2.6 or 3.0?

Plagueis

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No point of being positive if your wrong! Sam's right!

3.0 is a MUCH bigger update than 2.6 is - and yet 2.6 has taken a lot longer than CIC expected to get out the door. Don't forget they are also working on SQ42 in tandem and progress on that is slower than they hoped too.

Overall everythings going slower than they hope, so we won't see 3.0 for 6 months after 2.6 which is summer, and I think the time scale will slip further on it - so October could be the one as Sam says - Gamescom would be the ideal time to launch such a big and important update.
I agree with you, I'm thinking more late summer to early fall 2017.
 

Lythan

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It might heavily depend on the overlap of requirements between 2.6 and 3.0... but really even if there is plenty of overlap, skipping 2.6 and going straight for 3.0 misses the point of bringing things out to us piece by piece so we can test it, rate it and hate it.... (was just going with the flow there, don't mind it and have a waffle!)

I believe 2017 will be the year in which production speed (of usable content) will improve considerably. Right now a lot of back-end work is being done which is crucial to support the content that we so desire. Once it is done and resources can be put elsewhere, we'll see production speed rise. Which might be a must, depending on finances and goodwill for the project.
 

Crymsan

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I am not sure in game functionality will speed up (i.e. adding features), the more complex things get the more issues crop up the more time it takes. What does seem certain though is that more ships will come out because they seem to have finished the S42 ships so can reallocate those resources, its progress of a sort I guess.
 

DeepDrum

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I vote we get rid of version numbers entirely.
I vote they push mini patches every time they fix a bug with no notice, no hype and no waiting until special freaking events to release completed projects.
My Linux machines get patches almost daily.
My combat flight sim gets patches monthly.
I am about to lose $300,000 aUEC.
Heck on the Kilrathi home planet, I can buy a space Lambourghini for half that.
 

AstroSam

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Talking about 3.0, we just discussed that in my German community: in my opinion, 3.0 is the most critical success factor of Star Citizen. With/By this patch it will be decided whether SC will become successful - or not. I can even imagine that the release of 3.0 could take up and until xmas 2017.
 

AstroSam

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Well I have no clue on the time of 3.0 but if they do not fix the net code so one starfarer does not overload the server the game will not make it!!!!

Or we all will fly small solo ships and even then max 10 in an instance....
Thats exactly my point. With 3.0, there will be the first system live plus planet plus planetary landing. Hence there will be lots and lots and lots of pilots who want to steer their ships commonly and at the same time around the planets, landing on it, starting and so on. Thus if now only a spawning farer will almost crash a server - how CIG will face this challenge which arises with 3.0, I'm asking...? If they stick with 24 players in one instance by the time CIG releases 3.0, well, I guess then I've burned lots of money.
 

Printimus

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Thats exactly my point. With 3.0, there will be the first system live plus planet plus planetary landing. Hence there will be lots and lots and lots of pilots who want to steer their ships commonly and at the same time around the planets, landing on it, starting and so on. Thus if now only a spawning farer will almost crash a server - how CIG will face this challenge which arises with 3.0, I'm asking...? If they stick with 24 players in one instance by the time CIG releases 3.0, well, I guess then I've burned lots of money.
I thought they fixed the networking problem with the new code coming out in 2.6? Under the network details in the schedule report, they have been ripping out old crytek coding and putting in new stuff.
 

DeepDrum

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I thought they fixed the networking problem with the new code coming out in 2.6? Under the network details in the schedule report, they have been ripping out old crytek coding and putting in new stuff.
That would be cool.
Crytek apparently is tough to mini patch as is.
They'll get it sorted eventually.
 

DeepDrum

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Talking about 3.0, we just discussed that in my German community: in my opinion, 3.0 is the most critical success factor of Star Citizen. With/By this patch it will be decided whether SC will become successful - or not. I can even imagine that the release of 3.0 could take up and until xmas 2017.
In my humble opinion, SC WILL be successful and will be completed.
If they can't make 3 by year end, following tradition, then give us 2.9 around February.
I am easily amused and sometimes even still go into drone sim with my tunes cranked.
I think 2.6 will be pretty darned good in reality. 3.0? Oh yeah!
 

DeepDrum

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Kilrath. So beautiful this time of year.
And the Kilrathi women appeal to me.
There is just something about a cat person with an attitude.
If it wasn't for for those Kilrathi fleas.
I mean, a flea with 6 heads, 12 arms, 12 legs, 12 eyes and no brain.
The Kilrathi name for them is "a committee"

♪♫ I met my thrill ♪♫
♪♫ On a Kilrathi hill ♪♫
 

Blind Owl

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And the Kilrathi women appeal to me.
There is just something about a cat person with an attitude.
If it wasn't for for those Kilrathi fleas.
I mean, a flea with 6 heads, 12 arms, 12 legs, 12 eyes and no brain.
The Kilrathi name for them is "a committee"

♪♫ I met my thrill ♪♫
♪♫ On a Kilrathi hill ♪♫
Hahaha, I like your style.
 
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DeepDrum

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3.0 on March 20. That's my guess. For no other reason than I would get my space motorcycle for my B-Day.
I forgot about my space motorcycle just sitting there gathering space dust waiting for enough parts to fly.
 

DeepDrum

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My prediction is that 2.6 will release in 8 or 9 hours after Californians finish their Lattés.
They made some good gains with the last PTU patch or so I read.
3.0 will be released before June 2017.
Note: My predictions have never been right yet.
 
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LurchLord

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We are doing predictions here? Hooray, let me participate.

2.6 to PU on Jan 23th 2017
3.0 to PU on Aug 26th 2017

Quote me on this when it happens.
 
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