NEWS Elite Dangerous: Elite Bounces Back - FDEV Results, HIP 22460 Liberation is Lore & Much More!

[@Terrribletom]

I'm going to miss the attempts at pronouncing Cocijo. o7

[@cmdrrheeney]

Cocky Joe Coffee Mojo Coochy Coo What a shame it wasn't just called Bob 😂

[@TheBuurPit]

@@Terrribletom Caffeine low. Coco joe. Cookie dough. Cocoa-mo. 😉 o7

[@Timberwolf69]

Yeah... It took me some nerve wrecking amount of research to find out that it apparently would be pronounced "Cotheejo" (with emphasis on the "thee").

[@cmdrgreybeardseawolf]

Brilliant update as usual guys and gorgeous visuals from CMDR Rheeney. It truly is a fantastic time to be an Elite Dangerous CMDR and huge thanks to you and Rheeney for bringing us all the news through dark times and good. Your channel with it's balanced reporting of the game news has absolutely been a rock at our backs to help the community weather the storm.

[@TheBuurPit]

@@cmdrgreybeardseawolf Awr, bless you sir. We're here for it all. O7 ❤️

[@cmdrrheeney]

Thank you so much GBS. Those words mean more than you know ❤ o7

[@ImBarryScottCSS]

Hear! Hear!

[@MitsPriv]

I was there during the HIP blockade. There was a point during the instance where for at least 30 seconds or a minute, no new Thargoids entered the instance (we dropped a little ahead of the planet rather than in the AXCZ in the AXI UK/North EU private group) and for a moment we had peace. It genuinely felt like we'd won. It was probably the servers taking a moment to actually register everything happening or that we had just gibbed the most recent interceptor too fast or something, but that moment of calm after a fierce protracted battle was just as exhilarating to me as the fights themselves. To then go from that to the system being liberated, it was amazing. That moment of peace became a permanent one. o7 to my fellow AX pilots, we made Elite history!

[@aeringothyk5445]

This game is slowly gaining the depth that it's needed. People are also starting to see that these new ships have fully fledged interiors that we just can't walk around in yet so that tells me they are planning ship interiors but designing it in the background

[@shoutingstone]

Wait what? Where have you seen they have interiors? That would be awesome

[@Timberwolf69]

@@shoutingstone I guess this is an assumption based on the fact that the new ships have a ramp you can walk up towards a door... The depth of the game was already there, but apparently, some people have a skewed depth perception and only now that there is a game mechanic shovimg their faces right into that depth, they are able to see it.

[@mike_lowndes]

@@shoutingstonein VR you can turn around in the Mandalay and see the other cmdr seat and walkways, so yes it appears so.

[@GeneralArmchair]

@@mike_lowndes You can do that in the other ships too. The type 9 for example has a pilot seat that is a bit vertigo inducing to pilot in VR. I don't see how the mandalay is any different in regards to space legs.

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

The Mandalay has the exact same flight deck as the Mamba. It has no additional details towards ship interiors. Also, Elite has had depth of lore and game systems for a decade. It just doesn't get shoved down your throat like most games do. You have to make an effort to find it and that adds to the immersion of you just being some guy or gal in the galaxy instead of being the main character.

[@Ar_Ator]

It's nice to see FDev refocus on Elite. It seems like they (like many other companies) decided to make a ton of risky investments into new games after the pandemic, expecting that the game industry boom that resulted from everyone being stuck inside would continue, so this is really just a restoration of the "natural order". If they're smart about it they would continue doing large story-based events like the titan attack on Sol as stories about those are all the rage on social media these days (though they'd have to get creative with the writing)

[@cailco100]

Should probably also thank Star Citizen in part as well. That game might have given Fdev a bit of a scare recently.

[@captainyossarian388]

Great to hear that FDev's financials have turned around. The future for Elite Dangerous continues to look bright.

[@lootedgravel3283]

all because alot of players bought the Mandaley and Cobra 5 lol

[@OnlyAson]

Man when I started playing Elite it was 2020 and FDEV was completely quiet. There was no galnet. I would ask what the deal with Galnet was on forums and people would tell me of the good ole' days when there were community goals and Galnet articles and and the game really seemed dead at that point. I never imagined back then that the game could be at the point it is today! I'm so excited for what 2025 has in store!

