Elite Dangerous 2.2 Changelog
The old adage in gaming, attributed to Warren Spector during the development of, states that “anytime reality gets in the way of fun, fun wins.” For companies that develop MMOs, however, that’s not always good advice.Players should be allowed to feel powerful and encouraged to get rich in an MMO, but only within reason. If power and wealth swing way out of balance, then virtual economies crash and the player experience suffers. An MMO must, in theory at least, always be grounded in its own internal sense of reality. Otherwise it just doesn’t feel fair.It’s a constant tightrope walk, one that Frontier Developments, the team behind, has cleverly managed to sidestep. The result is a game that, in its current iteration, is a bit like the old television show Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Nearly five years after its initial launch, Elite is a game where “.”It’s just that Frontier’s show is set in a fictional version of the 34th century and within.What’s more interesting is that the majority of the game’s community both acknowledges these imbalances and actively works to ignore them.Elite: Dangerous is imperfect. And most people seem OK with that.But not everyone. The Rusty Net nebula, one of the points of interest on the way to Waypoint 4 in Elite’s Distant Worlds 2 expedition, is a striking planetary nebula. This unique perspective shows it from a full light year away from its central star.
Commander Jaimes Suspension of disbeliefThere’s no better example than the ongoing.More than 12,000 players, the largest flotilla of ships in the game’s history, are at this very moment embarked on a 65,000-light year journey to the edge of the Milky Way. The first half of the trip will take about 18 weeks, and somewhat less than half of the participants are expected to even make it that far before having an accident or turning back.In order to keep up with the massive migration of players and provide coverage for Polygon, I’ve had to. What was the most reliable method of upgrading that ship? It’s called “board flipping.”Essentially, I landed at a particularly juicy and turned the game on and off again until enough goodies fell onto the ground to satisfy my needs. Then I went to an in-game store and cashed out.To prepare for Distant Worlds 2 any other way would have taken me weeks or months, maybe even longer had I actually. The community has, by and large, come to accept these kinds of incongruities that bend the game’s rules. Frontier itself hasn’t made much effort to stop the practice of board flipping.
Elite:Dangerous writes a network log file primarily to help when investigating problems. Third-party tools developers have been reading some of the entries in the network log file, mainly in order to track the player's location. The second chapter of Elite Dangerous: Beyond will release at the end of June. An announcement from Frontier released today revealed that commanders will have access to the new content from June.
None of the Distant Worlds 2 organizers were railing against board flipping inside the private Discord server. In fact, some of them actually taught me how to do it in the first place.They taught me, and thousands of other players, because they were more concerned about getting as many people as possible set up to participate in exploring. They were more concerned with creating a movable feast of community-generated content, something truly unique.What’s a little game-breaking if that’s your end goal? RelatedEffectively, players are at the same time heavily invested in the fiction of making this perilous journey across the Milky Way and perfectly accepting of the fact that they must break out of the internal logic of the game world in order to do it in an epic fashion.That same kind of suspension of disbelief applies to virtually every other aspect of the game at this point.
It’s a fact that Frontier’s own server infrastructure has enabled it from the very beginning.When Elite first launched, Frontier chopped it up into three fully functional and nearly identical game modes. There’s the public version of the game, called open, where players have a chance of bumping into each other and coming into conflict. There’s also the solo version of the game, where players are all alone with only the NPCs to keep them company. And then there’s the so-called “private groups,” where players can participate in a shared universe cut off from everyone else.That means Elite is at the same time an online MMO, a private playground for small groups, and a single-player experience. But the Milky Way galaxy that players inhabit is, itself, a single environment shared between all three versions of the game.
Cruising along a rare ringed star at Skaude AA-A h294, a star system that the community has dubbed Collection of Wonders. Commander ValstraxThat means a single player can start a session in solo mode at point A, transition into a private group to meet up with their friends at point B, and then pop up in the open version of the game at point C.
Progress carries over. When s player moves between modes, they keep their progress. They also keep their inventories and all the money they earned along the way.Combined with board flipping and other exploits, that means that Elite was made broken.
And that’s fine. The majority of its community is still happy with the results, which is a multiplayer spectacle on a galactic scale.But that also means that Elite isn’t really an MMO at all.
