Elite Dangerous: Ascendancy - The NEXT BIG Update

Elite Dangerous: Ascendancy is the next big update for Elite, releasing on 22nd October. It will feature the new ship, the Mandalay, alongside Powerplay 2.0, the refresh of the current powerplay system.
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[@AgentExeider]

Ant, you missed the entire point of it's designed SCO capability, yes it's the slowest of the SCO capable ships, but it's MORE stable, fuel and heat efficient. With exploration you don't need raw speed, you need the ability to stay in SCO longer.

[@ObsidianAnt]

All great points! :)

[@athina1008]

What is CSO?

[@mrcvtz]

@@athina1008 Supercruise Overcharge. It's a essentially a "speed booster" for the FSD.

[@trobertw]

​@@athina1008costume scene oscillation

[@Banthah]

@@athina1008 Customer Service Office

[@P1XeLIsNotALittleSquare]

I feel kinda clickbaited... I don't think one ship and minor update for minor feature is a BIG update... I don't even know how to engage in this powerplay thing

[@fnunez]

This update has not only the first new ship in years, it's also the first non-tweak change to a core game mechanic in years and a frankly seismic change in the game's funding model. Five years ago, the mere idea of selling a ship for real cash would have landed like bringing hamburgers to a vegan potluck.

[@underleft]

​@@fnunezIt still hasn't been recieved well. Player numbers and ship sales are down

[@alexpetrov8871]

@@fnunez >a frankly seismic change Huge earthquake in a desert )))

[@jinsokushirotsuki5952]

That's one of the reasons they're updating power play because most players don't engage in it.

[@MrKilladark]

​@@fnunez This is the 3rd new ship this year.

[@Sergiuss555]

am i the only one bored to death by this talk about powers? They can make this stuff matter but I am not sure they will make it fun. Fun would be to build your base on planets and find worms and bugs etc. instead of only static dildos when doing exobiology.

[@efxnews4776]

They can't beat EVE and X4 in this regard so i don't know why they insist. ED core is (or should be) eploration, and theres few things missing in this game to make exploration in ED feels meaningful, one is ship interiors, simple for immersion alone, another would be more variety of worlds, and third would be expand the gameplay beyond the bubble.

[@ZorroComputers]

There is no hope for that. They have wrong people working in FDev. So, anything good never gonna happen. It's time to move on.

[@imunfathomable]

​@@efxnews4776lol no. Please dont ever try being a game dev.

[@efxnews4776]

@@imunfathomable I'm not the only one who thinks this way, by the way none of the things said here are unfeasible an unreasonable. Ship interiors is a common demand from players AND everyone agrees that this add value in the game in the form of immersion. More variety of worlds is making at least SOME FEW worlds more atmospheric and alive with maybe fauna and flora. Expand the gameplay beyond the bubble i admittedly don't know how Fdevs would do that but it's not by the lack of possibilities, for fk sake it's a whole Milk Way, i'm sure there's more interesting things than targoids and dead rocks.

[@imunfathomable]

@@efxnews4776 none of which adds lasting gameplay mechanics. You seem a bit slow to understand. Adding ship interiors is requested i never said it wasnt. Stop gaslighting. Varied worlds flora and fauna is an aesthetic addition. Again, not "gameplay".

[@UndMarius]

What about exploring the galaxy, finding new things, and going into the unknown? This is what got me into elite, not powerplay... 😢

[@kyle1758]

Yeah I fell in love with it over exploration. Then moved onto engineering, then PVP, then Xeno, then amassing hoards of money and engineered ships, then came back around full circle to exploration but that didn't last long before I quit. Just not enough variety there for me to be interested so I've left and only look back to see if they're bringing something new to the game to get me playing again. So far, still waiting. 🙁

[@swallowxx]

That's true for me too. I like to think they keep adding stuff here and there with each update, but i'd like a huge exploration/generation update with revamped planets, stars, phenomena and, well, all the mistery and discoverable stuff.

[@JL-rj9fl]

​@@kyle1758That's always something I found funny about Frontier's priorities. They have a universe worth of content to explore with nothing to do in it. They should lean into exploration more, but they don't seem to get it. This makes me sad because I used to really enjoy playing the game - I need a reason to come back. 😔

[@elainenox6661]

Agree

[@HecmarJayam]

I think adding proper atmospheric landings, better planet generation and minimal (at least) ship Interiors would do 100x more for the game than "Powerplay 2".

[@HenryHarcsa]

Would also require completely new systems to be developed instead of just tweaking existing systems

[@swallowxx]

It may never happen. If you add dense atmospheres you have to also design entire ecosystems ( in some planets, at least ). That's not easy, unless they ban you from landing on those specific livable planets. I'll pray for it nonetheless. Better cosmic generation in general, in the other hand, is something i really, really, really hope they do next and it should be feasible.

[@omegadroidzero]

@@HenryHarcsa and?

[@magscorch7706]

i think their funding isnt enough for that, frontier would rather spend millions on a boring roller coaster game

[@TreyMotes]

@@omegadroidzero What you think that just "happens" like magic? The time and effort required to create new systems from scratch is not even in the same universe compared to adjusting already existing systems.

