That's exactly what we gamers need the most, You ! and endangered species of Game developers that Love what they do and work hard befor and After release, Thank you for your hard work and congratulation on your succesful release of X4, plz keep the good work. Cheer
@@termitreter6545 They didn't release a broken game. I am convinced that either you can't recognize a broken game or that you are using the term inflationally. There just isn't a way to find every bug and glitch prior to a release, let alone for a team of 20. Also, speaking generally, Name any software that was released without a single bug ;-) Also, i suggest actually playing a game before rating it, douchebag. Which you didn't!!!
Glad to hear the classic Betty narration is coming back! It's not an X Game unless I get to hear the words "Teladianium Foundry" read to me in dulcet tones. :)
Hey Egosoft. You fixed your game faster then Bethesda took to post a tweet about their broken game. You guys did awesome and I will be a fan for life. Keep up the good work.
Hell Bethesda did not even fix many of the bugs in the multiple re-releases of Skyrim that modders fixed in the community bug fixing patch weeks after the original was released.
They are also decades ahead of star citizen.... Jeez, I put down $45 on SC like 6 years ago or whenever they first announced it... It's been so long I've forgotten about it until looking at X4!
@@anonypersona3189 I was going to buy Star Citizen a while back but when I saw that you had the "option" to purchase a 1500 dollar ship, I passed. I might as well take that 1500 and use it as toilet paper to wipe my ass.
@@indieRealmsOfficial I thought of about buying the basic pack not long after it came out but decided to wait and am glad as they had raised a much as many Triple A games spend on development all in the first 2 years and now in 2018 (where people are still handing them money) they have nearly collected as much money as it took to development and advertise GTA V did.
Thank you for this. By far the biggest issue for me is the extremely calm universe, which in turn, stales the economy. Edit: So apparently 1.3.2 will fix the entire game, looking forward to it! Edit2: Played all day with the new update, economy looks better but my traders are still frustratingly dumb, I'm going to wait for a few more patches.
Same issue with my universe, stagnant. It won't finish a behemoth I have on order as missing parts :( Can't trade them manually when the shipyard is full
mass transfer for marines pls. having to comm 80 marines one by one to tell them to transfer to your ship then drive them to the new/old ship then comm all 80 of them again to get off , its just...
Need this. Without it, it's not practical to keep high-skilled marines/crew around. You either comm transfer 80 marines back to your passenger ship 1 by 1, or fire them off the capped ship and hire new ones on the passenger ship.
@@bipspopmuhfuga3817 yes the transfering people is right now a pain, I should have added that to my initial above comment. Moving your good pilots/marines/service crew into an elite wing would be nice, but the micro management behind it is just insane. Thanks for bringing that up OP... thanks
This is why Egosoft is my favorite developer. Straightforward, no marketing BS, just plain honesty. They admit to bug's or behaviors that weren't intended, just plain outright no justification intents. Sorry guys this went wrong, we are fixing it. They don't make jokes about it or belittle the problems people are having, they understand how frustrating it can be for the people having those problems. They listen to the player's grips and suggestions. They don't try to hide anything, completely transparent, loving it.
You're talking as if they didn't knew they released and unfinished and broken game yet again, after X2, X3 and X Rebirth having all the same issues. Could've launched in Early Access, but no, instead they pretended to have a full game. I love X1-3, but don't give me this bullshit as if they made a honest mistake. They are developing the game, of course they know what state the game they release it in.
The game probably ran just fine on their systems and their friends systems. It's when the general public tries to run it on their 10 year old shitty computers that the bugs show themselves.
@@termitreter6545 the game is faaar from being "broken". It is their most stable release yet. You could play dozens of hours without encountering any bugs or glitches.
@@termitreter6545 You do realize that we are talking about a game studio with about 20 employees, right? Have you ever hunted a bug or tested software? It's a bit trickier than most people would assume. This challenge scales pretty nastily with rising complexity of the program in question, too. And if games of the X series are one thing, it's 'pretty complex'. Also, I imagine there would've been quite a lot of complaints about early access as well. Also also not releasing in early access does not make any statement at all about the amount of testing that went into the game. I would be suprised if this title hadn't been tested to the absolute extent of Egosofts possibilities pre release. Adding to that, I have the feeling that in the vast majority of cases when games are being released in early access the developers/publishers/whoever just intend to reap the benefits of an earlier release without the punishment a rushed-to-market-product would entail.
@@alexanderohnenachname6159 Seems more like you know less about game development than I do. If a game has a huge amount of bugs and misses central features (player shipyards), then devs will know that. Game developers aren't blind idiots, they know what they are doing.
Never heard of you guys until 10 days before the game launched now you folks are among my favourites! Not just because of the good games you guys release... (couldn’t wait so I had to pick up X3 and it’s expansions) but your dedication to fixing them when it things go wrong... other game devs could learn from you guys.. (cough EA cough) anyway.. keep up the good work guys!
EA will never change, but at the same time, people keep pouring money into their inferior products. How can any Game developer sign up with EA and not know their reputation for cannibalizing game companies, so many good game companies asset stripped and absorbed. Kiss of death for any company that signs a deal with them.
For the asking for missions, i recoment making the bar available from the start and adding a bar keeper, who knows the latest gossip. Adding a few more npc to the bar would also add to the immersion and athmosphere
You even could add a little flavour. By giving a small tip, the bar keeper could guide you to better paying missions. Maybe incorporate gift items, wich could lead you to the black market mission.
Nice one my friend, a Bar where you can hang out and get missions, or shady side ways where the Fixer, Space-spice dealers, and underground people hang out giving shady missions, great idea.
Me too.. They really did well with this game and i have no doubt that it will become one of the space sim greats with more patches and mods. It is a great foundation to build from as its name implies.
New Features discussed: -More betty narration -X3 reunion mouse steering -Ability to build your own shipyards -NPCs offering missions and directions -A surprise soon to be revealed Other: -More modding support soon -More support for low end systems -The universe is actually big. Explore the entire sector not just a tiny portion of it. -More documentation -Discussed the multiple fixes that were needed to get faction wars working correctly which also impacted the economy. Confident this is mostly fixed with the latest patch 1.32 1.5 update is expected pre Christmas 2.0 update late January early February
Thanks Egosoft. Big fan enjoying the hell out of X4 and really enjoying every moment and I have a shameful amount of hours in the game but thankfully my Spouse is very forgiving and supportive :)
@@phobos2077_ I stop work on the 24th, then dont go back until the 2nd of January. Being my own boss is awesome. Plenty of time to get to grips with this game.
This kind of concern for costumers is getting really rare these days. Sounds like a humble and dedicated crew. Thanks for all your work, and please dont get sold to EA or Activision.
I desperately hope you guys will make crew training seminars usable in these coming updates. Currently, the only reliable way of acquiring skilled pilots is by buying ships and hoping you get one that is skilled, transfering them somewhere else, and selling that ship. I highly doubt this was the intended way of acquiring them, and I hope it's something you guys will address. Along with that, very much information is missing from the encyclopedia, and weapons/station modules do not give any information as to what they actually do. I hope you guys are looking into solving these small issues, and I hope you the best in making X4 a better game! :) Thank you so much for creating this update video, and giving much needed reassurance to the fans of X4.
As long as there is an option to read only once or a delayed start. it does get a bit much when flicking through them quickly and she reads a couple of words
Some time ago egosoft stated new races, ships and sectors are coming later as an addon. Seeing how big this game already is I do understand why they decided to split this up. After such a successul start I'm sure it's just a matter of time until new content will come :)
Concerning map, it could be great if there was a scale indicator. Could be useful to plan satelite drop if we can compute distance between objects using the map! If we could draw a line on the map and a tooltip says us the distance would be a great tool to plan things.
you did a great job with x4 ! there has been some bugs ofc but you know i had to wait for almost 2 month to have GTA5 to work with my SLI you are working like crazy and we love it ! myself i can't wait to start a new game when 1.32 hit !