It’s more like a hybrid of an MMO and an open-world sandbox. And that makes some players angry. And some of the angriest players are the ones heavily invested in player-versus-player combat.Just like any multiplayer online game, there are plenty of players who dedicate all their energy to killing off the other players simply because they can. So that’s why. Everyone participating in the private groups has been asked to buy into a non-violent ethos.
Anyone who does damage to anyone else while inside the groups gets kicked out.But that doesn’t mean that the 12,000-plus explorers on the Distant Worlds 2 expedition are entirely safe from the players who want to kill them. Iridium WingBy being embedded within the Distant Worlds 2 expedition, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting with a number of different groups who have come along for the ride. There’s whose focus is on tracking and charting all of the in-fiction geysers and lava tubes they can find. There’s a group of explorers ranging out ahead of the fleet, hellbent on being the first to discover the most beautiful stars and the deadliest black holes.
There’s even a dedicated role-playing group whose from inside the game.And there’s also Iridium Wing, a small group of role-players with around 40 active members. The group was formed a little over three years ago after an unfortunate in-game event.In 2016, one player in Elite: Dangerous who goes by the handle Commander Carbonheart was returning from a six-month long solo trip into the unknown when he was. Tens of millions of credits, along with valuable exploration data that could have been used by the larger in-game community, was lost in the blink of an eye.After that incident, Iridium Wing vowed to protect vulnerable explorers, players who regularly travel unarmed to move more easily between distant stars. Iridium doesn’t travel with them for weeks or months at a time. Instead, they meet up with them discreetly as they make their way back into civilized space, which tends to be crawling with other players and malevolent NPCs.
Iridium Wing attracts players with a very high level of skill at PvP combat. They all roll around in heavily armed and armored ships, and practice tactics designed to keep them and the ships they’re escorting safe in the final leg of their journeys.Iridium Wing is a team of specialists and the best at what they do, just like the who help players stranded far from home and the who help to repair other players’ damaged ships. And the members of Iridium Wing know how to exploit the world of Elite to their advantage.
The view from inside the Ellaisms Remnant, a blue nebula with a powerful neutron star lurking inside. Commander NodlezzAs the game has changed over the years, the developers behind Elite have added more and more powerful weapons to the game. Those who put in the time — or who board flip enough times — can create weapons vastly more powerful than any of the human NPCs in the game.
And that’s not all, according to Fouzan “WinterCharm” Alam, the founder of Iridium Wing.“What people don’t realize is that they also made shields extremely effective,” Alam told me during a recent conversation on Discord. “In a fully-engineered build it can take 20 minutes of direct fire for an NPC to bring down those shields. It’s hilarious and that sounds funny and it does sound like a bit of an easy button.”Explorers don’t commonly outfit themselves with those kinds of shields because of their weight. But Alam does, because when it comes to protecting vulnerable explorers like Commander Carbonheart, anything goes.“Even other players with fully-engineered builds will take five to six minutes to take down my shields,” Alam said. “If I was to use that build in a nefarious way against an unoptimized ship, that ship would be dead in 30 seconds.”Because these weapons exist inside the game, and because Elite allows players to blink between private and public instances with impunity, there’s no way that Iridium Wing would be able to protect even a small group of explorers for the entire 18 weeks it will take to complete the first leg of Distant Worlds 2.
So they’re not really trying.Only four members of Iridium Wing have joined up for the journey. Over the last few weeks, they’ve spent most of their time driving off the occasional angry NPC and providing support for individual explorers and miners who request their help on Discord.“It’s a massive player population that’s partaking in this,” another member of Iridium Wing, who goes by the handle Commander SRVVR, told me on Discord.
“The size of Iridium Wing is nowhere near big enough. I would argue that there is not a large enough group that could provide 100 percent protective services for over 10,000 players. So our role has been staying true to our focus; providing dedicated, direct escort services for explorers that request it.”In effect, everyone knows that the fleet is vulnerable. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t players taking the opportunity to drive that point home. They call their own expedition, and they’re trying to kill as many unarmed players as they can.
