Elite 4 rumour mill - Revision history

Jaz: This page should not be deleted, but kept for archival purposes. It is interesting to see what the rumours about Elite Dangerous were before the fact.

2017-01-02T12:47:29Z

This page should not be deleted, but kept for archival purposes. It is interesting to see what the rumours about Elite Dangerous were before the fact.

Debresser: Re-categorise. Still think should be delted.

2016-01-31T06:23:33Z

Re-categorise. Still think should be delted.

Debresser: Add {{Deleteme|Outdated since Elite: Dangerous was relased.}}.

2016-01-26T23:05:10Z

Add {{Deleteme|Outdated since Elite: Dangerous was relased.}}.

Cim: /* January 2013 */

2013-01-04T23:04:33Z

‎January 2013

Jaz: /* November 2012 */ renamed paragraph to give the Elite: Dangerous announcement more prominence

2013-01-04T19:21:57Z

‎November 2012: renamed paragraph to give the Elite: Dangerous announcement more prominence

Jaz: /* January 2013 */ added note about the stretch goals being hit

2013-01-04T18:03:20Z

‎January 2013: added note about the stretch goals being hit

Jaz: /* 2nd January 2013 */ changed paragraph to just January 2013

2013-01-04T17:25:24Z

‎2nd January 2013: changed paragraph to just January 2013

Cim: /* 2nd January 2013 */ more features

2013-01-03T09:14:47Z

‎2nd January 2013: more features

Jaz: E:D funding target achieved

2013-01-02T20:00:46Z

E:D funding target achieved

Cim: /* November 2012 */ More rumours

2012-11-30T21:31:34Z

‎November 2012: More rumours

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	This article contains rumours and hearsay (some from David Braben himself) about what Elite 4 may contain. The article will be appended to as news comes in.		This article contains rumours and hearsay (some from David Braben himself) about what Elite 4 may contain. The article will be appended to as news comes in.

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	This [http://www.frontier.co.uk/games/elite4/faq.html FAQ] about Elite 4 appeared on the Frontier Developments web site. It has been removed as of 2008, but the Wayback Machine has a [http://web.archive.org/web/20071111141317/http://www.frontier.co.uk/games/elite4/faq.html copy].		This [http://www.frontier.co.uk/games/elite4/faq.html FAQ] about Elite 4 appeared on the Frontier Developments web site. It has been removed as of 2008, but the Wayback Machine has a [http://web.archive.org/web/20071111141317/http://www.frontier.co.uk/games/elite4/faq.html copy].

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	This article contains rumours and hearsay (some from David Braben himself) about what Elite 4 may contain. The article will be appended to as news comes in.		This article contains rumours and hearsay (some from David Braben himself) about what Elite 4 may contain. The article will be appended to as news comes in.

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 * More sophisticated trading model where longer-distance trade runs are worth more, sub-types of cargo, economic responsiveness to player actions, etc.
 * Various sorts of mining
-* Detailed ship internals, and external modifications (e.g. different engines for speed/turning/cost), with being able to walk around your ship as a later development
+* Detailed ship internals, and external modifications (e.g. different engines for speed/turning/cost), with being able to walk around your ship as a later development. Damage through shields modelled in detail. (What happens if you're walking around your ship and the bit you're in gets hit?) Bigger ships may have multiple shield banks each covering part of the surface. Really big ships will be vulnerable to small fighters getting underneath the shields.
 * Choice of paint jobs and decals for ships, ship naming.
 * Set in same universe as FE2/FFE with Empire, Federation, Alliance.

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 * Planetary landings and procedurally-generated surface activities as a later development
-== November 2012 ==
+== November 2012 - Elite 4 announced as Elite: Dangerous ==
 David Braben announces a [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous Kickstarter project] to fund development of [http://www.frontier.co.uk/news/latest/?artid=280&pageNum=0&blk=12 "Elite: Dangerous"]. Information available so far:

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	The [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous Kickstarter] funding target has been achieved. Elite: Dangerous is going to be made!		The [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous Kickstarter] funding target has been achieved. Elite: Dangerous is going to be made!
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		+	On the final day of the Kickstarter campaign, both the 1st and 2nd stretch goals were hit. Now there will also be a Mac version, to be released 3 months after the PC version, but also there will be a further 10 playable ships in addition to the 15 already announced.

	Additional features hinted at or described in the second half of the Kickstarter include:		Additional features hinted at or described in the second half of the Kickstarter include:

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 This article contains rumours and hearsay (some from David Braben himself) about what Elite 4 may contain. The article will be appended to as news comes in.
-== 2nd January 2013 ==
+== January 2013 ==
 The [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous Kickstarter] funding target has been achieved. Elite: Dangerous is going to be made!

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	The [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous Kickstarter] funding target has been achieved. Elite: Dangerous is going to be made!		The [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous Kickstarter] funding target has been achieved. Elite: Dangerous is going to be made!
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		+	Additional features hinted at or described in the second half of the Kickstarter include:
		+	* More sophisticated trading model where longer-distance trade runs are worth more, sub-types of cargo, economic responsiveness to player actions, etc.
		+	* Various sorts of mining
		+	* Detailed ship internals, and external modifications (e.g. different engines for speed/turning/cost), with being able to walk around your ship as a later development
		+	* Choice of paint jobs and decals for ships, ship naming.
		+	* Set in same universe as FE2/FFE with Empire, Federation, Alliance.
		+	* Planetary landings and procedurally-generated surface activities as a later development

	== November 2012 ==		== November 2012 ==

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	This article contains rumours and hearsay (some from David Braben himself) about what Elite 4 may contain. The article will be appended to as news comes in.		This article contains rumours and hearsay (some from David Braben himself) about what Elite 4 may contain. The article will be appended to as news comes in.
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		+	== 2nd January 2013 ==
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		+	The [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous Kickstarter] funding target has been achieved. Elite: Dangerous is going to be made!

	== November 2012 ==		== November 2012 ==

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 * The Cobra III, Coriolis, Viper II and Anaconda appear to be returning. Other concept art includes ship types not recognisable from earlier games.
 * The implication is that the entire Milky Way galaxy will be generated, like Frontier/FFE. There is mention of "core" and "frontier" systems which suggests a similar type of colonisation pattern to those games. Whether the same political entities will return or the game will take place in the same continuity as FE2/FFE is harder to tell. Conversely, a sequel to the Dark Wheel is mentioned ... does this mean the return of Alex Ryder?
 == February 2011 ==