[@yarost12]

Still no AA fix? I can cut potatoes with those vids.

[@High-Live]

Dont forget the shadow flickering.

[@juan-pierreleroux8323]

by the time they figure it out, it will be A.I. coding and designing...with no more Hoooomans behind PC's...hahahahha

[@jaybruce593]

There's literally opensource temporal AA githubs and numerous guides online since 2014

[@WhatKateDoes]

I just cannot play it with the obscene jaggies. It's beyond ridiculous they haven't done anything about it. Never mind how they destroyed what was the killer VR-app too.

[@kyle1758]

@@WhatKateDoes Yeah it is so distracting. I recall it being part of the reason I was beefing up my PC and setup. Higher resolution display and forced 2x rendering helps A TON with the jaggies.

[@LokiZemy]

Nearly 10 YEARS of the community asking for ship interiors!!! Tells you everything!

[@agentmith]

Yeah, Fdev doesn’t listen to or care about their paying customers.

[@Krymbo]

The people who play the game really don't care about ship interiors.

[@LokiZemy]

@@Krymbo Polls say completely the opposite ✌️

[@PixelManiaX73]

@@Krymbo Nah, give X4 a try and see how ship interiors can immerse you in the universe and make it an overall better experience with the game. For some it sounds something small, but it has a very big impact on the game and player experience; even if it's not really too practical.

[@leagooo3891]

@@Krymbo Honestly, you are right, if someone wants ship interiors, just play star citizen. I often hear people comparing star citizen and elite, saying how good star citizen is, only because of the interiors. As someone with over 800 hours in both of the games, star citizens interiors are really cool, but they are so buggy that you have a 50% chance of dying by moving around in your ship while not stationary. Last time i played, my ship kicked my cargo through the floor, not the most fun when you spent 4 hours mining for it. You make a habit out of not moving around in your ship during flights, but still, its so buggy, i like both games, but for different reasons.

[@barapatan]

I honestly can't quantify the amount of changes that fdev would need to make to bring me back, but this isn't it.

[@JohnSmith-tg5li]

I'd play it more if we had more detailed landings and ship interiors. As it stands, it's not great.

[@Sutex0sofar]

No matter what fluff F-devs do, Frontier still ingores Odyssey VR and walking around your ships, along side cargo, not following you when you change ships!

[@franticsledder]

VR is dead, so no surprise they don't allocate resources on it. Ship interiors though would be hugely popular(along with EVA possibilities), as seen in Scam Citizen. I can't understand why they don't add them.

[@Sutex0sofar]

@@franticsledderVR in ED is amazing, and given the new models coming out far from dead. I don't believe SC is a scam, but I was convinced Odyssey was and probably still is.

[@GridIndustries]

@@Sutex0sofar Lol "VR is dead" wat. I agree, Elite in VR is the best experience i've ever had in VR.

[@rezzyindex]

Interiors weren't added because one of the devs said a scenario what if you were on the ground and someone was attacking you? You would have to enter ur ship go up all the way to the brig just to get away But ofcourse there can be an option to go to the brig immediately like what we have but idk

[@Tpojat]

They were selling the original Elite dangerous backgroun simulation based on pretty much similar sales pitch as they are now doing with this new update.... That was 10 years ago. Even the original powerplay was sold with similar sale pitch 9 years ago. The original delivery of this same promise was very bad, same with the second delivery and they have not lived up to any of their original promises. 3rd time the charm to try to sell the same thing with the same pitch. Now on top of not delivering on promises they ask to buy ships.... when all dlc and content was promised to be included in the life time pass. The skins i gave pass, but the ships....

[@mario9318]

I quit elite dangerous 5 years ago, but never stoped listening to Cdr. Osidian Ant, so many years listening to you pal!! I might come back to Elite to check the changes.

[@joecanada777]

how much money you leave when you left? I made sure to buy an Anaconda and have 1,000,000,0000 before I left. just in case they added cool stuff later.

[@deutschhhhh6922]

@@joecanada777that’s exactly what I did! 🧠

[@hardwire666too]

It's a worthless update. Out of all the things that are broken about this game Power Play was bottom of the list.

[@Archen81]

We have this great new update for our hyper realistic space exploration and combat game........ wooo!.... It's politics... aww ffs. Really not going to invest any time in powerplay. everything else is such a grind as it is.

[@pagansavage5267]

I left because of the grind.

[@thecursingexplorer138]

A massive galaxy and they focus on the bubble.

[@valorin5762]

IKR?!? Galaxy simulation based on astronomical data... And we are getting pew pew for years with a full fledged alien war and then politics as a content overhaul. Oo The one feature that is actually unique in Elite has been neglected since forever. The Mandalay is my highlight in years... And that's just a ship.

