How am I feeling about yesterday's big announcements? Relieved, for starters. Very relieved. I know FDev are gonna be fighting an uphill battle this year, fiscally speaking, but the tone of the livestream gave me a lot more confidence in the game's future (short-term, at least). And am I feeling optimistic? To be honest, my optimism is banging hard against the protective barrier of cautious skepticism that I've built up over many years of ups and downs as an E:D obsessive. I'm a little afraid to say it, but...against all odds, I think 2024 just might turn out to be an amazing year for Elite (RNGsus willing)!
Right there with you :) It felt different didn't it? We have, of course, heard Comms promises before multiple times but this was backed up solid new actual stuff on the way. Just the kick of confidence the community has been lacking.
Honestly, same. I love ED, and even thugyht about SC but ED is special to me. I would love to see some more immersion options in the game.. If I cant go in my ship, let me build a base on a planet, or turn my cruiser into a space station. Let me hunt for materials with trucking missions to furnish it, store my ships there. This would make powerplay 2.0 so much cooler, I could join a planet's army, and defend my planet or have the clans take over entire systems and set the laws for that area. Like police on or off. GIVE ME SOMETHING TO DO!
That commentary towards the end of your video is spot on. The stream's willingness to discuss future plans and not hide them behind "spoilers" nonsense is refreshing. More of that please!
Haven't played ED for a long long time now (actually since the announcement they cancel console updates) and now got shown your news again and man, what a great feeling, just like back in the days, oh man what memories. Kinda miss you, best videogame-community i've ever been part of. Much love to all of you and o7 to all cmdrs
I played Elite II on the Amiga back in the day. Started playing ED O just a few months ago and I've never been this in love with a bloody game before. This wonderful community is making it even better. Big thanks, Cmdr Buur! See you in space! /Cmdr Azkikr
The Python MK2 reminds me a bit of the Fire Fox from Clint Eastwood's Fire Fox movie. Great flick if you haven't seen it before. Great video as always Burr keep up the great work!
As far as the back half of the ship goes, you're right! Since we're throwing out old references, it made me think of the Phantom Striker and Power Jet XT-7 A from Captain Power. Either way, I'm here for it!
Cautiously optimistic with yesterday's announcements. If frontier follows through with these & starts delivering more actual content, it'll be the turning point that the game needed.
The new features are nice, and while I'm not into Power Play now, I am interested in seeing what they're doing with it. To me, the most important thing from the stream is that it's not a dead game and they actually have plans going forward
@@TheBuurPit I'm pretty certain, a part of the galaxy will become Thargoid Space, sooner or later. It a shame we never got to fight them on the ground.
@@TheBuurPitAgreed. The assets and gameplay loops related to the Maelstroms are just too cool to bin. While I've always been happy to traipse out to the Pleiades to get my AX fix, having a zone that's both closer and more menacing as a long-term aspect of the game would keep that fun going and cost nothing to implement.
It's refreshing to see such a change. I hope it continues. It's like they finally realized they have one of the best games and there is so much more to be done. I like what I'm seeing so far.
This is fantastic news. I was growing very tired of all of the negativity surrounding Elite, and FDev's silence was not helping. Then the layoffs and changes within the FDev organization really had me worried. It seems now like the internal changes at FDev are actually a positive and not a negative, and this is the most excited I've been for updates to this game in quite some time. Thanks CMDR Buur! o7
How true is it though... Change is often scary but not necessarily bad and nescessity is often the mother of invention. These announcements are not entirely driven by FDevs current position. PP2 has been in the cooking pot for sometime. A lot of the other stuff may well have been as well... It may possibly just be that communication is the thing that finally changed. If so... Maintaining that change and momentum will be key. Fdev and elite likely won't get another shot at this. O7
Well that's all very exciting, and I am glad to hear FDev is giving E:D some love. But I quit playing when I paid for Odyssey, only to have immersion broken when I landed on a planet and left my ship. I'm hopeful this new influx of development means they'll finally give us VR players what we should've gotten years ago, when Odyssey was released, nearly 4 years ago. Great video though - very informative and well-produced!