[@LordFloofen]

I've been around enough to know when they go quiet they're probably working on something. Like a few years ago when they put the game on maintenance mode and then they dropped Odyssey.

[@bakzetary3145]

Thanks for these vids; helps me to keep playing ED. Powerplay is also definitely helping to keep me engaged and not just leave again out of aimless mission play for no real purpose. (After 1300 hours, don't need anymore ships/cash/etc!) Hopefully we will get another event in the first half to further the ED journey????

[@Chuttanooga]

On top last sentence: "It's a hell of a time to be an Elite Dangerous commander."

[@AL_Z-k7f]

Fantastic news for Frontier, and that Merit Mining site will be very useful!

[@ImBarryScottCSS]

What a delightful video to listen to. The feelgood feeling is here in force and the turnaround from the abject negativity only a few years ago that abounded in the community is amazing to see. Great job FDev and thanks again to you two for sticking with us over the years. I'm honestly enjoying the game more than ever.

[@Dandroid_1]

I've been playing this game for 10 years, I'm so glad we're truly back. Here's to another 10 years.

[@KuroSanArts]

I hope they get the connection issues sorted soon, the last week has been a brutal fight to even login at all and when you do, it takes forever to load anything and then you get a whole variety of multi-coloured error messages. Not just annoying, but a little unsettling when you're 4kLY out in the woods!

[@aitoluxd]

Orange Sidewinder is my favourite ;)

[@Assimilator1]

No problems like that here (some slightly long jumps, and limpets hanging around the hatch with cargo), I'm curious as to where you are? (I'm in SE England).

[@BrunoMoozika]

Yeah, they have made hyperspace jumps longer and also carrier jumps, to alleviate the servers. But I still get a few crashes during jumps.

[@derqatarzan4207]

@@KuroSanArts hmm I haven’t had any issues, could it be your net?

[@KuroSanArts]

@ No, my net is fine.

[@CMDRLemming-Irski]

Thank you for the mining mertis site. Will be giving it a go tonight. Oh boy, the Fdev financial results gives me hope we'll see much more of the ships this year, which I'll happily buy 😂

[@atomwa]

With Colonization on the way, I feel a large monetization opportunity can be had with a proven strategy. Look at Path of Exile 1/2 and their player housing cosmetics. Building a personalized base will be huge for players, and people engaged enough to have a base will want to make it look nice. As long as functionality isn't behind a paywall and only cosmetics of a base you can build, that could be enough cash flow to keep Elite running for years.

[@Fudgemaker17]

They could have done that with fleet carriers but didn't. I'll still have my fingers crossed.

[@BrunoMoozika]

It's likely colonization will be sorta like BGS, you can influence what gets built and the economy (and get your name as the Architect), but nothing else. If they wanted to add base cosmetics they could have done it with fleet carriers.

[@hagenisse]

Have you been living under a rock? Frontier said colonization gives you no ownership or housing. It only expands the bubble and does nothing. The entire feature exists to drain your Credits and give you nothing in return.

[@Kanitoxx]

@@Fudgemaker17 we need a room in our carriers that's only for us... we could go there and keep a stash, personal items and some bought items or even sleep to log off... I would love to have that... also, all that in my ship too.

[@baronjutter]

I bought the game a few weeks ago because of colonization and my delusional hopes there will actually be room to design and customize our stations and settlements. It's something I'd actually buy arx for.

[@Sutex0sofar]

Remember "The Gnosis"-"The Liberation of HIP 22460" is a fundamental shift by Frontier; next it will be VR-enhanced gameplay and walking about ships and storing cargo at docks. :)

[@kofeyh]

Can dream. Just be realistic.

[@alcoholiday6954]

I've bought all the new ships using Arcs. I don’t mind supporting further development into such an awesome game.

[@dingbatdave9440]

All very interesting, and Merit miner seems like a great idea.

[@sammasic5849]

I would purchase ship interiors! :)

[@Randomness65535]

Ship interiors shouldn't be paywalled but they can be monetised very well indeed

[@Astyrrean]

It's actually just pieces of Thargoid ships in the Blockade Debris Field :). [Not that we didn't lose a few ships Sunday ...]