“I was to use that build in a nefarious way against an unoptimized ship, it would be dead in 30 seconds.” — Fouzan “WinterCharm” AlamSo far, Distant Ganks 2 is getting the job done. They claim to have shot down more than 1,200 participants in the Distant Worlds 2 expedition. All of those kills, members tell me, come from open play.That amounts to roughly 10 percent of the entire fleet so far.Understand that there are only 57 people taking part in Distant Ganks 2.
For how long they can keep it up is anyone’s guess.What makes Distant Ganks 2 so disheartening is that many of its victims are likely those players simply unaware that there is any risk in playing the open version of Elite. The original Distant Worlds expedition had only a little more than 1,100 participants. That means that many of the thousands who have have shown up to participate this time around are new to exploration at this scale. Many are also uninformed of the danger lurking all around them, too green to know that if they’d just join a private group they’d be able to have almost the exact same experience without the risk. Commanders NJFree, Blockadefan, and Mokel Delorean parked peacefully on the way to Distant Worlds 2 Waypoint 4. Commander NJFreeMembers of Distant Ganks 2 stress that, from their perspective, that doesn’t make them bullies. They tell me that they have every right to play the game the way they want to.
Those other players should have known the risks when they started out.“We are doing our own expedition,” said the member of Distant Ganks 2 with the highest kill count so far, the infamous, “to gank where no other ganker has ganked before.”To me, that statement is incredibly sad. It’s a perspective shared by many on the Distant Worlds 2 expedition. Many wish that Harry and his friends would just leave them all alone.But there are others who enjoy being hunted. I found one post, from a user who goes by the handle teltrab:I think this adds to the game overall.I recently (Sunday I think) arrived at the asteroid base at the first DW waypoint (playing in open). And as I approached the destination, knowing it was also primetime, I grew apprehensive. I hadn’t seen a soul on the trip out having taken a somewhat circuitous route to find more unexplored systems but when I dropped on-grid at that omega system it was busy! I headed directly to the asteroid base at max speed, cycling through targets all the way, when I registered a familiar name, Cmdr Harry Potter.
Pointed right at me. I immediately started to jump, but just a fraction of a section into the jump I was interdicted. My heart was hammering, I had all that exploration data, but more to the point. I was gonna die! I was in VR so comms wasn’t an option, I’d have been dead before I found the keyboard. So i boosted, put full pips to shields for the first incoming volley and then switched them straight back to engines for another boost. I never saw may attacker, I kept them behind me and I ran.
My shields (pitiful explorer shields) were almost gone after one hit and buy the time I jumped back to supercruise were offline. INTERDICTION DETECTED almost immediate afterwards.
This time i got out with no shields and 23% hull, i risked a few more hull points and crashed out of supercruise almost immediately this time. Then picked a random direction and boosted and boosted and boosted. No one entered my instance.
They either gave up, got bored or did fly to my wake point but were out of sensor range by the time they landed.At this point I gave up, logged out and took the VR headset off, my heart was pounding and I was shaking. And I am not ashamed to admit that when I logged back on half an hour or so later, I arrived at my destination in Solo. Open was pretty much suicide in that situation, and I couldn’t be arsed to fly all the way back out there. I think I will finish distant worlds in open, but not at waypoints.In four years of regular playing, all in open, and always being careful, this is the fourth time I have been interdicted and immediately fired upon without warning or reason. Four, in the same number of years, less than the number of fingers on one hand.It’s very rare (if you fly safe and switched on) but the threat of it adds a little spice the game.Clearly, Harry and the other members of Distant Ganks 2 are adding something to the game. But, when you look at the situation from another perspective, what Distant Ganks 2 represents is a kind of rebellion against the structure of Elite: Dangerous itself.
Those who are participating in killing unarmed, inexperienced players — without consequence and largely for sport — are merely pointing out for the team at Frontier through their actions exactly how their game is broken. A rare ringed white dwarf, located inside the Collection of Wonders. Commander TheWandererThrough their actions, these players are demanding change.
They are refusing to participate in the illusion that Elite is living up to its promise of creating a realistic galaxy. In a way, the members of Distant Ganks 2 see themselves as the true believers. Like the thousands of players participating in Distant Worlds 2, they’re having a lot of fun. Yes, it happens to be at the expense of other players. But who’s to say that they’re wrong?Right now the one-sided battle rages on.
