X4: Tides of Avarice - Egosoft reveals next chapter of X4 space saga

[Nanook]

Currently attempting to play a pirate-style game. What I really miss is the ability to send out raiding parties to loot and pillage, much as the NPC pirates do. I hope some sort of game mechanic makes it in T of A to make that possible. AARRR!

[steph_m37]

HI !

but the non-support of Nvidia cards will make me quit the game

Hows X4 doesn't support Nvidia cards? Does it only run on AMD GPUs?

I misspoke I meant for DLSS only, and yes, I agree with you for the rest, but I invested in a rather expensive card (For blender too)
So that's why I'm going to prefer games optimized with DLSS and it starts to have a lot (listed in each GeForce Experience patch and Nvidia drivers)
but bad luck most of these are games in which I am no longer interested .
For now, i have only Death stranding (DLSS), Rise of tomb raider(DLSS) and MechWarrior 5 using DLSS + Ray tracing and shadow lights etc, it's just fantastic!
But non DLSS game work fine and X4 I play in 4K, and everything is fine.

Steph.

[Alm888]

Ventures is supposed to be coming back in this game though, isn't it?.

My only question is "Why?"

Why such an abomination as "Ventures" should exist in the first place?

It was basically a slot machine: you insert a coin (ship), pull the lever, wait for quite a while (doing absolutely nothing in the meantime) and get your lootboxes as a reward.

And to add an injury to the injury, some game content was barred behind this "online component". In a singleplayer game with strong modding community!
Online lootboxes and alienating modders -- implementing "Ventures" was never a good idea.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not against "online features" per se. But barring part of the content behind online crap in a singleplayer game will never work, no matter how sophisticated the scheme is. It is the unique experience of interaction with other human players that should be the reward for online component, not some unique paintjobs, ship modifications, or (oh, Great Lord, save EgoSoft from this madness!) exclusive ships and weapons.
What I would definitely enjoy are some online fast-paced dogfights with my tuned fighter craft and my skills against that of other players. No big universe, no economy, no other sectors: just me (and members of my group) against a rival squad. Capture the flag, last (wo)man flying, one on one duel -- no matter. We all like to argue which ship is the best. Imagine how awesome would it be to test your skills against other players and show them your "bird" is the head of the flock!

[alexalsp]

Could you make the image for desktop 1920 x 1080 or higher?

[Arckame]

My only question is "Why?"

Why such an abomination as "Ventures" should exist in the first place?

It was basically a slot machine: you insert a coin (ship), pull the lever, wait for quite a while (doing absolutely nothing in the meantime) and get your lootboxes as a reward.

And to add an injury to the injury, some game content was barred behind this "online component". In a singleplayer game with strong modding community!
Online lootboxes and alienating modders -- implementing "Ventures" was never a good idea.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not against "online features" per se. But barring part of the content behind online crap in a singleplayer game will never work, no matter how sophisticated the scheme is. It is the unique experience of interaction with other human players that should be the reward for online component, not some unique paintjobs, ship modifications, or (oh, Great Lord, save EgoSoft from this madness!) exclusive ships and weapons.
What I would definitely enjoy are some online fast-paced dogfights with my tuned fighter craft and my skills against that of other players. No big universe, no economy, no other sectors: just me (and members of my group) against a rival squad. Capture the flag, last (wo)man flying, one on one duel -- no matter. We all like to argue which ship is the best. Imagine how awesome would it be to test your skills against other players and show them your "bird" is the head of the flock!

You are considering ventures as they were. But they are changing venture totally, this is why they are not available any more and this is why they take so much time rewriting everything. The coming back ventures may be far away the description you give.

[Hawkseyez]

so this is gonna be later in the quarter rather than sooner? just trying to set my expectations and not be hyped now if gotta wait 3 months. cheers.

[Stoats not Goats]

so this is gonna be later in the quarter rather than sooner? just trying to set my expectations and not be hyped now if gotta wait 3 months. cheers.

They haven't specified but most likely it will be towards the end of the quarter as it was for Cradle of Humanity, probably sometime mid-late March.

[alt3rn1ty]

Ventures is supposed to be coming back in this game though, isn't it?.

My only question is "Why?"

I know that question is not really at me, but personally I just want Ventures back for the stuff venture ships bring back which I dont seem to be able to get any other way .. Probably down to my play style or just being rubbish at finding them or unlucky.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not against "online features" per se.

I am against them in what traditionally is a single player game.

But I have no issue with Ventures because really Egosoft did this feature quite nicely respecting the game series fan base overall preferences in that its not necessary to be online (so I can take my laptop away in a ship with no connectivity and still play my favourite game), it doesn't foster any need for the best in hardware races among customers (ie rich kids who can throw money at the best fps rig every month and win), and it doesn't need a game launching platform app (Steam or GOG Galaxy apps) to be running in the background.

It is a bit of a lottery though, one thing I didn't get chance to test before Ventures got pulled was trying out a really good pilot (4-5 Star) and seeing if the loot rewards were any better on average, not sure if it would have made much difference but wanted to give it a go, I just couldn't raise a good enough pilot before it was taken away.

