hello it's Ricardo and welcome back to Elite dangerous it's all happening this week
Frontier have finally broken cover on update 15. with an update on the
update so to speak update 15 is going to be flagged not for April but for me
there I've said it let's dive into what else is going to be included
so it's not all plain sailing with the first update on the update being that update 15 is
delayed originally toted for an April release it's now moved to a May release just because they
can get through some user acceptance testing and make things go all smoothly and that's a
welcome a welcome attitude from Frontier I know we all want the update we all want new changes
new content the next phase of the war but I'd rather have release that stable with less problems
and have one quickly and that's my point of view I know people want this stuff now but hey
I think it's a good pragmatic approach next up is uh update 15 is set to build on the narrative and
unlock the next major stage of the thyroid War A lot's been said it's really s against
the thyroids and they do operate with a level of autonomy they say this will be about amongst the
biggest moments in the game to date and they're all very excited to see how us as commanders in
the community are going to react to allow the necessary time for development and ensure the
update meets expectations this is when they drop the hammer you know it'll be released in me and
if it's gonna make it an in-game spectacle like I've just said why not okay why not when in May
they're not saying but I assume probably towards the end or middle of April we're gonna get a
a possible release date last year announced that there's going to be a major feature undergoing a
bit of rework inside the game there was lots of people wondering what that was going to
be personally I think that's going to be Power Play I think we're already seeing
items in galnet allude to it with the political aspect of
um the power play leaders you know the the in-game political leaders that's gotta be it I think power
play does need an awful lot of work I think we need new modules I think we need a new way of
getting the power play modules and there should be a little bit of a bonus for you being aligned
with a power for example if you are aligned to a power and you're being attacked by certain ships
that are against that power why can't the power that you're aligned to come and help you that's
just me on the old wish list what they say is that last year they announced a major update
would rework a long-standing feature it's still being investigated however a number of changes
not least the thyroid War itself have required their attention as a priority and they'll update
towards the end of the year look at that that sounds quite good doesn't it towards the end
of the year similar to look forward and they say Christmas comes twice a year but it does for me
now here's something worthy of notes the player made factions element of the game is closing
player made factions have played a key role in expressing the community's will over the shape of
the bubble this goal is at Heart of the plans of elite and reflected in the thyroid War frontier's
focus is now turning to investigate how upcoming systems will allow every player and player
group to have a meaningful impact on the Galaxy's landscape this means we'll be closing applications
for player made factions however we will protest any remaining applications so if you're thinking
about getting a player made faction in-game best apply now or forever hold your pieces as they say
in more news and good news for console players depending on how you look at it the console
profile transfer portal is now going to be returning in April this is good stuff
it closed down and everybody with a console was like oh I missed it oh my God what's
going on I can transfer my commander well and as mentioned on the live stream the
introduction of live and Legacy modes required Frontier to pause the console profile transfer
portal in November of 2022 last year and it only ran for a short period of time
they're now ready to begin processing further requests and will reopen the portal in April
as I mentioned uh they're pleased to announce that this is far more a complete process than
they anticipated and they look forward to more console commanders joining on PC especially
to enjoy the features offered by Odyssey and that leads us on to the next element as well
that just to be clear on Console transfers not everything is transferred over what isn't
transferred is your Rx balance your squadron membership your friend list block list and
private groups your current Mission progress Fleet carriers and their contents so you're gonna have
to ditch that Fleet carrier power play power and minor faction reputations power affiliations and
vouchers MPC crew and bookmarks however you will be able to transfer over your commander name if
that's not already taken uh or in use under the PC account if it is taken you'll be able to choose
another one in the application process ships and all modules fitted to them will be included so
will credits credits not arcs but credits all modules in storage your Hollow me Effigy srvs
and slfs Engineering materials engineer reputation superpower reputation superpower military ranks
permits codex discoveries Tech broker progress and all Livery items that have been purchased
with arcs EG paint jobs bobble heads ship kits so just so we know and I've got a video
out there which I'll put in the description that details the process a little further
the premise of Live And legacy mode was introduced with update 14 version 4. where live mode would
receive all the updates and narrative updates and legacy mode will be kind of Frozen in time
for those commanders I suppose who want to stay on that particular mode and like a bit of nostalgia
so live mode will become the default mode for download
and Frontiers say that this will encourage new players to try the main version of elite
with access to all those updates and narrative while keeping Legacy as an optional alternative
implementing this change will cause an update to appear for all steam users and Legacy players
we'll need to read down re-download that version to continue playing existing players who play on
the main version the live version of elite that currently are experiencing all the narrative
updates will not require an update at that stage this will have no effect on the save
files so if Legacy is your preferred mode you can continue playing normally once it's re-downloaded
now there's seven several major items here that we've covered in this update to update 15. the
primary one I think is the player factions that's closing also that update 15 is going
to be delayed but like I say I'd much rather have a solid product as the one that's been rushed out
other items of note the console profile transfer process is going to be back
in business and that's a good thing for all the console players who have
taken the leap of faith to go over to PC gaming I know it's a sore subject anyway that was the
update to update 15. thanks very much for watching I've been Ricardo please check out more videos in
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