Every day the members of Distant Ganks 2 go hunting for easy kills. Every day the leaders of Distant Worlds 2 shepherd their community further into the black, warning of the danger that follows them and working to mitigate it as best they can.Eventually, things may reach a kind of equilibrium. As word spreads among the fleet that open is a dangerous place to play, more and more players will leave for private groups or solo play. Social media and Discord will continue to bind the Distant Worlds 2 fleet together into a single, massive group even if the infrastructure of the game itself keeps them divided. Meanwhile, the players embarked on Distant Ganks 2 may become more and more hungry for easy victories as time goes on. But they don’t have thousands of other players to help them, to support them, or to encourage them. The further they travel from their home bases, the more desperate they are likely to become.Perhaps, when there’s no one left to kill in open, Harry Potter and his friends will simply turn back.
Or maybe they’ll find another way to force their will on the thousands of other players in the game.What is for certain, however, is that both the Distant World 2 expedition and the Distant Ganks 2 players hunting them down are helping to make the next version of Elite: Dangerous different than the one that exists today. Maybe that means a single, unified galaxy where everyone can play fair and play together. Maybe it doesn’t. That’s up to Frontier to decide.For now, both groups must live side by side, each one in its own parallel version of the exact same galaxy, each one playing the same game but living by a different set of rules.
27 JUN 3305Anti-slavery charity Unchain has criticised the radical activist group Autonomy for liberating 4,000 Imperial slaves on Eotienses A 3.Princess Aisling Duval, the charity’s patron, told the media:“I fully appreciate Garrett Kline’s desire to free slaves, which I’m sure comes from a place of genuine empathy, but I feel I must condemn his methods. Autonomy’s reckless actions have left thousands stranded in Port Isabelle without employment or protection.”“Unchain has run similar operations to give illegal slaves their freedom, but licensed Imperial slaves require more care. The manumission process must be managed legally by a registered organisation, and each individual’s wellbeing ensured.
You cannot simply set huge numbers of people loose as if they were zoo animals being released into the wild.”“My dream is that one day the Empire will abolish the indentured servitude system, and that every form of slavery will end. But until then, all emancipation efforts must operate within the law.”The situation in Port Isabelle remains tense, with thousands of emancipated individuals still clustered around makeshift shelters and occupied public buildings, begging for food and credits. 23 JUN 3305Here are this week’s main stories.The role of President of the Alliance has been abolished following a majority vote in the Alliance Assembly. Prime Minister Mahon stated that the move was intended to prevent any further abuse of power, given Gibson Kincaid’s recently uncovered crimes. The same assembly session also named Admiral Tahir West as the newest member of the Council of Admirals.4,000 former Imperial slaves have poured into Port Isabelle, the capital of Eotienses A 3, after being forcibly freed by activist group Autonomy. The emancipated individuals have made camp in a number of public buildings, begging for food and credits.
There have also been reports of clashes with local residents.In other news, an appeal for materials from Evangeline’s Elite Expeditionary Force has concluded successfully. A new megaship, EFS Archangel, has finished construction and is now operational in orbit around Shana Bei 6.And those are the main stories this week. 22 JUN 3305Four thousand Imperial slaves have been left stranded on Eotienses A 3 after being forcibly freed by emancipation group Autonomy.Independent journalist Gwendolyn Nash reported for Vox Galactica:“Since being set free outside Port Isabelle, the former slaves have been without food, shelter or income. Many complain that they cannot return home without completing their indentured servitude to pay off debts or fulfil contracts.”“In desperation, thousands of newly homeless have poured into the city. Many public buildings, such as the Imperial Museum of Culture, have been turned into makeshift camps, with large numbers also begging on the streets.”“Police and support services are struggling to cope with the unexpected influx of immigrants.
Already there have been several clashes between citizens and the emancipated, and such incidents are likely to escalate until a solution is found.”. 22 JUN 3305Four thousand Imperial slaves have been left stranded on Eotienses A 3 after being forcibly freed by emancipation group Autonomy.Independent journalist Gwendolyn Nash reported for Vox Galactica:“Since being set free outside Port Isabelle, the former slaves have been without food, shelter or income. Many complain that they cannot return home without completing their indentured servitude to pay off debts or fulfil contracts.”“In desperation, thousands of newly homeless have poured into the city. Many public buildings, such as the Imperial Museum of Culture, have been turned into makeshift camps, with large numbers also begging on the streets.”“Police and support services are struggling to cope with the unexpected influx of immigrants. Already there have been several clashes between citizens and the emancipated, and such incidents are likely to escalate until a solution is found.”.
