The good people behind Elite Dangerous want you to know something- they hear you, and they got your back. The third Elite Dangerous season will be free for everyone, and they are focusing on community-requested enhancements, and new in-game content that will move the player-driven storyline along. The crime and punishment system is undergoing a series of changes as well, aimed at improving the response to players’ criminal activities, making Open Play’s massively multiplayer galaxy fairer and more competitive. The new Advance Tactical Response will be on the hunt for repeat offenders, ‘Hot Ships’ attach crimes to players’ spacecrafts, and new notoriety levels increase consequences for illegal activities making the galaxy a more challenging place for veteran pilots.
Also, new contacts will be available for Elite Dangerous Horizons owners as tech brokers, dealers of rare tools and technologies, giving players a chance to acquire new items based on their own narrative and experience. In addition, material traders will allow commanders to convert and exchange materials, making engineering and unlocking missions with tech brokers more accessible.
Beyond - Chapter One also features an array of improvements and updates, including the addition of a trade data overlay helping commanders find the most profitable trades in the Milky Way, changes to the engineering mechanics which ensure guaranteed improvement when crafting, the overhaul of the mission rewards system as well as the introduction of a new combat ship, The Chieftain, built as a response to the new Thargoid threat.
Elite Dangerous: Beyond - Chapter One will be available for free to Elite Dangerous players on PC, PS4 and Xbox One on February 27.
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