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Squad Update:

Galnet Recap:

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

Dev news:

VR sad news

Drew Wagar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uXMmPxfal8

Thursday Let’s Play Stream: …..

Odyssey fixes:

Patch 4: https://attackofthefanboy.com/guides/elite-dangerous-odyssey-update-4-patch-notes/

[specific things from the notes]

BGS Specific:

What we need to see from FDev at this point is a detailed vision they have for Elite going forward.

Chig chat:

Community Comms:

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Headlines for this episode:

Squad Update: liberate maikoro, and run qama to the moon

Galnet Recap:

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

Dev news:

Tuesday Supercruise News was all about fDev’s to stance toward communication. Hopefully a good start.

Specific points:

Thursday Let’s Play Stream: Odyssey Conflict Zones

Odyssey fixes:

Patch 3: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-odyssey-update-3.581500/

Anarchy PMF info call: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/anarchy-factions-systems-influence-loss-reports.581427/

Chig chat: uh chigs not here?

Community Comms:

AXI thinks they have isolated the long-lived invincible heart issue, and created a workaround guide until it’s fixed.

Link to issue tracker: https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/2440

Ida finishes beaten court base, and cole point, quick to be working on the next few stations

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Headlines for this episode:  

Megaship missing

Jupiter Division fights for its future again

Odyssey: Major patch 2 and a 2.1 patch

Odyssey: outfitting UI feedback requested

The Odyssey road map to fixing Odyssey is announced to be on the map to be planned for release on or by tomorrow (Friday)

Squad Update: 

(1) Worlds Collide - Expanded from Ross 310 into Howard...currently fighting invasion war there.

(2) Thanks to a Little Help from our Friends - Won the war in V640 Cassiopeia with help from the neighbors

(3) If You'll Be My Bodyguard - returning the favor by helping BoTM in Beldarkri.

BGS issues:

(1) Current war/asset transfer bug. Factions not properly gaining/losing influence when wars conclude, assets not won/lost, system control not transferring. (https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/35912)  Current in "Acknowledged" status on FDev issue tracker.  Need any examples from the community, and most importantly, upvotes!

(2) BGS deaths of Anarchy factions.  Odyssey changes removed the ability for Anarchy factions to earn bounties in systems they control AND increased 10-fold the number of available missions that target anarchy factions...basically making them the bad guy for the whole galaxy.  Anarchy factions are in full retreat across most of the galaxy...a nearby anarchy PMF with 26 systems is now in 5 wars and losing influence in 19 systems, (https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/35479). Also Acknowledged and needing upvotes.

Galnet Recap:

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

New combat CG today involving Jupiter Division and Silver Legal Group in the Ts’ao Tach system.

Dev news:

Tuesday Supercruise News was fully loaded with CMDR stuff

Thursday stream was CQC night in Horizons.

Odyssey fixes:

Patch 2: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-odyssey-update-2-horizons-update.580194/

Patch 2.1: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-odyssey-update-2-01.580298/

Call for UI feedback on outfitting: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/focused-feedback-thread-outfitting-ui-in-odyssey.580307/

Chig chat

Community Comms: 

Operation Ida still on strike (as off the patch today, ida still on strike -hate)

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Headlines for this episode:  

Odyssey: 3 hotfixes and patch 1

Squad Update: fedneck conflict in v640 and the growing pains of the loose screws networks faction around ross 310

Galnet Recap:

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

(one note about Oracle station falling from orbit: Art made a remark on a charity stream to the effect of that particular station was not supposed to fall at this time, but a station falling at all was not exactly a bug.

So possibly something intended for future events?)

New cgEach tier reached will mean the construction of a new starport within Alliance-controlled space, listed in order of priority:​

- LHS 2522

- Sharru Sector FW-W c1-19

- Bei Dou Sector ZZ-Y b0

- LFT 814

- Herculis Sector IW-W b1-3

Dev news:

Clearly the main discussion

First response from Braben

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/odyssey-progress.576490/

Second response from Braben

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/odyssey-progress-2.578127/

https://discord.com/channels/642049939563610125/642049939563610136/846404719408316427 link to general chat foto of odyssey tralier planet and live game

Since the last episode 1 more hotfix and the first full patch:

Hotfix 3 notes: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-odyssey-hotfix-3.578025/

Update 1 notes: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-odyssey-update-1.578613/

Call for performance and first round of UI feedback: Galmap/sysmap

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/odyssey-optimisation-performance-and-ui-galaxy-system-map-feedback.578093/

Check the edit at the end for the email box to send to, rather than the issue tracker.

