FDEV Comms New Era & Speculation on Future Features

Yesterday saw a post to the ELITE DANGEROUS website, detailing the announcements last week of a year ahead of content updates…
Given the turbulent waters Frontier have just navigated… are we genuinely witnessing a new era of communication from Frontier Developments?
We take a look at the path ahead for FDEV & Elite Dangerous. o7 CMDRs
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[@APS_Inc]

Hopefully Fdev realizes that lack of communication will kill their game far more than missed deadlines, targets, and buggy featuresets.

[@TheOnlySkeleton]

They killed it as soom as they cancelled odyssey on console after a year of promising of fixing it

[@bbbenj]

When we compare their communication to StarCitizen's, we sit and cry... 😭

[@mojoxftn1526]

Keep telling yourself that. @@TheOnlySkeleton

[@elixwhitetail]

@@TheOnlySkeleton For console players, sure, but cancelling Odyssey on consoles didn't kill the game on PC.

[@prika2000]

@@bbbenj Really? Please remind me again of the latest RELEASE date even for SQ42 ? Maybe when I get grandchildren?

[@limeboy73]

This is like getting a ping back from a satellite you thought lost power six years ago.

[@wintaaaaa]

maybe voyager 1 will come back too

[@cinnamonroll5865]

Underrated comment lmao

[@kangaroo4024]

lol it really is :D

[@vladcrow4225]

Too little, too late.

[@adamdiebold6412]

I want more exploration stuff: ruins to be discovered, creepy critters that walk and crawl, derelict ships out in the black.

[@cmdrrheeney]

This would be so good! Exploration could definitely do with a bit of a revisit. Especially as it's such a huge part of this game.

[@bbbenj]

I do agree. Nowadays, exploration is always the same, over and over... 😭

[@waynebirch139]

This would definitely be on my top 10 wishlist. Like what about ship salvaging? Haunted ships? Inhabited by space bugs and fight through? I’d like the garden worlds also to be able to be landed on and explored.

[@jasperfox6821]

This does sound really cool, more on foot exploration stuff like caves to explore and being able to kill alien wildlife or something.

[@gregdeblaise1089]

Would need ship interiors for derelict ships for that to happen. And we know Fdev's stance on that. But that would be something on my list as well. Would make exploration worthwhile rather than scan the same rocks and patches of stuff.

[@raymobula]

Hullo! o7 Gave the game a break, and last week‘s stream motivated me to return. Oh boi - is it beautiful game. I‘m back!

[@Irishdavo]

Like loads of others, I was on a break… kept in touch though with your content, so thanks to you all in the Burr Pit. I know it is not on the cards but I would love to see some work done on planets, they are very samey…

[@raymobula]

@@IrishdavoThis!!!

[@cmdrhatch]

Ray! It's great to see names that I know coming back to the game!

[@bbbenj]

Still on a break... I hope they'll work on the BGS...

[@baflabies]

I been playing non stop for couple weeks now. As a returning player. And its good to be back

[@netwarrior1000]

Last weekend I joined the 1 million LY travelled club - a decade in the making. I hope the recent news brings many players back. May many more join the 1 million LY travelled club.

[@kevinmetcalfe2852]

o7 Buur Pit! The most positive source of news in the ED galaxy! Thank you. 😊

[@TheBuurPit]

;) o7

[@werdnalleb]

I feel it is promising on this possible new turn for Fdev. If they can keep this pace of news/communication and development - it would be huge. I am hoping for base building. Not so much because I am a big base builder, Im mediocre at best, but I think that implementing this feature would bring more of players to the game. Both old and new. Great overlook and theorizing video. o7 o7 o7

[@chilliewhk]

This new communication has finally inspired me to dive back in. All the patches have really improved performance for me across the board. Very refreshing to be back once more. I am so very excited to see the new ships in future.

[@RudolfKlusal]

Same here, I am finally back again, dusting of my KZbin channel about elite ❤️

[@beausuveas6869]

Same for me. I’ve barely played since void opals became less profitable. Odyssey 100% did it in for me and I uninstalled the game. I played in VR last night and was surprised with some of the improvements since the DLC came out. I’m still skeptical but it would be nice to see Frontier actually communicate with us.

