Elite: Dangerous

[Ulminati]

It's a pretty good example of how I design ships in 4x'es though. Biggest gun I can build with angines strapped on as an afterthought.

 

[J_C]

Burning Bridges being retarded in an Elite thread. How original!

 

[Trash]

Before release I do hope we'll see an actual living universe. You know, with economies developing, stations expanding, wars flaring up and all that jazz. One of the many things that made me so enthousiastic for Elite was the promise of providing a living and evolving gameworld.

 

[Ulminati]

You mean like this Trash?

 

[Trash]

Exactly. Is stuff like that already implemented in some way?

 

[bonescraper]

Before release I do hope we'll see an actual living universe. You know, with economies developing, stations expanding, wars flaring up and all that jazz. One of the many things that made me so enthousiastic for Elite was the promise of providing a living and evolving gameworld.

I'm pretty sure you won't see any major events. They stuff like this will take time, weeks, months even.



Skip the presentation, it shows nothing new. The Q&A part (starts at 13:18) gives some cool info though. The part about the gold rush is really interesting.

 

[balmorar]

Frontier will add a Kinectimals planet. It's confirmed.

 

[Ulminati]

So will Star Citizen*


*Provided you pay $300 for the Kinectopia add-on planet and $250 for the FuzzBall™ ship

 

[MD84]

How have I missed a sequel to Elite? I had heard about Star Citizen, but I can't believe I missed out on this. I think I'm going to have to break out my old joystick and fire this up.

 

[Bradylama]

I would unironically enjoy Kinectimal Planet once the FPS add-on is released.

 

[bonescraper]

Here's a more comprehensive list of planned features if anyone cares.

http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=19639

Also, Ulminati is going to like this i think.

Random video.

 

[Ulminati]

I actually havne't had time to play the current beta much, so not much cash. but at least I can haz a souped-up cobra out of the gate

 

[Ulminati]

 

[bonescraper]

We have talked in previous newsletters about a couple of the large changes - multiple ship ownership and mining – that Beta 3 will offer, and of course there are many more fantastic new features, both large and small, to experience as well as further fixes, optimization, content and polish.

As we expand the volume of the Milky Way you are able to explore, you can start to get a sense of the true variety, scale and spectacle of what is out there, just waiting to be discovered and exploited.

In Beta 3 you can find our first B class star, and there are also three class five gas giants – super hot planets with clouds of metallic vapour in their atmospheres. There are also two rare terrestrial planets with a silicate vapour atmosphere – they are incredibly hot!

Beta 3’s 2,406 star systems mean it is huge, about five times bigger than Beta 2. Yet it represents only a little over half a millionth of one per cent of the full game to be launched later this year!

Bring it aaaaahn!

 

[Duellist_D]

Noice

Finally more boner-inducing designs

 

[Ulminati]

New beta should be out in 5 hours. Cobra loaded with missiles and railgun is in hangar.

 

[bonescraper]

Cobra loaded with missiles and railgun is in hangar.

You won't get your ship back, but you'll get the credit equivalent.

 

[Ulminati]

First stop is Aulin Enterpirses to reclaim my murdership. Then off to find some minerbros to pirate.

 

[titus]

You won't get your ship back, but you'll get the credit equivalent.

Will this apply to the final release as well? I wonder if it's worth to start playing now or wait until they finish it.

 

[Ulminati]

There will be a complete credit/ship wipe prior to release.

 

[bonescraper]

Not when you transition from the beta builds, no. Dunno about gamma though.

 

[SuicideBunny]

You won't get your ship back, but you'll get the credit equivalent.

Will this apply to the final release as well? I wonder if it's worth to start playing now or wait until they finish it.

it's worth to start playing now just so you get used to shit gradually, hone your skills, and aren't overwhelmed and flailing blindly around like a newborn when release comes... or just to set up your hotas and test it.

 

[titus]

Yeah, I got it. I'm not very much into the whole pay-to-test-our-game-lol thing but it seems to have shaped into something that I want to play. Here's to hope.

 

[The Fish]

Beta 3 patch notes

Servers down in 13 minutes.

 

[bonescraper]

- Planet visuals overhaul
- Planet liquid colours now reflect chemical composition
- Atmospheric colours now reflecting their chemical composition
- Surface types and colours now reflect chemical composition
- Planets display volcanic features
- Complex Craters can create dust ejecta
- Crater frequency dependent on atmosphere thickness
- Ice planets now have fracture features
- Dynamic ice caps on all planets O_O
- Dynamic liquid levels on all planets O_O
- Asteroid belt clusters added
- Nebulae added to galaxy map
- Nebulae added to sky map rendering

Lol, those details.