Congratulations on a great release and a damned fun game! Cant wait to see all of the goodies you plan to implement in the future with this fantastic foundation. If the past is anything to go by, then this game is going to be absolutely stunning once you guys get everything implemented that you have planned. Do not neglect mods however whatever you do. That is what will keep people coming to this game for years to come. Do everything within your power to make mods and modding that much easier and you will benefit as will we. I would especially like to see some scripting tools for easy mission making.
I love the fact that you can walk around the stations, wish that this point would gain more of a meaning, NPC Quests, bars at which you can drink, viewing places, small things like that! Good so far, loving it!
I know it's too late but just a thought. We have these massive Carriers that store number of ships. These ships should be shot out of the Carriers full throttle ready for combat instead of taking off as slow as they land. I do love the way the ships dock but these high speed combat ships that can be suburdinates to the carrier really need the ability for fast deployment. Maybe for starts fighters get shot out of the middle pylon of the Colossus. A flight line...we have all these crewmen let's but them to work on a flight line. Just a thought for some kind of rapid deployment. Love this game. You guys did an amazing job.... keep it up!!!
Remove that engineering part. It got lost. Look at Stuttgart 21, Airport Berlin Brandenburg, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Volkswagen Diesel, Bundeswehr Aircrafts, Navy Helicopters that cannot fly above the sea, etc. etc..... German are no good engineers anylonger. Just stupid bureaucrats and politicians. So what's left are good X games. ;-)
Really appreciate the news update! I loved X3 and I'm looking forward to the updates for X4. I'm already enjoying it as it is. As a software developer in a small company, I can relate to a lot of the issues you're having. Thanks for the hard work on the updates and patches. One thing that would be good to know in a future update is how bug fixes might effect those who are continuing a current save game? Will the fixes to things like wars and the economy work OK with saves we already have? Thanks!
@@2DRonaldo I'd love to see what has become of DeVries tbh, Canterans are something very different from Terrans now and it'd be interesting to see what they make for themselves after getting help from Ren and the Heart of Albion
The fact that people now *want* to walk on stations and talk to NPCs shows how much the gameplay has improved This game to me gave me the impression it's a solid foundation to build upon. And makes me regret there's no collector's edition upgrade. I'm exited for the future of X4, it's a rare sight to see a game dev that I can not only trust but also has a good relationship with the community.
Personally I've always loved to walk on the stations etc and hated all the extras they put in so not to visit them - I really missing the docking from X2 where you fly INTO a station and dock, hope we get more of that and not just all these Elite "pads" they have. something like the large stations from Elite where you fly into them.
Would love it if when stations come under attack they have alarm systems for immersion, it feels very strange that a huge station full of life is under attack and i hear announcer saying any loose animals will be vaporised on sight.
Im glad that you guys made that video, not many publishers are willing to respond or listen to their community. Very nice to see :) Im looking forward to the new mechanics
Not sure how you can be happy with how the release went. Your QA department let you down. The patches came very fast though so kudos for that. I had to stop playing for a while after putting 50 hours in. I will be back though. The potential in this game is huge.
A big thank you for all of you in the Egosoft team! This game is already my favorite in the X franchise, and I not only see a lot of potential for it in the future but also see that the developers really want to make it the best game it can be. Huge shout out for you guys! Thanks for this awesome game.
It would also be great if you made turrets controllable by the player again! This was a great feature in the older X-games. I miss shooting down that annoying fighter at the back of my capital ship on my own! Also turrets should work better in general and actually shoot at enemies attacking my ship. Especially on the bigger destroyers that doesnt really work at the current state of the game. Big fan of the X-games since X: Beyond the Frontier. Thanks for taking care of your games Egosoft!
Thanks you guys for your hard work! One thing Id love to see is the old turret controls for turrets com back. Like how you could take control of a group of them in x3. With a relief pilot flying the ship you are in it would be fun to jump in the guns! :)
Hay! I don't know what happened to Egosoft between X:Rebirth and X4. I'm guessing it has to do with the lack of the deepsilver logo on the splash screen but you guys have been FANTASTIC with this game. Both holding true to the roots of the series and keeping the community up to date and involved. Mad props to all of you and keep up the great work! Love your game!
Absolute maximum respect to you, Egosoft. Not only are you fixing the glitches rapidly, but you're also holding your hands up to them and listening to the community for feedback and suggestions. Truly astounded in today's scene that a company is so honest and committed. Thank you!
I only wish other developers would take the time to communicate like this. You lost me with Rebirth, but I can say that now I am back with over 70 hours in X4 so far. Thank you for the effort.
I just wanted to say that I love this game thanks for working hard during this time to make the game better. Best space game for me yet and will continue to stream it. appreciate all the hard work happy holidays
Brilliant! X2: The Thread was literally the first game I ever played! I was so excited when I heard about X4 and I love that some retro features are announced, like "direct steering" and BETTY (wasnt aware of her name 'til now actually).
DeusWulf dude, this! X rebirth has the most beautiful station design I've ever seen, where everything seems moving and full of little details. I just noticed that's there's actually trains moving around a docking station. This is why I love hacking station in Rebirth,. you'll see little details that you probably missed when flying on ship.
That would be great, but imagine amount of work needed. Egosoft dont have 10+ 3D artists etc.. Especially now, when stations built entirely from separate modules
You still get the lifts going up and down outside the Habitation Modules. Putting the Animated Trains on those long connector modules pieces shouldn't be too complicated.
Excellent job by the Egosoft team tracking down bugs and pumping-out patches very quickly. You guys are setting the standard for future games. Thanks, Keep up the great work.
Enjoy the game already and can't wait to see where it goes from here. Thanks for all the hard work, and for providing yet another fantastic game that will happily steal away many many hours! All the best!
I love the fact that the devs made this video!! Very informative, and there's so much planned. Egosoft you're doing very well this time around!! X:Rebirth was the exact opposite, and I'm very happy with X4, its release, and how well you're communicating with the community. Thank you SO much! Other devs would do well to pay close attention to how you've handled this release!!
Can we please fire the devs from every other game and just have you guys develop every game in the future? Please?! You guys are awesome and it's clear that you care about the game and take the quality of your work personally. I wish more developers actually gave a damn. When I hire people, I am always looking for someone that takes their work personally because it results in a much better final product. The problem is that it is incredibly rare. Most people just do what is necessary for a paycheck and it's painfully obvious. You guys are not that way and it shows. Thank you for all you're doing and Merry Christmas!
It's ok if my first experience is bad, because I know you guys will fix it quickly. Bernd is the man; I always look forward to him making these videos.
Good work Egosoft, I've been with you from the beginning, from before you had a forum ! I'm glad you found your footing after X-Rebirth and delivered a game that is playable, with manageable bugs that are being fixed. I like immensely the new UI, for far too long we had sluggish keyboard control for doing different things, I hope the management of hundreds of ships has become a lot easier and comfortable. Bringing back Betty and ship steering directly by mouse sound absolutely awesome. I don't have to kill my eyes anymore watching a circle to point my ship, I just look at the whole screen and point the ship. Genius !
