Elite Dangerous News

[p]Greetings Commanders,[/p][p][/p][p]The highly anticipated Panther Clipper MK II from Zorgon Peterson is now available in Elite Dangerous via ARX Early Access! 

[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p] [/p][p]The Panther Clipper MK II is available in the following bundles:[/p][p] [/p][p][/p][p] [/p][p]Panther Clipper MK II Standard[/p][p]Bring the galaxy to their doorstep with the latest version of the legendary freighter from Zorgon Peterson, the Panther Clipper Mk II.[/p][p]Bundle includes:[/p]

• [p]Panther Clipper MK II Ship[/p]
• [p]Panther Clipper MK II Shipyard Unlock[/p]
• [p]Panther Clipper MK II Owners Club Decal (only available during ARX early access)[/p]

[p] [/p][p][/p][p] [/p][p]Panther Clipper MK II Stellar[/p][p]Empty countless warehouses and dominate the market with the Stellar Edition of the Panther Clipper Mk II.[/p][p]Bundle includes: [/p]

• [p]Panther Clipper MK II Ship[/p]
• [p]High-Capacity Cargo Transport Loadout[/p]
• [p]Class 7 FSD (SCO) and MK II Cargo Racks[/p]
• [p]Panther Clipper MK II Freighter Gold Paint Job[/p]
• [p]Panther Clipper Mk II Merchant Ship Kit[/p]
• [p]Panther Clipper MK II Shipyard Unlock[/p]
• [p]Panther Clipper MK II Owners Club Decal (only available during ARX early access)[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Update Notes.[/h3][p][/p][p]Features of Note:[/p]

• [p]Added Zorgon Peterson Panther Clipper Mk II via ARX Early Access[/p]
  • [p]In world holo-screen adverts now present for Panther Clipper Mk II[/p]
  • [p]Adjustments made to several of the top-side hardpoint placements since Partner Program Early Access[/p]
  • [p]Following Partner Program Early Access - The ship no longer raises when deploying SRV's [/p]
• [p]Added pre-built ships:[/p]
  • [p]Panther Clipper MkII Stellar (38,000 Arx)[/p]
  • [p]Panther Clipper MkII Standard (19,020 Arx)[/p]

[p] [/p][p]Issue Tracker Fixes:[/p]

• [p]Fixed thrust vectoring for the Corsair (Issue ID: 74690)[/p]

[p]Bug Fixes:[/p]

• [p]Fixed a crash when switching map modes at the same time as the map closing [/p]
• [p]Fixed a crash when a player recalls their mothership whilst in an SRV, and being targeted by another player[/p]
• [p]Fixed a crash in the gamma setting screen [/p]
• [p]Fixed instances of being unable to deploy from Conflict Zone dropships [/p]
• [p]Fixed instances of connection error messages when attempting to apply Livery via Game Extras menu [/p]
• [p]Fixed additional instances of placement issues with System Colonisation construction efforts [/p]
• [p]Fixed instances of strong market links not working correctly in certain circumstances [/p]
• [p]Fixed Planetary Facilities help screen in colonisation incorrectly stating required distance from existing settlements being 100km rather than 200km[/p]
• [p]Fixed minor typos in the Market Links/Economy help screens for System Colonisation [/p]
• [p]Fixed Economy Overrides Codex page incorrectly stating what planetary body with organics provides [/p]
• [p]Fixed misleading text in Economy Overrides Codex page referencing markets without a specific economy type, when it should be the Colony economy type[/p]
• [p]Fixed a couple of graphical issues with the Prometheus Scientific Outpost[/p]
• [p]Fixed instances where Asteroid Stations do not convert from Under Deployment to fully operational [/p]
• [p]Fixed broken text string for Kinago Violins rare commodity when viewed in ships cargo hold [/p]
• [p]Fixed the description of the Tier 4 Dominator suit[/p]

[p]Localisation Fixes:[/p]

