The next Elite Dangerous Update: Beyond « Chapter 2 » will be available this June 28, 2018!
- Information
- News Ships: Challenger and Krait
- New Wing Missions
- New Weapons Class: Large
- Thargoids
- Installations interactions
- Others
Information
- Beyond Chapter 2 will be released this June 28, 2018.
- Beyond is scheduled for 2018 and will be spread into four updates, one of which has already been released.
- Quarter 2 and 3 – minor additions and story progression
- Quarter 4 – Exploration, Mining and Player Groups
- Beyond Chapter 2 will be free for all Horizons players.
- L’histoire des Gardiens ainsi que l’Histoire des Thargoids vont continuer, dévoilant de nouvelles trames.
New Ships: Challenger & Krait
- The Challenger might be an upgraded version of the Chieftain concept, a Medium ship! It has stronger armour than its Chieftain counterpart and will be able to soak up a significant amount of punishment.
- 7 Hardpoints: 1 Large, 3 Medium and 3 Small.
- 4 Utility
- Powerplant 6, Thrusters 6, FSD 5, Life 5, Distributor 6, Sensors 4
- Opt modules 6 6 3 3 2 2 + three 4 Military
- ~30M credits.
- The Krait, presented during the Frontier Expo 17, will also be added in-game. It owns 3 hardpoints Class 3 and 2 Class 2 + a Fighter Bay.
- 5 Hardpoints: 3 Large, 2 Medium and a Fighter Bay.
- 4 Utility
- Powerplant 7, Thrusters 6, FSD 5, Life 4, Distributor 7, Sensors 6
- Opt modules 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 2
- ~40M credits.
New Wing Missions
- New multiplayer missions, up to four players, will be available. These will surely be articulated on the new content coming with Chapter 2 Beyond.
New Weapons Class: Large
- What seems to be a double Plasma Charger will be in-game: Classe 3 Large Weapons from Guardians technologies!
- Shock Cannons, Shard Cannons are bound to be there as well. Some others might be implemented.
- These will be unlocked from Technology Brokers. Return to them with Materials and Data in order to unlock these new tech.
- The cost to unlock weapons via the Brokers will be drastically reduced.
Double Plasma Charger
Thargoids
- A Thargoid Marauder Scout will be introduced in-game. The latter will have special abilities and be able to boost its Thargoid friends surrounding its ship. It is therefore a priority target for any Thargoids fighter.
- Human installations on the surface might come for Chapter 2… or is it Chapter 4?
Installations interactions
- As with interactions with megaships, this new system will now be applied installations in space:
- Scan the installation and interact with their modules.
- Hack the turrets and disable security measures.
- Retrieve data on communication antennas.
- Steal commodities and materials from cargo bays.
Others
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