[@marcfuller7531]

Python Mark 2 Features? Interiors!! What an opportunity to give the new ships interiors. I understand the logistical issues with doing it to current ships, but seems an ideal time to do it to new ships!

[@frankshailes3205]

Same "no gameplay use" though... similar to hangar interiors, we just walk through them to get to the lifts!

[@Desirsar]

My answer to all three questions is the same - atmospheric landing.

[@prliving5239]

How is that

[@bbbenj]

What's the point of atmospheric landings if you don't have very diversified plants (not the same species all over the galaxy with a stubble difference of colour), fauna, climate and... base building!

[@Desirsar]

@@bbbenj With the base building being a given, there's also colonization and power play.

[@bbbenj]

@@Desirsar I'm more about factions and BGS than powerplay as I'm part of a faction present in the game, the LOSP (allied to Burr Pit's, but the way 😉).

[@jaredcrue7099]

I'm cautiously optimistic, will definitely be back to try the new ships and overhauls. :)

[@prika2000]

This really sounds so much more optimistic than anything I have heard about Elite Dangerous during past 4-5 years ! ED has such huge, almost unbelievable potential and now maybe they are on the right track.... I CERTAINLY HOPE SO !!!

[@peakresolve]

Until I see it (whatever 'IT' is), I am skeptical of anything FDev announces. If you don't have high expectations, you will not be disappointed. And I want to thank FDev for teaching me this.

[@RudolfKlusal]

yea 😊

[@John-K638]

Agree. I'm telling myself the new feature will be ordering drinks from the bar.

[@robbochapman9440]

Thanks so much for keeping us in the loop, Buur Pit. Outstanding work!

[@mike_lowndes]

Me too re returning to the game

[@SparkyVenkman]

I would hope its base building over ship interiors. with powerplay and the player factions being stopped I'm going to speculate its some sort of new type of "Player Factions" on a smaller scale.

[@suburbia2050]

I'm fairly confident it's base building

[@frankshailes3205]

@@suburbia2050 static fleet carriers?

[@astaran35]

o7 I genuinely wish FDev all the best with their plans and I certainly hope it turns out well. That being said, FDev has a record of making exciting promises, but then fails to deliver. So I remain cautious for now. The announcements sound very promising indeed (FINALLY new ships! and I LOVE the looks of the Python Mk II). Powerplay overhaul sounds interesting. It's something I've only engaged with to get my filthy little fingers on Prismatic Shields and Packhounds. Considering there is zero information about the nature of the changes and we're free to throw some Arx into the wishing well at Sag A*: I'm rooting for EVE Online style player alliances/groups that compete with one another in powerplay. Rather than the old PMF system where you "adopt" a faction, it's player squadrons that can "control" space AND can actually get something out of this. This COULD fit neatly into the "base building" rumors. Bonus Arx if that's not limited to the bubble and players can build bases somewhere out in the black (my favorite retirement home is as far away from other human beings as possible. 40k+ LY should be a good start). But that being said, no need for any speculation and/or hype train until we know even remotely what the powerplay changes are going to look like. On Page 1 in the book "Wisdoms for the intrepid Commander" Rule #1 clearly states: "Manage your expectations".

[@jbreefer148]

O7 Buur Pit. I'm not giving up hope that we will get ship interiors. I believe we will get them in a future update but it will take time. O7

[@Feradose]

I come from the year 2055, Elite is still being updated, ship interiors are almost ready, it will only take a couple more years, we just need to wait through this maintenance period I swear, the single developer is working very hard and is busy with the thargoid war

[@OverlordSpartan]

This is the one feature I truly hope will be added. I hope they're all different, and not just reskinned like all small ships having the same rooms. Seeing with just how big even a sidewinder's interior is I would love to be able to walk around in my Cutter.

[@valorin5762]

@@OverlordSpartan The size of the ships is exactly the problem. They'd need to map interiors for all the ships in the game. And though I'd love to have interiors too, I am absolutely sure more than half of the players will not walk around in their ships much after some time, because there's not much to do in there. And if they would add things to do, I could only imagine that's repairs or similar thing. Holding effort versus actual content it wouldn't pay off. Just walking around in an environment gets old very quickly, even if it's a very beautiful and awesome environment. Otherwise I would never stop playing my very awesomely modded Skyrim or Kingdome Come Deliverance. So I get why it didn't come and I don't think it will. Ever. People screamed for spacelegs since forever, until they got them. And see what happened.

