Speculation on the new era

Bionic Bytes

Bionic Bytes
We know that AX conflict zones have been removed. The Thargoids have changed tact and fleet Carriers have been delayed.
My guess is that frontier are going to combine the two in the new era - fleet carriers could be used in some useful way to engage with the common enemy - perhaps we will now be invading Thargoid space and we’ll be base building on Thargoid planets to establish outposts.
For this reason alone I think the FC delay is worth it - give us some meaningful content and game play
 

WR3ND

WR3ND
babelfisch said:
I always struggle with the people who expect to get disappointed. I believe that's an oxymoron.
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Yeah, it's not pleasant seeing the last remaining slivers of hope being slowly snuffed out... :p ;)

Anyway, no real idea what's coming. Hopefully fleshing out more worlds and getting space legs at some point so I can meander around inside my ships, stations, and bases.
 
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CMDR Big Mike

CMDR Big Mike
Bionic Bytes said:
We know that AX conflict zones have been removed. The Thargoids have changed tact and fleet Carriers have been delayed.
My guess is that frontier are going to combine the two in the new era - fleet carriers could be used in some useful way to engage with the common enemy - perhaps we will now be invading Thargoid space and we’ll be base building on Thargoid planets to establish outposts.
For this reason alone I think the FC delay is worth it - give us some meaningful content and game play
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i am actually thinking a lot of things will be permanently destroyed
 

Mengy

Mengy
My guess is the New Era will be a core rewrite of the game's code, allowing the following:

  • First person mode, Space Legs, Elite Feet, it has many names.
  • SRV's are now multiplayer and multicrew compatible. Might even get a new SRV with multiple seats in it.
  • Player surface base building will be a feature, think small outposts like Dav's Hope. The store has cosmetics to buy for them too.
  • Much improved in game lighting system.
  • Coriolis stations, outposts, and surface bases now have areas to walk around and such.
  • Salvaging space wrecks will be enhanced to include EVA salvaging of scrap and components.
  • Ships now have interiors, and the ARX store now has decorations to buy for inside your ship!
  • Thargoid pilots and soldiers will be implemented, and players can invade hives to have first person combat with them.
In short, Space Legs and Base Building, plus a bunch of stuff as secondary content along with them.

Some other stuff I'm hoping to come along with it:

  • Planet caves and sinkholes (spelunking!!).
  • Comets.
  • Ice planet revamp.
  • Flying in gas giant atmospheres.
But hey, thats just my hunch.
 
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Bigmaec

Bigmaec
Mengy said:
My guess is the New Era will be a core rewrite of the game's code, allowing the following:

  • First person mode, Space Legs, Elite Feet, it has many names.
  • SRV's are now multiplayer and multicrew compatible. Might even get a new SRV with multiple seats in it.
  • Player surface base building will be a feature, think small outposts like Dav's Hope. The store has cosmetics to buy for them too.
  • Much improved in game lighting system.
  • Coriolis stations, outposts, and surface bases now have areas to walk around and such.
  • Salvaging space wrecks will be enhanced to include EVA salvaging of scrap and components.
  • Ships now have interiors, and the ARX store now has decorations to buy for inside your ship!
  • Thargoid pilots and soldiers will be implemented, and players can invade hives to have first person combat with them.
In short, Space Legs and Base Building, plus a bunch of stuff as secondary content along with them.

Some other stuff I'm hoping to come along with it:

  • Planet caves and sinkholes (spelunking!!).
  • Comets.
  • Ice planet revamp.
  • Flying in gas giant atmospheres.
But hey, thats just my hunch.
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I can't wrap my head around people expecting that much of changes/content/stuff.
Seriously, FD can't implement a fleet carrier for over one and a half year, stuff which is basically in game more or less since
two years (Gnosis, bases, etc etc etc).
And you believe the game will be completely rebuilt? If that's not a recipe for "expectationgeddon" I don't know what is...
 

willisit

willisit
I work in a big company, with lot of departments; some duplications of others. There are developers on developers... project managers on project managers...

I would love to believe that Fleet Carriers being delayed has, or had, any meaningful impact on the New Era but it simply cannot. Given the time periods of development for both, the outcomes are at this point more than likely fixed, so the delay is just that - the resources have been reallocated to bug fixing and the redeployment of the beta programme.

I DO believe Fleet Carriers will have content in the New Era, and their introduction would warm us up to that content; and that will be now be somewhat truncated (if the New Era isn't delayed, since it has no real release date anyway).

Basically, I wouldn't read in to it too much.
 

zimms

zimms
Bionic Bytes said:
We know that AX conflict zones have been removed. The Thargoids have changed tact and fleet Carriers have been delayed.
My guess is that frontier are going to combine the two in the new era - fleet carriers could be used in some useful way to engage with the common enemy - perhaps we will now be invading Thargoid space and we’ll be base building on Thargoid planets to establish outposts.
For this reason alone I think the FC delay is worth it - give us some meaningful content and game play
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First of all, FC are scheduled for summer 2020, New Era for end of 2020. As we all know too well these plans might change, but I'm sure Frontier isn't currently planning to combine these two or they would have told us in the recent update.

And please don't hype yourself using nothing but your imagination. There's no reason to expect the delay will bring additional game play to FCs. Don't set yourself up for disappointment.
 

Lightspeed

Lightspeed
Nobody anticipating any kind of atmospheric planet, apart from gas giants? The "glide mode" for planetary landings is early prep for this. But planets don't make money in the store ...... unless it's base building.

New Era 2 (I'm getting ahead) might introduce Elite:Terraformables ..... you get the chance to terraform planets and introduce "life" and see how it develops. That would be a combination of ED and Jurassic Park, though.
 

Rubbernuke

Rubbernuke
Bigmaec said:
I can't wrap my head around people expecting that much of changes/content/stuff.
Seriously, FD can't implement a fleet carrier for over one and a half year, stuff which is basically in game more or less since
two years (Gnosis, bases, etc etc etc).
And you believe the game will be completely rebuilt? If that's not a recipe for "expectationgeddon" I don't know what is...
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This is why FD need to start expectation management now, rather than next summer when this forum has boiled itself into a molten ball.

FD also need to start testing concepts for 2020 to ensure they are robust enough. PP was dropped on us with no testing- concepts need to be passed across the people that play the game so we can point out the obvious flaws.
 

Dommarraa

Dommarraa
New Era is for new players who are happy to play a dozen hours, then move on to the next game.
Its one of the normal buisness models for the games industry. FD have already milked all the old timer Elite fan bois, no more money to be made there.

Evidence :
New Player Experience work
Mining Mega Credits
 
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