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Greetings Commanders.

Following your feedback on the Thargoid War, we're changing the way the weekly maintenance tick affects system state progress, starting from tomorrow's tick (09/02/3309).

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Currently, any system which has failed to fill its progress bar loses all progress on the weekly tick.

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Following tomorrow's changes, this will no longer be the case. Instead, 33% of the total progress required* will be deducted every week.

For example, a system which filled its bar up to 50% will retain 17% and start from there in the following week. This means that if progress is ever 33% or less at the time of the tick, it will be reduced to 0%.
Progress is not carried across different states.

If players fail to reach 100% progress in a system in an Invasion State before all markets are aban... Read more
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Good day, fellow irrelevant specks of stardust adrift in the magnitude of the infinite cosmos. It's time to reflect on the GalNet news stories of the week as a healthy distraction from the existential realisation that all our actions are ultimately meaningless!

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MARLINISTS FACING ‘INCREASINGLY GRAVE’ FUTURE - 6 March 3309
The Marlinist colonies are starting to realise that launching a solo music career is a bit trickier when your competition are giant malevolent s... Read more
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Greetings Commanders,

Back with another instalment of Discovery Scanner for you today, recapping a little of next week, along with some housework style information around subtle changes to Twitch Drop cadence and a little more.
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Here's the full article for your consumption: https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/discovery-scanner-13022023

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A little request:
Following a little derailment in last week's Discovery Scanner thread, can I politely ask that comments in here aren't drawn toward a holding ground for discussing known issues and queries too far out of discussions around the article, please?
It's not that we don't want to hear them or read them, it just helps a ... Read more
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Greetings Commanders.

The team are aware of and investigating present issues around logging into Elite Dangerous via Steam from overnight.

Just a little reassurance to let you know that the flag has been waved.

o7
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Greetings Commanders.

Some time ago, Hero Ferrari was being a little problematic with sending out invites to Commanders, despite them achieving the correct unlock criteria for Combat Zones.

It's been noted that this appears to be happening again/still, in some cases, so to dig deeper into her stubbornness, could I ask those of you who are encountering this issue to contribute to the following issue tracker ticket being closely tracked, please:

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https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/57570
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Keeping a close eye on this and I'll update the thread on progress when I have it.

o7 and all the many thanks as always.
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Greetings Commanders - Happy Monday.

Coming in hot for you this afternoon, as we head into another week, kicking off with Discovery Scanner.

Let's have an great week ahead o7

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A few little recaps of recent memories today, as well as taking a much loved moment to spotlight and celebrate Commanders.

In addition, noted in the 'Game News' section: This Thursday's maintenance tick brings with it some 'Thargoid War' rebalance work. More details to follow.

Full article now live at: www.elitedangerous.... Read more
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Greetings Commanders,

We're checking in again to see whether you're enjoying the Thargoid War at large. We recently posted this thread to ask for feedback on the specific mechanics, let us know about any bugs or issues and technical things of that nature. We'd like thank you all for the feedback you provided. It has been immensely helpful in working with the developers to plan the direction of future changes. We have already started to roll out these plans the form of ... Read more
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Greetings Commanders.

For transparency and keeping you more globally in the loop, today we will be closing a notable ticket on the Issue Tracker, which shared thoughts and concerns on the general consistency of timings for the 'BGS tick' across galaxy systems.

Issue Tracker ticket for reference: //issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/41735
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[*]"BGS tick is still pretty inconsistent and not happening everywhere at the same time".
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A personal message from our dev team!

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The numerous components of the BGS simulation (economy, faction, etc) have had multiple updates over the years to ensure these take the least amount of time and happen as close to one another as possible. However, due to the vastness of the data requ... Read more
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Greetings Commanders,

Back again with more information around issue tracking this afternoon, this time honing in on previous communication around tackling issues encountered when engaging with Mission Boards.

Issue Tracker ticket for reference: //issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/55782
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[*]Mission Board Not Loading
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This Issue Tracker ticket has now been marked as 'Fixed'.

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To take you back a little bit for clarity and context, the team committed a fix in January to help improve issues experienced with Mission Boards functioning incorrectly at the time, which we communicated ... Read more
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Greetings Commanders!

Quite a bumper beat for a Monday morning today, in the form of Discovery Scanner latest!