[@jonathangraham429]

@@valorin5762 They don't have to map out the whole of the larger ships. They will likely have to fully map out the small and medium ships as they are so small though. But the larger ships won't need that. They just take a turbo style lift to different sections of the ship.

[@Spike553]

I come from the year 2056, Elite is still being updated, ship interiors are almost ready, it will only take a couple more years, we just need to wait through this maintenance period I swear, the AI developer is working very hard and is busy with the thargoid war

[@raymobula]

I wonder if the graphics engine as such will get an overhaul. Cobra 2024 version - to allow for caves. Less light bleeding, render only things needed. Etc.

[@thecaptain7119]

I would like to see the four ships have a dedicated role, combat, exploration, mining and space trucking. I would also like to see cargo on ships stay on that ship when transferring to another ship. No more selling items you want to keep just so you want to use a smaller ship. Bring the game up to date FGS.

[@ambientimpact]

I agree with the cargo, but I'll be disappointed if the new ships are too squarely only useful in one role - that severely limits the build diversity. Case in point, I use a corvette as my mining ship because it can be a decent one if outfitted for it, despite being a combat oriented ship. It's not 100% optimal, but the armour and maneuverability I very much enjoy over a type-9 or similar.

[@thecaptain7119]

@@ambientimpact Precisely, there are enough ships that you can modify to do anything mostly poorly with a role exception for each. As far as mining goes, having tried nearly all of the current ships, in my opinion, not one of them are very good at being a mining ship.

[@TemalCageman]

@@thecaptain7119 What? I really like my 256t cargo mining Federal Corvette build with 17 active collectors. I usually do regular laser mining in overlapping Platinum hotsots and this one will be filled within 40 minutes. I also have a T9 if I want to be out longer in the asteroid field... with 15 active collectors and 512 cargo space. :)

[@AquilaRiftW40]

There is nothing like Elite on the market, that's why I hope FDEV can let become that game that was promised in the beginning. I don't want to play another game, I want this one to work. I am looking forward to power play. I really hope they encourage open play gameplay with benefits to playing it in a wing. That way I could bring back my friends who stopped playing. Currently I am feeling the game designers prefer us playing alone. Playing a game together keeps people in the game. I hope FDEV thinks that too.

[@Exania88]

imagen The Buur Pit as a powerplay faction with Buur as its president. I wonder what module, bonuses and such we could get from that 😄

[@TheBuurPit]

Heavily engineered sandwiches ;) o7

[@Exania88]

@@TheBuurPit oh proper sandwitches, yes plz o7

[@lanceobe6801]

If they add base building that will be monumental for this game. Then all they'll have to do is continue to increase the atmospheric pressure landings adding weather. And for God's sake please add VR head look to on foot.

[@therottiepack]

Base building needs to be paired with faction creation. Otherwise, it'll just be a static fleet carrier with no real influence on the bgs. Doing it this way would give player a real feeling that they are making an impact on the actual landscape, i.e., on the ground and it's bgs landscape.

[@marktheimmortal]

I've dusted off the warthog, rudder pedals, and Akai MPKmini controlller, and am well and truly back in Elite Dangerous. Excited about the future! The feature I'd love to see is the seamless switch between on-foot and being in the ship. Namely, walking into the ship, to the cockpit, and sitting down. That'll just make the game feel so much more immersive and alive!

[@owlangel7234]

I'd worry that this would cause VR support to die for pilots. Unless of course they fix on foot VR

[@marktheimmortal]

@@owlangel7234 Let's hope they fix VR on foot too! I play in VR and with Track-IR depending on the mood. It'd be sad to see VR die out considering how awesome it is!

[@owlangel7234]

​@@marktheimmortal That would be great. It shouldn't be hard but I think onfoot frame rates could be a nausea issue as my PC often struggles in combat zones

[@mrBlagstock]

Informative, thoughtful and concise as ever - thank you Commanders o7. Fingers crossed that FDev listens to your accurate assessment of long term player sentiment and what is required to maintain the current positive response (which investment will be rewarded with ongoing player engagement - a truly virtuous cycle).