21 JUN 3305The Alliance Assembly has permanently dissolved the role of President of the Alliance, following the recent revelations about Gibson Kincaid’s multiple crimes.Summarising the vote, Prime Minister Edmund Mahon said:“Recent events have made it clear that the presidential position is open to misuse, which places the integrity of the Alliance at risk. Following a thorough debate on the matter, this Assembly has voted – by an overwhelming majority – to remove the role from our constitution.”“The defunct Office of the Alliance President will now be restructured. Many emissaries will be retained to serve as the non-political ambassadors they were intended to be.
Councillor Elijah Beck has volunteered to resign in order to oversee the new department.”“We hope that this unfortunate chapter of Alliance history has now been brought to an end.”An earlier vote held during the same session has selected Admiral Tahir West of the Tionisla fleet to join the Council of Admirals, replacing the disgraced Frederick Yamamoto. 20 JUN 3305An appeal for materials from Evangeline’s Elite Expeditionary Force has concluded successfully.Following coordinated efforts by the galactic community, a large number of deliveries were completed to Chu City in Shana Bei. The new megaship, EFS Archangel, has now been completed and is currently undergoing final quality checks from the technicians involved.The group’s commander, Archangel Evangeline, provided the following statement:“Our command group is preparing the EFS Archangel for her shakedown cruise through the system. On behalf of Evangeline’s Elite Expeditionary Force, we salute the galactic community for its support and generous efforts. Without their assistance, this would not have been possible.”Contributors to the campaign can now collect their rewards from Chu City in the Shana Bei system. 16 JUN 3305Here are this week’s main stories.President Gibson Kincaid has been removed from office and arrested following a majority impeachment vote.
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A number of corporate and political figures supporting Kincaid’s plan to assume executive control of the Alliance have also been arrested. Tashmira Silva, who privately funded the investigation uncovering Kincaid’s conspiracy, shared her satisfaction with the news.A company who recently purchased 4,000 Imperial slaves for a construction project in the Eotienses system has revealed itself as a slavery emancipation group. The leader of the group, Garrett Kline, declared their affiliation with the radical anti-slavery activists known as Autonomy. The slaves have been freed outside of Port Isabelle, the capital of Eotienses A 3.In other news, Evangeline’s Elite Expeditionary Force has announced plans to build a megaship in the Shana Bei system. Archangel Evangeline, the faction’s commander, has invited the galactic community to contribute materials to the undertaking in exchange for financial reward.And those are the main stories this week.
15 JUN 3305A company that purchased 4,000 Imperial slaves has revealed itself as a slavery emancipation group.Using the name Tilbery Construction, the group claimed that the slave workforce would be used to build a water treatment facility for Port Isabelle, the capital of Eotienses A 3. Instead, the slaves were transported outside the city and set free.The individual acting as the company’s CEO, Garrett Kline, made the following statement:“The true purpose of Tilbery Construction was to provide liberty. As members of the group Autonomy, we renounce institutionalised abuse and fight for human dignity. I am proud to say that we have returned four thousand enslaved people to freedom, so they may live their life however they wish.”Autonomy is a network of radical activists opposed to the Empire’s tradition of indentured servitude.
It has forcibly liberated slaves on several prior occasions, but never on such a scale. 13 JUN 3305A request for construction materials made by Sagittarius Eye has ended.The appeal has been enthusiastically received by the galactic community, resulting in an influx of deliveries to McMullen Ring, the organisation’s base of operations. As a result, a new asteroid base named The Print Works has been established in the Millese system.As the campaign drew to a close, the organisation’s spokesperson issued the following statement:'Thanks to all you delightful pilots, we now have a lovely new print works in Millese to produce the galaxy's finest magazine. We’re absolutely thrilled, and everyone who helped is welcome to visit us in our new home.' Contributors to the campaign can now collect their rewards from McMullen Ring in the Millese system. 13 JUN 3305Evangeline’s Elite Expeditionary Force has revealed plans to build a megaship in the Shana Bei system.Archangel Evangeline, commander of the faction, made the following announcement:“The successful construction of the megaship EFS Archangel will serve not only the Federation, but the entire galactic community. EFS Archangel will provide a hub for our military operations, allowing us to bring the fight to our enemies and defend imperilled systems.
