fear of failure, could be. walking has no complication whatsoever, specially if you follow the example of any of the zillions other prior work. but frontier, being frontier, would probably try something as different as possible. also, a compelling world to walk in and making it worthwhile is another story. failing tiny optional minigames nobody asked for (powerplay, cqc, multicrew ...) is not a big issue, but flopping some transversal uber feature like much anticipated spacelegs ... that would be some high grade doom fertilizer!
sadly, i'm afraid new-era(tm) could in fact bring spacelegs. they implied it would bring something that had much been asked for. spacelegs is easy to do and just plug in so from a publisher point of view it's a serious candiate. i wouldn't be personally bothered about the risk and possible fallout, but about the missed opportunity to work on what's really special in this game, namely fleshing out the galaxy with new phenomena and bodies.
Lestat
Banned
I can toss ideas that might make space legs fun. For exploration
I can see my self without Auto repair unit or hull repair unit. Manually repairing my ship in deep space. Using Parts from destroyed ships to patch up hulls and manually repairing my Modules. Inside and outside my ship.
I can also see getting a distress call come and help repair part of someone else ship.
I can also see walking around an Earth-like world collecting samples by hand and collecting plants that can be grown in your Hydroponics room worrying about different monsters that can attack or you can capture and bring back to sell.
This is just a few ideas I been tossing around.
We can get ideas from other games like subnautica
I can see my self without Auto repair unit or hull repair unit. Manually repairing my ship in deep space. Using Parts from destroyed ships to patch up hulls and manually repairing my Modules. Inside and outside my ship.
I can also see getting a distress call come and help repair part of someone else ship.
I can also see walking around an Earth-like world collecting samples by hand and collecting plants that can be grown in your Hydroponics room worrying about different monsters that can attack or you can capture and bring back to sell.
This is just a few ideas I been tossing around.
We can get ideas from other games like subnautica
Q5 is the same as never since a fifth quarter of a year doesn't even exist. It will start in the thirteenth month, if ever.
With the upcoming squadrons feature, even a basic space legs implementation, where you get to say only walk in a station lounge, interacting with other commanders, or even NPCs, would be great. Walking in your ships too, even better!
Elite basically needs space bars, the best part in all space fiction
Imagine the black market being a bar, with shady characters giving you illegal missions and buying your hot cargo. It s just a glorified GUI, but it would make for great immersion.
Imagine how Jacques would look like with a space bar and space legs... glorious