[@cheesenbiscuits]

Finish the game, all planets unlocked, ship interiors, return to console support.

[@marsMayflower]

would love a supported console version i could play with my console buddies

[@Darrenoma]

As more time progresses I think it's more likely it will come back to future consoles. (FDEV strategy going forward post restructure)

[@valorin5762]

I wouldn't mind all of these, but what I really want is the planets. Going back to console support seems _very_ unlikely. I am absolutely sure they wouldn't have cut it, if they could somehow get it to run. That move hurt them too, I'm very sure.

[@smoov5046]

I agree, except I play on PC and feel like console support is much more important than ship interiors. Ship interiors would be good only if they included a wide variety of activities within the ship. But just to walk around? Nah, not worth it to spend your resources on dead ship interiors, id prefer console support instead.

[@eyo8766]

It's good to be back I got shocked by the new Thargoid Glaives and I got beaten up because im rusty af with the controls again

[@JRo250]

Brilliantly done, CMDR! It's like you were reading my mind and posts on the topic. I, too, hope this is a new Frontier that interacts more often with the community. Long live Elite Dangerous!!

[@lh2588]

I'm still on my ED break, but I know, I will return. ED is still my number 1 game since 2016; two accounts, both on Odyssey, and way over 1.000 hours in game. But those news make me very excited :D Hope I'll soon find the motivation to get back in the pilot seat. There are materials to gather - new ships require new engineering

[@Flying_Scorpion]

I haven't logged in like 2 or 3 years. Just logged back in again today.

[@Cee64E]

Base Building, if it happens, could really expand the occupation of the Galaxy by humanity. That is supposing that it won't be as expensive as a Fleet Carrier currently is. One would expect that a station platform or planetary base would be self sufficient, or at least potentially so with a reasonable amount of work. I can see small bases springing up on the trail to Colonia first, then branching out to other parts of the so far undiscovered Galaxy as players set out to homestead a system, offering the things that new towns in any frontier have in the past: Food, Lodging, Supplies, and _Adventure._ Fingers crossed...

[@Nekozji]

As someone who was enjoying doing refugee runs but isn't a combat pilot, I did indeed feel locked out by later developments in the Thargoid war, so I'm glad that some thought is now being put into what to do for players who simply don't want to engage with that kind of content. As for new ship capabilities... I'd love them to open up worlds with denser atmospheres, clouds, precipitation. Maybe throw in a new gas mining module, have us skimming gas giants for compounds that don't show up so much on terrestrial bodies. We often say ED is a game about space ships, but the secondary part is it's a game about spaceships visiting places, and I think sometimes FDev don't realise how much more fun it is to have more than just stars outside your canopy. (Side note, more signal sources near planets and less on the distant edges of systems!)

[@owlangel7234]

Im guessing the new varients will be required for hauling and deploying the new modular mining bases. In the same way you need a fighter bay or SRV bay or a refinery/auto field maintenance. You will need a base factory unit and building schematics. Probably only one building schematic per factory and larger factories needed for bigger bases.

[@Huckleberry.69]

A combat type 7 would be funny to see, it could be fitted with a battering ram like the old greek & Roman ships.

[@servitor-lc9400]

If they actually choose Base Building over Ship Interiors ... Well that would be rather weird to say the least. Especially since we already have gigantic Fleet Carriers that act as full bases.

[@CaptainBrash]

If they bring out a new Vulture all is forgiven.

[@davidlabedz2046]

This is great news for Elite Dangerous. A craft with a double basic range of any current exploration vehicle would be welcomed.

[@graxxor]

Logged in for the first time in over a year.... Setting up my HOTAS as we speak. As for what features are on my wishlist? Customisable ship interiors, home built bases, atmospheric planets... pretty please.

[@DerinHalil]

👀👀

[@Sighman]

Someone in comments who isn't demanding a dozen specific features? It's a plant!

[@Kellett781]

I was itching to spend some time in elite just before the announcement of ships and the live stream and your reporting Burr sealed the deal. The up front communication IS to my mind a new Frontier in that regard. HOWEVER! Follow through is key here.

