New Ship: Chieftain
Elite Dangerous Horizons Commanders will also be able to take to the stars in the new Alliance Chieftain, designed not only to dish out punishment, but to avoid it. Manufactured by Lakon Spaceways, the Chieftain is more maneuverable than ships of similar size and weight, and its combat profile means it can more than hold its own in a fight.
Improved Core Mechanics
Chapter 1 of Beyond will bring improvements to some of Elite Dangerous' core mechanics, including accessibility enhancements to the engineering mechanics, an overhaul of mission rewards and big changes to crime and punishment. We’ll be sharing more information on the changes to Crime and Punishment, and the Engineers in a future post here on the forums and in the livestreams mentioned above.
Wing Missions
Chapter 1 of Beyond will give you the chance to take on wing missions with your fellow Commanders, sharing both the efforts and rewards.
Revised Trade Data
Commanders will now be able to access trade data from systems they have previously visited, in order to make more informed decisions when shipping goods across the Milky Way.
Planetary Visual Improvements
Chapter 1 also includes the first of the planetary visual improvements coming as part of the Beyond series of updates (with more surface level improvements coming later in the year) bringing a new vibrancy to the Elite Dangerous galaxy.
GalNet Audio
With the introduction of GalNet Audio, you will be able to catch up on the latest news from across the galaxy without ever leaving the action.
Armengar wrote on Jan 13, 2018, 10:41:
zoom. now try in a wing of 4 and you will see what i mean about unoptomised. my 1070 and oculus struggles with 60+ and drops to low 30s in a wing. i imagine you need some serious serious grunt to get 90+ in a full wing.
Cutter wrote on Jan 12, 2018, 19:11:
The needless tedium is the worst part of the game. I know they have their in-game reasons for a lot of it, but it's still just bullshit time sink game design. Jumping from system to system. I can land close to where I want to be? It always has to be the fucking sun? I can travel in multiples of C but somehow the technology to master this doesn't exist? Or I have to waste a ton of time just getting around a single system to go through yet more wasted time with all the requesting permission to dock, than the actual docking, than the player services, etc. etc. etc. I shouldn't have to rely on an external website to see trade date. I shouldn't have to go to each station physically to see what missions are there. And that's just the tip iceberg of all the things wrong with this game. Have you ever played any of the X games? That's how you do space games.
Armengar wrote on Jan 12, 2018, 17:34:
wowbagger. go to rhea and run passenger missions. a low level type 6 fitted with economy passenger bays will net you 20mil a trip. the trip takes 30mins realtime so watch a netflix show or two.
then use the money to outfit a vulture and have fun killing things.
BIGtrouble77 wrote on Jan 12, 2018, 15:46:Cutter wrote on Jan 12, 2018, 15:33:"Everything is still just combat/piracy, courier, or mine/trade"Nimh wrote on Jan 12, 2018, 14:27:
Has this game been flushed out? The beta was good but after a 20-30 hours you pretty much saw or did all that there was to be done. Still p2p instances for everything?
I just started it - without the season pass - and I'd say no in that case. Everything is still just combat/piracy, courier, or mine/trade. There's not even a lot to see. And of course it takes forever to get anywhere.Still can't see trade data for the stations in the same fucking system
. In short it's all just grind as far as I can see. Take a look at what Egosoft is doing with X4 - due out this year - instead.
What else is there? FPS combat?
"There's not even a lot to see."
What are you expecting to see except for ships, space stations and planets?
"And of course it takes forever to get anywhere"
Are you advocating fast travel?
"Still can't see trade data for the stations in the same fucking system"
There are online utilities for this, but I hear you.
The Horizons DLC will address some of your issues with "there's nothing to see", but it sounds like you've already moved on. That's fine, but I don't think your criticisms are fair or even good critiques. I could come up with a laundry list of crap that I'd like addressed, but none of it maps to what you are saying.
Armengar wrote on Jan 12, 2018, 17:34:I dont know what you mean by unoptimized as it runs very well on my rig in VR, got 90+fps and i can even get some much needed oversampling.
even unoptomised and unfinished plus rough round the edges, this game RULES in VR. seriously, it it were polished it would be the VR posterchild.
Cutter wrote on Jan 12, 2018, 15:33:
Take a look at what Egosoft is doing with X4 - due out this year - instead.
CJ_Parker wrote on Jan 12, 2018, 14:55:Flatline wrote on Jan 12, 2018, 14:26:AFAIK, the only ones who have a reason to be slightly grumpy are the lifetime expansion pass buyers because their "lifetime" ended with Horizons if I understood things correctly. Those peeps might have to pay for future content (like everyone else).BIGtrouble77 wrote on Jan 12, 2018, 13:11:
Lets just take a step back and acknowledge the fact that those who bought Horizons last year are getting this season's updates for free. So much more content in the game now than what we had a year ago.
Yeah I'm genuinely kind of amazed. They must be making decent money on the skins & aesthetics.
And I'm sure the line 4 lifers from Kickstarter are grumpy.
But Frontier haven't really revealed their business model going forward so we'll have to see about all that.
Cutter wrote on Jan 12, 2018, 15:33:"Everything is still just combat/piracy, courier, or mine/trade"Nimh wrote on Jan 12, 2018, 14:27:
Has this game been flushed out? The beta was good but after a 20-30 hours you pretty much saw or did all that there was to be done. Still p2p instances for everything?
I just started it - without the season pass - and I'd say no in that case. Everything is still just combat/piracy, courier, or mine/trade. There's not even a lot to see. And of course it takes forever to get anywhere.Still can't see trade data for the stations in the same fucking system
. In short it's all just grind as far as I can see. Take a look at what Egosoft is doing with X4 - due out this year - instead.
CJ_Parker wrote on Jan 12, 2018, 14:55:
AFAIK, the only ones who have a reason to be slightly grumpy are the lifetime expansion pass buyers because their "lifetime" ended with Horizons if I understood things correctly. Those peeps might have to pay for future content (like everyone else).
But Frontier haven't really revealed their business model going forward so we'll have to see about all that.
Nimh wrote on Jan 12, 2018, 14:27:
Has this game been flushed out? The beta was good but after a 20-30 hours you pretty much saw or did all that there was to be done. Still p2p instances for everything?
Flatline wrote on Jan 12, 2018, 14:26:BIGtrouble77 wrote on Jan 12, 2018, 13:11:
Lets just take a step back and acknowledge the fact that those who bought Horizons last year are getting this season's updates for free. So much more content in the game now than what we had a year ago.
Yeah I'm genuinely kind of amazed. They must be making decent money on the skins & aesthetics.
And I'm sure the line 4 lifers from Kickstarter are grumpy.
BIGtrouble77 wrote on Jan 12, 2018, 13:11:
Lets just take a step back and acknowledge the fact that those who bought Horizons last year are getting this season's updates for free. So much more content in the game now than what we had a year ago.