Next UI feedback is said to be about outfitting.

Chig chat

Community Comms: 

From CMDR Jellowiggler: I have finally made it back to the bubble.  In one piece!  MacphersonMacpherson made it back too!   Only 40.83% of people signed up have actually made all the check points.  You have until June 30!

It took me 2 weeks to travel from Ishum's reach back to Qama via the N highway.  Plenty of time for you to make it back and get a gold star!

Ida, found a bug;

Repairs on Artemis Lodge have been reset to 0%, and all our progress on Betancourt has been reset.

Ty has a cheese

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Headlines for this episode:

Odyssey: duh

Squad Update

Invasion War + 2 elections, all well in hand

Ross 310 in expansion, destination likely one of several retreat systems nearby.

Psykit’s new station in Snoqui Xian (in range from Qama, Calarum, NLTT 2969)

Fedneck Apocalypse

Galnet Recap:

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

Community goal kaine vs mahon for higher use of expensive mats like v.o’s

Dev news:

I guess there was a stream today? (thursday)

I didn’t get a twitch alert and fully missed it; you’ll have to fill me in.

Thursday hotfix 1: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-odyssey-hotfix-1.576023/

Odyssey BGS Changes:

Odyssey Settlements will appear in different states, that reflect one of the BGS states afflicting their controlling Faction

When two factions engage each other in a War, their Odyssey settlements will become battle sites and in turn host Conflict Zones.

When a war is resolved, all battle sites will return to being standard settlements under the control of the faction that won the most Conflict Zones at that particular battle site during the War.

Odyssey adds new actions which the player can carryout that have a knock on effect to the Security and Economy of a given Faction as well has increasing and decreasing the chance of certain states from occurring.

New Triggers include:

Killing AI

Interacting with Settlements in different ways

Selling different Goods to Bartenders

Selling different Data Bartenders

Logging Organics with Vista Genomics

Completing Odyssey Missions

“The dev Odyssey BGS update suggests that wars are triggered traditionally with crossing influence but each triggered war results in a traditional BGS war plus as many separate mini wars as the sum Odyssey settlement count of the affected factions.”

Discussion: odyssey balancing

with on foot missions, will/can the reward from a mission be worthwhile for the time investment.

Discussion: crime and punishment.

Chig chat

Community Comms: thargoids, and other bugs

(( this doesnt need mentioned on air, so if we skip it no one will notice -hate)) Several canonniers are independently studying new flora and old ruins and searching for thin atmo xeno structures we will be reporting as they publish the new findings

Cheese

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Headlines for this episode:  

Odyssey: Planet tech doesn’t pass to Horizons until console launch.

Dodge the Gank was fun but I messed up the stream

Dredger and Hesperus might be leaving on the 21st 

A quiz show all about elite

Thargoids appear in multiple systems and a coded message from Salvation

Squad Update: 

2 current elections: Calarum (0-0) and V640 (2-2)

Purge of bad neighbors from HIP 4907 completed (Manic Preachers from Ruchbah should fill the gap)

Imminent expansion from NLTT 2969 run-away train system.  Probably going to Hecate to be neighbors with BoTM) but several systems extremely close in influence.

Signs that the Latvian Apocalypse may be losing steam??

Hemorrhaging influence in Unktomi, HIP 4907, Semakhmets

Priorities:

Both elections, but especially V640 due to Fedneck interference.

Anything and everything to reduce LSN influence in NLTT 2969 so we can shut it down

Build influence in HIP 4907

Galnet Recap:

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

The Voice of ‘Salvation’ (21 May deadline)

Alliance Election Campaigns Resume

Paresa Conflict Risks War Between Superpowers

Nova Imperium Triumphs Over Federation

Mass Thargoid Strike - Emergency Declared

Dev news:

Tuesday Live stream: 

           Zac and Sally super cruise news, Now with “CMDR Creations”

They tried mailslot stunts with a 100% fail rate. (applause) 

Odyssey/Horizons Compatibility Update

Horizons will NOT get updated engine tech at launch, and will be an entirely separate game instance.