Good to hear plans in progress for what's happening with things. I do have a few suggestions, probably for post 2.0 given you've already got that in progress so to speak. 1) Crew management - It'd be nice if the crew was a bit more granular than captain/pilot/manager and service/marine. Personally I'd like to see Rebirth's 'classes' return, but be able to crew built ships from the menu still. Having the crew spilt between marines, engineers/damage control, gunners and maybe logistics with a possible larger number or split off the marines so it's marines vs something else while the rest are standard crew would potentially be helpful. It would also be useful to have the ability to access crew areas on ships, particularly for the 'find me x of ' missions. Having a full crew management area for bulk reassignments would probably also be useful. 2) Expanded HQ storyline - Honestly at present the HQ missions end abruptly after being told to try teleporting, and there's 21 'techs' to research, which takes 210 minutes or 3.5 hours real time, so two things that would be good to see would be expansion on the R&D and expansion on the HQ story including getting a 'mission complete' for the teleport and hopefully finish building or rebuild (depending on the story) the ring at the HQ and learn more about it. 3) Data vaults - Not honestly sure I give much of a damn about these at present, though it could be useful to have some obviously unique rewards for finding each one, maybe some sort of artefact or blueprint that only we can use but has to go to the HQ. 4) Trade computer - While having wares bought and sold on the map is visually a nice idea to see ware flow, for trading it's not that great honestly. In rebirth our trade computer had two modes both of which helped a fair bit and it was on its own screen so we could see what was going on. I'd honestly like to have a trade computer where I can search by ware or by station to check things and see in detail where wares are bought/sold, what prices and where they are compared to my trade ship or to have pre set runs where a station wants to buy an amount of a ware from another station and you can have your ship act as courier. I'd also like to see that bit expanded for multi-stop trips or repeat trips sort of along the lines of TransRoad America(USA?) which had repeated journeys in. As a last point, I'd possibly suggest upping the number of available jobs and return some of the more combat oriented ones such as hunting down named pirates/syndicate members or defending stations, patrols or escorts.
Thanks for being so close to your community and actually communicating with us, being honest about the state of your game and progress! Can't wait to see 1.5! :D
It was impressive how quickly you folks tracked down the spawn bug (series of bugs) and resolved.. as a developer myself I know how complex something like this might have been to solve! :o great work folks!
There are surely good things in this game, I won't deny it. To be honest, though, no matter how physically "large" the universe is, x4's feels INCREDIBLY smaller than X3's. That's for a variety of different reasons. First, the lack of codex-like encyclopedia informations and bits and pieces of lore, added with the lack of different soundtracks which help make a sector really memorable. Remember Kingdom End? Seizewell? And even farther sectors like Getsu Fune or Oort Cloud? They all had something interesting and fascinating. There's also the problem that no matter if it was fully simulated or not, there was *always* activity. Right now x4 feels absolutely dead. 125 hours and I've seen probably around 1 destroyer engaged in an one-sided battle and just a dozen of pirates. In 125 hours of exploring the *whole* galaxy. If you want the game to feel expansive, that is not acceptable. I understand you are aiming... well, you *were* aiming for a fully simulated universe, but you should accept the fact that a fully simulated universe will make everything agonizingly boring. I'd take 15 Kha'ak ships spawning randomly to attack a station versus an empty sector with the occasional scout everyday. The highway system feels completely out of place... if I'd been in your shoes, considering how X:Rebirth was received, I'd have scrapped everything about it - including the lore... especially its mechanics though. You've worked hard on that game, I realize and appreciate that... but you should also accept the fact that even in its latest release it was simply a bad experience with a lackluster story, also devoid of most of that lovely sandbox feeling we all loved about X3. It's like having a child who turns out to be a criminal - maybe it's not entirely your fault and you won't stop loving him, but he's still a bad apple. Then we have the GUI. It's very sterile and, sadly, incredibly inferior to the one present in X3. Ok, you can zoom out, see trade offers and the like... but, let's be honest. X3's interface was aesthetically more pleasing, cleaner and much more intuitive while giving you more options. Sure, it needed work... just not like this. This, I feel, was another step in the wrong direction. Finally, there are the small things. Betty is missed, and I'm glad she'll make an appearance. I mean, I'm quite sure we all miss terribly her spelling of: "Deh Muun." It added character to the game and was absolutely iconic. The encyclopedia should have MUCH more info about the systems and their post-gate shutdown history. When you put lore into a game, doesn't matter if I personally like it or not, it's always better to give more - not less. It's useless having a system called "Second Contact Flashpoint" when the gamer can't say why it's called that way and what the battle was like. Without buying a german novel, at least. The combat AI could use a lot of tweaks, the turrets are still underperforming. Piloting a Cap Ship feels like a chore, and they are VASTLY underpowered compared to how they were in X3. Their low shielding is a really huge indicator and cause of that. There is nowhere nearly the right amount of hull variety - considering we lack Split, Boron and Terran I'd have expected at least 25-30 more ships. I realizes working on the interiors might be time consuming, but you did well with X3. Why don't just recycle and re-adapt some of the existing internal hulls for new vessels instead of having so few of them? Again, less is less, not more. The new... S,M,L,XL system concerning ship size makes no sense. I will *always* prefer the TM, TP, TS, TC, M1, M2 etc. class naming system... it made sense while this does not. Trading feels absolutely off. I don't know and can't explain why, but it felt more rewarding and less... predictable in X3. Right now I can just buy 20 medium miners, pop some satellites and I'll have millions pouring in after 5 hours of gameplay. Missions are repetitive and there's a lack in variety. Bugs are still plentiful. Ehhh, I think that's it. Mind you, I wouldn't have originally bought the game so soon, but it was a birthday present from a friend so I kinda had to give it a try. I played as much as I could to give some feedback, but I don't see myself coming back to it after it made me yawn so much. Again, I appreciate the effort... but I'd rather have seen an overhaul of X3:TC with new graphics and the AI crew system in place. Sorry for the wall of ligh- uhm, of text.
I agree with you, mostly. "The new... S,M,L,XL system concerning ship size makes no sense. I will always prefer the TM, TP, TS, TC, M1, M2 etc. class naming system... it made sense while this does not." This is personal bias... Explain to me what "TM, TP, TS, etc..." means as a new player to the series. S, M, L, XL makes much more sense, you know? Since small ships are small and large ships large. That naming system you mention makes zero sense to me (and anyone else new to the series). I'm just gonna go here and assume that that naming system refers to the sub-type of ship and not it's actual size class.
Good honest dev blog. Im new to X series and one of those who played 100hrs to discorver the game. I was frustrated at losing all that time due to 1.0 economy/war bug, but im really satisfied with the updates since launch and this video. keep up the good work!
WELL DONE Egosoft you finally implemented (after 15 years?) and sold features that have always been there in the good old Freelancer: • Wholistic nav maps (player can finally set a route across multiple sectors) • Verbose radio communications • Auto rolling (thank God you at least made an option to disable it) • Speed highways (in Freelancer those were much better though) • Firing and dogfighting - now it's almost identical to Freelancer (clicking the right mouse button will NOT make your guns fire unless you hold down the left mouse button too) • Cruise mode (Ctrl+W in Freelancer) • Afterburner (finally TAB behaves like it should - not just sets speed to maximum like in X2/X3) • Nebulas are back (thank God you put something reminiscent of splendid X2 nebulas back, you killed them in X3 but you must have recalled that Freelancer had nebulas) • Gas miners and gas refinery plants Good work guys! Just one question, how did you even manage to sell your X4? Do you think that in X5 you will finally add "Planetary Landing"? Come on, Freelancer kind of has it - if you decided to re-make it you must have it too!
Huge admiration for being open/communicating with the player base and being honest about the state of the game and its problems, keep up the great work and have a wonderful Christmas! :)
I am very happy with how the game is progressing and these last couple of patches and the latest beta patch have improved X4 greatly. Keep up the good work. The enthusiasm for this game - by both the developers and players - is reflected well in your Steam reviews and I hope more people buy this game and support it.
Looking good! I'm also seeing some good suggestions in the comments, such as a less sterile GUI. Let me add something I feel it's really missing atm: A more BEEFED UP software library. I miss the crapton of ship software available in X3, the few options you get from the shipyard atm feels severely lacking. I believe a more robust software selection would help both the ingame economy and player progression!
