Announcing X4: Split Vendetta and update 3.0

[chew-ie]

i do like the new ships finally something that doesn't look like crap. also i noticed in the trailer at 1:28 that one of the ships had like a huge ass turret on its top .

According to Lino those are the Split L-Turrets =)

[spankahontis]

What is the "Design your own Stations" Feature the Trailer speaks of?

Is this something new or is it talking about the Split Faction Modules?
I'm guessing Station Interiors? Can you divulge further?

Also How many New Sectors are we talking here?
New Weapons? Technology?

And can we get some screenshots of the Split Males and Females? Have they had a major overhaul since X:Rebirth?

I haven't played game since X4 was out so I'm not sure what is status of game now but I'm hoping it is much better now... Anyway from what I have heard 3.0 will be getting more combat missions so does anyone have more info about it ?

Edit:
I hope they are more like X3 or XR missions.... I miss defend station and destroying randomly spawn pirate capital ships

Having a mission to defend a station just didn't seem right to me.
They wait for you to accept mission.. Then attack.

Would of been better if a fleet of Pirate ships, A galleon with 30-40 fighters are buzzing round a helpless station, their defenses have been hacked and they give out a distress beacon that "they need help" you get an orange screen, click on it with cursor and they tell you the mission, you accept.
Would be allot cooler if they did it that way, instead of the X:Rebirth/X3 way.. Loved how the Toride System in Rebirth had distress missions.. You had to fly to a miner/freighter being chased by Xenon/Kha'ak Ships. Allot more realistic.

[Scaezaa]

And can we get some screenshots of the Split Males and Females? Have they had a major overhaul since X:Rebirth?

If you look closely, you can sneak a peek at them at 30 and 50 seconds in the trailer.

[Nikola515]

@spankahontis

There is always problem when it come to reality vs fun. Having action on demand was one of reasons why I liked older titles including XR as you can kill time while waiting for other things. Not sure how it is now but only assassination missions I had was hopeless trading ships half of galaxy away.

[Fulgrymm]

Hm, the bottom right pic looks like a modern take on the Dragon, is that what it is?

[grbaker]

Wow... seeing some big graphical updates there. mmmmm lovely.

[spankahontis]

And can we get some screenshots of the Split Males and Females? Have they had a major overhaul since X:Rebirth?

If you look closely, you can sneak a peek at them at 30 and 50 seconds in the trailer.

30 secs is the Back of their Bald Head and the side view in 50 secs I can't make out because of the Transparency effects of Windows obscuring vision (My Eyes aren't that good).

Will Ego be releasing some screenshots? I really want to see how the Split Models have improved since X:Rebirth?

@spankahontis

There is always problem when it come to reality vs fun. Having action on demand was one of reasons why I liked older titles including XR as you can kill time while waiting for other things. Not sure how it is now but only assassination missions I had was hopeless trading ships half of galaxy away.

Assassinations haven't really changed since X:Rebirth, come to think of it? They've gotten worse, in X:Rebirth you could at least take a high paying contract and face off against a Taranis with Balor and some fighters or even another Taranis as escort; not seen an assassination mission greater than a fighter?

They need to implement somekind of a Bounty Hunting/Contract Killing Mechanic into the game.

I'd love to see (But probably consumes CPU memory) a Bounty System in place where a ship (Even the Player) Can mount up a bounty on their Head through the use of 'Unauthorized Kills', 'Attacking Stations' or even if you force a Freighter to eject it's cargo triggers a 'Piracy' warning, increasing your bounty. Every crime you commit the bounty pot fills up, the higher the price on your Head, the greater the consequences?

You can see a Faction Representative and pay off your bounty or the fun of being a 'Notorious Pirate' you can mount up that Bounty into it's millions, till it becomes so high that Factions start sending out Mercenaries to hunt you down, the higher the bounty? the greater the frequency of attacks on you and fleet sizes that you are Hans Solo being chased by Star Destroyer sized ships.
There can be allot of fun and realism behind such a system, giving the Bounty Hunter playthrough a much welcome boost?
You could even have a 'Wanted List' you can pull up when you enter a certain Factions space, with a list of ships who have committed crimes in that section of Space.