Not to be a sceptic but all this feels to me like "Here players have this cookie in the form of future development treats, we are in the S**t, but need to keep the community together in case we get a buyer or funding. So with that in mind here is something we might do at some point ... I can't give any specifics of WHAT it is or when we will deliver it exactly. On top of that .... cause we know you want them, here are some more ships .. new ones ... well I say new, they will be variants of the old ones but still new, just new without any effort from us." Sorry to be a naysayer but i just don't have any faith in FDEV or the project as whole anymore. They won't get my game time or support. This is all a spin from the new PR company.
Who could have guessed that when people tell you exactly what they want, you ignore it for a decade, and someone else does exactly what the people wanted, they are gonna leave, what a shocker
@@filipbitala2624 the mismanagement inside Fdev is insane. At this point I am hoping they fold or get acquired and someone with an understanding of what this IP could actually be picks it up. It's the only real way forward that I see for ED.
I'm suddenly picturing an Imperial Cutter or an Orca with a big crank on the front that you need to wind to kickstart the fusion reactor. Do it, FDev! 😂
Great summary, thanks! These changes may very well get me back into the game - I'm a Triple-Elite old-school Team 1984 kinda guy, but I haven't flown regularly in at least 3 years... looking forward positively to see what happens next!
FDEV made it perfectly clear that ED definitely has a future. As I saw a few others put it... I was so relieved. But more than that, I'm feeling a bit vindicated. A few content creators had been negatively blasting Elite Dangerous. There was a precipitous decrease in ED content from many creators. This is understandable to some degree, but I want to thank the Burr Pitt for staying steadfastly committed to ED. It is in a league of its own, both ED, and the Pitt. At least four new ships, power play, and a new feature, and wooo hoooo a possible end, or at least a lessening focus on the Thargoid war. Anway, it was great news to hear. I'm 25k from the bubble and loving every minute of it. Thanks commander's Buur and Rheeney. o7
Thanks Burr Pit for digging in deeper into the live stream and getting us the juciy nuggets that others missed or didn't think relevant. I'm looking forward to this year for Elite and I'm hoping it will bring back some players to the game. If they keep up this level of information sharing it can only be a good thing. Here's to the future of Elite, let's hope it's a good one.
I would still like to walk around my ships. Look I still love Elite Dangerous and I'm happy that they are continuing to support the game. I hope Elite gives us the ability to walk around our ships in the future. Thanks for your wonderful videos. Mr. Buur Pit
Trouble is it’s a hole big thing once they open that can of worms, if they just did slap dash interiors people would then moan there was nothing to do in them and so on….
Thumbs up, returning in 22 was perfect timing, I've got everything in-game I need to tackle the new challenges. Excited about new ships, I want to be able to Vask in the glory of a new Imperial Medium ship. One can dream.
What a positive development! I'm very glad to see FDev opening up communication and very clearly planning some great things with Elite in the coming months. Powerplay 2 should be interesting!
My thoughts on the new ship varients - I'd say there'll be -- Orca mk 2 - just because only the Dolphin can do luxury passangers from outposts at the moment. -- Type 7 - again set up for outposts to compete with the python mk1 -- A new Asp - to make up for the Asp scout And a Cobra mk 5 - because I expect a new small ship variant
@@SimWithDon Agree! Base building wouldn't be for me, but given that the economics are procedural, the development of new bases would (I'd have thought) be essentially free development and expansion for Fdev as the community would take care of the expansion itself 👍
Never going to happen in a game where the game engine is based solely on procedural generation. For base building you will need a certain level of persistence. They would have to spend years just to add the architecture to support persistence.
@@henryvaneyk3769they already implemented persistance in the form of Fleet Carriers. They can definitely do it and I'm keeping all those Building Schematics I collected. I have a feeling basu building will likely just be fleet carriers on planets with prefab styles and not true No Mans Sky custom based building that I guess you were imagining.
