Elite 1.6 Missions revamp / 2.1 Engineers ships today

ArithonUK · May 26, 2016, 04:57:40 PM

The release notes are war-and-peace, so I won't repost them here.

I will say it is a major change to the core game with some very interesting additions in Horizons.

The AI is now truly dangerous. The longer BETA has led to feedback on looting and crafting making the released game.

Having played the BETA for a few weeks, you don't want to go back to 2.0.

vobler · May 26, 2016, 10:00:59 PM

Quote from: ArithonUK;413588Having played the BETA for a few weeks, you don't want to go back to 2.0.

You don't have to. It is out.

BTW Who is Rocco Wilkerson? Is that You?

ArithonUK · May 27, 2016, 09:22:58 AM

Quote from: vobler;413591You don't have to. It is out.

BTW Who is Rocco Wilkerson? Is that You?

Never heard of Rocco Wilkerson.

vobler · May 27, 2016, 09:24:33 AM

Quote from: ArithonUK;413597Never heard of Rocco Wilkerson.

It is the guy that gave me the Dead Men Walking Missions at Guest City. :-)

albert · May 27, 2016, 02:50:03 PM

Were the missions different, interesting? I've not tried a mission from the beta.

ArithonUK · May 27, 2016, 03:53:53 PM

Quote from: vobler;413598It is the guy that gave me the Dead Men Walking Missions at Guest City. :-)

LOL! That's the new faction Avatars. Cool! I haven't been over there yet. Now that the missions are working again, I will have a crack at boosting Dead Men's standing.

ArithonUK · May 27, 2016, 03:56:43 PM

Quote from: albert;413606Were the missions different, interesting? I've not tried a mission from the beta.

Oh yes, new mission board. New mission templates. Loads of mission types. Each faction now has a representative who passes missions to you. As you gain faction status, their attitude improves!

vobler · May 28, 2016, 08:40:52 AM

Quote from: albert;413606Were the missions different, interesting? I've not tried a mission from the beta.

I haven't played in a long, long time, but the mission I have taken esp. on planets have been more like what I have been whishing for all along. Salvage, wreckages etc.
Other than that I loved the coms chatter when landing, and getting messages like, " please stay on current rate of decent", " please make room for incoming traffic" . Stuff like that. Makes a big difference to the immersion factor for me.

I'm going to play some this summer to see if I like it. I lost my Asp with everything last time out. Now I'm in a Cobra Mk III with money for a load of slaves and that's it. But it looks promising now...

albert · June 01, 2016, 07:23:12 AM

I was completing missions for dMw from Guest City and twice a new twist to the story popped up. Once to say I was being hunted and could earn 70K per kill of each of the 2 enemy ships. Secondly to go to another nearby system and deliver one extra part for a lot more loot. I
I got interdicted by one of the enemy FDL's my sheilds were almost gone but I had him, then the other popped up and finished me off, 18mill credits roughly 50/50 ship insurance and cargo all gone in 1 minute. Needless to say I ran from them next time around. I have lost over half my cash and need to build it up (well I needed to do that anyway) without getting destroyed by rather handy NPCs. I think a run away cargo ship build is in order.

Anyone tried grouping up yet?

vobler · June 01, 2016, 12:25:27 PM

I try to take the safest missions, I have had a few guys after me, but managed to flee every time. But it sure feels Dangerous now. I love planet missions where I trundle around in my SRV picking up things.
I will try to get on TS when I play. I have not played seriously since before the Wings came, and I am not in any group at the moment. I have a lot to catch up on...

albert · June 04, 2016, 03:00:24 PM

From the weekly newsletter:

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[TD=class: ee_pad eeb_width]Good news Commanders,

Due to the recent surge of unsanctioned and illegally modified weapons from the NPC AI over the recent days. The Pilots Federation have agreed to reimburse all insurance payouts made over that period (Between The Engineers (2.1) update and this mornings update).

The Pilots Federation would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your patience and continued support.

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It appears that after the launch of the new version NPCs had access to all the engineers upgraded weapons etc, therefore were lethal! I have 10 mill more than I had a few days ago, but still lost 9mill in cargo. I feel a ticket being raised.

Update:

Hi CMDR,

Thanks for contacting us. I'm happy to help you out on this occasion so I've deposited the value of your cargo - 8,369,148 credits - into your account, bringing your total up to 32,346,333 credits.

Please let me know if I can help any further.

Regards,

CMDR Tronador
Elite: Dangerous Customer Support Wing