I know right? Using the long range scanner I can explore a whole system in about half an hour depending on how full it is. Scout ships at the moment are useless with exploring because they fly around aimlessly to just any random part of the system, and very slowly too. It took mine about 5 hours to explore its first system before i decided to sell it.
Thank you for the transparency and hard work improving X4, these are rare traits in game developers these days. Egosoft is a special company, and you are valued by your fans.
Cheers Bernd, Egosoft's fervour for bug squishing and attention to customers this time around is well on par with some of the best I have seen in game development. Congratulations, I look forward to watching the journey as X4 ends up an all time classic !
I'm very happy to hear about the documentation.. Not that there is some coming, but that people in the gaming industry have the same issues as normal IT people. Awesome work and game, keep it up!
It's great that you keep the players informed with videos like these. The game could use a cantina/bar where you could find missions and maybe sell or buy some stuff from other npc like materials, stations could use some armed guards just for some "realism" to give more life to the stations. Keep up the great work and please bring the other species back including the terrans in the future.
Thanks! My experience of the game was decent to start and has improved greatly just in the [very] short time it's been out. LOVING Foundations. Keep it coming!
Thanks for adding Betty back in, she creates a lot of immersion and makes you more aware of all the different ships and stations in the game. Keep up the great work guys!
We need more drone controls! 1) Can't get them docked until teleported away. 2) Auto launch to repair in the middle of a fight sometimes not a wise idea. 3) Auto launch of defenders is not smart at all. Sometimes it attacks mass traffic at the stations and aggroes entire faction. I like how you can outfit traders with combat drones in X3 for extra protection. I wish for drone expansion in the future. Thanks.
Long time X fan. I've always waited a few patches so I'm looking forward to picking this up soon . You guys are great, please don't ever stop doing what you do.
@Egosoft: Don't worry guys. There are bugs, but the game is tons of fun. As long as you are fixing them we can still enjoy it. Just please fix the bug where the stations are not stocking Drones.
@Egosoft: I like this type of video addressing the community. But one sentense pisses me off! *"The Release is a week behind and and WE ARE HAPPY how it all went"* You have got to be kidding us... That X-Games require crucial hotfixes is nothing new. We can live with that. But deliberately selling only a half-produced game where end-content is plain and simply NOT EXISTENT is just horseshit. I am sick of being unwilling beta-tester in a full-prize release. Capital ships have only one engine, only one type of main battery armament, Large turrets bigger than entre ships miss everything and even if they dont do less damage than 1 tiny fighter weapon. Captial Ship Shields can't regenerate just because a stupid fighter deals a bit of damage every 10 seconds, All Races have the same model for the construction vessle. Not even different Mammoth, Albatros, , etc... Generally the variety is a joke and nothing like X3 where theres tons of different ships, weapons and systems... 8 ship upgrades. Thats all you get. WHAT THA HECK"??? Where is the Digital Visual Enhancement software? Where is System Overwrite Software? And the other thousands of things you were able to get in X3? AI is absolute crap and boosts their shield away - even on my Destroyer.. I saw it boosting away, killing its entire Capital Ship Shields in 5 seconds and then being swarmed by ships and destroyed without shields. Weaon systems compltely unbalanced. The starting Pulse-Laser being better than anything else in the game. Rockets completely overpowered... Enemies carry tons of rockets but you can only hold 2 Counter Measures that dont even work right. And a Fighter can literally fire HOMING MISSILES that 2-hit kill the capital ship shields on my destroyer. Such nonsense! The whole balancing is a mess and end content is just not there yet... And even though I know all that: I still believe X4 is going to become the greatest Space game ever... But as usual - X-Games need a year and the modding community to make that happen because Egosoft just can't stop releasing games months before they are ready. So sad... That is not GERMAN EFFICIENCY.
Loving the solid communication, please keep it up. I've stopped playing until you guys have polished it up a bit more but I believe you'll make this release better than X3TC/AP :D Biggest fixes I would like to see are formation/wingmen issues and better turret/drone controls - like direct control of these things like how they worked in X3AP.
Thank you Egosoft! You guys are switched ON. The communication between Egosoft and the fans of the X series is crystalline resulting in an EXCELLENT game release which is only getting better with quote "support for the modding community" and upcoming DLCs. Its a nice break from the news Im hearing about the poor folks at Vault 76.
Sorry but a BROKEN game on release is NOT excellent in anyone's book who has the least amount of common sense. It is not even flagged as early alpha, which it is at this point. How low consumers have gotten nowadays. It's sad...
@@BillyBoze After playing it for a while I agree with you Bozebilly, although I love the direction Egosoft are taking I just hope they actually get there.
One of the things I love about you guys is that I know you'll continue to update and patch the game for the next couple of years, and potentially even make an officially supported modpack.
Would be nice to have a long-long plot story like the one in X3: Terrain Conflict (Aldrin campaign, Khaak war, Xenon Hub repair, Treasure Hunt, etc.) Really worth adding someting like this IMHO. Thank you for your updatew, already bought the game on Stream. Keep up your greet work! Hope to hear back soon.
That's exactly what we gamers need the most, You ! and endangered species of Game developers that Love what they do and work hard befor and After release, Thank you for your hard work and congratulation on your succesful release of X4, plz keep the good work. Cheer
Well said.
+1
Nothing to add.
So we need developers that release broken games and fix them afterwards?
@@termitreter6545 They didn't release a broken game. I am convinced that either you can't recognize a broken game or that you are using the term inflationally.
There just isn't a way to find every bug and glitch prior to a release, let alone for a team of 20.
Also, speaking generally, Name any software that was released without a single bug ;-)
Also, i suggest actually playing a game before rating it, douchebag.
Which you didn't!!!
Thanks for communicating with the community.
Yep, Egosoft is one of the (increasingly shrinking) good developers out there. Hopefully they're maintain success.
Glad to hear the classic Betty narration is coming back! It's not an X Game unless I get to hear the words "Teladianium Foundry" read to me in dulcet tones. :)
"TEL-AH-DEE"
Yeah I so want this now.
True
Not surprised to see you here Spacedock, Many eventful hours in X4 for you. Also, please bring some more X4 when you can.
So much yes!
I need everything to have a detailed description by Betty to listen to on my journey's again.
Hey Egosoft. You fixed your game faster then Bethesda took to post a tweet about their broken game. You guys did awesome and I will be a fan for life. Keep up the good work.
Hell Bethesda did not even fix many of the bugs in the multiple re-releases of Skyrim that modders fixed in the community bug fixing patch weeks after the original was released.
They are also decades ahead of star citizen.... Jeez, I put down $45 on SC like 6 years ago or whenever they first announced it... It's been so long I've forgotten about it until looking at X4!
@@anonypersona3189 I was going to buy Star Citizen a while back but when I saw that you had the "option" to purchase a 1500 dollar ship, I passed. I might as well take that 1500 and use it as toilet paper to wipe my ass.
@Han Lockhart Yea, You are right. I have been screwed by companies that I loved while growing up. Bioware, Rockstar, etc.
@@indieRealmsOfficial I thought of about buying the basic pack not long after it came out but decided to wait and am glad as they had raised a much as many Triple A games spend on development all in the first 2 years and now in 2018 (where people are still handing them money) they have nearly collected as much money as it took to development and advertise GTA V did.
Thank you for this. By far the biggest issue for me is the extremely calm universe, which in turn, stales the economy.
Edit: So apparently 1.3.2 will fix the entire game, looking forward to it!
Edit2: Played all day with the new update, economy looks better but my traders are still frustratingly dumb, I'm going to wait for a few more patches.
A wild Nano appeared. What up my dude. :D
well, with the 1.32 this calmness is gone x3 i have xenon now coming through the gates, in masses!