[@juan-pierreleroux8323]

i said it since day one, many will disagree...the size of all the star systems is actually a BIG L for FDEV creativity/ quality wise. But they promote it as a feature, apart from a handful of die-hard explorers, many of which play by themselves only...it limits what they can focus on. Going for the Quantity over quality route is something that a country like China would do....mile wide inch deep. So many other titles have gone for a handful of custom crafted planets and just added mores systems as the game develops...which i think is better. The evidence i have is, they keep making travelling faster/ better with bigger jump capacities (incl the new mandalay ship) coz they realise the Vastness of the void is an issue.

[@dom-ct6ie]

pvp content

[@blackfoxstudioX]

Do you want to spread the players ( or what is left of it) even more across the space? Last time they had more than 10 000 players on Steam was December 2022, now they are averaging around 4000 players.

[@efxnews4776]

My dream is that one day ED will get ship interiors.

[@shantyguy]

I'm kinda bummed that they put so much dev time into a system I haven't once interacted with. Elite is so huge, and so many things need some work, too bad it went to PowerPlay. Maybe the 2.0 update will be neat, but I've literally ignored since it came out.

[@vikingserpent4991]

There's a one man game dev making Unforgiven Space, in 2 years he already has ship interiors and walking on planets. It's way pre Alpha and low poly but the funtionality is there. Warframe has ship interiors AND hireable AI crew that man turrets, repel boarders, diffuse bombs and put out fires. I would mention SC but I don't have enoughtime to read all the crying/raging replies. SC is good not perfect and it's playable....fact. People want immersion and function not political grinding. FDev is avoiding this and dancing around the eventuality of them announcing EOS. A smarter move would be to try selling the IP off to a studio that would care about doing what it takes to make a real and long lasting profit. Ship Interiors Better planet atmospheres More planet and Biome diversity less grind better FPS EVA ability AI Baldes/Crew that actually do stuff.(only ever saw mine pilot a small fighter, usless otherwise) More ship variety More ground vehicle variety Bring console support and VR support back. This "Update" is borderline insulting to the people who sadly keep having their hopes dashed.

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

People want ship interiors but never give a valid reason why they want them. Plus they never even considered why odyssey did to the game when it released. If anything, we don't need to worry about ship interiors as much as we should have a priority on just general exploration. Honestly an expansion to exploration and maybe some of the trading and piracy. Even a crime rerework would be great. Because despite it being in a better state than it used to be. But it doesn't change that they never fixed it when odyssey released.

[@pagansavage5267]

That's why Im playing Empyrion Galactic Survival modded to Reforged Eden 2. RE2 is way better than the base game.

[@efxnews4776]

@@pagansavage5267 problem of Empyreon is the graphics and animations suck... If it is to go to this route i then I'm waiting for the survival gameplay in Starship Evo that would probably came out at the end of the year, at least it's crafting system is way better and more flexible than Empyreon. On the other hand i don't this this experience is what ED players are looking for.

[@deinoguy856]

​@@efxnews4776Check out either Spacebourne 2 or QANGA both excellent but jank space titles!

[@Black-Coyote5.0]

i dont agree with the grinding part. you need the grind, imagine with interior in ships and planets with vegatation, grinding will def be easier than. i dont want to land on the same rock over and over again. i play star citizen also, its a good game but its still in alpha, bugs and game is hard too.

[@AndScrambledEggs]

One new ship and powerplay. STILL no atmospheric landings or ship interiors. Nope.

[@iliketosub2pewds368]

bro move on from the game, stop thinking about

[@HarenunHoppus]

Have fun waiting for that ship backlog thats been clogged for a decade. Buy another idris citizen.

[@tacodirtshield4323]

@@HarenunHoppus star citizen is better than elite in every single way

[@AndScrambledEggs]

@@HarenunHoppus cope more

[@HarenunHoppus]

@@tacodirtshield4323 and you say that while you clip through your ship and dying for no reason. No thanks

[@memador5842]

BIG UPDATE :O But It's about powerplay D:

[@Taldirok]

New ship! Paywalled for months... Ahhh good old fdev, always disappointing, even 10 years on.

[@shugularity]

- Ship interiors with gameplay loops tied into it - Unlockable multicrew allowing you to actually have meaningful interaction and task delegation that would enhance the RP experience - Atmospheric planets with weather systems - Better content accessibility that don't require you to take up Elite as a second job - Player owned capital ships and possibly asteroid stations - More variety e.g. more than just a single room on stations - Expand off of space legs - Better integration of ground to air combat and vice versa - Give me better value for my time - Allow mixed wings i.e. multicrew & ships but have size class limits to enhance the 'playing with friends' viability of the game; if we got better value for our time then things like engineering and powerplay would be more accessible to people who have busier lives and therefore Pick any of those to start with, not a revamp of an existing system, do at least what you would say you would do in the kickstarter, but god damn - please innovate and bring something truly new.

[@a.Murder.Of.Crows.]

In other words, you want X4 or Star Citizen. I don't think FDev's engine nor its technical teams are up to the task, I suspect...