Together, we will make EFS Archangel a safe place to trade and share knowledge. Long live humanity!' To ensure completion of the project, the organisation has requested superconductors, computer components and insulating membranes from the galactic community. Pilots who contribute these resources to the Force at Chu City in Shana Bei will be rewarded at the conclusion of the project.The campaign will take place between the 13th and 19th of June 3305. If the final target is met earlier than planned, the campaign will end immediately.
13 JUN 3305President Gibson Kincaid has been removed from office after a majority vote in the Alliance Assembly, following charges of treason, murder and corruption. The date of his trial is expected to be confirmed soon.Alliance Interpol confirmed that Kincaid was detained while attempting to flee his personal estate on Zaonce. A firefight broke out between Interpol agents and emissaries from the Office of the Alliance President, acting as Kincaid’s personal bodyguards. Several fatalities were later confirmed.A number of influential corporate and political figures who supported Kincaid’s conspiracy to gain executive control of the Alliance have also been arrested, including a senior director at the Bank of Zaonce.Prosecutions are expected to rely heavily on the recent testimony of Admiral Frederick Yamamoto and a detailed report provided by the Wallglass Investigations Agency.Tashmira Silva, who privately commissioned the report, told the media:“I am satisfied that Kincaid will at last face justice for his crimes, including my sister’s murder.
Fazia championed fairness, and succeeded as an entrepreneur by believing in others, she would be pleased to know that the Alliance has been purged of such a corrupt presence.”. 09 JUN 3305Here are this week’s main stories.Admiral Frederick Yamamoto has revealed details of a conspiracy organised by President Gibson Kincaid to assume total control of the Alliance. As part of a plea bargain with prosecutors, Yamamoto confessed to a number of crimes committed on Kincaid’s orders, including murder. The intent was to remove obstacles to Kincaid’s acquisition of power.A large number of Imperial slaves have been purchased by Tilbery Construction to work on a building project on Eotienses A 3.
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CEO Garrett Kline explained that the company lacks the personnel required to meet the project’s deadline, and was therefore forced to seek an alternative workforce.In other news, an appeal for materials has been issued by Sagittarius Eye. The faction plans to build a new starport within an excavated asteroid in the Millese system, and has called on the galactic community to support the endeavour.And those are the main stories this week. 08 JUN 3305Tilbery Construction, a company based in the Eotienses system, has attracted attention following the purchase of four thousand Imperial slaves.Garrett Kline, the company’s CEO, explained:“Tilbery Construction recently won a contract to build a new water treatment facility on Eotienses A 3, serving the city of Port Isabelle. We are a young company and have not yet acquired the personnel required to meet the ambitious deadline. An alternative workforce was therefore required.”The anti-slavery charity Unchain has lodged a formal protest with authorities in Eotienses.
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A spokesperson told the media:“Gathering a large number of Imperial slaves in one place brings enormous risk. Conditions are often poor when transporting people in such numbers, which would violate the terms of their indentured servitude.”“We are also concerned with the lack of information regarding Tilbery Construction and Garrett Kline, who appears to have no experience managing such projects.”. 06 JUN 3305Sagittarius Eye has announced plans to construct an asteroid station in the Millese system.A spokesperson for the faction provided the following statement:“We've found a lovely asteroid in Millese that we can hollow out to build our print works in. We don't have a great deal of experience with building, but our intern has an engineering degree and tells us that we'll need specific materials. Bring us those and we'll reward you handsomely!' In support of this initiative, the organisation has placed an open order for cobalt, titanium and tantalum, with rewards available to pilots who deliver these commodities to McMullen Ring in the Millese system.The campaign will take place between the 6th and 12th of June 3305. If the final target is met earlier than planned, the campaign will end immediately.