[@TheBuurPit]

@@Astyrrean no it isn't... Rheeney checked very closely. The footage today is from the field and it contacts bits of ships :)

[@cmdrrheeney]

There's definitely lots of ships in there. I wanna say DBXs off the top of my head. I spent a long time in there filming yesterday watching it all fall towards the planet and unless the thargoids are made of metal, then it's definitely ships in there too 😅 o7

[@malkrie1444]

Sorry Mechan, I can confirm there are fragments of human ships in the BDF

[@astrayamatu]

as deep space explorer i missed all the fun stuff but glad i was there mentally supporting those guys 07

[@baronjutter]

I'm a new player and enjoying elite but I hate how much every single activity in the game really depends on a web of 3rd party programs and websites. Sure you can play without them but practically no one does. Fdev should make so many of these basic QoL and informational things part of the base game. Basic stuff like "find nearest place to repair/refuel" or the basics of inara's trade route searching info.

[@gilgoofthegrove5072]

I agree that you shouldn't have to tab out and search things, but at the same time I treat it like it's part of the game experience because the games is such a simulation rather than arcade style game. 07 cmdr! =) stick with it!

[@BrotherRanae]

Only thing I use is edmc

[@Rigel_Chiokis]

Always expect the unexpected! Bravo, Frontier for making the AXI event part of canon. I haven't been to HIP 22460 since the day the proteus wave went off and the thargoids promptly destroyed my Asp Explorer. I think I'll take a stroll over and have a look around. Maybe pick up a souvenier or two!

[@Timberwolf69]

Yeah, was thinking about that, too...

[@glenben92]

I think i've single handedly brought back ED's playtime KPIs this week 😅

[@Cmdr_Haphaz]

Great update as always - thanks. Unfortunate that Frontier Unlocked was delayed a month, but if the FDev need a break to catch breath and improve the accuracy of their roadmap then fully understandable and we'll see them in Feb. Good luck to them!

[@nikisepps]

The beauty about powerplay is that now there are new powerplay servers that are trying to be a source of direction for the powers. Yuri Grom for example is fracturing. A few players groups are going away from the traditional groups (EG Union and TEOLs) and leading Grom in a different direction. Take the 87th Naval Fleet. Super cool stuff!

[@godlover9096]

So I have always heard Grom was a power mostly manipulated by the empire playerbase. Does this mean grom might break from that?

[@BjornTheF3llHanded]

I've just recently started playing again, I was so issalusioned after going over to the dark side of Squadron 42, and the SC con job, Elite (yes the original one, I'm that old haha) still holds very fond memories of spinning to dock. Loving it so far, brilli that it's still so popular :)

[@krugec23]

all we want is new ships, as long as they are early access for 3 months Im fine with it. At least now they make them awesome since they have a financial motivation to put in effort. Yes its a power creep but the game is 10 year old. We got several new ships in one year, while we got 0 for 6 years.

[@stab74]

After a long break from the game I came back just in time to participate in the AXI op at HIP 22460. Good times! 👍

[@maxxus0923]

FDEV! RELEASE A SUPER FREIGHTER AND MY SOUL IS YOURS!

[@TheBuurPit]

There's no way they didn't hear that ;) o7

[@brentkeller3826]

There was so much interest in the AXI blockade that I couldn't even get into the game. I got the "couldn't place you in an instance" message. So I unfortunately couldn't participate. Thanks Commanders who were able to do so, you kicked Goid carapace back to wherever they come from!

[@antoniopaivadasilva2716]

What about the Pleidias sector around Asterope? Will there still be Thargoids there?

[@cmdrblp]

Oh look at that full minute of my glorious chrome exploration cutter from 4:02 to 5:05. Shiny 😎 No need to slum it out in the void. o7

[@followthewolves1991]

I really hope they expand the narrative a bit more quickly going forward. I would also love it if they'd give on-foot gameplay a revamp. Attacking surface sites is a bit lackluster. Id love some sort of on foot combat against thargoids or some other alien force.