Yeah my buisness came to a crashing halt :(
Starting a new save might help or so I've heard. Definitely what I'm going do.
Same issue with my universe, stagnant. It won't finish a behemoth I have on order as missing parts :( Can't trade them manually when the shipyard is full
mass transfer for marines pls. having to comm 80 marines one by one to tell them to transfer to your ship then drive them to the new/old ship then comm all 80 of them again to get off , its just...
Yea and this!
we need this! "Crew management" one by one isnt management...
Agreed, this is one of the bigger pain points in the interface right now.
Need this. Without it, it's not practical to keep high-skilled marines/crew around. You either comm transfer 80 marines back to your passenger ship 1 by 1, or fire them off the capped ship and hire new ones on the passenger ship.
@@bipspopmuhfuga3817 yes the transfering people is right now a pain, I should have added that to my initial above comment. Moving your good pilots/marines/service crew into an elite wing would be nice, but the micro management behind it is just insane. Thanks for bringing that up OP... thanks
This is why Egosoft is my favorite developer. Straightforward, no marketing BS, just plain honesty. They admit to bug's or behaviors that weren't intended, just plain outright no justification intents. Sorry guys this went wrong, we are fixing it. They don't make jokes about it or belittle the problems people are having, they understand how frustrating it can be for the people having those problems. They listen to the player's grips and suggestions. They don't try to hide anything, completely transparent, loving it.
You're talking as if they didn't knew they released and unfinished and broken game yet again, after X2, X3 and X Rebirth having all the same issues. Could've launched in Early Access, but no, instead they pretended to have a full game. I love X1-3, but don't give me this bullshit as if they made a honest mistake. They are developing the game, of course they know what state the game they release it in.
The game probably ran just fine on their systems and their friends systems.
It's when the general public tries to run it on their 10 year old shitty computers that the bugs show themselves.
@@termitreter6545 the game is faaar from being "broken". It is their most stable release yet. You could play dozens of hours without encountering any bugs or glitches.
@@termitreter6545 You do realize that we are talking about a game studio with about 20 employees, right?
Have you ever hunted a bug or tested software? It's a bit trickier than most people would assume. This challenge scales pretty nastily with rising complexity of the program in question, too.
And if games of the X series are one thing, it's 'pretty complex'.
Also, I imagine there would've been quite a lot of complaints about early access as well.
Also also not releasing in early access does not make any statement at all about the amount of testing that went into the game. I would be suprised if this title hadn't been tested to the absolute extent of Egosofts possibilities pre release.
Adding to that, I have the feeling that in the vast majority of cases when games are being released in early access the developers/publishers/whoever just intend to reap the benefits of an earlier release without the punishment a rushed-to-market-product would entail.
@@alexanderohnenachname6159 Seems more like you know less about game development than I do. If a game has a huge amount of bugs and misses central features (player shipyards), then devs will know that. Game developers aren't blind idiots, they know what they are doing.
Never heard of you guys until 10 days before the game launched now you folks are among my favourites! Not just because of the good games you guys release... (couldn’t wait so I had to pick up X3 and it’s expansions) but your dedication to fixing them when it things go wrong... other game devs could learn from you guys.. (cough EA cough) anyway.. keep up the good work guys!
EA will never change, but at the same time, people keep pouring money into their inferior products.
How can any Game developer sign up with EA and not know their reputation for cannibalizing game companies, so many good game companies asset stripped and absorbed. Kiss of death for any company that signs a deal with them.
For the asking for missions, i recoment making the bar available from the start and adding a bar keeper, who knows the latest gossip. Adding a few more npc to the bar would also add to the immersion and athmosphere
boreas real The stations sorely need more life everywhere.
I'm for this, As someone who works in bars and bottle shops I can confirm we know what's what in a town, If anyone's gonna give you a quest.
You even could add a little flavour. By giving a small tip, the bar keeper could guide you to better paying missions. Maybe incorporate gift items, wich could lead you to the black market mission.
Nice one my friend, a Bar where you can hang out and get missions, or shady side ways where the Fixer, Space-spice dealers, and underground people hang out giving shady missions, great idea.
wasn't that in X Rebirth?
Kudos, you've won me back as a customer, despite this game needing serious work/more content. Pace of patches has been great.
Agree
Me too.. They really did well with this game and i have no doubt that it will become one of the space sim greats with more patches and mods. It is a great foundation to build from as its name implies.
They are doing it the same way they treated all their games so far, never ending support.
New Features discussed:
-More betty narration
-X3 reunion mouse steering
-Ability to build your own shipyards
-NPCs offering missions and directions
-A surprise soon to be revealed
Other:
-More modding support soon
-More support for low end systems
-The universe is actually big. Explore the entire sector not just a tiny portion of it.
-More documentation
-Discussed the multiple fixes that were needed to get faction wars working correctly which also impacted the economy. Confident this is mostly fixed with the latest patch 1.32
1.5 update is expected pre Christmas
2.0 update late January early February
@Venge Ance No you cant. You can build stations but not a shipyard where you can build your own ships.
Damn two big updates that close together. These guys are working hard. Most devs we're talking 6 months for each update at best.
How about planetary landing? At least on fews planets? Any plan for it?
Thanks Egosoft. Big fan enjoying the hell out of X4 and really enjoying every moment and I have a shameful amount of hours in the game but thankfully my Spouse is very forgiving and supportive :)
Good wife, good wife. Make sure you keep her!
A lot of us have been there (still are there?), Kane!
My spouse has Red Dead Redemption, I’m good here!
@Kane, and you have a huge couch :P
@kane same 😂
Kudos, happy to hear your planning to drop 1.5 before Christmas. I can sink my teeth into this game over the holidays.
Had to google the date of western Christmas. We will have a 10 day state holidays starting December 29 - an opportunity...
@@phobos2077_ I stop work on the 24th, then dont go back until the 2nd of January. Being my own boss is awesome. Plenty of time to get to grips with this game.
This kind of concern for costumers is getting really rare these days. Sounds like a humble and dedicated crew. Thanks for all your work, and please dont get sold to EA or Activision.
By costumers do you mean roll players? Or perhaps you meant customers! Sorry dude, my OCD compelled me to write it 😂
@@TanjoGalbi >>thats OK Gabi :o)
I desperately hope you guys will make crew training seminars usable in these coming updates. Currently, the only reliable way of acquiring skilled pilots is by buying ships and hoping you get one that is skilled, transfering them somewhere else, and selling that ship. I highly doubt this was the intended way of acquiring them, and I hope it's something you guys will address.
Along with that, very much information is missing from the encyclopedia, and weapons/station modules do not give any information as to what they actually do. I hope you guys are looking into solving these small issues, and I hope you the best in making X4 a better game! :)
Thank you so much for creating this update video, and giving much needed reassurance to the fans of X4.
Yes! Bring Betty back. Would be awesome if she could read encyclopedia entries too.
As long as there is an option to read only once or a delayed start. it does get a bit much when flicking through them quickly and she reads a couple of words
@@harag9 In the former X-games, you had to wait for about 2 seconds until she began to read. It will be similar.
Looking forward to the next updates!
Great work so far...
Really love the game!
Add the Boron and Split
Add more ships especially the M6 and M7 classes, and the XL sized M2 battleships
Add more sectors
This guy gets it^^
Some time ago egosoft stated new races, ships and sectors are coming later as an addon. Seeing how big this game already is I do understand why they decided to split this up. After such a successul start I'm sure it's just a matter of time until new content will come :)
Yea hope so. The Split ships were my favourite.
DLCs ;)
@Jannij Mewes "...decided to SPLIT this up." :-D
Thank you Egosoft
Concerning map, it could be great if there was a scale indicator. Could be useful to plan satelite drop if we can compute distance between objects using the map! If we could draw a line on the map and a tooltip says us the distance would be a great tool to plan things.
