go down a line, and write away. After a few words, though, the next letters appear on the line above (the one between the quote and my reply). Am I the only one seeing this?
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are not.
No, you
 

Gorgonaut

Gorgonaut
Noddie said:
Right now, though, my Horizons upgrade feels like a bit of a swizz.

Great... Some minor ship variants and a planet landing mechanism... It's good, but forty quid?
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As of now, Horizons is a bit lacklustre. But remember, the 40 quid gets you the whole season! And that's great.
 
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