[@LukazChrom]

LOOK AT THIS INSANELY DETAILED RAMP!!! YOU just CANNOT tell me that this is not supposed to nurture our hope for Ship Interiors :X:X:X:X:X

[@juan-pierreleroux8323]

you underestimate Fdev's inclination to deflect and dissapoint...how dare you expect more from them...do better😂😂

[@Mr.Free2Play]

Was this sarcasm?? 😂😂😂

[@LukazChrom]

@@Mr.Free2Play 🫠

[@paulgrant7221]

Look at the ramp on that new ship! I wonder what it looks like inside ... Minimum content, maximum timescale; extremely disappointing. Have they only got 2 devs working on this?

[@YouLikeBosch]

I worry about their changes coming too little too late, as many have said before. I get that they're scrambling for income because of their other IP flops, but I worry this playerbase isn't strong enough to endure much longer. The game is old, the core gameplay loop is a bit tired, and I can't be alone in finding that no matter how often I return to the game, the loop never holds me more than a week or two anymore. The universe needs a massive injection of story, or fresh NPC/AI tech, etc. More voice work, memorable characters, more public events, actually having multiplayer presence in a massively multiplayer game. Powerplay needs to feel visible, and not feel like a background feature that it was before. Make me care.

[@jbreefer148]

I agree, over promising and under delivering.

[@Fablerunner]

What? ...WHAT??? It was SO hard to find a good word for my web series and now it's been taken! 😭😭😭

[@ThacoRulesMusic]

😭😭

[@OMentertainment]

Maybe... we can still use it? 😢

[@Fablerunner]

Doesn't matter that we came up with it first - its about a similar topic, and we didn't release first. We'll be called copy cats, I assume.

[@DruidArenaCRE]

😥

[@imunfathomable]

Elite needs new dev team with actual imagination with game design. ED is a dead game and this update will do nothing.

[@rgrlee71]

Powerplay was this biggest waste of development resources and now they have doubled down on it. I see the planets all still look like they are covered with wet sand. I haven't played in several years and I see no reason to come back in.

[@VoodooMcVee]

Yes, same here. I logged out 2.5 k LY underneath the galactic centre the night before the fleet carrier update and just couldn't bring myself to start the game ever since. I didn't even download the update and uninstalled ED several month later without ever launching it again. My Krait Phantom is still floating out there, somewhere...

[@ZorroComputers]

It's basically a game over for Elite. RIP.

[@CMDROldDuck]

Planets made of melted ice cream with repeating tiles for mountain ranges.. this was the final nail in ED’s coffin for me.

[@pagansavage5267]

last played June 2020, 3600 hrs.

[@frenchtechnologies42]

The power will remain in my wallet. Elite Dangerous is a "could have been". I enjoyed it for a while and then realised how empty it was. Cant see anything exciting to get me to return, along with 95% of the population. This game just needs a complete refresh, release some "exciting" content and people will flock.

[@g0dsf3ar71]

There is nothing here. The game needs more content. There are only so many circles you can spin while killing bots, empty planets you can explore, and so many goods you can offload before you get bored. I remember a time when this game actually had a development roadmap. If everything had gone to plan we would be able to hunt down animals on atmospheric worlds by now. The devs either lost their vision or don't care to make it anymore. 10 years is a long time.

[@fcf8269]

So nxt update is a new ship and a revision of something that 20 people play... OK :) Good job Frontier, you really put a lot of efforts in ED, I can tell :D

[@Ebalosus]

While the Mandalay looks cool and I appreciate the efforts towards making PP something more worthwhile to engage with beyond "need to pledge to get prismatics," my concern is that it'll fall into the trap of "the same but different" as what buggered about everyone with the OG PP. I say that because from what you've described it feels even more disconnected from the BGS and system factions than before, when it should be the other way round. Like what is even the point of system factions at this stage in ED? Also, whatever happened to the Guardians? Why haven't we gotten anything new in that direction? The Guardians stuff was some of the most engaging stuff in the game way back when, yet it seems to have turned into a "go on quest to get FSD booster" meme.

[@CobraAi]

They should add ship interriors

[@sntxrrr]

If only they made on-foot VR compatible (and no, I don't need hand controllers)

[@Thenonsocial]

Ship interiors, HUD customization.. Why dont they do it? It's free money. Star citizen is just stumbling around swoop in and take a bigger share of the market. I swear frontier are managed by baboons. Oh and proper atmospric worlds is hard and takes time we get it but that could be a long-term goal. Jesus christ just do it.

[@PixelManiaX73]

Prolly because the E:D dept. has like... 5 devs "working" on the game so i think what we all ask for is over their pay grade :)

[@PinkTuskedMammoth]

too bad we'll never see those awesome old planets from pre-odyssey, and let me guess, we still just pop in and out of the ship and cant walk around the damn thing

[@paraichaughney]

Elite Dangerous lost me 3/4 years ago.

[@GOBBLESSCORBETTE]

Cause your bad.

[@Ted_Kaczynski1]

​@@GOBBLESSCORBETTEN'wah, shut up

[@Ted_Kaczynski1]

@@GOBBLESSCORBETTE N'wah please

[@petermoore9504]

Anyone else only engage in powerplay to get the Faction bonus weapons etc?

