ELX987

1. No, would not hold my breath.. maybe in a yeear or two if the game is still alive by then.
2. We really know nothing about TW yet (and my guess is, neither does NQ outside of maybe a very high level idea).
3, yes, notgoing to happen for now.
 

Hello new CM, don't hesitate to stop by the DU discord, dualuniverse.chat and talk with us directly!
 
We dont bite, at least for the most part.

Aww thanks everyone!  I'm happy to be here and I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you and of course getting to know Dual Universe almost as much as some of you folks already do!  (Well, I'll try anyways.) 

So you just want to complete them faster?  That's it?

If you want to make less money and avoid the risk of PvP there are safezone missions which take less time to complete and give you a lower proffit.  What's wrong with those that means we need another option?

Carebears are bad at everything.

Hoe is either term homophobic though, planting that idea is really not appropriate or applicable here.

Funny how Carebear and butthurt get ppl to think they need to write smth while at the same time griefers is A-OK. 
 
Not to mention that the daphne comment has nothing worth to say either, but thats obviously ok too.
 
 
Smh some ppl

Some people really like to dig deep in the topic graveyard ?

Ok Carebear.  It always starts like above with people calling other people who are PLAYING THE GAME AS LITERALLY INTENDED....griefers.  Its the pvp zone, its meant for.....pvp.  Shocking I know.

yeah yeah, salty carebears claiming to be butthurt....again. gtfo

^^ 
 
i miss PVP like this, consensual or not, i just miss the fun we had
 
rarely do i see fights get close to what this was, to have 10000 views on a forum thread that spewed out good fun and laughter.
 
i wish DU went back to this type of fun, when we were all there to play, now we are just watching, waiting
 
lets hope .29 brings this back!

Dear NQ, please do not go through with this, 
 
In short, this will kill alot of things you have going right now, and you will loose your playerbase worse than .23, do not do this to my once dream game, i still have hope,
 
 
best regards,
 
ELX987

Dear NQ, please do not go through with this, 
 
In short, this will kill alot of things you have going right now, and you will loose your playerbase worse than .23, do not do this to my once dream game, i still have hope,
 
 
best regards,
 
ELX987

Been on PTS now for 15 hours testing while collecting my thoughts. A lot of these changes will force players to /work/ to keep what they own in game... right now with rough calculations it looks like about /half/ of the ore dug may have to go back to paying taxes on the tiles, and thus players will need to work... to keep their land... to keep working to keep their land.

I say work, because these new loops, for many- will turn it into active work/tedium to manage. Plus, potentially half of your ore income is spent on the hexes... now you'll need to take a cut for fuel to transport/logistics. After the end of it, you're left with very little to build/expand with. For new players, it will be muuuuch harder to solo while getting a foot-hold.

So I ask, is this a move to slow players down and reduce overall server costs? As it stands this a soft-wipe of sorts, as many with "fun" projects people work on a few hours a week may now be forced into grinding to keep it going- or loose it... and if players don't come back, as it stands... you loose a tile, as it is on PTS... you also loose all the static constructs owned on that tile. 

So is this a change to reduce quanta/inflation? if so than look at the source, missions-alt runners to curb it vs creating a huge sink via land. Is this change for... data inflation? as more ore enters the game, more constructs are made- and in live(more data due to tunnels on top of that)  so more ore = data costs.  And I dare say this is the real reason for these changes, otherwise NQ will let up on them as player outrage seams to be more so than 0.23, and it hasn't fully sunk in yet for most players what these changes even mean... and while this post covers some core issues, it does not cover the ninja-changes to ship elements/flight mechanics or other core complaints.
 
Give us more ore via auto-mining - more charges, more ore to pull from per hex and... some way to skip the lame mini game.. please? minimum efficiency of 25% vs 0? Nobody wants to login once/twice a day to hop around auto-mining fields to play a stupid mini game. Least while mining traditionally I can tune out and watch Netflix, with autominers- it requires just enough attention you cant let your mind easily wander... but not enough satisfaction to make it.... enjoyable. 2x more ore may not be enough, 3-4x may hit a sweet spot for most. More Roids - All safe zone roids get mined out within an hour of discovery already. fix discovery timer of 20 minutes/middle Colum! Likewise, PTS seemingly won't spawn in asteroids in time for us to check the new spawn rates.... This change will /encourage/ more people into PVP space. Lower the taxes for tiles. This is a game that people pay monthly for- not a second job. 
  So say we all.

