The Planetary landing and planetside missions discussion Thread
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Your ideas are interesting, but not really what I'm looking for. You should go play a different game if those are the things you want as that's not what Elite is about. (See what I did there?)
We backed Elite Dangerous for things like planetary landings. It's one of the core aspects of what makes Elite and Frontier what they are / were.
This is what we had 20 years ago. Is this what you want or something a little more advanced?
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Good reasoning
"The Sidewinder" is an excellent name for a rollercoaster ride
That's very true.
In fact so is The Anaconda!
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Quite honestly, the process of landing, and taking off and flying out of the atmosphere in Frontier and FFE was awesome. Still are actually.
Your ideas are good- and some would be able to be implemented using existing assets. More diverse missions will be crucial to the longevity of the game, so good job
Planetary landings are coming though
To some though its just a transition that once you've seen a few times it wears thin. For me its not so much PL that's exciting more what you can do once you get there. EVA should be developed first then PL. The former gives purpose and meaning to the latter beyond a 5 minute thrill.
My most anticipated feature is being able to walk around ships, stations and planets in first person. I got no need for it to turn into a shooter - I wouldn't mind if FD actually makes it illegal to carry a sidearm (or any weapon) on most stations and planets that isn't Anarchy. So like with airports, your character need go through a security-check before gaining access to the station/planet proper.
Anyway, I'm digressing. My point is, I'm looking forward to the game becoming more immersive. Planet-landings is a big part of that, but the biggest by far is to not be glued to the Captains-Chair (Yes, most my ships got a Bridge, not a puny cockpit )
Anyway, I'm digressing. My point is, I'm looking forward to the game becoming more immersive. Planet-landings is a big part of that, but the biggest by far is to not be glued to the Captains-Chair (Yes, most my ships got a Bridge, not a puny cockpit
)Why go to the trouble and expense of transporting live fish into space if you're just going to microwave them?
To be ot (really).. Things like 'planetary/station defense' missions could be great fun if done well. Missions in general need to be made far more interesting, let's just hope they have some decent ideas and plan to implement them in the not oo distant future.
Agree.
Might be nice to be able to bomb pirate bases or engage in some combat in the atmosphere.
Also build your own home base and employ a butler that can fly your ships to wherever you are and take a taxi home
I would love the trading system to work and have meaning / cause and effect but we can only dream.
It is, sort of, a different game. It is going to be big enough (or so the story goes) that it has to be an expansion, and one you should expect a hefty price tag for. It already has a separate development team. Things are already about as isolated as you could hope for those that do not want planetary landing.
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As we discussed as some length in the DDA, there is a big problem with a FPS: you can get shot. The lore is that you never get killed in your ship: when it is about to explode, your escape capsule (which, wonder of wonders, is indestructible) whisks you back to the last place you docked. FD wanted to avoid 'magic' wherever possible, so no cloning, etc. So how does the 'dead but not really dead' work in an FPS bit of E: D?My most anticipated feature is being able to walk around ships, stations and planets in first person. I got no need for it to turn into a shooter - I wouldn't mind if FD actually makes it illegal to carry a sidearm (or any weapon) on most stations and planets that isn't Anarchy. So like with airports, your character need go through a security-check before gaining access to the station/planet proper.
Anyway, I'm digressing. My point is, I'm looking forward to the game becoming more immersive. Planet-landings is a big part of that, but the biggest by far is to not be glued to the Captains-Chair (Yes, most my ships got a Bridge, not a puny cockpit
This is the thing though. We already have a whole galaxy like that. Lots of "ooh, ahh" which wears thin after a little while. I'd much prefer to see all that filled in with more of "what you can do once you get there". Adding just another thing that needs filling in doesn't fill me with a lot of excitement. If they can show us the sort of creative, engaging content they can fill all the other features with first, then I might get excited about new features to fill with more content. Landing on planets is not content, it should only be a means to access more content that isn't available elsewhere. Hopefully it will amount to more than just "big game hunting".
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Quite - timelines suggest FD work on major things in parallel but have issues with integration / bug testing. I wouldn't be surprised if FD already have PL working albeit rudimentary. What next is the key thing.
I do hope part of FD is devoted to filling in ED with more from DDA - piracy as a role; ironman; exploration made interesting; salvage rights; the list is long and if they can develop some of this for those not interested in PL it may help towards the inevitable complaint threads too
Had to LOL! Excellent.
I can certainly imagine it. FD have shown that they are perfectly willing to pile new shiny stuff (well, what is supposed to be shiny stuff) on top of that incomplete foundation. I see no particular reason why they would think they need to change that policy - they have ignored those of us screaming for the core to be finished for a year or so. I think it would be dumb, but then I am hardly a fan of what they have done i the last year anyway.
There is a separate development team working on the expansions. The core team has not shrunk because expansions have come along. Thus, in a sense, they are not preventing that core infrastructure work happening if they work on expansions. Of course, many of us would argue that they should throw those extra resources at the core game, to get it up to scratch, and then move on to the expansions. But I doubt it will happen.