[@tedstriker4278]

basically everybody

[@andrewlee9933]

@@tedstriker4278 Indeed

[@methamphetamememcmeth3422]

Not even that

[@unblessedcoffee1457]

A moment of silence! A moment of silence! Take this time to reflect on the console players who were betrayed and abandoned by Frontier and Braben.

[@bmw_m4255]

consoles are for kids

[@BiscuitMan14]

It still makes me so sad

[@DoctorBastard]

To be fair it doesn't seem like we missed out on much. Political powerplay? Oooh! Much more exciting than new aliens that is...

[@SHIFTY225]

Still waiting for the holy grail update: "Ship life", ship interiors, get up from your chair and walk through 'YOUR' ship, like its a home in space, reasons to have ship interiors, like labs and cargo and other career suites that let you trade and manage your empire while aboard ship, work upwards towards high value network assets like your own mining stations, commerce stations, planets, solar systems and more. I want this game to be what it truly could be, wake me up when that update drops.

[@efxnews4776]

@@SHIFTY225you play X4?

[@Techigai]

​@@efxnews4776Hey, if X4 was friend multiplayer, I'd be busy with that most of the year. Wouldn't even need fighting on foot, there's enough to do already.

[@efxnews4776]

@@Techigai in think first person combat would greatly improve the experience in X5, but the game is great the way it is already. As for multiplayer, I'm not very keen about it, I don't like to play online, ED is an exception to this rule since i can simply explore alone the galaxy.

[@EldarianLegend]

This was a hard watch Ant. Which isnt your fault, but a couple minutes on a ship, ending with 'that you have to pay for' then 15 minutes of boring powerplay is just hard to sit through. The way I see it, The only way I would ever come back to Elite is if they went above and beyond for the players. Give us 10 new ships, not paid content either. Give us the ship interiors people have been asking for for near 10 years now... Atmospheres too, make the galaxy great again, give us USS missions or something fun, and drop a huge, heartfelt apology for having lost their way and let so many people down. Maybe my opinion doesnt matter, but short of that Frontier are lost. They dont know what to do with their game. So...if they cant make it work, just sell it. Give someone else a shot at it.

[@zefnoly9147]

Their fanatical vets are patting Fdev on their backs telling them they are stil doing a good job and that they shouldnt listen to any critics sadly...

[@LemonyB.]

You don't have to pay for the ship, only if you want it early.

[@Giby86]

I don't think you have the notion of how entitled you sound.

[@azynkron]

@@Giby86 Don't defend the scumbags. He has valid points. Do I need to remind you how they treated us when they realised they had to release Horizon for free and we that bought it got a fu**ing skin for a ship you use the first 5 min as compensation?

[@Giby86]

@@azynkron Two ideas can coexist in my mind, you know. I can think that fdev underdelivers, AND that demanding free stuff and apologies In the most obnoxious way possible is entitled arrogance.

[@nicholasjung7169]

Wow... what a beauty! That ship looks rly nice and reminds me more on the Ships in SC. Nice design. I had 1000+ hours in this game but changend complete to Star Citizen.

[@XxplosiveL]

I wish they would’ve never gave up development on the Xbox version 😢

[@yarost12]

Odyssey would run at 15 fps

[@1980StevieJ]

Or at least continued development on the Series X and PS5

[@XxplosiveL]

@@yarost12 yeah I know 🥺

[@Ukioda]

I wish they would’ve kept up with it as well, at least on the Series X. I had just bought a fleet carrier when they announced cutting support and I haven’t really been on since.

[@harrasika]

​@@yarost12 it already does. Wouldn't be the fault of the consoles

[@Darkmiss7078]

What about exploring the inside of the ships... No? What about a PS5 upgrade to the latest version... No? okay not for me then.

[@angusmadmac]

Max jump range has never been an explorer thing only those who wish to jump quickly long distance to get somewhere fast rather than actually exploration . Just shows how much fdev understand the player base ? The ship looks good and it's a shame I wont get it due to my platform along with PP2 .

[@PolarRed]

Founder Backer on KS, and still no walking around your ship! Does David even remember that little promise?* Does he even care any more?* How many "updates" more without it?* I guess it just got left on "the cutting room floor!" along with you know what! *I think we all know the answer to that by now!

[@zefnoly9147]

Fanatic fdev fans will call you a liar and tell you to go crying to play star scumizen instead which also is a playable but broken mess

[@frederickvondinkerberg7721]

Why do people hang their hats on walking in ships.. who f'n cares... they need to make the game enjoyable... sod the grind...

[@PolarRed]

@@zefnoly9147 Oh. they've already called me worse on the forums! 😆

[@trathanstargazer6421]

All the people calling for ship interiors. I get, I would love to walk around the command deck of my Corvette. There is a problem though. Unless you give a reason to the space, the ability to do stuff, it is mostly worthless. You'll get out a few times, think it is cool and look around, but ultimately you won't engage with it, or even skip it because how long it takes to do stuff. So maybe along with ahip interiors, offer other things that can be added inside you can do.

