Elite Dangerous News

Greetings Commanders!

We are fast approaching the exciting finale of the Azimuth Saga, and now it's time to complete the final checks on your ship, and make your way to HIP 22460 to see everything unfold! You can make the most of this experience by checking it out in-game and enjoying it with your favourite streamers, which is why we're excited to be introducing Twitch Drops on select Elite Dangerous content creator channels! From Monday 8th August to Thursday 11th August, you will have the chance to earn some unique colourways for the Azimuth paintjobs on three different ships whilst watching everything unfold. 



The Twitch Drop campaign will kick off at 9AM UTC on Monday 9th August, and the drops are distributed as follows:

• Monday 8th August 9AM UTC - Tuesday 9th August 9AM UTC: Fer-De-Lance Azimuth Ruthless Paintjob
  
• Tuesday 9th August 9AM UTC - Wednesday 10th August 9AM UTC: Eagle Azimuth Ruthless Paintjob
  
• Wednesday 10th August 9AM UTC - Thursday 11th August 9AM UTC: Krait MKII Azimuth Ruthless Paintjob
  

Simply tune in to one of the participating content creators between any of the above time windows, watch for a minimum of 20 minutes, and claim your reward on Twitch! 

[h3]Fer-De-Lance Azimuth Ruthless[/h3]


[h3]Eagle Azimuth Ruthless [/h3]


[h3]Krait MK II Azimuth Ruthless[/h3]


[h2]Participating Content Creators[/h2]
We've gathered an elite squadron of streamers for you to join during the finale, so make sure to check each of them out:

Malic_VR Psykit Psyche CrispyTaytorTot CaptainFlint Father_Bill Brother_Sabathius UnusualCupcake Super_Chicken CMDR Ascorbius


[h2]Linking Your Twitch & Frontier Store Accounts[/h2]
To make sure everything runs smoothly, if this is your first time participating in a Twitch Drop campaign for Elite Dangerous, please follow the short list of instructions below to setup your account:

1) Create an account at https://www.frontierstore.net/ if you haven't already.

2) Link your Elite Dangerous account to your Frontier Store account if you haven't already.

3) Link your Twitch account to your Frontier Store account here.

Once that's all done, you're ready to go! Simply watch for 20 minutes, make sure to claim your reward on Twitch, and your paintjob should appear in-game shortly afterwards.

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We're excited to be able to offer Twitch Drops like this for the first time, and we hope you find some new favourite streamers to get your Elite Dangerous Twitch fix from over the course of the week! 

We'll see you in HIP 22460 Commanders, don't miss it.


o7

Greetings Commanders,

We’re happy to confirm Update 13 is coming on Tuesday 9 August and will see the highly anticipated conclusion of the Azimuth Saga. It will also mark the beginning of the next major chapter in the Elite Dangerous narrative. We hope you’ll join us in HIP 22460 where we’ll be watching everything unfold! We’d like to take this moment to discuss what interacting with the story will look like following this conclusion.

Horizons and Odyssey currently exist as separate versions of the game: 3.8 and 4.0. The latter contains the foundational code which supports Odyssey content and a multitude of improvements added since Odyssey’s launch while the former does not. In our Console Update announcement in March, we mentioned aligning game development by releasing future content on the post-Odyssey codebase (version 4.0). This is essential to modernising the way we deliver content and ensuring various elements such as the interactive storyline continue expanding in scope and quality.

To allow as many players as possible to experience the new narrative and gameplay elements, we intend to give all PC players access to version 4.0, at no additional cost, while keeping the upgrade to Odyssey optional. You will still be able to launch Elite in version 3.8 if you choose. This option is expected to come in the weeks following Update 13 with more details to be shared closer to the time. To understand what will be available to Horizons players on 4.0 compared to Odyssey players, see the table below.


With regards to how this affects the conclusion of the Azimuth Saga: delivering on our promise to offer the best possible narrative content requires taking full advantage of version 4.0. Therefore, Horizons players will be able to witness the final event in the Azimuth Saga and access related gameplay scenarios. Moving forwards, all PC players will have access to content in the next narrative phase given they are using version 4.0, except in cases where on-foot gameplay (and by extension, Odyssey) is required.

Thank you as always for your continued support and please leave any feedback or queries which we will address!

O7

Greetings Commanders.

It's the first of the month and what a month we're set up to explore!

This edition of Discovery Scanner will highlight some in game progress reporting regarding Update 13, more community events and some Commander spotlights.

Without further introduction, let's get on with that ‘Galactical Housekeeping’!


GAME NEWS
Update 13 Release incoming.

As announced in last week’s Frameshift Live #13, Update 13 is scheduled to be released next week. Keep an eye on our official channels and Forum for information on the exact date, time and update deployment schedule.
Known issues concerning general stability in game around POIs/ground settlements and crashes preventing Commanders from currently enjoying CQC are making good progress within the team for resolve as part of Update 13.


Continue reading at https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/discovery-scanner-01082022

Greetings Commanders!

We're getting back into the rhythm of things back at Frontier now that Lavecon is fully in the rear-view mirror! The team are working hard on Update 13, and the culmination of the Azimuth Saga, so today's Discovery Scanner is on the lighter side as we go into full prep mode. That aside, let's check out some highlights from the past week!

[h3]Game News[/h3]

Things are heating up in HIP 22460, and there are a few ways you get involved! Do your part:

DELIVER GUARDIAN ARTEFACTS TO THE BRIGHT SENTINEL IN HIP 22460 | 20 Hours Remaining

The campaign to deliver Guardian artefacts to Azimuth Biotech in the HIP 22460 system has reached its third phase.

FIGHT THE THARGOIDS IN HIP 22460 | 2 Days Remaining

New Federal and Imperial capital ships have arrived in HIP 22460 as Azimuth Biotech's operation nears its conclusion.

Check out the full details here: https://www.elitedangerous.com/community/goals

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Although we don't have the juicy information you're looking for right now, rest assured that Update 13 is still on schedule for August. We're looking forward to sharing more with you but [REDACTED].

[h2]READ THE FULL DISCOVERY SCANNER HERE[/h2]

Greetings Commanders.

The 'Industrial Sale' is now on, over in the Elite Dangerous Store.

The Industrial Sale will include a selection of Paint Jobs, Ship Kits and all Engine and Weapon Colours and runs Friday (22/07/2022) to Friday (29/07/2022).

Selected Paint Jobs, Engine and Weapon colours will be discounted by 30%

Ship Kits *excluding the new Hazard pack* will be discounted by 20% on the following ships:

• Type-6
  
• Keelback
  
• Type-7
  
• Type-9
  
• Type-10
  

Introducing 'The New Hazard Pack'...

https://youtu.be/ULnxbLSMA5U
"Crank the gears of industry in the brand new Hazard ship kits, featuring functional lights!"



Available now on the Elite Dangerous Store.
We truly are really excited about these 'first of their kind' new additions and can't wait to see what you make of them!

What's Included In The Pack?
Each pack includes 3 or 4 new Hazard Ship Kit parts (number dependent on your ship of choice), as well as 6 new Paint Jobs.

Hazard Packs will be available for the following ships:

• Cobra Mk III
  
• Krait Mk II
  
• Asp Explorer
  
• Python
  
• Anaconda
  
• Type-6
  
• Type-9
  

Fly safe, as always and see you in the black o7