That's more like it....
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May 4 2022: original post-U12 roadmap mentions a "key feature overhaul" due in early 2023
March 23 2023: announcement of delay to feature overhaul and PMF faction application closure says that after the Thargoid war "Our focus is now turning to investigate how upcoming systems will allow every player and player group to have a meaningful impact on the galaxy’s landscape."
It's possible that those refer to some now-cancelled work completely unrelated to Powerplay, but since a Powerplay rewrite would fit those descriptions (we'll see how much "meaningful" was marketing, of course) it seems more likely that it's been in planning/development since then.
Given how long it takes Frontier to develop anything related to Elite Dangerous compared with their original estimates - and Frontier know this by now - it seems considerably more plausible that it'll have been in progress for about two years once it's finally released and is finally close enough to finished that they can start being more confident in their timescales, rather than having only started development this month.
From their previous entries into this area - the BGS rewrite in 3.3 and the Thargoid war content - I'm not sure that pre-release user testing is particularly valuable. The BGS rewrite had substantial balance issues, none of which were really visible in the public Beta because the activity patterns weren't representative enough (and too few players regardless). A lot of the issues with the Thargoid War took months to show up and again aren't immediately obvious from either a tour of the interface and trial of the day-by-day activity, or from a cold reading of the rules and workflow in the absence of knowing how players will actually react in practice and in aggregate.
A commitment to post-release balancing passes and adjustments would certainly be needed, though. (if the post-Powerplay "new feature" gets pushed back into late 2025 because Updates 21-23 end up needing to be "more Powerplay fixes" that will not surprise me at all)
Winters gets a particularly short straw because their main effect is to increase the market regeneration rates of food and basic medicine - which already regenerate fast enough that even a trade CG has difficulty meaningfully denting the supplies. The scale of reform to the trade profession needed to make that ability worth having might be bigger that the Powerplay rewrite itself.
It has been always open only for the righteous ones.
That's for the pledgees rather than random Cmdrs looking for opportunities.That's more like it....
More likely to be a subscription based pay per hour to play private group.
Well... Krait Expectations has completed its final, last minute engineering, and is ready to launch itself into the Black, as we wait for PowerPlay 2.0.
coriolis.io
Besides the (headcanonned) crew of four for the Krait Phantom, on board is a dietician/chef, personal trainer, and a compact but complete workout center, all of which support not just the Commander, but her crew as well. Also on board is a year's worth of raw foodstuffs for the ship's complement, in lieu of a grade A life support system.
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A ship builder, outfitting and comparison tool for Elite Dangerous
coriolis.io
Besides the (headcanonned) crew of four for the Krait Phantom, on board is a dietician/chef, personal trainer, and a compact but complete workout center, all of which support not just the Commander, but her crew as well. Also on board is a year's worth of raw foodstuffs for the ship's complement, in lieu of a grade A life support system.
Bon voyage!
Aisling supporters would frankly never be seen again if this was a thing.
This is mandatory and was a massive sin from V1.
Yay for packhoundsThat's more like it....
The best way to melt your ship..... 3 seconds before your cheap GFX card goes ka bloomey too
Bill
I had a Beluga with 5 pack racks...
4 salvos and it was a bit warm, 5 and things started breaking!
It was amazing to watch, always brought a smile and a raising of fan speeds!
Alternatively, one can use Azimuth’s modified shard cannons and forget to turn off silent running.
You’ll never have to worry about corrosive substances again, but the techs and maintenance workers back at the dock will also slap their faces.
I hope not but I do think it would be better if there were advantages to playing in open (i.e. you influence the background simulation a lot more in open). More of a carrot to play in open rather than the stick of open only!
The trouble with this is bribing people to play in open is no better than punishing them for playing in any other mode.
No solution. You attract players by offering good gameplay, not bribes.
Not really, the other modes are considered easier than open just due to the PvP threat. Otherwise everyone would be in open at Deciat or in a CG.
I feel that being in open is greater risk, therefore you should have greater reward.
(Please note I did not say open only).
...but I still wonder why one should embark on an activity which was designed/oriented for PvP and then go playing in modes which are enclosed to PvP.
