When will we see some planet surface visuals and the Thargoids etc?

nats

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nats
Had a little bit of a play around with ED last night - for first in several months, and again I wasnt greatly impressed with the changes that I could see, although the buggy is 'quite' good fun.

But when are we going to see some real improvements to the game - ie planet surfaces with clouds/starbases and Thargoids not to mention the Puma and the Lion and other massive traders? And what about some employable crew for the ships and a decent viewing system? Really been waiting for things like this for several years now and still no major improvements in the game or on the 'Horizon' for me to get excited about.

Come on Frontier get your fingers out!!! Lets see something amazing from you PLEASE. ED is just not going anywhere fast at all.
 
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DanTheMan

DanTheMan
Now look here young man this just wont do!
All this "gimme-gimme-gimme".
There is a 10 year plan for ED so naturally everything will be delivered Soon [tm] and probably on the last day of the last month of the 10th year!

If FD just went around delivering on promises without extended and lengthy waiting times where on earth would we be, what sort of example would that set for the rest of the gaming industry?

All we can tell you is "all in good time" and "Soon[tm]".
 

avow555

avow555
Huge amount of stuff to be developed but we gotta be patient.
2.1 isn't far away so looking forward to more content but as they say it's a 10 year plan.
 

lysan

lysan
To be honest the planets look great! Well some of them anyway. I've seen many interesting planets in horizon. Clouds you will not see for some time I'm afraid. Some of the larger settlements are also pretty impressive and well done so I don't really know what you are asking for other than full fleshed out atmo worlds.
 

CMDR Ellegon

CMDR Ellegon
nats said:
Had a little bit of a play around with ED last night - for first in several months, and again I wasnt greatly impressed with the changes that I could see, although the buggy is 'quite' good fun.

But when are we going to see some real improvements to the game - ie planet surfaces with clouds/starbases and Thargoids not to mention the Puma and the Lion and other massive traders? And what about some employable crew for the ships and a decent viewing system? Really been waiting for things like this for several years now and still no major improvements in the game or on the 'Horizon' for me to get excited about.

Come on Frontier get your fingers out!!! Lets see something amazing from you PLEASE. ED is just not going anywhere fast at all.
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Really, another one of these threads? Can we just have this closed, please?
 

bitstorm

bitstorm
But when are we going to see some real improvements to the game - ie planet surfaces with clouds/starbases and Thargoids not to mention the Puma and the Lion and other massive traders? And what about some employable crew for the ships and a decent viewing system? Really been waiting for things like this for several years now and still no major improvements in the game or on the 'Horizon' for me to get excited about.
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Except ~50% of the things you mention are either "on the Horizon" or already exist in the game.
 
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Jack Schitt

Jack Schitt
Antinull said:
Is posting a thread that you personally don't like against the forum rules now?
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No, but to be fair much of what's queried in the OP has answers that can be found with a bit of light forum reading and Google-fu. They may not be answers we all like, and some may be typically vague as is standard for FD, but they are answers nonetheless.

And despite his temporary absence CMDR Nats is savvy enough to know that. Which almost -- almost -- makes the OP seem like a whine. On the other hand maybe he's just looking for like minds to share his disappointment at the rate of progress, which is understandable.

Assuming this thread doesn't descend into the usual "it's great!" / "it's crap!" advocacy war and moderation lock, my advice would be to wait until the testing phase for 2.1 which should be within the next month, and see what FD delivers. (AFAIK Nats is a standard beta backer so may have to wait until the full 2.1 release to play it, but should be able to follow the progress on the forums).

The gap between 2.0 and 2.1 will have been the longest the game has gone without a major update, so whatever is coming will almost certainly have significant impact. Whether it's enough to convince Nats and others that the plan is back on track only time will tell. Personally I'm cautiously optimistic, but with the full understanding that if 2.1 is a complete disaster it could be problematic down the line.

(Disclaimer: until very recently I considered 2.1 to be "make or break" for ED, predicting that the game might not even see out five years let alone ten unless 2.1 was a resounding success, heralding an improved change of development pace and increasing the confidence of future customers. Then something happened that changed my mind. That something was Planet Coaster, which from what I've seen of alpha and the buzz it's generating should be an absolute cash cow for Frontier when it goes live. It's a remarkable product that seems to have no real competition in the market. As long as they pool the cash and allow these projects to cross-fund each other, I think ED's medium term future is secure regardless of the technical merits of 2.1. But let's still hope it's a triumph anyway.)
 

Antinull

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CMDR Ellegon said:
No, it is not. Opening a gazillion threads on the same topic is, though.
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That is true enough, but I think that FD's view on opening a new thread on previously discussed topics is necessarily quite narrow & specific (Horizon's price discussion, Offline gate, Open v Solo etc.); any wider view would see us with say only a single thread on Thargoids (been done before), Puma Clipper (been done before) and so on....I think your objection to this particular thread is simply the general tone of it.

I'd wager my Python you haven't asked for any `I really like this game` threads to be shut down in the interests of sparing us all some repetition ;)
 

R3DB3RD

R3DB3RD
See some people just aren't grateful.

Im off to play Star Citizen. Oh wait, we are actually still waiting for that aren't we.

Weeeeeeeeee... That's me flying round space, in an actual space game. One that, you know, you can actually play.
 

nats

Banned
nats
Dont get me wrong I think the game overall is an amazing achievement and all - it amazes me when I launch my buggy on a world just how expansive the game is. But this is the issue that its perhaps too expansive and they should perhaps start drilling into some of the various tasks and making them more fun. There is admittedly a lot to come in the game but when? We have been waiting for the Thargoids for years literally. But I think the game needs a bit more than just 'Thargoids' or 'planets'. It needs some soul and it needs some excitement - it needs some progression and something to drag you back into playing every night. I know I have mentioned this before several times but I am not going to stop mentioning it until; the devs start responding positively instead of just adding daft things like Arenas and letter bobbleheads.

There are a few rather quick things they could do to radically improve the game. Do they know what they even are? Their immediate plans suggest not.

And whats this about ten year plan - where has this come from. I dont attend these forums very much just occassionally, have I missed something? I never attend Reddit or whatever either. The devs have a forum isnt all the development information on here somewhere? I cant see anything with a cursory glance.
 
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