[@SimWithDon]

You know, we're going to need the T11 BargeMaster (T9 variant) to move base building materials to the surface from Fleet Carriers, or directly from sources across the galaxy. I'm going to start looking for a nice pretty planet with a beautiful view of a nebula.... o7!

[@tanner1ie]

A nice video as always! 😀🤘 . However dammit, you had my hopes up for s split second when i was reading the description, where it says "content updates", i thought it said "CONSOLE updates" - which we REALLY should have had by now! (Ideally the full live game on next consoles or even "whatever works" on last gen consoles!) 😯😂😀🤘🤞 .

[@rensolsen4400]

I will need an Elite refugee re-onboarding guide :D

[@nielcica]

I'm so hyped 😮

[@cmdrhomborger6214]

Full atmospheric flight is highly unlikely. But wouldn’t be an amazing surprise?

[@potteryjoe]

Maybe the ship overhauls will include things like making the making the Type-6 & 7 a size smaller, and making the Asp Scott a little more useful

[@noahhull3390]

Even just being able to purchase pre-made surface and orbital habitats would be fantastic. Maybe one day Elite will have a real player economy.

[@andrewmiller4753]

Would love to see base building, more things to discover doing exploration, better ways for players to connect in game.

[@CommandantLennon]

I'm really happy that new things are happening, but you won't see me back out there until I can get my hands on the Boa.

[@tristanstebbens1358]

Finally seems like frontier are making steps on their promise to actually yano... develop their game and communicate properly. I quit after a while due to how the game was handled development wise but I just reinstalled after their recent behaviour.

[@kevinl.705]

I was hoping for base building and manufacturing since Odyssey came out. Supply your base with materials to build commodities and distribute them to profitable markets.

[@raymobula]

Wishlist - PP should be mission driven, not shipping pamphlets, etc. - Impact of activity more visible. - logic, when you are with one of the three big ones, you get a bonus/penalty when supporting/undermining a power faction - faction specific, pre-modded ships you can’t buy, but are lended to you

[@valorin5762]

Basebuilding would make sense because in the end it offers a great opportunity to sell cosmetics for our bases. Same goes for Fleet Carriers. If there was cosmetics for it's interiors, I'd definitely buy, though I'm very rarely there. :D I hope though, that new feature will be something that gets me back into the cockpit, which would be mostly exploration stuff, but well, we'll see. I'm glad those who like it get their Powerplay update, though I couldn't care less, to be honest. :D

[@suburbia2050]

It also provides an incentive for players to buy future paid DLC based on new planet type access

[@owlangel7234]

I'm pretty sure it will be based building, although I'm guessing it will be modular prefab blocks rather than true custom building like NMS. I really hope it includes a new mining ground vehicle too. I hope also that the base building allows human colonisation outside the already inhabited systems, even if it's tiered so that you can only build science or mining outposts until the system is adopted by a Faction and more advanced bases can be built. I don't want it to be easy, but also I don't want it to require factions or squadrons like they nearly did with Fleet carriers.

[@TheBuurPit]

Yeah I think modular blocks also. I'm hoping for a hybrid model with solo and squadron catered to. O7

[@owlangel7234]

​@@TheBuurPit I think also we have to be prepared for a limited number of player created bases per system as in Fleet Carrier limits. Possibly one per planet :( which would be sad but understandable.

[@hcsvoicepacks]

It IS going to be a fascinating year... Of that, we have NO doubt :)

[@domenik8339]

Players: WE. WANT. SHIP. INTERIORS. FDEV: we hear you and we're giving you base building Every single time. 🤦

[@cmdrseljdon]

@TheBuurPit I wouldn't call it "near constant updates" That would mean daily updates because constant = not months/years apart.

[@commandermeek]

This really is encouraging. I would like to see more direct engagement with users in the form of surveys or other interactions where FDev can learn more about what users want/need and use that to guide future development. The brand new feature and new ships are certainly a nod in that direction. I'm excited for EDs future more than I've been since before Odyssey's release. Thank you commander Buur! o7

[@onasknox9284]

This is crazy and I luv et!

[@superfnliminal]

Logged in, doing some Robigo Passenger Missions for some cash, and ready to go for the end of this month. Hoping this means a lot of new stuff, and if they are listening, hoping this will eventually mean ship interiors.

