Finally I will be able to board my ship the Iron Duke
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What they’ve showed of 2.3 is looking good to me. You can clearly see a ground work that could lead to walking around. Which I must say, is not something I’m particularly interested in at this point, but still.
The multi-crew showed some entries for things like mining, and new turret mounted mining lasers. Could be fun to try a multi-crew mining session someday.
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Of all the things in 2.3 I think I like the ‘instant join crew’ bit the most. I know it sort of suspends belief a bit, but I like the idea of being able to set up drop-in like gameplay without us all have to be in the same system. I’ve been wanting to go do a big ASPx tour for a while now, but also wanted to Wing up more. This might be a way to do both, in that I can ‘beam’ back as a crew member wherever other Mudspikes are.
The increased use of external views and a better camera make sense, as the detail on the ships is great and it always felt a bit of a missed opportunity to not make the best of that. I’m not sure about that external gunner view, as it could look a bit more ‘synthentic’ rather than just a ‘you are in space’ sort of view, but it’s not something that bothers me a lot.
Given how procedual Elite is, in terms of how it works and has a galaxy, I’m now really curious about the space legs part in the future. Being able to walk around bases, stations and having a lot of ‘generated’ variety in that would be interesting. I am reminded a bit of X-Rebirth as a warning sign though, as in that was a game that you could leave your bridge to go trade or visit a bar for missions, but after the 10th time it just felt a bit of a pain, as in ‘why can’t I just use a computer to talk to them and stay in my seat!’. I think there might need to be a good gameplay element to add around spacelegs, as otherwise it might be a lot of effort for them but not something that actually gets used a lot by regular players.
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Frog mentioned “that game” !!! get your futuristic pitchforks guys, he is a spacefaring heretic
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Random dudes jump you in the stations and try to take your lunch money.
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My first Neutron Star! It was totally unexpected! 
Aaaand, seriously? Doodie McDood? facepalm Still, a part of me giggled.
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Beta incoming (hopefully) today!
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/331610-2-3-Beta-Release-News
Well lets see what hapens 
I just wish I could get into Elite Dangerous. I have it installed, have the Oculus Rift and a HOTAS, but for some reason I just find the grind tedious. I played the original Elite for hours on end when I was in my early teens.
The grind is real.
I try and vary up what I’m doing to keep from getting too grindy but I definitely get the sentiment and I can get tired of it after a while. Thankfully they keep injecting new features to keep it reasonably fresh.
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Beta is delayed to Tuesday (best estimate) or later this week.
In other news…
And for ship’s Naming…
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…there will also be the option to purchase cosmetic name plates which will allow Commanders the ability to display that name on your ship’s hull via a special decal. These additional features will be made available in the near future with a catalogue of designs. We’re looking forward to seeing you display your ship names with pride.
I can also confirm that the character limit for ship naming is determined by width.
The Good Ship Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious will have to wait I guess
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Well, not really. Naming will be free.
If anyone will scan your ship, its name will pop up.
The option of Hull display of the name is pay-to.
Which, being only optional, sheer vanity and fundamentally useless- I’m totally fine with.
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Added Megaships
Tanker
Cargo
Asteroid Miner
Flight Operations
Prison Ship
Science Vessel
Passenger
???
???
Whaaaat
Oh snap!!
I was wondering how quickly they were going to add the TRAPPIST-1 system…
I wonder who started staging first to get the discovery credit.
Looking forward to the giant ships and Thargoids!
Has anyone given their Cmdr a face yet?
The new additions look fantastic. Not part of the beta, but looking forward to seeing the new bases, megaships and whatnot.
Exactly, I’m really excited for this to hit the main version (I decided I’m not running beta for Elite) plus I really wanna go out to the Trappist-1 system for some giggles.