Major Expansions

JeffRyan

JeffRyan
metatheurgist said:
I thought they were still debating that one. Seem to recall reading an article recently that some theorists thought some minor variance in sub-atomic forces would result in the whole caboodle collapsing and that it might have already happened, except we can't see it yet since it might take a few years and be beyond visible range. :D
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Well it's more to do with the force of gravity and the amount of dark matter, but yeah... we don't know.
 

Patrick_68000

Patrick_68000
metatheurgist said:
not that I think E: D will share the same fate and hopefully the collapse (if it happens) will not interfere with me playing the game (I just won't stand for it!).
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The main thing is to save your game before the fateful moment. Maybe later they arrived to repair the collapse and you can reload the game

:p
 

Dead Fred

Dead Fred
This has to be the most off topic thread in history, lol.

Maybe there should be an ultimate universal expansion expansion pack where everyone is so far from everyone else that there is nothing to do but watch the heat death of the universe.
But that might not sell very well....:)
 

Memnoch

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Once you have the expansions that allow SPL and walking about in first person, are any future updates likely to be little more than content updates?

The only thing I can think of right now, when looking at other space sims for inspiration and really just one in particular, that might be considered a major expansion would be station/planetary base ownership.
 

Colonel Kenney

Colonel Kenney
Still waaay too early to be talking expansion. There are so many variables that will need to be taken into account now just to get the vanilla game in working order. It is being designed to allow for expansion and that is all you should be concerned with. Once we are in the gamma phase I'd look at talking expansion.
 

JeffRyan

JeffRyan
Talking is fine, what we have these threads for? Besides I think most of us have talked vanilla for the better part of year. Time for some chocolate.
 

trekman

trekman
Liqua said:
DB has been cited as saying there will not be an Elite 5 and that ED would be running for years. (I read 10+ but that could have been someones opinion)
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I seem to recall David Braben saying in one of his videos that Frontier would not be making a sequel to THIS game for at least 10 years. This suggests to me that there will be expansions released fairly regularly until they are ready to start work on a sequel. I personally would be quite happy with regular expansions for the next 10 years as this would take me into my mid 50's which is probably too old to be playing computer games.
 

Memnoch

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trekman said:
I personally would be quite happy with regular expansions for the next 10 years as this would take me into my mid 50's which is probably too old to be playing computer games.
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I think some here might argue with that statement, as will I when I get there! :)
 

Kemo

Kemo
trekman said:
I seem to recall David Braben saying in one of his videos that Frontier would not be making a sequel to THIS game for at least 10 years. This suggests to me that there will be expansions released fairly regularly until they are ready to start work on a sequel. I personally would be quite happy with regular expansions for the next 10 years as this would take me into my mid 50's which is probably too old to be playing computer games.
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Oh dear god I hope not. I am probably the same age as you are now and have been enjoying computer games since I got my ZX81 back in the day.

I intend to be playing until the day I croak, maybe slower, maybe in a different style, but still playing.

:D
 

Squicker

S
Kemo said:
Oh dear god I hope not. I am probably the same age as you are now and have been enjoying computer games since I got my ZX81 back in the day.

I intend to be playing until the day I croak, maybe slower, maybe in a different style, but still playing.

:D
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Same here, gaming is still my smack and I think it always will be :)
 

Ref Minor

Ref Minor
Patrick_68000 said:
And one day, if your eyes can not, you will ask at someone to play for you, and you will give him, of strategic directives

:p
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Reminds me of my two player Elite sessions, one of us on the Kempston with the other running thrusters, missiles and ECM and giving a tactical overview. Change of role every time we docked.
 

el_tel

el_tel
Ref Minor said:
Reminds me of my two player Elite sessions, one of us on the Kempston with the other running thrusters, missiles and ECM and giving a tactical overview. Change of role every time we docked.
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Ha! When we were 13, me and my best mate used to do the same thing. I'd completely forgotten about it until I saw your post.
It was on a Spectrum, and we both used the keyboard, so it was a bit like playing Twister with your fingers.
 

JeffRyan

JeffRyan
Herik said:
Oh yeah! I'm 70 and as long as my eyes can make out the monitor I'll be playing E:D...
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This post makes me happier than you can know! Well done! My wife didn't look too happy when I told her, she keeps hoping I'll 'grow out of it'.
 

Jumpin' Jack Flash

Jumpin' Jack Flash
Dead Fred said:
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Maybe mapping Google Earth onto the Earth in the game so you can buzz your house? (not really a major expansion , more of an Easter egg if you can find earth.....)
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Just had a vision of setting down a Panther Clipper on our local school playing field, which is a couple of minutes walk from our house. :cool: :D

Jack :)
 

SAB380

SAB380
If they can actually pull off - in an interesting way - planetary gameplay and inside space station gameplay, then I'm happy forever.

Content update like more quests and major story events sure, but game engine wise I don't need to see anything else.
 
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