Boldly-going house sim Elite Dangerous is because of begin its third season of updates, named Beyond, by the top of March however spacefolks will be capable of test it out a bit early. Frontier Developments have introduced an open beta check for Beyond: Chapter One will start on January 25th, inviting all gamers to take a look at its additions and kick ’em round to see in the event that they break. New options in it embody objective-driven Wing Missions for squads, prettier planets, a brand new warship, and adjustments to mission rewards in addition to crime and punishment. Oh, and people ↑ alien cuties are coming.
We regarded extra at general plans for the Beyond replace last year, so what’s on this specific beta?
Wing Missions will add a bit function, having of us staff as much as sort out aims (which supply rewards, obvs). The Alliance Chieftain is a honking nice new warship. Players will get entry to extra commerce knowledge too, in a position to see knowledge from methods they’ve beforehand visited to allow them to higher plan enterprise. And Frontier will enact step one of their plan to pretty-up planets, leading to issues like this sweetheart:
As for the remainder, Frontier say:
“Chapter One also features a range of game-improving updates, including changes to the engineering mechanics, an overhaul of mission rewards, and an altered crime and punishment system. The open beta will also allow commanders to fly a new Alliance warship: the Chieftain. Additionally, GalNet Audio will allow players to catch up on the galaxy’s latest news without ever leaving the action, bringing the ongoing narrative to the foreground at a dangerous moment for humanity’s pilots.”
More particulars on crime and engineering are to come back, Frontier say.
Also, these beautiful Thargoid Scout ships are coming. Crashed ones have been discovered earlier than however, going by the open beta, those coming now are very a lot alive.
While the beta will probably be open to base Elite Dangerous gamers, some bits will probably be unavailable in the event that they don’t additionally personal the Horizons growth. January 25th.
