I fell down the rabbit hole of that vid...
Pillar Talk - Looking Into 2020: A Prediction Check...
This video was dedicated to features coming in 2020. IE:
- Intro: "This is a conversation about what will be coming beyond 3.8. So 3.9, 4.0, and potentially beyond."
- Outro: "There you go, that's a fairly in-depth discussion of what's coming up this year."
(NB the footage itself was filmed at Citcon in 2019, so when they say 'next year' periodically throughout the video, they mean 2020, and this is clear in context.)
Did these features get released in 2020?:
NO:
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iCache.
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Making a homestead on a planet. Deploying defences etc. Tony Z says other players would be able to destroy, or customise such bases, because
"that's what we do so often". They "build in the fundamental mechanics, and then you get all of this complex functionality that naturally results.".
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"Persistence for resources" on planets etc, leading to finite caps and gold rushes, for 3.9. Essentially brings exploration.
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Background Universe simulation. The resource exploration feeds into that. "The thing that you're working on Tony, that we're running".
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Jump points & a new solar system. Sean was glad they showed it at Citcon and was
very excited for 2020 on those grounds. Tony Z was
excited by the discovery, mapping and economic impact of the various types of jump point.
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Pyro specifically, with its lawlessness etc. (Chris qualifies Pyro as not coming in 3.9, but after that, and some time in 2020.).
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Refuelling and salvage. (Originally roadmapped for 2017 etc).
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Theatres of War. Coming out in 2020, but not with 3.8.
YES:
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Prisons in 3.9.
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So 4.0 became 3.10. We're now on the (delayed) 3.13 in Q2 2021. Outside of prisons, literally none of the planned things they mentioned are in...
Where art thou miracle techs? With your tsunami of emergent gameplay?
(Like purely on iCache, which started this deep dive: I get that a database that handles
'billions' of items and allows many servers to access it robustly is no small task ultimately. But still..... What a load of perpetual chaff they come out with :/)