[@mike_lowndes]

12 years ago I helped Kickstart this game, so I think I’ve had more than my money’s worth and was more than happy to give FDev some real money for the new ships.

[@wyveres]

if they want my money ... and i would give them some money ... if the bring paypal and other pay methods back ... for me i can only pay by credit card ... and i don't have that/don't want one ...

[@mannyonaleash2222]

I use a Visa debit card, uses Visa payment system, but can only use your own money. That account sits empty most the time, couple bucks in it. When I want to pay for something with it, I transfer amount needed into the account and pay by Visa.

[@Assimilator1]

10 yrs playing ED and I'm still not sure what the point of PP is!😂 Love mining though! (and now I have been getting the odd limpet or 2 stuck at the hatch with cargo). I wished I'd joined AXI, bet it was manic and fun! o7

[@gilgoofthegrove5072]

@@Assimilator1 its never too late! The California nebula has plenty of thargoids!

[@BrunoMoozika]

The point is to GRIND. 😅

[@Assimilator1]

@@BrunoMoozika 😂

[@mikssityar3363]

I wish they’d double down on cosmetics to bolster their financial self sufficiency of the game. A system I hope they would look into is how planetside 2 handles its cosmetics. Player made cosmetics that are hand approved by an admin, and sold on their cosmetics shop. You have clans there wearing their actual logos, vehicles painted in their colors

[@saffieification]

great show as ever guys even *I* succumbed to the mandalay hype and caved in a got one i'm now 13K ly away from the bubble griping about carrier fees hahah o7 cmdrs 😁

[@dpshadow7276]

I think if they would release a DLC for like 5€/$ to be able to walk into the interior of our ships, they could finance the next 10 years of elite xD

[@NorthernerInSpace]

I am not particularly interested in PP as a non combatant, but it is great to see that others are enjoying it. I would like to see them expand on the Exobiology stuff, maybe with the advent of colonisation we could see some farming. Booooooring I hear many people cry, but we can't all be fighter pilots. Some of us are content with being delivery drivers, explorers and yes, farmers! It's great to see Frontier and ED do well. I hope that it continues to be driven by creatives and not accountants.

[@Interdimensional27]

Maybe growing narcotics on a remote moon and selling the crop ....that would fit the darker side of the game! 😅

[@ApostateltsopA]

I may well mine, but I'm also loving settlement raiding for fun and profit......and notoriety.

[@alexpeers9863]

Awesome! Thanks for the video

[@jasonwodarski4981]

I've always hated mining, I've just never been able to fully comprehend all its mechanics to do it effectively. But since bounty hunting earns far less and they turned off merit earning for selling rare goods, I guess I might have to give it another shot

[@SteveSiegelin]

I just got interdicted and then he ran away 😬 I'm in the wrong vehicle and I was ready to charge by him and haul butt. As soon as I turned around he was doing the same thing! That was odd because usually when I get interdicted they attack me!

[@SteveSiegelin]

I was on my way to where the big battle happened and I saw a weird Star as I was about to jump. I saw it do something kind of funny as I started to jump and I was kind of wondering about it and then I got interdicted. I'm not sure what system it was though that's a little orb I saw originated from. I forget the class of thargoid that pulled me from space but it was one of the larger ones with multiple hearts.

[@MetallicMedium]

We witnessed Frontier letting Elite languish for years, while a lot of the money it generated went to several other game titles in Frontier Foundry. Those games flopped. The foundry was closed. Now so late in the game, they are doing CPR on a 10 year old game. VR support should have never been dropped. They stopped console support literally right after the Odyssey release. All this work went into power play, when only 5% of players even care about that. Frontier really should have listened to the players. The moderators in the forums crushed so many reasonable feedback threads, it's no wonder Frontier had no clue how pissed the players have been.

[@JRo250]

Not sugar coasting it: FDev has failed to balance mining as it remains completely op vs all other Power activities. How can you rank 10x from a single mining run? That also causes Powers to zoom in the system score way beyond what it's expected. There's absolutely nothing an opposing Power can do to counter mining. FDev promised to "keep an eye" on Power activities and balance them as needed but it's been months now and they have not fixed mining. Rant over, congrats on turning around the company. In the state the gaming industry is, that's no small feat.