• [p]Fixed "Maximum landing pad size" being truncated in the System Colonisation facility picker screen in various languages [/p]
• [p]Fixed unlocalised "Beacon Deployment Site" string in various languages [/p]
• [p]Fixed unlocalised port type when selecting what primary port to build in various languages [/p]
• [p]Fixed incorrect line break in Russian when viewing System Colonisation construction commodity list [/p]
• [p]Fixed instances of unlocalised commodities for System Colonisation construction efforts in various languages when viewed in Architect mode [/p]
• [p]Fixed "Commodities" being unlocalised when viewing the System Colonisation Ship market in various languages [/p]
• [p]Fixed unlocalised and broken text string for "Contacting System Colonisation Ship" in various languages [/p]
• [p]Fixed unlocalised and broken text string for the warning prompt when not facing the Beacon Deployment Site in various languages[/p]
• [p]Fixed a typo in the System Colonisation claim inbox message in Russian [/p]
• [p]Improved translations of System Colonisation Codex page headers in Russian [/p]
• [p]Fixed truncated string when viewing My Colonies in Russian [/p]
• [p]Fixed mistranslation of Port in the "Construct Primary Port" mission in Brazilian Portuguese [/p]
• [p]Fixed minor mistranslation of mission steps for Deploy Claim Beacon in Brazilian Portuguese [/p]
• [p]Fixed inconsistent translations for the term "Links" in the Colonisation system map help screens in Brazilian Portuguese [/p]
• [p]Fixed unlocalised references to "Commodities" in the Colonisation system map help screens in Brazilian Portuguese [/p]
• [p]Fixed unlocalised reference to "Commodities" in the System Colonisation Codex pages in Brazilian Portuguese [/p]
• [p]Fixed grammatical issues with description of Market Links in the System Colonisation Codex pages in Brazilian Portuguese [/p]
• [p]Fixed grammatical mistranslation in German in the System Colonisation Codex pages [/p]
• [p]Fixed instances of incorrectly unlocalised "Orbit" references in the System Colonisation Codex pages in German [/p]
• [p]Fixed incorrect line break in System Colonisation Codex pages in French [/p]
• [p]Fixed unlocalised references to "High Tech" & "Terraforming" in the System Colonisation Codex pages in French[/p]
• [p]Fixed various bobblehead names being unlocalised in various languages when viewed via Game Extras [/p]
• [p]Fixed various decal names being unlocalised in various languages when viewed via Game Extras [/p]
• [p]Fixed minor translation typo for Corsair bundles in Portuguese-Brazil [/p]

[p]Greetings Commanders,

A new update has been released for Elite Dangerous featuring Powerplay improvements.

Features of Note
[/p]

• [p]New Community Goal type. Future Community goals may require Commanders to destroy specific power-aligned ships within Power Conflict Zones, these will take place across multiple systems and may help to shape the galaxy.[/p]
• [p]Further changes have been made to Powerplay, in order to encourage more aggressive play and create more vulnerability and therefore fluidity in Power territory.[/p]
  • [p]Control Scores will now decay on each weekly turn.[/p]
    • [p]Decay will not affect, or take a system to, below 25% of the current system state.  [/p]
      • [p]For example, a system at 100% Stronghold would decay over time, until settling at 25% of the purple Stronghold status bar. [/p]
      • [p]Therefore, Systems cannot change their state via decay alone.[/p]
    • [p]The actual amount systems decay is non linear and is dependent on the current control score of the system.[/p]
      • [p]Systems closer to the maximum score threshold of their current state will decay more each week than those closer to the 25% decay limit.[/p]
  • [p]Merits gained for reinforcing a system will now operate on a sliding scale, in addition to the recently introduced flat defensive multiplier.[/p]
    • [p]Depending on how much undermining effort a system has been subjected to in the past 24 hours, merits gained for reinforcement actions will adjust in a range between -20% and +30%.[/p]
      • [p]For example, reinforcing a system which has not been undermined at all in the past 24 hours would result in -20% merits gained.[/p]
  • [p]Merit gain bonuses have been adjusted as follows:[/p]
    • [p]Offensive activity - undermining another power's system: +15% (up from +5%)[/p]
    • [p]Offensive activity - acquiring an unoccupied system: 0% (down from +5%)[/p]
    • [p]Defensive activity - unchanged[/p]

[p]Fixes
[/p]

• [p]Fix for Power Conflict Zones not starting due to missing faction information.[/p]
• [p]Colonisation - Fixed additional causes of systems not displaying flags for initial port locations and not being claimable via System Colonisation.[/p]
• [p]Fixed additional causes of console accounts failing to transfer from Legacy to Live.[/p]

[p]
Please note that system score and merit gain from the on-foot transfer power data activity remains disabled at this time. The team is actively working on a general solution to prevent future exploitation of mechanics such as this to the state of Powerplay. Once implemented, the intent remains to re-enable this activity.[/p]

Greetings Commanders,

We have released a small update for Elite Dangerous to resolve a number of reported issues. No downtime is required but you will need to restart your games for the update and download to commence.