BlindingBright
-MTI Superlegate, Lodestar Chancellor

We spotted this question in the Apollo & Ares - Question Thread.  Here's what you need to know. 
 
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We apologize for not including the information in the release notes and pledge to include all of the Lua things in future release notes. If we forget again, please don't hesitate to let us know and we'll blame Deckard for it.  

BOO out numbers Legion and is still growing. However without substance too PvP in DU and a direction change too what NQ is currently doing, the orgs focus is fixed elsewhere. But BOO does have eyes on DU looking for a reason to return.

Won't speak on the topic itself. Maybe there will be some official statements.
 
Just commenting on the point of "this major political event cannot go unnoticed".
It is a sad state, that there is no DU news source left (excluding Fix News, which is basically a personal blog) and we don't even have something like the old community page anymore. All the political activity happens on closed Discords and most of the greater community will never hear about it. Maybe the current player base isn't interested in politics, but to me it was always the most interesting aspect of DU. The reason for the single shard was, that players have an impact on the world and other players can learn about it. If all that really has to wait until territory warfare is implemented... well... that's a bit late.
I don't have a solution. News research is hard work with very little reward and the game doesn't make it any easier. You need enthusiasm, and that is hard to come by these days.

There are always minimum and maximum limits. 
Minimum are defined by physics. No artificial hard coded limits for minimum set of engines. 
By buffing engines those min. Requirements change by natural way. 
Best solution is to have also max power defined by gameplay features, such as physics, not by artificial hard coded limits. 
Right Engine power is newer absolute truth. 
We are not in survival game where everything must be limited heavily. This is SCIF space game. Are we there now? 
Important variable is how buff will change gameplay.  
Will gameplay be more interesting?  
Or maybe less frustrating? 
Etc. 
My opinion remains, that engine buff will make game better and less frustrating. 
 

Hello everyone, I'm going to aim to answer a few of you here. But before doing so I just want to clear up that this was a hypothetical question from me and not something we necessarily have planned.
As such please don't expect any sudden changes, however I have really enjoyed reading this thread and seeing the ongoing constructive discussion.
 
Why no XL atmospheric engines? They will likely appear eventually when they are ready, however we don't have an ETA for that at this time.
Producing assets for these takes time away from other tasks and are they are not currently the highest priority.
We need the energy system to reduce this! Similar answer to the above in all honesty, it takes time to produce and we currently have other things prioritized.
Fuel, Mass, Rockets and XS Lights Rockets and fuel is intended to not be light weight and moving it into space shouldn't be trivial, there are a number of other factors at play here that are simply from a balancing perspective and play a role in the wider gameplay. (No not the lights ?)   
This idea has been brought up, and indeed it would require some time to change and likely won't be soon. But is never the less an interesting thought.
 
  
This is quite easily doable through a few engines tags and some minor lua changes.
 
 

As above, possibly after release  

Your core sizes are off but I agree it would be nice to be able to adjust build boxes or have core variant’s with different set box shapes

Sharing with the team!

Just to clarify the issue BOO had was confirmed to be caused by a seperate problem in regards to one of the AC ships being the route cause. Regardless 10/10 post and testing thank you! ? NQ does need to look into damage downloads because this along with a few other known issues causes a lot of trouble in larger fleet fights.

I personally think that it would be a great improvement to the game (and the community in general) to allow and encourage developers to post/stream their progress on the main youtube channel. They don't even need to be fancily edited or something, just a 30 second clip showing a feature/mechanic that is being worked on would be a great way to show progress on features and get feedback as soon as possible.
It would be a lot more efficient to get feedback on a feature that is halfway in development than to get it as soon as it is in a playable state, to then possibly need it severely reverted or changed because there are problems with it. It would also help us know how far away we are from features, instead of complete radio silence until it is ready for the PTS.

Dear Noveans, 
 
We’d like to take a moment to talk about the communication on the forums and in Discord. We appreciate the passion each of you bring to our community and don’t want to diminish it; however, we’ve seen an increase in negativity, specifically attacks, unconstructive complaints, and disrespect to fellow players and our team. This is not okay. 
 
We’ve always invited community members to speak their minds. We’d like to remind everyone that we require a certain level of decorum and respect. Participants in our community areas (forums, Discord, and our social media accounts) are expected to voice criticism and concern constructively and communicate with courtesy and respect.
 
This is a warning that we won’t tolerate attacks on staff, volunteers, or members of this community. If you can’t play nice, and with respect, then this isn’t the community for you. 
 
With love,
SpaceMom