release dates & timelines

Shadowma

Shadowma
Hi was wondering when the patches for fps & ability to walk around ships as well as own multiple ships would be out? Have tried to look around on the forums & its kind of daunting & thought maybe there is a update. Also how much has Frontier made in pledges & sales to further game development? One last thing the rating (mostly harmless,average) etc.
that is shown on forums is this for your kill ratio or how many posts you have on forum? sorry just was not sure.
Thanks in advance for any info or updates.
 
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Zvanya

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Walking around will be added well after initial release as part of a DLC expansion. Multiple ship ownership is planned for release. I'm pretty sure your forum rating is number of posts
 

Machival

Machival
Shadowma said:
Hi was wondering when the patches for fps & ability to walk around ships as well as own multiple ships would be out? Have tried to look around on the forums & its kind of daunting & thought maybe there is a update. Also how much has Frontier made in pledges & sales to further game development? One last thing the rating (mostly harmless,average) etc.
that is shown on forums is this for your kill ratio or how many posts you have on forum? sorry just was not sure.
Thanks in advance for any info or updates.
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IVA/EVA activity are expected to be part of a later expansion/DLC. Planetary landings are also expected to be part of a separate expansion/DLC.

Multiple ships will come later in the development pipeline, presumably as part of a later part of the beta.

As to your question on Frontier's income, you may find this enlightening:

http://www.frontier.co.uk/docs/files/Annual_report_and_accounts_2013-Frontier_Developments_plc.pdf
 

Nelia

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Shadowma said:
Hi was wondering when the patches for fps & ability to walk around ships as well as own multiple ships would be out? Have tried to look around on the forums & its kind of daunting & thought maybe there is a update. Also how much has Frontier made in pledges & sales to further game development? One last thing the rating (mostly harmless,average) etc.
that is shown on forums is this for your kill ratio or how many posts you have on forum? sorry just was not sure.
Thanks in advance for any info or updates.
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I Expect the (real) final Release in about 8 - 10 Month. After that Frontier will have time to work at 100% on the Expansions Packs.

The first Expansion (i think planetary flight) will maybe released in about 2 years, but i am sure they will test this stuff before again. So we should see the first glimse of planetary flight in about 12 - 18 month, not earlier.

After this works corretly they will start working on the 2nd Expansion Pack, witch should be the "walking arround" stuff.

At all the game will realy comlete in 3 - 5 years. This is only MY guess of course, could be completly wrong.
 

ZenSpider

ZenSpider
LARY STARKEEPER said:
Nope. FD said "Q4 2014" just few weeks ago. Deal with it.
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Fight! Fight! Fight!

To add to the above, I think the most recent information we had in terms of financing was FD's recent full-year figures. These pointed to about £6m of income related to ED with the Kickstarter pledges and Beta sales all added together.
 
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LARY STARKEEPER

LARY STARKEEPER
Nelia said:
Well, i wish you are right and i am wrong realy, but i cant imagine that they can add the missing content and do all the polishing, bugfixing and balancing in about 3 month. NEVER. Deal with it! :p
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Yeah I know it's not the most realistic expectation, you're right. But I still believe on a late 2014 launch until FD officially delay the game. They're an agile team after all ;)

PS : Didn't wanted to harm you ;)

EDIT : Waiting is unbearable, but we know it's for the good
 
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Vlodec

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Vlodec
Shadowma said:
One last thing the rating (mostly harmless,average) etc. that is shown on forums is this for your kill ratio or how many posts you have on forum? sorry just was not sure.
Thanks in advance for any info or updates.
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It's for your forum posts and is in no way influenced by by kill ratio.
 

Nelia

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BigBossLucas said:
So, see you in Xmas Final Product :cool:
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XMas? No, i think in June or July.... 2015. Xmas 2015 the Game should be released already, with luck we where able to land on moons arround Xmas 2015. If you think that the game will be release arround Xmas 2014 then... LOL.
 
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Zvanya

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They have stated that planned release will be in 2014. They have not stated that the game will include every single feature in every DDA document at the time of release.
 

scrufferpops

scrufferpops
some speculated that the gamma release (and even the final release) would coiincide with the anniversary of the original elite and therefore happen on 22nd of this september month or so.

Obviously this is now looking hopelessly optimistic and I would guess a gamma release around christmas time possibly or soon thereafter.

Then a full retail release early in the new year around february or march 2015 and the first expansion pack late 2015 around october.

This is mere speculation but is a fairly educated guess judging by the current content and the content yet to come.
 

SAB380

SAB380
Beta 2: Very soon
Gamma: Soon
Retail: Sort of soon
Planet DLC: Not very soon
EVA DLC: Even less soon than planets.
 
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