[@MehrumesDagon]

@@JRo250 well one balancing element is that you need to mine and sell in same system for reinforcement and undermining, and mine in friendly fortified/stronghold system within 20/30LY from target system and sell in the target system for any merits at all, which somewhat limits area where mining can be impactfull activity. That being said whole of PP2.0 is very far from being anyhow balanced, and fdev statement that they think it is in good spot balance wiselly late last year is in classical fdev style - highly disconnected from reality.

[@mdsf01]

Give players ship interiors with the ability to make them a home away from home and the $$$ will flow. Lots of discontent in other space games (no names mentioned) and this seems like a good opportunity for a stable game like ED to gain converts from those said games.

[@Commander-Mustang]

ED needs ship interiors and atmospheric planets with actual life on it. other than that, this game one of the best space games.

[@hidi__]

Honestly if the prices on the arx shop were considerably lower I wouldn't mind spending money on cosmetics. I took a break from elite for around 3 years and played a lot of star citizen in that time, and I really enjoyed what it had to offer and still do, but the financial angle CIG follows with development leaves a sour taste after a while. In star citizen I run into a lot of players that don't seem to even consider the prospect of buying most ships in game without real money, the grind is too long, buggy and frustrating that it often doesn't feel like most game loops are worth it from a time investment until you already have some of the largest ships in the game. I have earned my way up to purchasing a C2 with credits multiple times, but that was pretty much only possible whenever community events were happening, outside of that it was a frustrating experience. New ships often came out that were the only ship capable of performing a new gameplay loop being introduced and it felt really frustrating having to wait 3-4 months before that ship was purchasable in game, locking out that feature for players that didn't want to fork over money. I don't really mind what people spend their money on, that's their choice, but it does worry me seeing elite begin to adopt similar aspects of star citizen's financial model. I play a lot of warframe, and I pretty regularly happily pay money for platinum, and I am happy to do that because I get so much out of that game. Even beyond that though, most microtransactions in game are much smaller amounts and I'm generally getting a lot out of the money I do spend. I don't feel disrespected by that financial structure in short, and I'd be a lot more willing to spend money on Elite if the experience of trying to give frontier money wasn't spending $13 on a single pack. The treatment is still better than that of star citizen, but I don't think that's a very high bar to meet. I imagine none of this wishing will change anything, the profit value is still the main focus at the end of the day, but I'm at least glad to see Elite continuing despite the bumps in the roads it's been having over its life. I think regardless of their issues both games are still good contributions to the space sim genre, and I'd hate to see either of them burn out

[@ashleyphotog]

But when are they going to sort out the lack of ANY settlement loot in non-PP systems? You cannot get anything out in colonia right now meaning Engineers cannot be fully unlocked.

[@MrDuceOwen]

Let's be real the trip isn't that bad with a Mandy. Only a few hours each way.

[@ashleyphotog]

Missing the point

[@CMDR_Shokwave]

Out there right now, myself. Fortunately I had all the goods to unlock everyone, but it is very disappointing to find EVERY settlement empty of loot. How does one upgrade anything out here? Crazy oversight on this one. Need to get the goods back to non power play settlements.

[@dodeslim]

10:45 Rheeney, what an awesome shot! Love it!

[@cmdrrheeney]

Thank you 😊

[@viniciusvianna5738]

Ôh-Seven.

[@keegsprak14]

Came back to Odyssey a few weeks ago with a Horizons console account transfer. Brings tears of joy to my eyes to see the game bouncing back so hard. Regret missing the Thargoid war but the future looks bright! Now I just need to figure out my graphics settings 😅 Anyone think they can help? Lol

[@SteveSiegelin]

Yuri territory has exploded, kind of wish I would have thought about ship unlock before I chose though😅

[@waffleswafflson3076]

Doesnt seem like you get much out of power play other than unlocking a module and gimmicks like extra money for bounties so I never messed around with it.

[@3nderall]

I was against the new ARX stuff (I still haven't bought any) but if it means every year will be as good as last year I can tolerate it as long as it doesn't get too bad. I am not happy about financial papers noticing FDEV, the last thing they need is investors that know nothing about games trying to cut costs so they can make more money, that's one of the reasons odysseys launch was bad and rushed.