At console launch, horizons will then also get the updated lighting and planetary tech. 

Maybe still instancing separation by PEGI?  

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/horizons-odyssey-compatibility.574677/

Discussion I see in discord seems to think this is very, very bad, but it didn’t bother me so much. What do you al think?

Thursday Thargoids:

Tweet: https://twitter.com/EliteDangerous/status/1392796892073975813

Cannon decoded the message:

React react react. That's all Aegis ever do. We need a solution!    -- Salvation

Thursday Live stream:

Art streams on xbox with friends for anti-thargoid battle

Discussion: what ship/vehicle do you want to see come with odyssey?

AX combat tips. 

Event idea: Race at Pomeche? Monday night, presuming the servers are off on Tuesday?

Chig chat

Community Comms:

PrimetimeCasual presents The Elite Quiz - Feat. Ascorbius, EidLeWeise, Greytest, and Wotherspoon

https://youtu.be/pSmtxxB1M9M

Cheese 

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Headlines for this episode: (I’m intending this to be a tease of the topics in the episode, finalized on the night)

Odyssey: Alpha,, was it good for you?

The first official Loose Screws Cup

Tensions heat up in a combat CG

fDev server team lead guests on a stream

Xbox pvp event

Squad Update: 

nltt expands, ross almost expands, but nltt 2969 beats it to the punch

Operations in HIP 4907 proceeding according to plan

Gaining ground (slightly) in Unktomi, losing ground (slightly) in Qama and V640

working to reduce nltt will be done on friday 5-7 and saturday, orders are already active, 

ltt 17156 has friends in it, we will be taking second place there and securing remaining assets in system  

Galnet Recap:

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

Federal Leaders Launch Rival Data Requests (CG ended)

Kumo Crew Starports Open for Business

Nova Imperium Targeted by Superpowers ( Imperator Hadrian Duval denies)

Hudson Initiative Increases Federal Surveillance

Federation Attacks Nova Imperium (CG)

Fight for the Fed https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/fight-for-the-federation-against-nova-imperium-combat.574293/

Fight for Nova Imperium https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/fight-for-nova-imperium-against-the-federation-combat.574295/

Tuesday Live stream: 

           Zac and Sally super cruise news (no big news)

Thursday Live stream:

Dav Stott lead server team talks rebooting the galaxy and plays conflict zones (and talks BGS...live! On stream! - here's a timestamped youtube link of that moment in the stream https://youtu.be/L55r0QQ3nEg?t=4180 )

Odyssey Alpha is closed as of yesterday. 

All that’s left is to release on the 19th

Discussion and event idea: escape the gank!!

Ganking is scary and gives open a bad name, right? I actually think it shouldn’t be so scary, and there are some relatively simple steps you can take to leverage your advantage and make yourself hard to kill. 

Let’s talk about it and maybe have a coaching night on this topic?

Escape the gank learn and practice event scheduled for Tuesday the 11th 7pm central, in Loose Screws space

Chig chat

Community Comms:

(how do you make a bullet? Like that) kult of murder goose (commentary: how cool is that name?) - xbox pvp event (june 9th-12th) carrier from bunda to a red, lightning lagrange cloud friday fight night in the cloud saturday 2v2 bracket tourney - https://discord.gg/bFmPNNEcDC 

Loose Screws Cup! 1st place and winner of the first loose screws cup, mrbonzoman

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Headlines for this episode: 

Odyssey: Ok fine; you can have all your ships but don’t stray far; alpha was played on old code.

New machinima webseries

A CMDR travels 84,341LY with no scoop

Community questions

Squad Update: Quiet, but some things to do.

Galnet Recap:

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

Tuesday Live stream: https://youtu.be/xZwxgfuqdzk

Piers Jackson, game director, talks about the development and Alpha process.  w

Talks about the “Trunk” and “Branches”.  The Alpha was out of date before we started

Why didn’t this convo happen before the alpha started? It would have solved so much salt, made things more fun for everyone, and likely lead to better feedback.

