Patch Notes September Update - Downtime and Patch Notes

Kior

Kior
Space Mage said:
With all do respect, the fact that someone has to agree to be pirated after already agreeing to log into open is absolutely stupid. Especially with how spread apart the playerbase is. Now I have to lower the amount I request from people not because I'm worried they'll try to run instead of giving up the cargo, but because I'm worried they'll just block me if I ask for more than they want to give up. Its dumb, wholly counter intuitive to the idea of being a pirate, and completely ruins the risk/reward balance that makes piracy fun. The entire point of open play is that anything can happen to you and you're never sure about what the other CMDR is going to do. Blocking should have never done more than restrict chat communications, instancing restrictions on top of that is redundant with PG/solo and actively makes open play worse for everyone involved. The last thing Elite needs is a more split playerbase, its already split between open/solo/PG, now open is being fractured into many more pieces.
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Absolutely agree.
 

CmdrMS

C
Sadly if this is the outcome we can expect from a pathetic little update...……… pray now for the December update and expect Fleet Carriers to not work properly before 2021.

Whoever was responsible for this fiasco should be fired (actually they should resign themselves out of embarrassment). I'm fed up enduring weeks of instability and random rubbish every time you do an update.

I'm a die-hard life-long Elite franchise fan (played every version on multiple systems for over 30yrs), but I'm beginning to doubt if I want to continue...

If December's update is as painful as this I'll seriously have to consider my Elite future...
 

Martin Schou

Martin Schou
IndigoWyrd said:
I can see plenty of use for it, and I’m not a Power Play shooter.
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I seriously doubt that, but I'll let you elaborate on how journal logging the power affiliation of ships you've targeted is useful to someone who doesn't participate in PowerPlay.

Remember - the uses have to be useful, and there have to be "plenty" of them.

I'm not going to be holding my breath though.
 

Dutchman141

Dutchman141
askavir said:
While being true that this patch brings absolutely nothing for existing players, it is also true that we were told in advance that this patch would be just noob tutorials and store fluff.
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Well they did manage to break things for existing players (again).
 

CMDR Melluns

CMDR Melluns
Well they did manage to break things for existing players (again).
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And agin, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again , and again, and again , and again, and again , and again, and again , and again, and again...
 

ChipStar65

ChipStar65
Yet another unintended new "feature" is that while in SC the HUD/dashboard's holo-image of targeted stations & bases is now severely misaligned to the actual orientation. Before this patch I made it a point to go for a DeepThroat Trajectory that allows dropping into station real-space perfectly aligned with the station rotation axis and the Mail Slot. That means a just-so alignment of the HUD holo image of the station/base during SC approach that cannot be done now. Mostly cosmetic but also a time and fuel waster since you now have to fly more to reach the mail slot. Plus it ruins a favorite self-generated mini-game. Annoyance Factor 7 in a game already chock full of AFs.
 

D.D.Hariman

D.D.Hariman
Supercruise
  • Added new option to the Flight Assist tab to allow the Supercruise Assist module to control the throttle automatically
  • Supercruise 'Safe to Disengage' message has been updated to include the binding that will disengage Supercruise
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Cannot imagine ever using the first one.

OK?? Is there going to be a NEW binding that is different from the old binding?? If so, then the message will be welcome so I can update my hotkeys and VA Commands. If not, the message is a waste of pixels.

Fixed edge cases where players were being placed in the same instance as players they had blocked
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OKAY...... This one really brought out the forces of evil.
BUT.
I can agree that Solo/PG players actions should not impact things in OPEN that can only be redressed by finding and killing the person/group that is opposing what you are trying to do.
 

Abncntryby

Abncntryby
I understand that there is an issue of already engineered equipment not showing as being engineered. However, has anyone tried to engineer a new piece of equipment? I am unable to. It seems that they made changes to this too and I can not highlight or select generate modification.
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Faded Glory

Faded Glory
Abncntryby said:
I understand that there is an issue of already engineered equipment not showing as being engineered. However, has anyone tried to engineer a new piece of equipment? I am unable to. It seems that they made changes to this too and I can not highlight or select generate modification.
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In a word, yes... :)

Engineering Broken

tried engineering at The Dweller - cursor gets lost / moves randomly. Can't leave the screen, have to exit game. Oh well.
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IndigoWyrd

IndigoWyrd
Martin Schou said:
I seriously doubt that, but I'll let you elaborate on how journal logging the power affiliation of ships you've targeted is useful to someone who doesn't participate in PowerPlay.

Remember - the uses have to be useful, and there have to be "plenty" of them.

I'm not going to be holding my breath though.
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#1. For API (3rd party web sites) to track ship movements as they relate to powers.
#2. For non-power players, as a means of warning when entering a region full of Power Play ships not normally occupied, such as during expansion operations, to avoid getting caught up in someone's cross fire.
#3. For Traders, tracking the movement of power ships to locate potentially good deals (buying), or sales "hot spots", based on the power in question.
#4. For Bounty Hunters, to find locations that may be potential hots pots.
#5. For Storytelling purposes, to follow ship movements.

And so forth - just because one doesn't pledge or support any given power doesn't mean there aren't potential benefits to seeing where their ships are operating.
 

dAlexis

dAlexis
Hmm, "it happened never, but again" or "planed 2 to the best, but the result is, as always" (attempt to translate 2 well-known Russian phrases, 100% suitable 4 the situation). It's better 2 fly MSK evening, as I see...
 

CMDR_Brantford of FLC

CMDR_Brantford of FLC
BGS tick hasn't gone properly either.. none of the conflict states (I didnt check election states) updated, it appears.

I can hardly wait to see what happens after powerplay tick in the AM...
 
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