[@rwentfordable]

I keep saying this too. What gameplay can they add? People really don't know why they want something.

[@williammullinax6130]

Oh I know what I want. Give us some systems to interact with, maybe a way to repair things from the interior. Replace parts that are damaged etc. And people like you seem to forget about the immersion factor just having the interiors would impart. There is a lot of things you can do with ship interiors to add to the immersion. Manually launching your Rover, multi crew switching stations for different reasons. Just because I don't list specific things doesn't mean we don't know what we want from having the interiors...

[@trathanstargazer6421]

@@williammullinax6130 People like me huh? You assume much, as I am well aware of the immersion factor, but the immersion factor alone is not enough for something like this. Also I think you are giving most people too much credit. I doubt most have thought about it that in-depth, and knowing what you want and not posting it is just as bad.

[@stevetowner8091]

Agreed. We have interiors for FCs. Once FDev add boarding, salvage, customization, repair, etc. gameplay to FCs, and players love it, then sure think about to time to reproduce it on every single ship.

[@funkymunky7935]

@@rwentfordable Multiplayer ships. Yet another opportunity that Frontier squandered

[@NFawc]

AT LAST! Solid diverse procedural plant life using a myriad of inputs from Stellar Forge and terrain maps, all under improved atmospherics with wide ranging weather, even with rain, rivers and lakes of liquids... DOH! My mistake, it's a new paid ship.

[@mookithehamster5639]

The incoming that brings might lead to more interesting additions in the future instead of a dying game.

[@methamphetamememcmeth3422]

@@mookithehamster5639 No. It will lead to more cash grab practices.

[@AeonDaemon]

They one chance left to overhaul this game, if they don't add this stuff (which almost everyone that doesn't parrot the "It won't add anything meaningful matra" wants) then the game will be effectively dead soon. Elite could be the best space game ever made and its disgusting to see them squander the chance they have for it.

[@NFawc]

@@mookithehamster5639 Afraid there's little hope now for ED IMHO. The design and development of ED for the past 5+yrs has been a litany of poor design choices, with Odyssey being a tour de force of wasted effort.

[@FlecheDeFer]

The Mandalay misses the point: for explo, you need a "suspended" cockpit UNDER the ship, basically in the spirit of the Krait but with a full glass floor. This feels like combat ship. LY is the most important thing for newbies, but seasoned explorers know it's not the most important thing.

[@omegamon0239]

I mean, even with a glass bottom cockpit, it's still nicer (at least for me) to just fly upside down, better view and less of the seat/HUD/controls getting in the way

[@alexandsimba]

Just imagine if Frontier had listened to us and gave us planetary landing for Earth like worlds, water worlds, and ship interiors So much potential wasted.

[@marcopiccitto5004]

Yea man agree.

[@simonkapadia7582]

That would have been nearly impossible for them to do because of the choices around realism. That was always the issue. If you want no man's sky you have no man's sky, but realistic 1:1 earth-like worlds is not even remotely an easy ask unfortunately. And the issue with water worlds and ship interiors, while they are far easier to do, is near zero gameplay associated with them. That's not to say they couldn't or shouldn't do them, but it wasn't how they prioritised.

[@deutschhhhh6922]

Ship interiors?

[@scaredpaul540]

I have 2500 hours in Elite and stopped playing right after Odyssey dropped (which i bought and played), few months ago i played about 20 hours just for mining a bit...but its 6-7 months after that and i still cant found strenght to jump back and not be bored after 30 minutes

[@blackfoxstudioX]

Wohoo... more Thargoids.... how exciting...

[@doOf3r]

My STEAM Library: Elite Dangerous - Last Played March 31 2018. Hours Played - 916.5Hrs. Install? Nah.

[@pagansavage5267]

last played June 4 2019, 3600+ hrs. The grind and power play killed it for me.

[@MatchBreakers]

Can't say you didn't get your moneys worth out of it timewise tho lol. It's no wonder that a spaceship game that doesn't get new spaceships for 6 years would lose it's players lol

[@efxnews4776]

@@MatchBreakers i have X4 since 2020, and 5k hours playing... Uninstall? Nah.

[@efxnews4776]

@@pagansavage5267 i have around 40 hours in ED, what trully kills the game to me is the lack of ship interiors... Folks treat this as just an inconsequential small detail, but in reality this is essential for immersion, and make no mistake ED is very immersive, but the immersion ends as soon as you think "i need a "shitter"... I have around 1000 hours playing Starship Evo, and every single ship i build has a shitter. I want to have a place to SHIT in my ship, is a matter of peace of mind to have an immersive shitter on my ship.

[@HarenunHoppus]

Last played.. last week, time 3000hrs git gud scrub

[@dirkniedfeld7411]

Big Update? Because of some new ships? What is with base building? Planets with water, gras and trees? Buy and Selling between players or npcs. Own stations or player based mining companys? That would be a big update.

[@scottjgray83]

I still love my Jump-Conda , even though it handles like a brick flying in golden syrup.

