Patch Notes Update Update 2.1.03 Incoming
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Many really nice fixes in the list, thx much for this [up]. Regarding NPCs AI changes ... as it seems high ranks (spawn related to player combat rank) will still be fun to fight, it is looking very promising 
i do agree with you, but if you are Elite then logically you had time to prepare yourself and you have the resources to counter them (money, upgrade, skill...), but yea you are right, this logic needs something else on top of it.
Yeah exactly.. Especially when you hop into a smaller ship, trading ship, miner or whatever to do something else. What does it help me then that Im Elite? Also it doesnt create a very believable universe...
Does this include checks made on large ships that are handed mission update destinations that have no large landing pads? This is a royal pain in the neck.
Thanks FD, that is a nice chunky update and it's much appreciated. Also that is some great timing as I'm off work for the rest of the week.
Looks like I am just going to have to give up the day job!
Ah, it was boring anyway
I'm not a good pilot, but I'm an old pilot with old values. My goal in this galaxy was first and foremost to become Elite in combat. I wasn't too bothered about how long it would take. If it was a choice between one Elite Anaconda or a million Harmless Sidewinders then I'd take the Sidewinders. My diligent slaughter of the easy has paid off. I'm currently sitting at one percent away from Elite, and now I'm having second thoughts about whether I should blast my way into that prestigious club.
I was okay with SJA's minions up to this moment; sometimes I run, sometimes I fight, sometimes I limp to a station, sometimes I die. I'm happy with the change to spawning NPCs. It was unfair to traders facing the same sort of barrage of bullets as those like me who had brought in on ourselves. I just hope that the decrease in the pain for the traders isn't accompanied by an increase in pain for high-ranked combatteers.
In the meantime I'll try to avoid combat and keep that clock from clicking over. But as a member of The Alliance there will be a point in time where I shall have to pick up arms and fight for my cause. I shall just have to take any change to my status on the chin.
All that I read sounds great, looking forward to get back into space
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Patch looks awesome and there's a huge amount of changes/fixes, thanks for that FD, great work guys!
I am a *little* concerned about the new NPC changes however, hopefully the lower ranked npc's won't suddenly become '2.0' cannon fodder again, but I guess we'll see today as we play.
Thanks guys!
oh and please.. next patch can Mining get some love? ie:- give us an engineer who can mod our refinery and increase its efficiency! , too many combat based engineers for my liking.
I am a *little* concerned about the new NPC changes however, hopefully the lower ranked npc's won't suddenly become '2.0' cannon fodder again, but I guess we'll see today as we play.
Thanks guys!
oh and please.. next patch can Mining get some love? ie:- give us an engineer who can mod our refinery and increase its efficiency! , too many combat based engineers for my liking.
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Check. But you need the same time for grinding reputation than I did grinding credits. I am forced to grind twice.
This seems potentially to be in conflict with the last line of the NPC updates section... "- Balance mission generated NPCs to be lower ranked (for the most part)
" Am I misinterpreting the NPC section of the updates?
Thanks again to the Dev's for all the work they've put in
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Bloody good work guys!
That's the cost of wanting to choose your effect. You can't have your cake and eat it.
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Thank you for all the improvements and fixes! Cant wait to fly a round.
You are doing a remarkable job, as usual
You are doing a remarkable job, as usual
Thanks for the changes FD.
However, I don't think these changes rectify the some of the main criticisms. Too much RNG, no player agency and no incremental progress.
Also having to do 6 useless crafts, 3 at grade 3 and 3 and grade 4, every time I want to improve a single hard point is not something that's enticing me back into the game.
However, I don't think these changes rectify the some of the main criticisms. Too much RNG, no player agency and no incremental progress.
Also having to do 6 useless crafts, 3 at grade 3 and 3 and grade 4, every time I want to improve a single hard point is not something that's enticing me back into the game.
Great update,
I'm a Mostly Harmless/Broker/Ranger, so the interdiction cap at my combat rank is a good thing, now I can try to fight back and not only escape (that's the boring thing, to have to escape over and over again).
However, about the engineers grind, why don't allow the players to use credits?
1 - Put a commodity market for materials (rare that worth millions) in the engineers base.
2 - Remove the need of commodities that take cargo space and substituite them with credits, from thousand to millions for upgrade.
To me this will remove the grinding, the need of station cargo, the waste of time finding materials and reward players for doing what they love to do, since everything in the game has credits as reward.
And at the same time, finding some rare materials will be a way to avoid spend a lot of credits, or a way to make credits selling those materials to engineers.
Another thing, since Elite is a mmo, why not create a material market for players only?
So one who has rare materials can sell them for credits to another player.
I'm a Mostly Harmless/Broker/Ranger, so the interdiction cap at my combat rank is a good thing, now I can try to fight back and not only escape (that's the boring thing, to have to escape over and over again).
However, about the engineers grind, why don't allow the players to use credits?
1 - Put a commodity market for materials (rare that worth millions) in the engineers base.
2 - Remove the need of commodities that take cargo space and substituite them with credits, from thousand to millions for upgrade.
To me this will remove the grinding, the need of station cargo, the waste of time finding materials and reward players for doing what they love to do, since everything in the game has credits as reward.
And at the same time, finding some rare materials will be a way to avoid spend a lot of credits, or a way to make credits selling those materials to engineers.
Another thing, since Elite is a mmo, why not create a material market for players only?
So one who has rare materials can sell them for credits to another player.
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im saying this just because if for example you decrese the generated heat by the Multicannon around 10% it might be not enough, and then before the next update we will to wait 1 month probbaly.Some changes come through a day or two before we compile the update into a patch for everyone. Which ultimately wouldn't be much help for advance notice except to forum goers.
if we know in advance we can consider maybe a different value, higher or lower.
What is really missing is to know what you guys have in plan, i understand you want to make us a surprised, but we need to know the future.
Like we are working on Avatar, fixes etc. We dont need to know the details but to know whats going on.
Thx
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