[@Kate-uo5zv]

As in real estate: exploration exploration exploration. I'll return if and when.

[@oldskoolhero]

I'm back in the Black :)

[@WhoIsOlton]

geez now that the war is ending i should do my part and enlist.

[@Rae1creve]

I would like FDev to do a balance pass across all ships. Further, I would like them to retune a few ships, especially ships in the same style/class and either a) calibrate them for specific roles (i.e. Combat vs Trade vs Mining vs whatever) or b) put them in different size classes (like the Alliance ships: Chieftain-Sm, Crusader-Md, Challenger-Lg). The medium size class is overcrowded, small size is a bit useless in much of the game, and there aren't enough large ships. Since everything is already modular, if they could figure out how to add shipbuilding like Starfield they would never have to make another ship. Barring that, at least 1 new ship every 6 months (preferably quarter). Add in to that more alien ruins to explore and more alien enemies (left over Guardian AI robot ships, new evil race, etc). Finally, Raxxla.

[@ssjsjb]

Well as always would love to have even limited ship interiors, as in cockpit. But would also like to be able to use multi-crew with wing/team. Wouldn't mind some deep space search and rescue, like 20,000 lyrs or more one way. But above all they keep the lines of communication open!

[@CmdrDjBurp-dr5uy]

Awesome as ever. o7 cmdr's 😎👍

[@tgherman3619]

I love this game. Can't wait to see what they have in store

[@nobodyimportant2470]

Hopefully power play will become worth doing. The current version is a money sink you grind for the ability to buy a few ship parts then switch factions and repeat until you own everything of interest.

[@raymobula]

A discord post mentioned building schematic prices skyrocketed.

[@RS250Squid]

Yay!

[@DannyMancheno]

Until it all materializes i’m still a pessimist. Frontier has taken us through this same exact song and dance over the years. With a much smaller playerbase and budget i see little reason to keep hope.

[@OmegaPaladin144]

Base-building is one of the big things offered by other space games like Starfield and No Man's Sky. It's also a great way to incorporate their expertise at managements sims. They could take steps toward it using fleet carriers, which really need a refresh. Also, if FDev wants to keep the ball rolling, adding smaller updates to fix stuff like on-foot engineering, arena/CQC, racing, and more would keep the ball rolling. In gridiron football, sometimes you can score just by keeping up a steady string of first downs - even if they aren't spectacular, you still keep moving.

[@TheBuurPit]

Completely agree. There's a bunch of smaller refreshes and tweaks that would add so much to the existing game.

[@Lightfu11]

Been gone for almost 2 years now, but now i installed it again and see what 18/19 updates bring. Lets hope for a bright future for elite o7.

[@waynebirch139]

Been back now 3 weeks, been a hoot in amongst the positive news. Trying fast to get up to date with engineers guardian modules and other content as well as having a crack at the Thargoid war. Looking forward to the future now that I know Elite has one. Also all of the performance tweaks have greatly improved my experience with the game. I can turn everything up to full and no frame rate drops!

[@richardsilvester3535]

I've just been perplexed by Frontier's treatment of Elite. Such a huge IP to have been left to go stale. It's good they are providing some updates but is it too little too late?

[@owlangel7234]

I think internally they didn't think it was stale. They really put massive effort into Thargoid war, beautiful assets, some huge ones like the Titans, just a shame that I like many others just didn't have the time for the Xeno grind. I think it's a case of being out of touch, with your customers and wondering why your move to become a vegan restaurant resulted in a collapse of your regulars.

[@mono_vt]

@@owlangel7234 I disagree. I think Frontier Developments were looking for reasons to let Elite go. It had it's heyday and it's no doubt full of technological debt that isn't hugely appealing to untangle. But it's nearly 10 years old. Also, the timing. The end of the Thargoid War, whatever outcome: "Thank you for playing. Game is maintenance only while we surf on IP money." - It's even funnier to think about this since we got the rumoured Scam 🤡Citizen release date. F1 and Warhammer are such huge IPs, to have them just not meet expectations, I'm not terribly surprised that they fell back on a sensible path of supporting already existing games. The way I see it, the main difficulty with supporting Elite at this point is to get fresh eyes (and fresh wallets, I bought into the premium beta in 2014, so it probably doesn't matter to them whether I play or not) on it and not have them immediately turned away by the complexity. Hopefully FDEV have a plan for this. Even if we get cool new features, or a modern graphics engine, or walking ships or atmospheric flight, they still need to find income.