[h3]Update Notes[/h3]

Issue Tracker Fixes:

• Fixed Incorrec Manifest Checksum Error triggering from the launcher.
  
• Fixed instances of Orange Sidewinder disconnects when attempting to drop into Fleet Carriers.
  
• Fixed instances of Orange Sidewinder disconnects when attempting to log into the game and the Powerplay digest was timing out.
  
• Changed the minimum tech level to 35 in colonised systems with only a single Tier 2 or 3 port.
  
  • This will enable the shipyard and outfitting services without the need to construct anything additional. Note that available stock will remain affected by tech level.
    
  • This will take effect for all existing systems over the next 24 hours, and will be the default for all newly colonised systems.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed multiple images in the Colonisation Market Links help screens.
  

Greetings Commanders,

We will be releasing The Trailblazers Update 3 on Wednesday April 30. This update features a number of improvements to Colonisation economies and Powerplay merits, alongside a range of other fixes and improvements.

Release Schedule (All times in UTC)

• 5AM - Servers offline for maintenance
  
• 1PM - Servers back
  

Please be aware these are estimated times and are subject to change.

[h2]Features of Note: [/h2]​

[h3]Colonisation[/h3]

• The operation of economies and population growth within player colonised systems have been extensively reworked following player feedback. These changes are designed to allow significantly more flexibility in building out systems to create any desired economy, and to significantly boost the economic output of colonised systems.
  

[h3]Economic changes:[/h3]

• Links will now automatically be created between completed constructions within systems. Links enable supporting facilities to supply a proportion of their economy to ports across the entire system, increasing the supply, demand and types of commodities available and altering shipyard and outfitting stock.
  
  • All constructions are divided into two types for the purpose of creating links: Ports and Supporting Facilities
    
    • Ports includes Outposts, Coriolis/Orbis/Ocellus Stations, Asteroid bases, Planetary Ports and Planetary Port Outposts
      
    • Supporting Facilities includes Settlements, Installations and Hubs
  • Two types of link are available: Strong and Weak. A strong link provides a higher economic boost than a weak link
    
    • Strong links are created between a port and any facility located on or around the same local planetary body. They may also be created between ports if there are multiple of this type on or around the same body
      
    • In the event multiple ports are present, the highest tier port will be linked to. If both ports are of the same tier, the port which was built first will be selected
      
    • In the event both a planetary and space-based ports are present, planetary facilities will create strong links with the planetary port, which will pass these strong links on to the orbital port following the same prioritisation rules regarding tier and build order
  • Weak links are created between ports and supporting facilities located on different bodies within the same system
  • Both types of link can be present, enabling a supporting facility to supply the economies of multiple ports
    
  • Links can only be created between facilities and ports, or between ports. Facilities cannot link to each other
    
  • To aid understanding this new system, some examples of this in action are below:
    
    • System 1: Body 1 has several facilities on the surface, whilst body 2 and 3 have ports in orbit
      
    • Weak links will be created between each body 1 facility and both ports around body 2 and 3
      
    • System 2: Body 1 has several facilities and a port on the surface, with another port in orbit
      
    • Strong links will be created between each facility and the port on the surface. A further strong link will be created between the planetary and orbiting port
      
    • System 3: Body 3 has a port in orbit, with a mix of planetary and orbital facilities located at bodies 1, 2, 3 and 5
      
    • Strong links will be created between the body 3 port and all facilities located at body 3
      
    • Weak links will be created between the body 3 port and each facility located at bodies 1, 2 and 5
      
  • These links will be retrospectively created for all existing colonised systems during the patch downtime
    
  • Alternations have been made to the construction user interface flow to expose links that have already been created, and will be created on completing a construction
    