At some point it would be great for FD to port this over to PS5 and Series X Now last gen isnt holding them back it really makes sense to get the extra revenue from consoles that could easily cope with the game as it stands now.
I believe that would be just another dead end. The advantage with a PC game (for the developer) is that they can tell people to "get a better computer" every 4-5 years. A console has a much longer shelf life and will be obsolete long before the generation after comes.
Yeah but no matter how you slice Elite we're still talking about 2018 graphics on 2024 systems. There is literally no reason they can't bring this to New Generation consoles . They probably won't because they know it would be just an embarrassment compared to what happened a couple years ago . They're probably not releasing it on consoles just to save face @@57thorns
Anyway I'm really excited and optimistic, I hope they launch ships not so limited on their main features, it's a space game, please Frontier break your limits
As a Fleet Carrier owner, the smaller feature i want is to be easily able to manage fit outs of ships for different missions.. as an example, i own 3 Anacondas, 1 for mining, 1 for exploration and 1 for combat/ cargo because i can't be bothered refitting all the modules for each build. So much easier to just have duplicate ships However, excited by the updates and for the future of the game
As much as I was hoping the rework was gonna be for engineering, power play is certainly a good second choice. Definitely curious about the brand new feature and ooooooh yeah more ships will always make me happy!
Keep up the good work Mr Buur Pit. Your refreshing views and analysis on RU-vid are a shining beacon. Too many people in this world are looking for a negative angle because they are either looking for likes or pandering to the modern disease of spreading bad news when there should be none.
Am I allowed to feel excited? About to watch the stream on catch up. This sounds so encouraging and positive from Fdev. Btw Buur was your cat dressed in a Black Panther suit, I could have sworn you cut to Stan Cam and he had a fancy dress on😉😂😂😂
4 new ships...ouhhhhh! I wonder if we'll see that FAMOUS panther clipper... if I don't mess the name! Anyway, can't wait to add those four fellers in my fleet!
I'm with you. I'm cautiously optimistic. I hope this means things are changing for the better but I'm still in a wait and see place. I do miss Frameshift and don't really care much about the other games, but I get it. It is more cost effective, and if that's part of a more general overhaul that gets us more communication and progress on the game then I'll live with it!
Panther Clipper, of course - and some sort of light carrier might be nice. Something with a capital ship FSD, but reduced in capabilities and not as overwhelming in size and upkeep.
Thanks for your synopsis of the livestream, CMDR Buur. As a lover of the game, I'm hopeful FDEV can pull all this off. On the other hand, wondering how they'll manage all of it given the recent "reductions in redundancies". Regardless, I wish them well and am looking forward to finding out what a Python Mk II is capable of.
The news ships was HUGE! And that Pyhton mk2. My goodness. Sessy as all get out. Mimt mind is buzzing with thoughts on what else will be coming. As always, smashing good job you two. o7 o7 o7 😊
This has me very excited. I really like what I'm hearing. I'm hoping to get the Moray and Boa from original elite, along with either the Panther Clipper or the Type 8. Also, Powerplay is begging for an overhaul. I was hoping they would streamline hauling, but this will be huge. This CG looks interesting as well. This week is going to be very busy for me in Elite - my powerplay faction (AD) is expanding, we have an interesting CG, and the Booze Cruise is coming up. CMDR Buur, have you ever covered the Booze Cruise on Witchspace News? It's a really fun player-run event organized by the Pilots Trade Network.
From what I hear, there was a lot of internal strife going on FDev. It seems that the change of leadership might’ve done something good. I know the new ships are going to reinvigorate my interest in the game.
Buur, thank you for your succinct information and well thought out expressions. ED is one of a kind, and so are you! For the ship type(s) we'd like to see, how about a Clipper that was more like a battle-cruiser than it's current sleek lined appearance, with the offensive capabilities to go along with it. Or perhaps a big brother to the Corvette or Anaconda. I never understood why one of the biggest ships was called a "Corvette" (A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper [or "rated"] warship.). Then again, a new class of ship between the "big 3" and carriers, like maybe a Dreadnought Class?