[@A20FtPancake]

People just don't understand how to toggle flight assist..

[@mackenzieallen]

Thousands of hours in ED but its boring compared to what i can do in VR. Won't be playing this game unless its got full VR support.

[@frederickvondinkerberg7721]

Nostalgia got me as a kickstarter and Alpha player... got bored VERY quickly and haven't touched the game in years.. it is empty and soulless... the original game on the BBC model B was better, so much better...

[@justintillman5630]

I wish there was something that would draw me back into this game. But year after year I’m left watching from the sidelines. I don’t know another game with slower development. Game feels like it hasn’t changed in forever.

[@markaudette7016]

Overdrive is over rated. 100 plus light year jump range please.Don’t care about power play and yeah maybe FDev should concentrate more on the vast empty Milky Way rather than the bubble.

[@JSRJS]

Guess I'll have to wait to play again for another 2 years for atmos landings like they promised years and years ago. Can't believe they put all their effort into the one thing that barely anyone likes....powerplay and it's a boring basic needless update at that.

[@GokouZWAR]

Still waiting on VR to be finished for on foot experience… really wish they’d just finish it… you can get a 360 experience if you jump your carrier in VR while inside it. I’m with others here, so many unkept promises… and I feel like pp2 will be yet another unfinished experience. Don’t get me wrong, power play 2.0 interests me but without VR finished the game will feel flat to me when I want to do on foot stuff same as it was when I stopped playing for the third time last year.

[@paradoxicalcat7173]

STILL waiting for water worlds to be landable! By now, ALL planet types were meant to be accessible!

[@DeadBaron]

"We know that people love exploring" Finally, atmospheric flying like we had in the 90s? More plants instead of just the same mushrooms recolored over and over again? "So here's another ship that will require more grinding in Engineers before it's even usable" Another day, another reason to not reinstall :(

[@blackfoxstudioX]

oh and Thargoids attacking again...

[@danilooliveira6580]

except you won't be able to grind it, you will have to buy it for the first few months. I would have bought Elite 2 with a ton of improvements, I would have paid $70 for it even if it was good enough. but I'm not buying a new ship.

[@Lazuralus]

Powerplay 2.0 is DOA unless it provides some kind of incentive to play in open and risk resistance from rival pledgers... That's why it was never popular - there's no point in doing all this stuff if you cannot fight or tactically evade rivals actively engaged in Powerplay (rather than just opportunistically ganking a rival player you randomly come across). The anti-open crowd will shit on this idea... but most of them do not do powerplay either.

[@TheFurryMemelord]

Why does this new "ship" look more like an F22 than an Elite Dangerous ship? I hate it

[@themountainsleeps]

New ship interior looks Mamba-esque, and not in a bad way.

[@guntere1004]

That's cause the Cockpit is that of Mamba

[@sleepfishl]

Does it include better planet generation? No? ... Well... I might just wait and keep missing my Exploration-Type9 ...

[@aiedenoldstien9751]

An exploration type 9. And I thought I was wierd for using a t7. How did it work out? You get good jump range out of it?

[@ezauluiz]

No real Atmospheric Landings, No ship Interiors, I'll pass

[@flat6pilot]

The truth is, no one cares about you, your opinion, or your 8 subscribers.

[@whatasaverl6456]

They'd have so many people playing this game if they brought out ship interiors and proper crew roles. This game has lost so many players to Star Citizen now it's insane

[@NIGHTIMEbeats]

@@ezauluiz it's like they don't listen. They need to take notes from hello games or they're company is going down

[@efxnews4776]

​@@whatasaverl6456i don't even care about crew, but having ship interiors in a game such ED where you trully can feel the small in the universe, will enhance to a 100% the immersion.

[@ericnstuff]

@@efxnews4776 Almost every comment mentions ship interiors, did they confirm that was coming at any point?

[@tacodirtshield4323]

still not even close to star citizen

[@billyheaning]

When will the Mandalay be available to purchase with in-game currency?

[@enteplays3662]

Ca. 3 Months after her initial release in October. At least if frontier keeps a similar "early access"-periode like they did with the Python MK II and Typ-8

[@emiliouchila]

Probably when star citizen releases lol

[@R0d_1984]

@@emiliouchila So 10 years from now...

[@emiliouchila]

@@R0d_1984 probably maybe 20 lol

[@Subtleknife12367]

Feels like the game is on life support. The big changes that would have brought players back are things like atmospheric landings, ship interiors, ship crew (including ai) etc. I canr help feeling that frontier have completely mismanaged elite.

[@elainenox6661]

Agree

[@agonyaunt6325]

Power HQs can't be taken? So PP2 is not really any different to PP1.... a never ending game of Risk.

[@regwatson2017]

I am not a player but why do all these Elite Dangerous ships have almost identical cockpits ?

[@cheesyvoid3143]

Because FDev lacks creativity.

[@adam19722]

NO VR, No update $$$. Not wasting my time.

