When are we going to get the loot and reward system promised for the base game?

hood1 · Sep 3, 2016

I assumed Loot and Reward for the base game would arrive at the same time as it did in Seasons 2. It arrived in Season 2 Horizons three months ago... but as far as I can tell no loot and reward has arrived in the base game.

Frontier, when is it going to arrive?

PS The loot and reward system is detailed in "David Braben Reveals the Future of Elite Dangerous - EGX 2015 Developer Session" https://youtu.be/3Em7TLwFifE

Sandro Sammarco "It allows a great degree of customisation and power to your ships. If you want those nice blue lasers, you can craft them. It is important to note that this is not just for Season 2. The loot and reward system, it's across the board, it's for everyone." https://youtu.be/3Em7TLwFifE?t=21m24s

DragoonKnight · Sep 3, 2016

I just want blue lasers

Martian Successor · Sep 3, 2016

DragoonKnight said:
I just want blue lasers

That was actually what excited me the most when Sandro mentioned something along the lines of, "want blue lasers? You can make 'em."

I was imagining that we could choose the colour of our lasers once we mod them and was really looking forward to making mine green. It's always the so called "small touches" that give me the most joy in games.

jasonbarron · Sep 3, 2016

Great point, guys. Where the heck are those blue lasers??? I thought I was the only one who hasn't found them yet.

Duedy · Sep 3, 2016

Thought we sort of had it, shoot ship boom out pops mats.

Ignition · Sep 3, 2016

Sadly it looks like a change of plans.

So only color and effect changes on the roulette it seems with Engineers, I'm not against the random stuff though, but they said it would come to non Horizons players... thats sad.

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Duedy said:
Thought we sort of had it, shoot ship boom out pops mats.

like a piñata.

avow555 · Sep 3, 2016

I wouldn't pay any attention to what David or Sandro have said previously, they have a tendancy to waffle a load of guff then promptly forget about it.

Still awaiting basic game features!

Odan Brota · Sep 3, 2016

I have blue lasers. Phasing sequence.

Sara Lyons · Sep 3, 2016

jasonbarron said:
Great point, guys. Where the heck are those blue lasers??? I thought I was the only one who hasn't found them yet.

Phasing sequence.

Sapyx · Sep 3, 2016

"Loot" hasn't truly arrived for the base game yet. I played 1.6 before updating to Horizons. When you shoot ships, the mats loot pops out just like in 2.1, but there's nothing to do with them, since only engineers can take and use them.

You can accumulate elements by mining and as mission rewards, useful for synthesis (which 1.5 couldn't use when 1.5/2.0 came out because the only way to get elemental mats was by buggy driving). So the base came can now "craft" FSD mods and such.

Ironwolf · Sep 3, 2016

If FDev respond to your thread before my thread, then I'll know they hate me

Deareim · Sep 3, 2016

Still waiting for basic game features promised during KS period...

Iskariot · Sep 3, 2016

jasonbarron said:
Great point, guys. Where the heck are those blue lasers??? I thought I was the only one who hasn't found them yet.

Although I initially wanted to be able to choose the colour of my lasers too, I think it is much better to have laser colors based on the modifications.
That way colours have an identification purpose and are an indication of the type of weapons you are dealing with.

Odan Brota · Sep 3, 2016

Cmdr Yong Xing said:
True. But I still miss the chance to have green lasers that deal damage. I don't know why, but from an early concept art showing an Imperial Courier I really wanted to try this as well. Maybe for the Star Wars feeling. But now I can't. And do not forget, we still have the indicators on our cockpit hud and the computer voice notifying us of the nature of an incoming attack!

Isn't Scramble Spectrum green in color?

Patrick_68000 · Sep 3, 2016

Deareim said:
Still waiting for basic game features promised during KS period...

You can not continue to live with the past

Siranui · Sep 3, 2016

hood1 said:
I assumed Loot and Reward for the base game would arrive at the same time as it did in Seasons 2. It arrived in Season 2 Horizons three months ago... but as far as I can tell no loot and reward has arrived in the base game.

Horizons is like... a tenner if you wait for a Steam sale.

Eymerich · Sep 3, 2016

Cmdr Yong Xing said:
True. But I still miss the chance to have green lasers that deal damage. I don't know why, but from an early concept art showing an Imperial Courier I really wanted to try this as well. Maybe for the Star Wars feeling. But now I can't. And do not forget, we still have the indicators on our cockpit hud and the computer voice notifying us of the nature of an incoming attack!

when 2.1 beta came out, i asked n the beta forum this feature: the ability to coulor your laser weapon.

Every one who partecipated in the discussion was quite contrary...

CMDR Dreamstate · Sep 3, 2016

DID SOMEBODY JUST ASK ABOUT BLUE LASERS!?

Vasious · Sep 3, 2016

Now

THIS IS WIP MOCKUP UI FROM THE GAMESCOM STREAM

But in the image below, think that might be a colour my weapon's output option?

Assuming it isn't the a mock up/placeholder

Though on the flip side might just be telling us the "Hot Rod" mod makes the Tracers Red

Or as it is a WIP MOCKUP might be nothing at all

Leo Sagan · Sep 3, 2016

if a significant amount of players don't have horizons, they'll probably do it.
If (as I suspect) the vast majority is now playing Horizons (because they upgraded or because they bought the game after last december), they might just drop the matter entirely.