We watch a video of four Thargoids chasing a Cobra Mark 3, before one of the Thargoids turns to us and initiates a scan.
Enthusiasm of working on the game in its 3rd year reminds high.
Behind the scenes video of the ED team hard at work. This team clearly cares about their work and the content they’re delivering, as well as the passion the community has for the game.
2018 updates will be focused on three areas- Core Game Improvements, Narrative Expansion, and new features which build on the first 2.
Season 3 of Elite Dangerous is called “Beyond”.
2018 roadmap – Q1, Core improvements, followed by 2 more updates delivering new ships, missions, scenarios. More on Q4 in a bit.
Q1 – A bunch of QoL improvements.
Engineering improvement – when rolling a blueprint spin, that spin will always be better than the previous spin.
Improvements to system authority.
Improved Trade Data. Traders rejoice!
Wing missions!
Asset polish to planets in Q1 2018 (Shaders and Graphs).
Wide variety of planetary colour variation. In Q1 2018
Narrative improvements.
Another video. SRV visiting Guardian base. Intercepted by Thargoid. Oh, it doesn’t like Guardian Tech! Example of narrative thread which Frontier will be expanding on.
Q1 will continue the Guardian story. New experiences, CGs, players working together.
Personal narrative will be expanded.
Ohh, new equipment! A new weapon, a gun of some-kind, and what looks like scientific equipment/sensors are on the way!
Frontier not done with Guardians, not by a long shot.
Galnet update!!! New feature, Galnet Audio which will read out Galnet articles while you’re in flight in your cockpit.
New ships!!!
“A lot more ships in incoming updates”
New ship shown – the Chieftain– work in progress mesh shown. It’s an answer to a dangerous universe and return of Thargoids. It’s an Allance-Lakon vessel, a more military Lakon vessel.
More alliance ships on the way!
Another new ship announced - then the 1984 version of the Krait is shown! Cue biggest cheer of the night! Then 2018 re-design shown. Unique cockpit placement among with hardpoint placement.
Q4 will be largest update for 2018 – there will be a new organisation structure for player groups called Squadron. Create your own, featuring enhanced communication options regardless of what squadron members are doing in the game.
Squadrons can purchase their own fleet carriers! Large, mobile, dockable ships. Squadron members can refuel, rearm etc.
Mining improvements! Improvements to detection and extraction of materials. Frontier looking to improve Wild-West feel of prospecting.
Concept art of ice planet shown, enhancements coming to planetary surfaces and environments.
Improved lighting model, both space and planetary.
Improvements to scatter-rock planetary system to improve placements of rocks and other surface objects.
Improvements to localised ambient effects including fog.
Exploring improvements, to how you find stuff.
New feature – the Codex will log your discoveries. It will also serve as an encyclopaedia, and will hint at other potential discoveries for explorers.
For explorers, there will be new exploration content and new anomalies to go out and find.
There’s a lot more content to be revealed in ED: Beyond. And its all going to be free to Horizons players.
But what about 2.4? Sneak peek video!
Is that the Type 10? It could be a Type 9 to be honest. Typing and watching so I could be mistaken.
SRVs at deserted Inra base.
Thargoid ship destroyed in space. One of the human Commanders scoops up something (a Thargoid probe?) at which point 3 Thagroid Interceptors jumps in and unleash swarms of Thargons.