[@thomasquwack9503]

A fifth of the evil AXI force who attacked 22460 was killed by brave AAX forces

[@eladsgarr]

Be careful mentioning Vortex Squadron. I think their leader is a lil miffed about the elimination of the goids at that location as he called it their anti-Xeno training ground. He went on to say that the California Nebula belonged to his group and no one had better try to do the same thing there. Because you know he's centered all of his content on fighting goids and without them, what will he😢 do.

[@Astyrrean]

With the California Nebula hosting the last remaining Anti Xeno Combat Zones, any past conversation about leaving them alone has now expired. Human forces are converging in force in the wonderful red Nebula. Fireworks start this weekend, and will likely run for a while.

[@irohnick]

@@Astyrrean I smell a conflict of interests.. a 1 on 1 on 1 engagement in Cali, perhaps?

[@baronjutter]

Sometimes it feels like fdev's very cool allowance of player groups to actually drive the story is a double edged sword that also creates extremely entitled and self-important folks who feel they "own" aspects of the game.

[@Yougosha1]

There is still thargoid war to fight? I haven't seen any cg or in game news for quite a while now.

[@Jadefire1010]

Are you on console? Consoles aren't getting any new story content.

[@gilgoofthegrove5072]

The war for the bubble is over, but there are thargoids out there to play around with =) California nebula is a pick you're own adventure zone!

[@starcitizeno7]

Great game engine development period- colonization,huge; but now what? Why max out merit earning? Power play rivalries, ok? Ship, Rank, Permit, Guardian, Thargoid, PP2.0 grind leading to colonization grind; is that enough to throw more big hours Elite’s way? The game engine can do more with better writing, plot, themes- and a bit of risk on F Dev’s part. We’ll see what players create outside of the grind- a real player driven trading economy would help, yadda yadda theory crafting; balls in F dev’s’ court.

[@boasnoticiasdedeusparavoce7975]

Great diction. Love it.

[@AL_Z-k7f]

Should have bought some frontier stock.

[@Deleted-tp7qu]

hope they come back to consoles

[@R0NEWIRD]

[@111TimG]

Ill easily drop 90$ for a new console version and buy all dlc at 30$ a pop

[@AntiSV24]

В Элите мне очень нравиться , что таргоидской войне настал конец. Я очень надеюсь, что команда разрпботчиков ED, действительно начёт делать глубину игры, придумает больше интересных квестов, что исследования и майнинг будут интересны самим процессом, а не рейтингом, что игра не будет иметь лишь военный контент. Жизнь это совокупность разных историй и если это симулятор, то интерес дрлжен прохрдить в разные области и даже там, где есть созидание, а не одни убийства и выживание. Очень хочется, что бы разработчики учитывали эти обстоятельства , потомучто существующий перекос уводит из игры много играков. Просто стрелять ради денег или выживания это ведь примитивно уже. Но я рад, что несмотря на все трудности видно, что команда ED, начинает искать новые пути и хотя изменения идут очень медленно, они всё же едут, поэтому я с надеждой продолжаю играть в эту игру уже пятый год.

[@cptrockstar3292]

Im going to say it and people arent going to like it. I wouldnt mind paying for ship interiors. If ED needs money so we can keep getting good content and devs still working on it Ill pay for these cosmetic upgrades. I prob wouldnt play another game if I actually had an interior to my vette lol!

[@janniick8371]

Beeen pledged to yuri grom ever seen its update and that has made omicron capricorny b a power house for merits

[@TakaChan569]

They took a small part of SC payment model and it sucks, but as long as they don't start going to far with it i can still ignore it. It is funny seeing how overpriced almost everything in the store is they needed to add more stuff to buy, even more so when there is barley anything you can earn in-game cosmetic wise...but it is what it is.

[@111TimG]

Bring back console it's boring with out events

[@foquai7458]

welp, I have pretty much quit playing. I am looking forward to Dune: Awakening, and have been invited to the closed beta. Until then, I am on Icarus, building my castle.