Thanks for listening to customers and making the game we all want and for hard work fixing up the bugs.
you did a great job with x4 ! there has been some bugs ofc
but you know i had to wait for almost 2 month to have GTA5 to work with my SLI
you are working like crazy and we love it !
myself i can't wait to start a new game when 1.32 hit !
Congratulations on a great release and a damned fun game! Cant wait to see all of the goodies you plan to implement in the future with this fantastic foundation.
If the past is anything to go by, then this game is going to be absolutely stunning once you guys get everything implemented that you have planned. Do not neglect mods however whatever you do. That is what will keep people coming to this game for years to come. Do everything within your power to make mods and modding that much easier and you will benefit as will we. I would especially like to see some scripting tools for easy mission making.
I love the fact that you can walk around the stations, wish that this point would gain more of a meaning, NPC Quests, bars at which you can drink, viewing places, small things like that! Good so far, loving it!
I know it's too late but just a thought. We have these massive Carriers that store number of ships. These ships should be shot out of the Carriers full throttle ready for combat instead of taking off as slow as they land. I do love the way the ships dock but these high speed combat ships that can be suburdinates to the carrier really need the ability for fast deployment. Maybe for starts fighters get shot out of the middle pylon of the Colossus. A flight line...we have all these crewmen let's but them to work on a flight line. Just a thought for some kind of rapid deployment. Love this game. You guys did an amazing job.... keep it up!!!
This!!!
Germany is known for two things, amazing engineering and the awesome X games universe! Looking forward to what expansions are next!
but what happened between the years 1914 and 1946. "WE WERE ON HOLIDAY! THE WHOLE COUNTRY WAS ON HOLIDAY"
@@mrcyberpunk We never mention the Holiday.
Remove that engineering part. It got lost. Look at Stuttgart 21, Airport Berlin Brandenburg, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Volkswagen Diesel, Bundeswehr Aircrafts, Navy Helicopters that cannot fly above the sea, etc. etc..... German are no good engineers anylonger. Just stupid bureaucrats and politicians.
So what's left are good X games. ;-)
and beer. Don't forget the beer..
Try Empyrion Galactic Survival from Eleon (on Steam) ..another amazing German developer.
Really appreciate the news update! I loved X3 and I'm looking forward to the updates for X4. I'm already enjoying it as it is.
As a software developer in a small company, I can relate to a lot of the issues you're having. Thanks for the hard work on the updates and patches.
One thing that would be good to know in a future update is how bug fixes might effect those who are continuing a current save game? Will the fixes to things like wars and the economy work OK with saves we already have?
Thanks!
well done Egosoft. oh and bring back plutach mining corperation! and Albion
Albion gate network DLC would be welcome one day
@@IronSquid501 With an actual working War mechanic between DeVries/PMC and Heart of Albion.. That would be an awesome sight to see.
@@2DRonaldo I'd love to see what has become of DeVries tbh, Canterans are something very different from Terrans now and it'd be interesting to see what they make for themselves after getting help from Ren and the Heart of Albion
The fact that people now *want* to walk on stations and talk to NPCs shows how much the gameplay has improved
This game to me gave me the impression it's a solid foundation to build upon. And makes me regret there's no collector's edition upgrade.
I'm exited for the future of X4, it's a rare sight to see a game dev that I can not only trust but also has a good relationship with the community.
Personally I've always loved to walk on the stations etc and hated all the extras they put in so not to visit them - I really missing the docking from X2 where you fly INTO a station and dock, hope we get more of that and not just all these Elite "pads" they have. something like the large stations from Elite where you fly into them.
I also would like a collectors edition upgrade too
@@merlin3717 There is one now! Thanks guys, I'm picking it up for sure.
Would love it if when stations come under attack they have alarm systems for immersion, it feels very strange that a huge station full of life is under attack and i hear announcer saying any loose animals will be vaporised on sight.
100% agree. It would be epic to hear klaxons over the station speakers as a Xenon capital ship begins it's siege on the station.
What about TERRANS? My favs race with most beautiful stations and ships))))
Terrans, splits, borons I hope all of them make it back in the game with their own style of ships.
@@saintmaurice9967 Yes!! I agree, I would love to see them all return - especially Terrans!
They will be back, pissed we jacked their particle accelerator (player HQ) :)
Most definitely!
The game is severely lacking races, ship types and sectors.
I hope they're not going the EA route... i.e. remove expected content from the base game so they can charge later for DLC...
Im glad that you guys made that video, not many publishers are willing to respond or listen to their community. Very nice to see :)
Im looking forward to the new mechanics
Not sure how you can be happy with how the release went. Your QA department let you down. The patches came very fast though so kudos for that. I had to stop playing for a while after putting 50 hours in. I will be back though. The potential in this game is huge.
Egosoft ihr seid super! Von Eurem Support können sich andere Spieleschmieden wirklich eine Scheibe abschneiden. *daumen hoch*
A big thank you for all of you in the Egosoft team! This game is already my favorite in the X franchise, and I not only see a lot of potential for it in the future but also see that the developers really want to make it the best game it can be. Huge shout out for you guys! Thanks for this awesome game.
It would also be great if you made turrets controllable by the player again! This was a great feature in the older X-games. I miss shooting down that annoying fighter at the back of my capital ship on my own!
Also turrets should work better in general and actually shoot at enemies attacking my ship. Especially on the bigger destroyers that doesnt really work at the current state of the game.
Big fan of the X-games since X: Beyond the Frontier. Thanks for taking care of your games Egosoft!
Good shit Egosoft! Thank you for being transparent!
Great job a fantastic response time. More companies need to communicate with us! Thank you!
10:35 I really LOVE the shield impact...very nice!
Thanks you guys for your hard work! One thing Id love to see is the old turret controls for turrets com back. Like how you could take control of a group of them in x3. With a relief pilot flying the ship you are in it would be fun to jump in the guns! :)
Thank you developers I can finally forgive you for making me buy X Rebirth
temkc5 I hated rebirth but I love x4 egosoft has, like you say, redeemed themselves
Xrebirth was the greatest game ever made.
X:Rebirth with the CWIR Mod was pure Gold and the features and changes they added between 1.0 and 4.5, 2 completely different games.
@@2DRonaldo >>thanks ...i should try those
You guys are role models in the industry for post launch support! Keep up the great work.
Thank you for keeping us in the loop with what's going on and what your plans are.
Hay! I don't know what happened to Egosoft between X:Rebirth and X4. I'm guessing it has to do with the lack of the deepsilver logo on the splash screen but you guys have been FANTASTIC with this game. Both holding true to the roots of the series and keeping the community up to date and involved. Mad props to all of you and keep up the great work! Love your game!
Absolute maximum respect to you, Egosoft. Not only are you fixing the glitches rapidly, but you're also holding your hands up to them and listening to the community for feedback and suggestions. Truly astounded in today's scene that a company is so honest and committed. Thank you!
I only wish other developers would take the time to communicate like this. You lost me with Rebirth, but I can say that now I am back with over 70 hours in X4 so far. Thank you for the effort.
I just wanted to say that I love this game thanks for working hard during this time to make the game better. Best space game for me yet and will continue to stream it. appreciate all the hard work happy holidays
Brilliant! X2: The Thread was literally the first game I ever played! I was so excited when I heard about X4 and I love that some retro features are announced, like "direct steering" and BETTY (wasnt aware of her name 'til now actually).
Please increase the time messages stay on the hud for
The cities/animated stations from X-Rebirth need to make a return.
DeusWulf dude, this! X rebirth has the most beautiful station design I've ever seen, where everything seems moving and full of little details. I just noticed that's there's actually trains moving around a docking station. This is why I love hacking station in Rebirth,. you'll see little details that you probably missed when flying on ship.