AI behavior, stealth, and crime has all been reworked but didn’t make it to the alpha

9 new on foot engineers for suits/weapons. Scopes, speed, mag size, suppressors, autoloader

Dr. Kay Ross, Principal Render Programmer, Talks about what they’ve seen as they watch people play

Optimization: particularly occlusion wasn’t happening. Lots of the planet gen was placeholders.

The gist of hers was that, again, things in the alpha don’t even really represent where the “trunk” was even as we played the alpha.

Thursday Live stream:

Mail slot Mayhem

Special ads made by Rendo https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClxxYYvKs-Ih7hhatQHLIeA

Odyssey Alpha phase 4 Opened Wednesday, extended to May 5th 8:00 UTC

Stored ships are available at reduced transfer cost and time, but reduced to the 50ly bubble.

Phase 4 compatibility https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/phase-4-features-fixes-and-known-issues.573451/

Thursday Hotfix 1: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/odyssey-alpha-phase-4-hotfix-1.573671/

Feedback Thread https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/phase-4-feedback-thread.573460/

Issue Tracker link: https://issues.frontierstore.net/

Rebuy Unlimited webseries pilot: https://youtu.be/NLco16VjFck

CMDR Kabbooooom travels to Ishum’s Reach, 65,647LY from Sol with no scoop! (84,341 total LY traveled)

https://www.reddit.com/r/eliteexplorers/comments/myprm3/i_just_made_it_from_the_bubble_to_ishums_reach/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Chig chat - Oculus VR headset talk 

Questions from Manitook: 1. “At what point did you stop looking at the mission level? whether it was dangerous, elite, or what not when running bgs missions.” 

2. “Should fighters be allowed in military only slots? This is one change I would like to see with Odyssey.”

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Elite Headlines:

Squad Update: fates fried, hip contest in pan near fire! Wodiwodi invasion flying loose (getting screwy)

Galnet Recap:

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

Neo-Marlinists Seek Sanctuary at Marlinist Colonies

The Adamastor Enigma

Conditional Amnesty Agreed for Neo-Marlinists

Federal Surveillance Identifies Domestic Terrorists

Archon Delaine Starport Campaign Concludes

Aegis Appeals for Guardian Artefacts

“Salvation” says “...we don’t have long” (tweet)

Odyssey Alpha continues. Some hot fixes came

The genetic sampler mini-game is being scrapped based on feedback

Phase 3 hotfix 1: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/odyssey-alpha-phase-3-hotfix-1.572130/

Phase 3 hotfix 2: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/odyssey-alpha-phase-3-hotfix-2.572688/

Phase 3 feedback response: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/phase-3-initial-feedback-response.572706/

Phase 4 compatibility https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/phase-4-compatibility-update.572961/

Focussed feedback: inventory.  https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/focused-feedback-inventory-and-favourite-features.571623/

Phase 3 video: https://youtu.be/YMTOV9ZuCYE

Phase 3 Forum Post and info: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/phase-3-features-fixes-and-known-issues.571888/

Feedback Thread: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/phase-3-feedback-thread.571889/

Issue Tracker link: https://issues.frontierstore.net/

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Squad Update: the bgs giveith the bgs taketh away

Devo’s Super Rad Galnet Recap:

https://community.elitedangerous.com/

Oddly enough, there were no new Galnet articles this week...

Main Topic: Odyssey Alpha continues. Phase 3

Our Opinions so far:

Focussed feedback: inventory.  https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/focused-feedback-inventory-and-favourite-features.571623/

Phase 3 video: https://youtu.be/YMTOV9ZuCYE

Phase 3 Forum Post and info: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/phase-3-features-fixes-and-known-issues.571888/

Feedback Thread: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/phase-3-feedback-thread.571889/

Issue Tracker link: https://issues.frontierstore.net/

Tephlon rescues seta IV from above the galactic plane traveling 55 carrier jumps to the rescue (and 56 or so back)

Not chig chat? Yes

Cheese? Oh wait ill do a beer~! A not-cheese!