The best news I've heard in a while. I think ED is far from dead. All it needs is some tweeking...like this. It still has many years left in it. The only thing that might be better would be an entirely new version of ED.
I'm a former CMDR hailing from the might Celestial Light Brigade and I wish the bubble well. To me however the recent announcements come with a very large grain of salt. Massive layoffs are NEVER a sign of focused investment. As an IT worker, I know what comes next. Tight timeframes, zero latitude on output and fewer people to do the work. This boils down to "the people can can find a job elsewhere and escape, do." Those who remain are usually unfit just for station keeping (unintentional pun) but with the lack of skilled people for technical leadership what I'm used to in these cases is momentum slows. XBOX my home was killed off, but I'm jaded about that as I grew wear of being a commander before that was announced. What I wish for the bubble is for it to be absolutely smashed. Shattered in to a thin wisp by an Armarda that was built. THEN, only then would all the story matter. Countless trillions in occupied worlds being exterminated and terraformed to ammonia (terraformed is the wrong word). I hope for the mission to matter. I hope for the battle lines to be the first thing you check when logging in not powerplay status. New backup colonies to be formed besides colonia. for the real possibility to be discussed that we could lose the war. The week we lose terra and hear that mars was glassed. A new major outpost formed on Titan. Ship supply limitations. You just buy what you can. Repair parts running low. Special weapons chaos, engineers moving towards the core, some just moved to colonia outright. The biggest problem with Elite is that the universe is shared but STATIC. Nothing matters. I have moved a ship in years yet have 2 dozen many corvettes and cutters, billions in the bank. There is nothing to fight for. Powerplay weekly grind for points was the final grind for me. IMHO, Elite does NOT need that. The players need to suffer. It feels like this announcement is nothing more than a "No dead yet" headline grabber after the space became crowded. Elite sat alone as THE most important space universe for so long it forgot what a real competitor was. I will never play starfield. My heart remains in this universe... I just can't bring myself to bother logging on for action that only happens where it doesn't count. Step 1 : Littoral destruction of a WHOLE PP power. Then let everyone wonder how this thing can progress against the bubble, then progress from there. No more silly PP games. Step 2 : Fdev engages with major factions who won the weekly bug hunt to set tactical directions and hen let thing play out. Increase player engagement. Make humans work together when this fails Step 3 : Infest planets with ground units. Step 4 : Build in stealth mechanics so humans can can fight back, but don't tell us how. Etc... Right now we have nothing to fight for.
Not a dead game❤❤❤ Excited to hear that there is a future. I hope they are focusing on things the community asks for / points at and doesn’t listen to the vocal minority. And yes, they can learn a lot from SC & NMS. 😅
Very surprised to hear E:D is still kicking, but glad nonetheless. I think my asp is still somewhere in the neutron fields ~2 kpc from the Great Annihilator. Those tourists must be absolutely furious with me now...
I'd also like to see an exploration-focussed carrier variant. Much smaller, sleeker with a 180+ degree view area bridge, less cargo capacity, only a few hangars, and sips at the tritium at 10% the rate of the bigger ones. Cost can stay almost the same. 4 Bill say.
While sounds great, to be honest I would be frustrated to unboard and borad manually when doing exobiology for example... imagine unboard, scan a grass, board, fly 500m unboard, scan, board... dunno, would prefer a door for manual unboarding and current beam if I need to hop in and out relatively quickly... otherwise sans the first 10 times it would be another fake time sink... my 2 cents
@@wakizashiyoshikawa6926 it adds to the immersion. They could always go the Starfield route., where one can choose between instant cockpit or front door.
Reworked power play will feed very nicely into base building which will help expand/colonise existing/new sytems resoectively. We also know they did have base building planned a long time back. Having said that DB did promise us dinosaur hunting.