[@mattyice2099]

Just make a new game already frontier

[@the4thj]

NOT BUYING ONE MORE THING TILL: I can walk my character around on a ship. I like the video thank you.

[@frederickvondinkerberg7721]

Why? Why exactly do people demand a shitty gimmick that lends nothing to a game...immersion? No it is not immersion...

[@Helix_22]

Walking around in ships when?

[@brixryan]

Wow this new update will keep me playing star citizen and away from this game. Nice

[@DoctorEviloply]

To me it's so clear that Frontier either don't have the will and/or skills to work on ED anymore. They should just pull the plug. Let us play offline or host our own servers so we can keep what we've paid for and leave it to the community to fix their mess. It'd be way better than this glorified maintenance mode ED is in right now. One ship and a couple rejigged mechanics every few years is not good enough for a supposed "Live service".

[@Christfollower89]

No ship interiors, then I don't care. Elite is dead to me...

[@CornishCracker]

So what engaging gameplay would you get from walking around your ship? Yeah, nothing.

[@cameron1975williams]

I'm glad to see the game is still being updated. Proper planetary atmospheres (including gaseous planets) is what I remain most hopeful for. Been waiting 10+ years.

[@Dextrovix-42]

Powerplay 2.0 is hardly anything major to get excited about. I stopped playing once Oddity made a mess of VR and system performance, and I don't trust Frontier to not pull Legacy soon, so see no point rejoining.

[@NeonDreams7]

I remember when we used to get locked up in a prison ship. I've got over 2100 hours logged in this game and quit about 2 years ago. A paid for ship and power play change isn't exactly something exciting or worth coming back for. sorry.

[@Theprofessorator]

I'm so excited, but I don't understand releasing an Exploration ship alongside Powerplay 2.0. Now I'm conflicted, do I stay in the bubble or do I go play in my new toy?

[@Tobias5036]

what a clickbait title.

[@trobertw]

People still play Elite?

[@EvisceradorSC2]

Still no VR support for Oddisey. I'm not going to pay for it and then PAY for the new ship, even if my main reason to play Elite is exploring. My Clipper will do, as she has been doing all these years.

[@LokiZemy]

I'd buy it RIGHT NOW!!.....AGAIN.. If it was on console! ✌️

[@bakzetary3145]

Nice looking ship!

[@rodrigogodoi4250]

I enjoyed elite dangerous for several years, it was the best space game when released, but gone stale at a point for lacking of new good content. I had nothing new to do and got bored, stoped playing. I may be wrong but I feel Frontier lacked a stronger monetization system to support the longevity of the game. I would like a video exploring current Frontier status, considering both wealth, installations and staff size, and what can we expect of future of elite based on that, and their plans.

[@jurgenlomax9693]

Honestly seems _extremely_ lacklustre and doesn't even come close to tempting me back.

[@sntki8561]

Try star citizen

[@BearanormalPodcast]

Wow coming and looking at this game makes me realize how absolutely spoiled I am by star citizen. Lol At least theyre still trying to update it, but only after like 5 years of nothing new.

[@Apzue]

1 or 2 solar systems.

[@BearanormalPodcast]

@@Apzue And planets the size of real planets, being able to walk all the way around them, being able to use land vehicles, no load screens. Overall better graphics, more engaging combat in both fps and ships. Being able to walk around ship interiors and actually interact with ships systems realistically. LMAO Just overall a better game, cry more.

[@AndScrambledEggs]

@Apzue lol I'll take one or 2 systems that actually have depth over billions of lifeless meaningless systems. You should actually try SC.

[@Qbus90V]

What I would love, in this next update, or the next big update, would be two things The first. An update in the way a ship is handled on a planet, I would like something like "war thunder", depending on the angle of the nose the speed increases or decreases. that would give a special touch to the combat inside the planets. The other, would be the opportunity for ship weapons to do damage to pilots standing, I would give much importance to win the battle both terrestrial and area, when I played they feel very separate.

[@39bailey]

Charging for early access to new ships is such scummy behavior. Gotta milk whats left of the player base.

[@Bereeco]

Here is this huge update for Elite! Oh its just one ship and powerplay which seriously not many people are interested in anyway. Should of made more ships, another mission type or something new to discover in exploration instead.

[@Apzue]

Im just excited for the "new elite feature" that frontier said theyll talk about on oct 30th. Ship interiors 🤞

[@mind-less]

1. No new types of planets to land on - CHECK! 2. No new types of gameplay - CHECK! 3. No new ways to interact with the world (universe) - CHECK! 3. No news shipS (only one that you can buy with real money) - CHECK! 4. No interiors for ships - CHECK! 5. No base building - CHECK! 6. No new weapons - CHECK! 7. No survival elements - CHECK! 8. No eating pizza in space - CHECK! As usual, everything's... fine. Frontier is fine.

[@TakaChan569]

The powerplay not being effected by non allied players is fucking dumb, well good thing i don't see much need to be a part of it anyway.

[@MrThomaskirchner]

So... can we finally get up and walk around the interior of the ships?

[@chillfill6512]

No wonder this game is dying...