News The Engineers Beta Release Date and Elite Dangerous 1.6
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Seems I find out about these livestreams if I see them mentioned second hand (as per this example), or happen to see a thread in the "Discussion" forum asking for questions...
Based on other Beta release dates, w/e 8 May means exactly 8 May. ... Probably around midnight/Saturday AM. ... BST.
Either way, I told my wife to enjoy her weekend, and that I will not be leaving town to visit in-laws.
Can't imagine them doing anything over a weekend?
I'd imagine Thu/Fri myself...
ps: Didn't ED suggesting in one of the streams that this Thursday's live stream would knock heads with the beta release? ie: It would be out for Thursday evening!?
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I'm sure FD have busted a gut over a weekend to iron out bugs, server issues, download problems, when they released a previous beta. Anyway, pessimism aside, let's hope it is Thursday/Friday, and let's hope it goes smoothly.
My bet - SciFi/Star Wars day - May the 4th be with you - ie tomorrow.
- it was in the most recent newsletter
- there is a thread stickied at the top of the most popular forum section
- the date and times for the previous streams have been tweeted 2 or 3 times (admittedly IIRC they only give 1-2 days notice which is not enough)
- previous streams have been mentioned on bookface (not sure about reddit)
Not sure what more they can do to be honest, but I agree a forum banner like they did for the Horizons launch streams can only be a good thing. My point is that if you want to be kept informed of news and latest developments, there are plenty of methods to do so.
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It can't be in the weekend. Releasing an update in a weekend is the dumbest move you can ever do. It's when the majority of players are able to play, and any hiccups would just mean expensive overtime and people having to be called in on a weekend to fix whatever broke.
So it has to be before the weekend.
Thursday is a holiday, which would be a really bad day to mess up.
Today is livestream.
That leaves us with Wednesday or Friday.
Friday would be a rubbish day as that is when people are ready for the weekend and are super ready to kick back and relax by playing some games in the evening.
So the only valid options, following logic, is Wednesday.
So it has to be before the weekend.
Thursday is a holiday, which would be a really bad day to mess up.
Today is livestream.
That leaves us with Wednesday or Friday.
Friday would be a rubbish day as that is when people are ready for the weekend and are super ready to kick back and relax by playing some games in the evening.
So the only valid options, following logic, is Wednesday.
Monday was a holiday, Thursday is a working day. At least that is the case in the UK, where FD are based.
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I just don't bother reading the news letter any more... So that's my fault.
But if you don't go into that forum index, and don't notice a (random) thread towards the top?
I don't use facetwit... So my bad again I guess.
A forum announcement on the day...
Most simple and effective? A dedicated (single) thread for livestream anouncements? Quite simply if you subscribe to that, you'll then just get notified (by the forum)... Done
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I hope in the new release collector limpets are changed to ignore canisters you abandon, damn thing kept bringing back the stuff I didn't want while ignoring the palladium chunks
I discovered this annoyance for the first time a few days ago. I'd never tried mining so I kitted out a Keelback and had a go...it's not for me, but yeah, that foible did annoy me. I had to wait for the collector to expire, then abandon the canisters and blow them up, then launch another collector.
and that I will not be leaving town to visit in-laws.
Why ? Step-father does not play ED at his home ?
More like don't be surprised if it get's delayed and isn't Thursday at all. More of a disclaimer.
Yeah, exactly. They'll start it Thursday morning but it's going to take a good deal of time to put up and verify. And then plenty time for players to download, with the servers being hammered. If someone took Thursday off and couldn't play until late evening they'd be pretty annoyed.
Well, since Thursday is a public holiday in The Netherlands (Ascension Day) I already have the day off. And since most of us take Friday off as well (for a long weekend) they better have everything done by then! >B')
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Yes... Sort of agree here. I normally play solo or with one or two others I meet randomly, for fun. So I'll not be equipped as a cleric unless something in the game (e.g. critical mission) forces me to. At the moment big ships are already easy game to groups of other ships (small or not) so when I am in an ad-hoc hunting party it is not required. Having said that lets not get too bothered one way or the other about healing lasers just yet, like other games given the chance I will try to kill the healers first if it ends up in a DPS/Healer/Tank type situation. But maybe that will never happen... I was worried about weapons being over powered by stuff found on planet surfaces, but I think I have only ever run across one person with powered up ammo... and he probably would have killed me just as effectively without them
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