  • Additionally, strong links are subject to boosts or decreases in economic supply performance by the characteristics of the host system or body. Weak links are unaffected by this mechanic. Potential boosts/decreases are listed below:
    
    
  • Agriculture economy:
    
  • Boosted by:
    • Orbiting an Earth like world
      
    • On or orbiting a terraformable body
      
    • On or orbiting a body with organics
  • Decreased by:
    • On or orbiting an icy body
      
    • On or orbiting a planet that is tidally locked to its star
      
    • On or orbiting a moon that is tidally locked to its planet and its subsequent parent planet(s) are tidally locked to the star
      
  • Extraction Economy:
    
  • Boosted by:
    • In a system with major or pristine resources
      
    • On or orbiting a body with volcanism
  • Decreased by:
    • In a system with low or depleted resources
      
    • High Tech Economy:
  • Boosted by:
    • Orbiting an ammonia world
      
    • Orbiting an earth like world
      
    • On or orbiting a body with geologicals
      
    • On or orbiting a body with organics
  • Decreased by:
    • Nil
  • Industrial and Refinery Economies:
    
  • Boosted by:
    • In a system with major or pristine resources
  • Decreased by:
    • In a system with low or depleted resources
  • Tourism Economy:
    
  • Boosted by:
    • Orbiting an ammonia world
      
    • In a system with a black hole
      
    • Orbiting an earth like world
      
    • On or orbiting a body with geologicals
      
    • On or orbiting a body with organics
      
    • Orbiting a water world
      
    • In a system with a white dwarf
      
    • In a system with a neutron star
  • Decreased by:
    • Nil
  • As an example – Body 1 is a world with volcanism which has a port in orbit and an agricultural facility and extraction facility on the surface. The strong link from the extraction facility to the port will be strengthened while the strong link from the agricultural facility will not.
    
  • Constructions which have a Colony economy listed in the construction options will now have this overridden depending on the body the construction is on or orbiting.
    
  • These overrides are as follows:
    
  • Black holes, Neutron Stars, White Dwarves
    
    • HighTech
      
    • Tourism
  • Brown Dwarves and all other star types
    • Military
  • Earth like worlds
    • Agriculture
      
    • Hightech
      
    • Military
      
    • Tourism
      
    • Water world
      
    • Agriculture
      
    • Tourism
  • Ammonia world
    • HighTech
      
    • Tourism
  • Gas giant
    • HighTech
      
    • Industrial
  • High metal content and metal rich world
    
    • Extraction
      
    • Rocky ice
      
    • Industrial
      
    • Refinery
  • Rocky
    • Refinery
  • Icy
    
    • Industrial
  • Has rings (includes stars with asteroid belts)
    • Extraction
  • Has organics
    • Agriculture
      
    • Terraforming
  • Has geologicals
    
    • Extraction
      
    • Industrial
  • These overrides may stack. As an example – for a high metal content world with organics, its overrides will be Extraction, in addition to Agriculture and Terraforming.
    

[h3]Population Growth Changes:[/h3]

• The overall level of facility output is determined by the population associated with that facility - a higher population results in greater output of commodities. With the colonisation beta release, this population number was at a reduced level for balancing purposes.
  
• With this update, populations will now be significantly increased, enabling commanders to build fully operational economies and supply chains for self-sustaining colonisation efforts.
  
• Populations within colonised systems will now grow at a significantly faster rate with a significantly higher population limit. Overall population capacity remains determined by the port and facility types built within a system.
  
• Populations will grow on each weekly maintenance tick. Populations growth is based on a curve and will grow quickly for the first month before slowing to a more gradual pace, enabling quick establishment of strong economies.
  

[h3]Additional Changes[/h3]

• Law and order around system colonisation ships and construction sites is now enforced by Brewer Corporation.
  
• Brewer Corporation has elected to begin naming it's system colonisation ships.
  

[h3]Port Customisation[/h3]

• Added "Facility Customisation" button within Station Services for architects when docked at their orbital facilities. This allows architects to apply paintjobs to the following:
  
  • Coriolis Stations
    
  • Ocellus Stations
    
  • Orbis Stations
    
  • Asteroid Bases
    
  • Outposts

[h3]Powerplay[/h3]

• Offensive and Defensive multipliers to merit gains have been implemented across all Powerplay systems.
  
