Things I would like to see in future updates:

[grammatonfeather]

Let me start by saying Elite is the game I have played most in 2015. I've also spent a lot of time on this forum in-between gaming and read the suggestions people have for improvement. Some of the suggestions are very good.

I realise by now that Elite means many things to different people. We all have different expectations and desires for future content.

I haven't explored all aspects of the game yet (factions for example), I've mainly focused on missions, combat and some exploring.

I'm playing Elite more as a flight sim fan so I appreciate Braben's attention to engineering/technical details. Horizons S1 focuses on planet landings and SRV mechanics which actually suits me very well.

I'd like to see active geology at some point. Volcanoes, ice jets, perhaps rock or ice landslides (would be exciting especially if flying low through ice or rock canyons).

Would be nice to see black holes and perhaps be able to jump through them with a special module purchased at star port. Perhaps black holes could take people to a random location far away.

Planets with atmosphere and extreme weather. Planets hostile to the ship and SRV where you can only stay for a certain period of time before damage occurs? High wind, sandstorms, snowstorms etc.

Cockpit HUD UI/System star map would be nice to see a list of recent jump destinations and be able to select from them quickly.

Ground bases could have fighter protection rather than just drones. I'm remember the gameplay of Carrier Command where you had to take an island knocking out fighter and ground based defenses.

Would be nice to see ground bases with missile defenses too so I'd have the challenge of avoiding SAMS.

I love what I've experienced so far in Elite/Horizons and look forward to future releases. Also impressed with the transition to latest Oculus runtime via SteamVR.

Thanks!

(This is an example of positive suggestions for improvement versus bitter, miserable rant).

 

[gravedodger]

TBH i would happily wait another year for the 'big' updates to Horizon's, I would much prefer the smaller changes to improve game-play now.

The ability to do the following ...

1. Manually plots courses.
2. Store a number of favourite systems / stations for trading.
3. A list of those favourites available without having to open the Galaxy map.
4. Some sort of in game database of the systems you've recently visited.
5. Missions update to make them 'all' work.
6. Oh and more information in the missions.

That would do for me.

 

[grammatonfeather]

TBH i would happily wait another year for the 'big' updates to Horizon's, I would much prefer the smaller changes to improve game-play now.

The ability to do the following ...

1. Manually plots courses.
2. Store a number of favourite systems / stations for trading.
3. A list of those favourites available without having to open the Galaxy map.
4. Some sort of in game database of the systems you've recently visited.
5. Missions update to make them 'all' work.
6. Oh and more information in the missions.

That would do for me.

Good suggestions. Yes, they would make things easier. My active geology suggestions would take a lot of work I'm guessing but I believe someone mentioned elsewhere in the forum that it was on the cards for the future.

Re: Missions. Most of them seem to pay such small amounts (anything below 100k) I can earn way more taking out Wanteds by myself. I will play missions again sometimes though for a challenge.

Last night I landed at a big ground base and checked missions. None of the ground missions were located at the planet I was on. Would be nice if I didn't have to leave current planet to take a ground mission.