Yeah, rebirth stations were a beaut.
That would be great, but imagine amount of work needed. Egosoft dont have 10+ 3D artists etc.. Especially now, when stations built entirely from separate modules
@@paperclip9558
It doesn't matter when those trains aren't usable. But I agree that space stations in X4 are a downgrade. Sector design also.
You still get the lifts going up and down outside the Habitation Modules.
Putting the Animated Trains on those long connector modules pieces shouldn't be too complicated.
All this news is very exciting. The future is bright with the glow of my monitor playing this game in perpetual darkness.
Switch on a desk light or something. It is really Really *REALLY* Bad for your eyes. Trust me......
Excellent job by the Egosoft team tracking down bugs and pumping-out patches very quickly. You guys are setting the standard for future games. Thanks, Keep up the great work.
Enjoy the game already and can't wait to see where it goes from here. Thanks for all the hard work, and for providing yet another fantastic game that will happily steal away many many hours! All the best!
I'm having a lot of fun with the game,and have been really impressed with the communication and quick response on these issues from Egosoft.
I love the fact that the devs made this video!! Very informative, and there's so much planned. Egosoft you're doing very well this time around!! X:Rebirth was the exact opposite, and I'm very happy with X4, its release, and how well you're communicating with the community. Thank you SO much! Other devs would do well to pay close attention to how you've handled this release!!
keep following the star
wish u all the best and 30 more amazing year
Thank you Egosoft
Can we please fire the devs from every other game and just have you guys develop every game in the future? Please?! You guys are awesome and it's clear that you care about the game and take the quality of your work personally. I wish more developers actually gave a damn. When I hire people, I am always looking for someone that takes their work personally because it results in a much better final product. The problem is that it is incredibly rare. Most people just do what is necessary for a paycheck and it's painfully obvious. You guys are not that way and it shows. Thank you for all you're doing and Merry Christmas!
It's ok if my first experience is bad, because I know you guys will fix it quickly. Bernd is the man; I always look forward to him making these videos.
Good work Egosoft, I've been with you from the beginning, from before you had a forum ! I'm glad you found your footing after X-Rebirth and delivered a game that is playable, with manageable bugs that are being fixed.
I like immensely the new UI, for far too long we had sluggish keyboard control for doing different things, I hope the management of hundreds of ships has become a lot easier and comfortable.
Bringing back Betty and ship steering directly by mouse sound absolutely awesome. I don't have to kill my eyes anymore watching a circle to point my ship, I just look at the whole screen and point the ship. Genius !
Great work, Egosoft. Thanks for communicating. I wish more studios did this.
Good to hear plans in progress for what's happening with things. I do have a few suggestions, probably for post 2.0 given you've already got that in progress so to speak.
1) Crew management - It'd be nice if the crew was a bit more granular than captain/pilot/manager and service/marine. Personally I'd like to see Rebirth's 'classes' return, but be able to crew built ships from the menu still. Having the crew spilt between marines, engineers/damage control, gunners and maybe logistics with a possible larger number or split off the marines so it's marines vs something else while the rest are standard crew would potentially be helpful. It would also be useful to have the ability to access crew areas on ships, particularly for the 'find me x of ' missions. Having a full crew management area for bulk reassignments would probably also be useful.
2) Expanded HQ storyline - Honestly at present the HQ missions end abruptly after being told to try teleporting, and there's 21 'techs' to research, which takes 210 minutes or 3.5 hours real time, so two things that would be good to see would be expansion on the R&D and expansion on the HQ story including getting a 'mission complete' for the teleport and hopefully finish building or rebuild (depending on the story) the ring at the HQ and learn more about it.
3) Data vaults - Not honestly sure I give much of a damn about these at present, though it could be useful to have some obviously unique rewards for finding each one, maybe some sort of artefact or blueprint that only we can use but has to go to the HQ.
4) Trade computer - While having wares bought and sold on the map is visually a nice idea to see ware flow, for trading it's not that great honestly. In rebirth our trade computer had two modes both of which helped a fair bit and it was on its own screen so we could see what was going on. I'd honestly like to have a trade computer where I can search by ware or by station to check things and see in detail where wares are bought/sold, what prices and where they are compared to my trade ship or to have pre set runs where a station wants to buy an amount of a ware from another station and you can have your ship act as courier. I'd also like to see that bit expanded for multi-stop trips or repeat trips sort of along the lines of TransRoad America(USA?) which had repeated journeys in.
As a last point, I'd possibly suggest upping the number of available jobs and return some of the more combat oriented ones such as hunting down named pirates/syndicate members or defending stations, patrols or escorts.
More videos like these please. You guys were working incredibly hard even during weekends for patches. Thanks for that.
Thanks for being so close to your community and actually communicating with us, being honest about the state of your game and progress! Can't wait to see 1.5! :D
It was impressive how quickly you folks tracked down the spawn bug (series of bugs) and resolved.. as a developer myself I know how complex something like this might have been to solve! :o great work folks!
There are surely good things in this game, I won't deny it. To be honest, though, no matter how physically "large" the universe is, x4's feels INCREDIBLY smaller than X3's. That's for a variety of different reasons. First, the lack of codex-like encyclopedia informations and bits and pieces of lore, added with the lack of different soundtracks which help make a sector really memorable. Remember Kingdom End? Seizewell? And even farther sectors like Getsu Fune or Oort Cloud? They all had something interesting and fascinating.
There's also the problem that no matter if it was fully simulated or not, there was *always* activity. Right now x4 feels absolutely dead. 125 hours and I've seen probably around 1 destroyer engaged in an one-sided battle and just a dozen of pirates. In 125 hours of exploring the *whole* galaxy. If you want the game to feel expansive, that is not acceptable. I understand you are aiming... well, you *were* aiming for a fully simulated universe, but you should accept the fact that a fully simulated universe will make everything agonizingly boring. I'd take 15 Kha'ak ships spawning randomly to attack a station versus an empty sector with the occasional scout everyday.
The highway system feels completely out of place... if I'd been in your shoes, considering how X:Rebirth was received, I'd have scrapped everything about it - including the lore... especially its mechanics though. You've worked hard on that game, I realize and appreciate that... but you should also accept the fact that even in its latest release it was simply a bad experience with a lackluster story, also devoid of most of that lovely sandbox feeling we all loved about X3. It's like having a child who turns out to be a criminal - maybe it's not entirely your fault and you won't stop loving him, but he's still a bad apple.
Then we have the GUI. It's very sterile and, sadly, incredibly inferior to the one present in X3. Ok, you can zoom out, see trade offers and the like... but, let's be honest. X3's interface was aesthetically more pleasing, cleaner and much more intuitive while giving you more options. Sure, it needed work... just not like this. This, I feel, was another step in the wrong direction.
Finally, there are the small things. Betty is missed, and I'm glad she'll make an appearance. I mean, I'm quite sure we all miss terribly her spelling of: "Deh Muun." It added character to the game and was absolutely iconic. The encyclopedia should have MUCH more info about the systems and their post-gate shutdown history. When you put lore into a game, doesn't matter if I personally like it or not, it's always better to give more - not less. It's useless having a system called "Second Contact Flashpoint" when the gamer can't say why it's called that way and what the battle was like. Without buying a german novel, at least. The combat AI could use a lot of tweaks, the turrets are still underperforming. Piloting a Cap Ship feels like a chore, and they are VASTLY underpowered compared to how they were in X3. Their low shielding is a really huge indicator and cause of that. There is nowhere nearly the right amount of hull variety - considering we lack Split, Boron and Terran I'd have expected at least 25-30 more ships. I realizes working on the interiors might be time consuming, but you did well with X3. Why don't just recycle and re-adapt some of the existing internal hulls for new vessels instead of having so few of them? Again, less is less, not more. The new... S,M,L,XL system concerning ship size makes no sense. I will *always* prefer the TM, TP, TS, TC, M1, M2 etc. class naming system... it made sense while this does not. Trading feels absolutely off. I don't know and can't explain why, but it felt more rewarding and less... predictable in X3. Right now I can just buy 20 medium miners, pop some satellites and I'll have millions pouring in after 5 hours of gameplay. Missions are repetitive and there's a lack in variety. Bugs are still plentiful.