• Offensive actions (taking unoccupied systems, undermining etc) will receive +5% bonus merits
  
• Defensive actions (Reinforcing) will result in -35% merits gained.
  • This is the first in a number of planned changes which are intended encourage and reward offensive actions within Powerplay. We will continue to monitor feedback and impact and adjust accordingly.
    
  • Updated powerplay galaxy map panel to include this multiplier
• Re-enabled rare good merit rewards
  
• Replaced Escape Pods as ethos activities for Powers that used them.
  
• Arissa Lavingny-Duval
  • Acquisition: Collect Escape Pods → Sell commodities for large profit
    
• Aisling Duval:
  • Acquisition: Collect Escape Pods → Transfer "Employee Data" & "Political Data"
    
  • Reinforcement: Collect Escape Pods → Reboot mission completion
    
  • Undermining: Collect Escape Pods → Hand in salvage
• Edmund Mahon
  • Undermining: Collect Escape Pods → Hand in salvage
• Felicia Winters
  • Acquisition: Collect Escape Pods → Sell mined resources
    
  • Undermining: Collect Escape Pods → Complete aid and humanitarian missions
• Yuri Grom
  
  • Acquisition: Collect Escape Pods → Scan ships & wakes (contested systems)
• Nakato Kaine
  
  • Reinforcement: Collect Escape Pods → Hand in salvage
    
  • Undermining: Collect Escape Pods → Hand in salvage
• Pranav Antal
  
  • Acquisition: Collect Escape Pods → Sell rare goods
• Rebalanced cartographic and exobiology merit rewards

Both have received an increase to merit reward rate
Added Undermining/Reinforcement multipliers to Merit notifications
Added reference to Undermining/Reinforcement multipliers in help screens
Improvements to PowerPlay 2 galaxy data transfer between servers and client
Powerplay system Local Ethos activities are now server driven, allowing for more dynamic changes

[h3]Issue Tracker Fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed instances of stutter during general gameplay
  
• Fixed instances of disconnects when jumping to supercruise or hyperspace
  
  • We will continue to monitor data and reports following these fixes to ensure both issues are now
    fully resolved. Please continue to report any further instances where this occurs.
• Fixed the Corsair Mass Lock Factor, changed it from 7 to 17
  
• Fixed Crash to Desktop when plotting route near permit locked systems
  
• Fixed issue where the concord cannon could not be reloaded
  
• Fixed the Gamma settings window getting stuck on screen
  
• Adjusted the Corsair heat dissipation
  

[h3]Bug Fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed the hitcheck on the Corsair's side engines
  
• Fixed Corsair multiplayer audio. UI Panels in second chair now go beep as expected
  
• Fixed Corsair engine sounds being too loud when rolling at maximum speed
  
• Fixed instances of colonisation contact missing from list of contacts
  
• Fixed instances of missing construction points
  
• Fixed Alastor Military not counting towards the facility requirement of Military Hubs
  
• Fixed Planet ports not selling more than 3 commodity types
  
• Fixed on foot settlements not having correct max commodities supplied. They will now have approximately 3 for small, 5 for medium and 7 for large
  
• Fixed instances where constructions could not be renamed
  
• Fixed incorrect images being shown in facility construction selector
  
• Reduced the orbital speed of ports constructed around Neutron Stars, White Dwarfs and Blackholes
  
• Fixed many construction depot and beacon launch locations around stars to more closely respect their heat output, their stellar rings and any binary partners they might share an orbit with.
  
  • This is the cause of most failures to claim starsystems. This may still occur in some instances, and the team are working to resolve these.
• Fixed a bug that caused constructions to be placed near the final asteroid cluster of a stellar ring instead of around the requested star. We have relocated most of those constructions to their own spaces in the system.
  
• Known issue: In some instances, space positions for construction depots and constructed assets are in the incorrect frame of reference, causing them to be impossible to dock a ship at as they fly away. Thank you to everybody who has reported instances of those to help with our investigation.

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The multi-role capable Corsair is now available via ARX early access from the Elite Dangerous Gamestore.

Learn more: https://www.elitedangerous.com/corsair