Did anyone pick up on when he discussed the other feature, and at first he didn't really understand how it could be used but then realized how cool it could be and when you could see 'what could go into it', ship interiors? Keep in mind Arthur always mentioned about how interiors would be pointless, and so isnt going to suddenly act like its amazing. Maybe I'm fooling myself :L Great news for elite though! I'm feeling optimistic enough to go back playing.
I've sat out the entire Thargoid war. I'm not a rich CMDR and not great at combat so I didn't want to risk all the rebuy screens. I'm hoping to return when the dust settles. I'm also keen to see Odyssey content in VR, if that is ever allowed to happen.
That's the beauty of the game design, you can have an impact on the galaxy (even) as a taxi driver or mail courier; combat not required. Heck a black-marketeer can have huge impact (even if it's not that profitable). Happy to coach, guide or offer a peg a to hang your hat... like many others in this community; even the gankers have a helpful streak!
"Blisteringly clear ED has a future" after the company stock tanked to such a high degree that it forced re-evaluations at the highest levels of the exec committee. I'm genuinely glad they changed course, but it's very apparent to me that this was exactly that, a course change forced by the financial realities of the company. Nothing will ever convince me this was the plan all along.
This wasn't the plan; ED was essentially an earner to fund other games. Frontier have always had an opportunity, they've chosen not to invest into it. Being a little sceptical is healthy. Frontier went off to do other things, did not realise potential, and have come back around to the trusty old franchise to rile up the base, get 'em excited and spending again. SC is making bank for CIG, and so could Elite for Frontier, if they actually bothered to put some love and attention into it. Maybe they will make good this time, and it's not just hitting up their old Elite community for funding, again.
I need a recap of the entire Thargoid war. I was involved during the initial stargoid sightings and deployment of the maelstroms. I helped with rescue operations but fell off shortly after.
They basically invaded human space, destroyed many settlements, started to also kidnap pilots and hold them hostage in the Titans, we pushed them a bit back, they held the line and now we're here where we are about to launch a counter attack directly on Titans
I’ve been following it, but I’m way behind. I haven’t done the part where you have to delve in the acid cloud to get the mats to get the special heat sink thing that allows you to even see the Titan! It’s all too tricky to follow.
Elite, in it's current incarnation, has, for the most part, (too many caveats yet?) been about player experiences that need to be discovered and, in some cases, solved to get / see / do a thing. The mystery element is what keeps me in this galaxy, but it's that very contrivance of a mystery that creates specific challenges around what is and should be shared and teased prior to the in game reveal. But there are other aspects to the game and gameplay that can evolve through each release that can be shared and used to offset the lack of 'spoon feeding' for the mystery elements. In that regard I think the tone of the live stream was on point. While I'm here I wanted to take a moment to comment on the wonderfully creative Elite community and how they have been previously celebrated on livestreams. We didn't see any of that on this week's Unlocked livestream and it's inclusion would have been especially challenging in a multi-title event. I hope FDEV, by leveraging the expertise of third party consultants, can find the appropriate platforms upon which to recognize and applaud the galaxy expanding creativity of it's player base. o7
Frontier are working hard to implement this new feature, which is the ability to walk around on your ship, and its a big part of why they are only making variants and are hesitant to make new ships. Source: i made it up
Glad to hear that they are still going now i can play the game without the feeling that im playing for nothing i dont wanna put in allot of hours in a game that was dying so now its good that its not.
Frontier know just what to say to keep people playing. They have always had every intention. Always. Yet here we are. If they, somehow, _actually_ make good this time, it will be the first time I am surprised by FDEV, in the last 10 years. I'd love to see the game actually come out of it's coma. I know better than to trust Frontier, and neither should anyone else. What matters is action, not excitable chatter.
Oooooh... after coming back from 'sploring i've got a couple of bil to spend... when it comes to spending, how many ships is "too many"? 😏 An pleeeease for the love of God... VR support for Oddy!!!
