Update 14 and Beyond: Live and Legacy Modes

[Bruce G]

Greetings Commanders,

We have an important announcement to share with regards to future game modes as of Update 14 which is due 29 November! Read all about it on our website and let us know what you think in the comments below:

Elite Dangerous Update 14 and Beyond: Live and Legacy Modes - Elite Dangerous: Odyssey

Greetings Commanders. In our Access to 4.0 post from August, we mentioned that future content would only be available to players on the 4.0 framework...

www.elitedangerous.com

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[Rubbernuke]

So sort of an offline online version?

Whilst there will be no new narrative content such as GalNet or Community Goals, you will still be able to affect the galaxy via the background simulation. Actions in Legacy Mode will not affect the Live game.

I assume this also includes Powerplay?

 

[Bruce G]

So sort of an offline online version?


I assume this also includes Powerplay?

Yep - includes the lot! Entirely separate from Live Mode.

 

[Kaput]

So sort of an offline online version?


I assume this also includes Powerplay?

What's Powerplay?

 

[Rubbernuke]

What's Powerplay?

 

[DrinkyBird]

Thanks Bruce. Makes sense to me, and nice that you're keeping the old client around instead of killing it entirely. Also good to see that Odyssey players can launch Horizons 4.0 officially now. Looking forward to find out what else is coming in update 14.

 

[rootsrat]

Oooh, that's pretty cool actually.

So have 2 galaxies to conquer now! 800 billion star systems

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

One question: why? *

* I'm not trying to be negative - geniunely curious.

 

[xzanfr]

One question: why?

need to get rid of the freeloading poor players who won't buy the DLC.

 

[Bruce G]

One question: why?

Feel free to correct or elaborate, but I take it you mean "Why have a Legacy Mode?". Not everyone wants or is able to play on version 4.0, and we'd like to offer an ongoing option for those players.

 

[Mark Zero]

Glad to finally be moving forward. And I think it's a good idea to let 3.8 be a self contained thing, so that folks who want to keep the familiar pre-Odyssey version of the game can have it and no longer be impacted by Odyssey.

More importantly for me though, glad to see us finally moving forward.

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Feel free to correct or elaborate, but I take it you mean "Why have a Legacy Mode?". Not everyone wants or is able to play on version 4.0, and we'd like to offer an ongoing option for those players.

Gotcha. Thanks.

I'll assume "Live" doesn't mean "Open"

 

[DrinkyBird]

Also I'd suspect that just spinning off another server for 3.8 was deemed easier than keeping the 3.8 client and Odyssey-era servers compatible with eachother.

 

[Bruce G]

Gotcha. Thanks.

I'll assume "Live" doesn't mean "Open"

If you read the post you'll find out what it means

 

[Rubbernuke]

Gotcha. Thanks.

I'll assume "Live" doesn't mean "Open"

Don't....don't go there

hears distant rumbling

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

If you read the post you'll find out what it means

Oh, I did

Just assuring myself open, solo and group play are still there in "live" mode.

 

[Cmdr. Numa]

Ty for allowing all 4.0 players to choose between EDO and Horizons.

 

[Cmdr. Numa]

need to get rid of the freeloading poor players who won't buy the DLC.

Very wrong, they can still play Horizons 4.0

 

[Bruce G]

Oh, I did

Just assuring myself open, solo and group play are still there in "live" mode.

Glad to hear! They will be, yeah.

 

[Rubbernuke]

More ominously:

"some players having fond memories of 3.8s galaxy"

I have to ask.....is legacy mode a lifeboat from the swirly octo apocalypse currently skipping towards us all?