It was great to see more people online and especially get some first-time reactions!
Really looking forward to seeing what’s in store for the new weapon types - it will have a big impact on combat.
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Super cool as usual.
What changes can we expect next? Is the next thing thats going to be in the next patch new weapons, the warp rework, etc.? What is currently beeing worked on?
I’d like to know what to look forward to. 
The last weeks were truly amazing with all these changes and patches coming out, thanks for that, the game is amazing!
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The visuals are decidedly impressive. Nice work, INS and SpaceJay. I’m immediately reminded of the EVE Online promo materials. I look forward to a future video when everything is taken to the next level, with folks talking about how they’re going to tackle an objective with their fleet, and then showing them doing it. Fleet operations should be fairly jaw-dropping to see.
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On 2 days i teamed up with another Destroyer/Cruiser while flying a cruiser myself. And i have to agree, human on human fleet operations will be quite something different. The AI that you fight all the time right now does not use teamwork. But i think the player numbers to evaluate full human fleet combat wont come before alpha the earliest.
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I was impressed to play the game with super-fluid fps on Extreme graphics (GTX 1080)
I could barely reach 20 fps on Medium settings a few months back (R9 380) 
I am excited what lies ahead of us!
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Strange, I did that too 
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By the way, I used the attack target directive quite a bit (and need support on occasion 
), what did it look like on your side?
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Sadly a rl emergancy kept me from playing. Glad it all went well though. Congrats.
Could someone jump on the ED forum thread please and give an answer to these two questions below, Ta:
Question:
Question:
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I’ve jumped in and answered them.
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Dang I missed this, so much going on this time of year, so many games+holidays coming up 
Were there a bunch of AI combat ships flying around or was it players only?
There’ll be more chances soon hopefully!
Yes, we had AI bots to shoot! It was a nice surprise for us Dev backers just before the Alpha weekend, and really helped bring the testing weekend to life!
Yeah I mean, I have dev access as well, so it’s not like I couldn’t just hop-in there anytime I guess, but usually it’s empty and I just do a few FTL warps to planets and a lap at the race course and log off.
So the AI to shoot is persistant 24/7 now?
Yes! There is always something to shoot at.
Quick one, been out of touch for a while. My pledge level gives me access to the following:
- Access to private alpha builds of the game (est. October, 2016) and associated development forums.
Do I have access to this latest alpha builds? Have I been missing out?
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https://forums.inovaestudios.com/faq
Q: When can I play the game?
A: This depends on your pledge tier. People who pledge the Developer Access tier will be able to play the game by sometime in January 2016 (we’ll try to get it out sooner than that if possible). Alpha access should be available around early 2018 and Beta access in in second half of 2018. The game is scheduled to ship to retail by early 2019.
He @Viejoviajero
Your profile says that you’re an Alpha Tier Backer.
You have access to alpha-backer weekends, which should become more frequent as we head towards Alpha release in early 2018.
There’s been a delay due to some blockers, that have now been resolved.
Kickstarter and Indiegogo don’t allow I-Novae to update the dates.
Here’s a good run-down from @Playbenni
I would also suggest that you actually read back on the weekly updates to get yourself up to date.
Thanks, does this mean I have already missed past alpha weekends?
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Yup.
Next one should be soon though, as game-play iteration has officially started.
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There seems to be a mismatch between your profile and your pledge level as you state it above. The wording you’ve put there is for developer level access. That level would give you access to the private alpha build that is online at the moment and the hidden development forum.
You may want to send a private message to @INovaeKeith if that is what your pledge level should be.
I don’t think so. His description matches the Kickstarter Description:
It’s Alpha access.
Yep, you’re right. I’d forgotten that there would be private alpha forums.