Possibilities are endless!!

Limit Theory (Before they gave up) was implementing a bounty system just like that.

[steve_v]

This looks proper awesome.
Is there a detailed changelog/feature-list somewhere for v3.0? A list of new stuff in the DLC?

[Xenon_Slayer]

We put the changelog together shortly before the beta is made available, so not just yet. Also, we're not ruling out other patches before 3.0. Either way, expect the changelog to be sizable.

[Bobzillah]

We put the changelog together shortly before the beta is made available, so not just yet. Also, we're not ruling out other patches before 3.0. Either way, expect the changelog to be sizable.

hope to find a note then with we now can destroy everything we want in the x4 universe

total domiation = only domination


keep up the great work !

[traslogan]

Will we finally be able to make ships do a basic haul goods from a-to-b loop?

[mr.WHO]

That Split fighter looks sexy as hell! It gives some X2 Mamba vibes, so I guess this must be Mamba.

[adeine]

They need to implement somekind of a Bounty Hunting/Contract Killing Mechanic into the game.

I'd love to see (But probably consumes CPU memory) a Bounty System in place where a ship (Even the Player) Can mount up a bounty on their Head through the use of 'Unauthorized Kills', 'Attacking Stations' or even if you force a Freighter to eject it's cargo triggers a 'Piracy' warning, increasing your bounty. Every crime you commit the bounty pot fills up, the higher the price on your Head, the greater the consequences?

You can see a Faction Representative and pay off your bounty or the fun of being a 'Notorious Pirate' you can mount up that Bounty into it's millions, till it becomes so high that Factions start sending out Mercenaries to hunt you down, the higher the bounty? the greater the frequency of attacks on you and fleet sizes that you are Hans Solo being chased by Star Destroyer sized ships.
There can be allot of fun and realism behind such a system, giving the Bounty Hunter playthrough a much welcome boost?
You could even have a 'Wanted List' you can pull up when you enter a certain Factions space, with a list of ships who have committed crimes in that section of Space.

Possibilities are endless!!

+1

XRM could do it more or less convincingly, so I don't see why it wouldn't be possible.

[DaMuncha]

And can we get some screenshots of the Split Males and Females? Have they had a major overhaul since X:Rebirth?

If you look closely, you can sneak a peek at them at 30 and 50 seconds in the trailer.

Thats that back of someones head, could be anyone.

[Tamina]

Looks like a female Split, we already have in X4, to me.

[TallonHunteR]

A question about some phrasing in the trailer, and the lack of a prevalent visual cue from existing advertising material.

A) "A huge new space sandbox"
B) Complete lack of the familiar blue streaks

...Has the universe been reworked to function without highways in addition to having split sectors added?

on a reality note, as you're doing a booth at gamescom this year, will you be allowing footage recording and livestreaming from the event because...

WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE? >>
[YES] / NO

[Karmaticdamage]

Hopefully the split families are at war with each other or with some of the other factions. We need more conflicts spread out, rather then everyone vs the HOP. Maybe give the HOP a friend in one of the split families so they can trade with someone other then the player and the HAT.

[Elvenwolf]

Starcraft Marine Tychus: "Hell... it's 'bout time".

I was about to go to general chat to toss in some ideas about modular Ships out of bordom when I saw this news! Yay! Got excited right at the start of the trailer. Looks like the population of the station roaming has been imrpoved (fixed). Though I wonder if they gave more variety.

I hope they don't wait until AFTER Xmas holidays to release the patch! lol

[spacecoyote99]

Looks like a female Split, we already have in X4, to me.

Yeah exactly like that. I'd also love it if they got an overhaul or at least a small update. They look a little bit too much like tall goblins at the moment The male split otoh look very cool:



I don't know enough about the lore to say whether this is the way it's supposed to be...

[RiccDeckard]

I have to admit I am exited for the update - I completely forgot that I have it already through the deluxe edition Was about to pre-purchase on Steam as I noticed the "already in Library" tag on it

Really looking forward for the storyline, which was a tad slim in the base game to be honest. Also bigger Universe - hell yes.