In this week's instalment you'll find a recap on last week's communications, plus some little updates to known issue progress from game side news, followed by an important note for a future planned revision to the Influencer Team's YouTube 'Elite Dangerous Partner Program' creator criteria and a celebration of a favourite Elite Dangerous series season kick off.

Full article can be found here: www.elitedangerous.com/news/discovery-scanner-20022023... Read more
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Greetings commanders!

Time has once again frustratingly chosen to continue forward in a linear manner, and we are once again faced with the cold reality that another week has been lost. Whilst we try not to think about whether there are more hours remaining in our lives than those that have already gone, it's time to roundup the weekly GalNet news!

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AEGIS TRIALS TECH TO EXPLORE MAELSTROMS - 24 April 3309
After enjoying watching so many pilots trying to brute f... Read more
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Greetings Commanders,

The Indra Megaship is jumping across the bubble to contribute to the Thargoid War effort this Thursday. It's destination is HIP 28128, a short distance from the front line.

Some of you will have noticed that the Indra Megaship has recently stopped offering new missions. This was done in preparation for the jump, after which the mission boards will refill.

O7
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Greetings Commanders,

As mentioned as part of Discovery Scanner this week, we alerted you of pending balance changes in relation to Thargoid War activity, to better reflect recent player actions and feedback.

These will be incoming as part of tomorrow's routine maintenance tick.

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Thargoid War balance changes.
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[*]Previously unpopulated systems that are now under Thargoid Control or Alert states will be easier to push back.
[*]Thargoids will deprioritize expanding into unpopulated systems.
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Additionally, Commanders, you will be wise to keep your eyes wide for the latest news from GalNet tomorrow...
We hear someone may be about to author us some important information...

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Here's hoping you're having a great week so far.

o7
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Greetings ethereal consciousnesses trapped in corporeal eidolons forced to wander this limited universe, and welcome to another GalNet News round up!

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AEGIS RETURNS - 13 February 3309
Guess who's back. Back again. Aegis is back. Tell a friend. The mighty superpowers of the Milky Way have joined together like some kind of cheesy anime robot to bring everyone's favourite anti-xeno organisation back together. Professor Alba Tesreau and her impossible to pronounce surname will be taking the reigns of the reformed group and will be looking to casually ... Read more
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Greetings Commanders.

Dusting off the Emporium tone today, to alert you to some spring-time savings from Frontier and the Elite Dangerous Gamestore!

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Get 75% off E... Read more
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Greetings lost souls clinging to your dreams of a corporeal body, unaware that they are but memories of a life once lived. It's time for another roundup of the week's GalNet news!

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FEDERAL EYES ON CONGRESS DEBATE - 14 March 3309
In a fresh attempt to start clamping down on that most frustrating human weakness, free will, a new proposal has been submitted to the Federal Congress. The Hudson Contravention seeks to give everyone's favourite Double Dragon movie villain lookalike, Zachary Hudson, the ability to stay on f... Read more
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Greetings Commanders,

Time for that best dressed Commander vibe now that a sale has launched today, over in the Elite Dangerous Merch store!

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Bag yourself up to 20% off selected items from today, May 3rd, until May 11th!
Head on over to the sale category link here.

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You'll find an array of stylish stash on offer, such as thrilling ... Read more
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Greetings Commanders.

The time has come and we're all extremely excited to welcome in Update 15 for you all, this coming Tuesday - May 9th.

Please see below for the planned release schedule.


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Time (BST) Action
05:00 Downtime warning ahead of server downtime for Elite Dangerous 'Live/4.0' Commanders - in game broadcast.
07:00 Servers for Elite Dangerous 'Live/4.0' will go down. Elite Dangerous 'Legacy' servers will remain online.
15:00 (approx) Servers for Elite Dangerous 'Live/4.0' will return, along with deployment download of Update 15.


Deployment Platform (platform holder build compilation ...
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Greetings Commanders - Another Monday swirls in.

Discovery Scanner has landed once again - a casual, gentle read, this one.

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A few little recaps, a heads up on this week's flavour of livestream, along with the spotlight shining on creative Commanders once again.

Full article now live at: https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/discovery-scanner-20032023

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With that, Commanders, here's wishing you a pleasant week ahead in your journey.

We'll be in touch with any updates to information as we continue on, alon... Read more