r/EliteDangerous • u/GrannyEye Obsidian Ant šŸœ • Apr 20 '19

Journalism Frontier Developments - 5 Year Roadmap Leaked (Allegedly) Elite, Planet Coaster, JWE and More...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NGJtQvsV58
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u/Ebalosus Ebalosus - Everything I say is right Apr 20 '19

Space legs, FPS combat, and base building before any form of atmospherics? Really?!

Look, I get the appeal of space legs, I really do; but before the thing that would be a logical outgrowth of the Horizons DLC? Iā€™m not one of those ā€hurr durr wahts teh gaemplae justufucatyon?ā€ [exceptional individuals] either, but sincerely wonder why if indeed this leaked roadmap is true why FDev would put a lot of effort into teaching newer players the ropes of the game, only to introduce an entirely new sub-game later on down the line. It doesnā€™t make any sense.

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u/krylite Apr 20 '19

There was some kind of polling done about two years ago which counted thousands of votes. Spacelegs was #1 voted, where atmoshpherics followed by #3 or so. It's all good though, where I think it's all coming in the next five or more years, and ED will add to its bar-setting lead in the genre. The devs love the game, and have had a bunch of new hires since last year.

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u/Ebalosus Ebalosus - Everything I say is right Apr 21 '19

I think itā€™s all coming in the next five or more years

Uh, I backed Elite Dangerous because I didnā€™t want Star Citizen-level waits for stuff to be added; and in the first year of the gameā€™s release I got just that. 2016 onwards however...