[@mitchrunner5439]

I think it is time to give the game another chance ❤ If I could build my little cottage in a far far gala…. planet, hidden from everyone, then I would deffo consider buying some arx to decorate it

[@Darkdiver28]

Elite currently sits at an interesting position. Even with the massive disappointment of Odyssey, today, people are looking more into space games due to the popularity (weather good or bad) of Starfield and Star Citizen. Elite has the potential of being something different than SC but offer an equal compelling experience. Elite needs, gameplay fixes (the grind), ship interiors (FDEV can suck it saying this feature doesn't have any gameplay value, it is simply a lie), planet atmospheres (enough with rocks, we need forests, snow, real atmospheric planets), new ships, EVA (at least to the level of X4 or StarTrucker). Again, Starfield introduced the general media into space games and those disappointed will look into Elite or Star Citizen. However, given how FDEV worked in the past and their minimum viable product approach, I sincerely doubt it'll reach its full potential. And whatever they are promising now will surely fall short of expectations like it always had these last years. I won't hold my breath, but I hope I get to be proven wrong

[@AdamPetkovsky]

o7 CMDR Burr! Reading between the lines, trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together I am wondering, whether the ultimate goal is to offer the capability to start your own settlements on planets ran by your own (new version of the ) player faction. If my conclusions are anywhere near FDEV's desired plans, then boy, oh boy, we ARE in for a huge treat.

[@TheBuurPit]

I have similar hopes. Tieing it to squadrons as well as individuals would seem an obvious move as well.

[@the_rat_run]

2024's roadmap looks interesting, what would be excellent is if they addressed the major / annoying bugs (SRV exit/board is Russian roulette) and, ideally, get rid of the historic 32 button controller limit!

[@kylecrane4376]

I'll return when there is some indication they intend to build some more onto Ody gameplay.

[@Kungfubillyhoyle]

I would like a completely revamped multi crew and ship interiors. I would like the new ships to go/feel faster. Jump further.

[@bigroxxor420]

hello CMDRs o7, if you can without putting yourself out, buy some arx to show them that we want more. Lets give them a reason to keep on working in this game. normally i wouldn't advocate this but lets show them some reapect for their willingness to push E:D foward considering the age of the game.

[@andrewjackson7379]

Been checking in with the game once a month or so for the past half year after some of the initial momentum of the Thargoid War died down (I respect the AX teams, though after they stopped planetary port invasions, the combat wasn't as fun for me). Came back in a bigger way in the past few days and been having a great time. The simple fact there's a garunteed future of some kind has really helped cure the burnout!

[@GaveLJorgensson]

02:06 This exactly. I'd played Elite since launch (21W) and am a very cautious solo player. I have more ships then rebuys and have only allowed myself one of each type of ship. When I jumped into the Thargoid war, I was looking forward to some new content. I spent many hours (and a few rebuys) fighting outside stations, running passengers, etc...in the name of humanity. I even made it to the point of filling the bar all the way across on one such conflict only to be dismayed at the arrival of two Hydra class vessels as if to say "only the best of the best are allowed in here solo, and you are not them" The arrival of the hunter class vessels (and probably Starfield...if only for a while) convinced me to play other things for now. I updated and played a bit of on-foot exploration the other day. I would love to do some more and even participate in the war if they were willing to make the experience a bit more solo player friendly. Here are a few suggestions: - Random interdictions/hyperdictions in and between Incursion and controlled systems should include a few non-replenishing scouts followed by a Cyclops interceptor. Sometimes that Cyclops, if killed, can bring in a Basilisk or larger. Glaves should only appear in the Maelstrom systems themselves and a single Scythe may instead appear if you are carrying passengers or pods. This means people can outfit passenger vessels to fight just the Scythe and can run from all else. Again, cargo ships will only encounter the initial interdiction/hyperdiction of scouts and can run. - Low-intensity AX conflict zones within an Incursion or controlled system should be scouts bringing in a single Cyclops. The scouts + Cyclops combination (with friendly ships around) should continue to replenish until the bar is complete and the conflict will be over. - Medium-intensity AX conflict zones should be the same as low but with a single Basilisk added to the mix. Once the Basilisk is killed, it should not respawn. Stations should also be of the Medium variety - High-intensity AX conflict zones should be wing-friendly with replenishing Basilisk interceptors culminating in the appearance of a Hydra once the bar is full. - For the on-foot missions, there should not be more than a few waves of Revenants in reactivation sites - maybe with a rare occurrence of a single Banshee. One wave should appear after you reactivate power so that you cannot just wax them all with rockets from your ship. Otherwise, Banshee drones should only consistently appear at Spire sites on the ground as they do. The goal here would be to hike into settlements and hide or take out the defenders so you can recall your ship closer while no more drones are around. These are my recommendations for making Thargoid content challenging but possible for different player groups.