I'm pretty sure though that Egosoft will be honing the idea into something a bit more special, they always do, even though it takes them years to get there Egosoft are outstanding at polishing their games to be the best they can be.

[LameFox]

One thing I liked about ventures is the avenue for getting less conventional ships floating around your space. That the rewards are otherwise hard to get is a bit annoying because that part competes with the game's modding scene. But I was hoping someday I'd be able to fight whole player-configured combat fleets that might be a bit more coherent and better equipped than AI ones... just for something to do I guess.

Wish they'd kept the player logos too, that would have been kinda interesting.

[nemo1887]

Hello!

new extension ,old bug not solved , xénons almost disappeared, this extension will have to buy it? , I already:split vendetta ,terrien conflict. 2 DLC the third will have to pay and it will not be better.

[spankahontis]

Don't get me wrong, I love X4 Foundations just as much as X2. But I really miss the beautiful and mighty Boron. Will they ever come to X4?

There is nothing confirmed so far, but Egosoft received a goverment grant to make project codename X-22.
Before that, they received grants for both Pirate DLC and Terran DLC.

X-22 grant is triple the size of Pirate DLC.

This might indicate something massive, like Boron DLC, or a new stand-alone X4 game (like X3AP is stand alone to X3R) with Borons.

This could be also something different, like X4 VR, or X-game with multiplayer, but if I had to bet my lifesavings, I'd bet on a new stand alone X4 game which will add Borons.

Maybe as an expansion? Personally the thought of Boron floating in Levitating jars seems like a half-baked solution when they want the Boron to return in all their beauty and glory.
Maybe they are making a huge expansion for the Boron's return that certain scripts might not be friendly for X4:Foundations and require a rework at the expense of save game compatibility.

As long as we get the Boron and their ships/economy? I will feel content.

[BitByte]

Not sure if raised the question by others but wondering if recycler can also be used to destroyed stations similar way as to ship wrecks?

This would be nice especially in warzones good addition when you wouldn't need bring all construction materials from elsewhere but get from destroyed enemy stations.

[Stoats not Goats]

Not sure if raised the question by others but wondering if recycler can also be used to destroyed stations similar way as to ship wrecks?

This would be nice especially in warzones good addition when you wouldn't need bring all construction materials from elsewhere but get from destroyed enemy stations.

They did state that this would be possible, I recall Bernd mentioned it in the interview with Captain Collins. I can't find it by skipping through the recorded interview just now but you should be able to find it if you give it a watch.

[TheShear]

Okay ... I just saw this so let me get this straight.
The next Addon will actually cost money even for CE Owners, is piracy themed, the ships literary look like trash ducktaped together and collect Space trash and are thanks to that also literal trash cans?

Do you have any Idea ...


... how much I love this? I had hoped the Yaki scratch that itch but while the Ships are nice there are only two really.

Well aside from the "costs money" thing" but it had to happen at some point and why not make it fittingly the Piracy addon? Now lemme get the duck tape ready and wait for the Pre Order.

[Cyron43]

Okay ... I just saw this so let me get this straight.
The next Addon will actually cost money even for CE Owners, is piracy themed, the ships literary look like trash ducktaped together and collect Space trash and are thanks to that also literal trash cans?

Do you have any Idea ...


... how much I love this? I had hoped the Yaki scratch that itch but while the Ships are nice there are only two really.

Well aside from the "costs money" thing" but it had to happen at some point and why not make it fittingly the Piracy addon? Now lemme get the duck tape ready and wait for the Pre Order.

It'll be just 15 Euros. That's very cheap in the light of the big effort they put into this. So there's nothing to complain about.

[mr.WHO]

I have a bad aftertaste that pirates should be the part of base game.

Mainly due to pathetic bare bone state of HAT, SCA, BUC (not even in game if you don't to the right plot arc), FAF and YAK.

[TheShear]

It'll be just 15 Euros. That's very cheap in the light of the big effort they put into this. So there's nothing to complain about.

Oh I don't. It's just not the part I love but I really don't mind it (Kinda was meant as a joke since it's the Piracy add on). II will preorder it in a Heartbeat.

[Insects]

Maybe as an expansion? Personally the thought of Boron floating in Levitating jars seems like a half-baked solution when they want the Boron to return in all their beauty and glory.
Maybe they are making a huge expansion for the Boron's return that certain scripts might not be friendly for X4:Foundations and require a rework at the expense of save game compatibility.

As long as we get the Boron and their ships/economy? I will feel content.

They could also just put everyone else into space suits and have the entire Boron stations and ships be filled with water and floating Borons.
Would add something new and quite unique.

The spacesuit chair needs an overhaul anyway so more justification to make proper suits with small jetpack and magnetic boots to run around on ship/station hulls.

[buzzard37]

Sounds good, but the game currently can use some AI improvements on destroyer fleets first. The problem is quite known in many of ragnos28 videos on YouTube. This is not hating on the game, this is only an issue that needs addressing.

[DavidGW]

So, now that it's distinctly Q1 2022...

More News! More News! More News!

Pre-orders?
Soundtrack?
Limited edition Boso-Ta plushies?

I am prepared for HYPE!