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Beta 2 lands 30th September

rpmcmurphyrpmcmurphy Member EpicPosts: 3,502
in Elite: Dangerous

Summary of what's coming in Beta 2:

  • Elite ranks
  • Faction reputation
  • System Maps
  • 500 star systems to visit
  • Exploration
  • Asp Explorer ship
  • greater variety for modifying all types of ship
  • more in-game information on upgrades
  • more weapon types (inc. Mines)
  • gradual wear and tear
  • cargo hatch disruptor
  • Outposts
  • Occelus starport
  • supercruise ‘wakes’ and visible AI in supercruise
  • live GalNet ‘newsfeed’
  • optional simulator tutorials (including docking and supercruise)
  • rock, ice and metal variants in planetary rings
  • lighting improvements
  • SLI/Crossfire support
 
Elite's 30th Anniversary is tomorrow and as part of the 10 day run up to Beta 2 they have various things planned, ie giving away the original Elite + BBC Micro emulator as a nostalgia freebie, details in the link above.

Comments

  • jimmy123jimmy123 Member UncommonPosts: 314
    WooHoo, sounds great image
  • morg2625morg2625 Member UncommonPosts: 32
    I'm an EVE player so I KNOW what a finished well thought out game looks like. THIS IS NOT IT.  It needs a lot of work.  They may have rushed BETA. save your money.
  • rpmcmurphyrpmcmurphy Member EpicPosts: 3,502

    Beta in this case doesn't mean feature complete if that's what you're getting at.

    e.g see the latest patch notes to see what was added for Beta 2 - https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=43776

    or persue the DDF for game mechanics - https://forums.frontier.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=36

  • DanitaKusorDanitaKusor Member UncommonPosts: 556

    Just a warning that at the moment Beta 2 flat out just doesn't work for a lot of players. Connection issues / crashes are fairly common and for a large number of players the game freezes on the main menu before it even tries connecting. There were two patches yesterday, but it's only made it worse each time.

    For me it went from

    - can play but can't hyperspace

    to

    - can only play the tutorials

    to

    - game freezes the moment I open it

    Hopefully more fixes incoming this evening.

    The Enlightened take things Lightly

  • Unknown

    image

    Probably not the real Chris Roberts, but he is a backer for Elite, so it's possible he's been cruising around in Beta 2.

  • rpmcmurphyrpmcmurphy Member EpicPosts: 3,502
    I seem to recall that if you backed over a certain amount during the Kickstarter you would have an in-game NPC named after you, so if not the real deal it's probably his NPC doppelganger.
  • Unknown

    Good point. I certainly hope nobody shoots up the real Chris before he finishes his game.

  • mayito7777mayito7777 Member UncommonPosts: 768
    Originally posted by Axxar

    Good point. I certainly hope nobody shoots up the real Chris before he finishes his game.

    2 thumbs up, that was funny.

    want 7 free days of playing? Try this

    http://www.swtor.com/r/ZptVnY

  • BananaSoupBananaSoup Member UncommonPosts: 180
    Its working and IT"S GORGEOUS!!! :)
    http://forums.mmorpg.com/badge/anniversary-6
  • DrazoDrazo Member UncommonPosts: 25
    Originally posted by DanitaKusor

    Just a warning that at the moment Beta 2 flat out just doesn't work for a lot of players. Connection issues / crashes are fairly common and for a large number of players the game freezes on the main menu before it even tries connecting. There were two patches yesterday, but it's only made it worse each time.

    There has been 2 more patches already, at 2.04 now. 

    A lot of the big issues have been fixed, so hopefully it'll work for you as well now then.

    They are freaking fast with their bugfixing :)

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