[@moonryder203]

I am very excited they are going to update this game! I just started and still learning so this is amazing news for me. I think ED is a very cool game, I normally play Star Citizen and always wanted to try ED and I am glad I did! Bring this gem back to life!

[@anthonymartin5360]

The Python mk 2 appears to have an armoured cockpit. Which will make it the first ship with a hardened cockpit and hints that it's a dedicated AX design. Very useful and requested feature but not ground breaking.

[@jasperfox6821]

I'm happy to see what Frontier does this year with Elite, I really hope we get ship interiors, I'd love to walk around inside my anaconda as that thing is huge. Maybe even do a bit more with Odyssey, I like Odyssey now now that it's actually more optimized than it was, and base building sounds fun, kinda similar to starfield but more fleshed out would be cool.

[@rueben225]

Since the Thargoid war I've only been dabbling enough to keep my carrier funded. If they introduce player-owned structures-- I mean come ON! Getting out of bed in my house on a moon with my carrier overhead? Dreamy.

[@fernandoherrera333]

I Hope these extraordinary news relife an extraordinary game, for this purpose i'm decided to help new players with my recently Elite Explorer grade recently aquired. The truth is Elite never has gone...

[@mikedawe692]

What I will be doing; waiting to see what what they’ve done once they release it. What I won’t be doing; assuming it’ll be based on guess work or speculation.

[@sebastianbreit1002]

New Features, new ships, new arx stuff… do it well and i will buy arx… maybe more then i want..

[@SmashPhysical]

Glad we're reaching the culmination of the Thargoid War. Never liked that direction for the game, and participated only briefly before focusing on other aspects of the game. I have paid literally no attention to this apart from avoiding the conflict areas entirely. Glad FDev is moving on from this, and I'm excited for the changes that are ahead.

[@larrydlam]

I'm thinking that we will see war between the powers.

[@minecrafter8001]

9:26 I'm not entirely sure what it could be, but I am relatively certain it won't be ship interiors. This isn't because I don't think it would be a cool feature; I just think, due to how Elite seems to work on the technical side and how the game engine seems to be written, it's not possible in the current engine. This is just my opinion though, and I don't have any knowledge of how Elite's engine works specifically, but just based on a few factors like how nothing you move around in can move. The only thing that you can get up and walk around in that also moves is Fleet Carriers, and they only jump. I don't think the player character is physics-based since there is no situation where you are standing on something while it moves. For example, if you jump on an SRV or security drone, you just slide off, so I just don't think it's possible.

[@allisterburdett7341]

I detect a satisfying hum in my FSD

[@knowlesy3915]

I never left, started again just before the announcement (oops) so plodding around in eagle, type 6 etc. Enjoying it much more this time round as opposed to grinding butt off in big ships.

[@ShikkamaruLazyShinobi]

I think we have next batch of Odyssey planets incoming, something they had said during Odyssey Alpha. Let's see if they will have ELWs or not. :) Somewhere in the corner of head/heart I'm still waiting for ship interiors and full VR support xD

[@Fru_videos]

I want some proper planet tech with clouds and windy weather also Water Worlds - let's have those Saud Kruger ships have a swim finally, I don't care about basebuilding just like I don't care about Thargoids (sorry if I sound like a crybaby - well, you asked) :)

[@cmdrwaylander1213]

Cautiously optimistic..