Ehhh, I think that's it. Mind you, I wouldn't have originally bought the game so soon, but it was a birthday present from a friend so I kinda had to give it a try. I played as much as I could to give some feedback, but I don't see myself coming back to it after it made me yawn so much. Again, I appreciate the effort... but I'd rather have seen an overhaul of X3:TC with new graphics and the AI crew system in place. Sorry for the wall of ligh- uhm, of text.
I agree with you, mostly.
"The new... S,M,L,XL system concerning ship size makes no sense. I will always prefer the TM, TP, TS, TC, M1, M2 etc. class naming system... it made sense while this does not."
This is personal bias... Explain to me what "TM, TP, TS, etc..." means as a new player to the series. S, M, L, XL makes much more sense, you know? Since small ships are small and large ships large. That naming system you mention makes zero sense to me (and anyone else new to the series). I'm just gonna go here and assume that that naming system refers to the sub-type of ship and not it's actual size class.
I'll never forget the way Betty would say Meat - Steak Cahoona lol The voice adds a lot of immersion, makes the lore come alive.
This level of communication is much apriciated. Thank you.
Hope to see improvements in gfx - ship designs and explosions.
Good honest dev blog. Im new to X series and one of those who played 100hrs to discorver the game. I was frustrated at losing all that time due to 1.0 economy/war bug, but im really satisfied with the updates since launch and this video. keep up the good work!
WELL DONE Egosoft you finally implemented (after 15 years?) and sold features that have always been there in the good old Freelancer:
• Wholistic nav maps (player can finally set a route across multiple sectors)
• Verbose radio communications
• Auto rolling (thank God you at least made an option to disable it)
• Speed highways (in Freelancer those were much better though)
• Firing and dogfighting - now it's almost identical to Freelancer (clicking the right mouse button will NOT make your guns fire unless you hold down the left mouse button too)
• Cruise mode (Ctrl+W in Freelancer)
• Afterburner (finally TAB behaves like it should - not just sets speed to maximum like in X2/X3)
• Nebulas are back (thank God you put something reminiscent of splendid X2 nebulas back, you killed them in X3 but you must have recalled that Freelancer had nebulas)
• Gas miners and gas refinery plants
Good work guys! Just one question, how did you even manage to sell your X4?
Do you think that in X5 you will finally add "Planetary Landing"? Come on, Freelancer kind of has it - if you decided to re-make it you must have it too!
Awesome work guys. X4 is the first game I've bought/played and I've enjoyed every minute of it. I appreciate the updates. All the best.
Huge admiration for being open/communicating with the player base and being honest about the state of the game and its problems, keep up the great work and have a wonderful Christmas! :)
Good communications, great to hear devs will implement requested features.
I am very happy with how the game is progressing and these last couple of patches and the latest beta patch have improved X4 greatly. Keep up the good work.
The enthusiasm for this game - by both the developers and players - is reflected well in your Steam reviews and I hope more people buy this game and support it.
Looking good!
I'm also seeing some good suggestions in the comments, such as a less sterile GUI.
Let me add something I feel it's really missing atm: A more BEEFED UP software library. I miss the crapton of ship software available in X3, the few options you get from the shipyard atm feels severely lacking.
I believe a more robust software selection would help both the ingame economy and player progression!
Love the game, love the support you are giving the game. Looking forward to the updates. Happy Holidays!
"HUNDREDS OF HOURS IN JUAT ONE WEEK" That exasperation had me rolling!
Could you also fix the "explore" order, so your ship uses the long range scanner to find stations instead of floating around randomly and uselessly?
I know right? Using the long range scanner I can explore a whole system in about half an hour depending on how full it is. Scout ships at the moment are useless with exploring because they fly around aimlessly to just any random part of the system, and very slowly too. It took mine about 5 hours to explore its first system before i decided to sell it.
set up waypoints just do a fly to command dot it around a sector
@@BaconsTV "Order Completed!"
My god, I just finished doing the entire map like that, and I don`t want to hear that phrase again, ever in my life! :))
Just buy more explorers. They're not too expensive...
KharaKitay I totally understand you hahaha . iv done half of two sectors. Its already driving me nuts
Thank you for the transparency and hard work improving X4, these are rare traits in game developers these days. Egosoft is a special company, and you are valued by your fans.
Cheers Bernd, Egosoft's fervour for bug squishing and attention to customers this time around is well on par with some of the best I have seen in game development. Congratulations, I look forward to watching the journey as X4 ends up an all time classic !
As a newcomer to the X-series. I have developed so much love, respect and faith in you and your team over the last few weeks. Thank You Egosoft!
You guy's are awesome! I'm really enjoying X4 and excited about all the updates and extensions you have in the works. Thank you Egosoft, well done. 👍
You just make me love you more and more. Keep it up, Egosoft...we love you guys! Thank you for taking good care of us. Money well-spent.
Thank you for the constant communication, patches and love ;]
I'm very happy to hear about the documentation.. Not that there is some coming, but that people in the gaming industry have the same issues as normal IT people. Awesome work and game, keep it up!
It's great that you keep the players informed with videos like these.
The game could use a cantina/bar where you could find missions and maybe sell or buy some stuff from other npc like materials, stations could use some armed guards just for some "realism" to give more life to the stations.
Keep up the great work and please bring the other species back including the terrans in the future.
Thanks! My experience of the game was decent to start and has improved greatly just in the [very] short time it's been out. LOVING Foundations. Keep it coming!
Thanks for adding Betty back in, she creates a lot of immersion and makes you more aware of all the different ships and stations in the game.
Keep up the great work guys!
Egosoft, thank you for showing so much passion and love for your games. I tell all my firends to try them out all the time.
Much love from USA.
We need more drone controls! 1) Can't get them docked until teleported away.
2) Auto launch to repair in the middle of a fight sometimes not a wise idea.
3) Auto launch of defenders is not smart at all. Sometimes it attacks mass traffic at the stations and aggroes entire faction.
I like how you can outfit traders with combat drones in X3 for extra protection. I wish for drone expansion in the future. Thanks.
Long time X fan. I've always waited a few patches so I'm looking forward to picking this up soon . You guys are great, please don't ever stop doing what you do.
@Egosoft: Don't worry guys. There are bugs, but the game is tons of fun. As long as you are fixing them we can still enjoy it. Just please fix the bug where the stations are not stocking Drones.
So impressed with your hard work, you definitely deserve a great Xmas!
@Egosoft: I like this type of video addressing the community. But one sentense pisses me off!
*"The Release is a week behind and and WE ARE HAPPY how it all went"* You have got to be kidding us...
That X-Games require crucial hotfixes is nothing new. We can live with that. But deliberately selling only a half-produced game where end-content is plain and simply NOT EXISTENT is just horseshit. I am sick of being unwilling beta-tester in a full-prize release. Capital ships have only one engine, only one type of main battery armament, Large turrets bigger than entre ships miss everything and even if they dont do less damage than 1 tiny fighter weapon. Captial Ship Shields can't regenerate just because a stupid fighter deals a bit of damage every 10 seconds, All Races have the same model for the construction vessle. Not even different Mammoth, Albatros, , etc... Generally the variety is a joke and nothing like X3 where theres tons of different ships, weapons and systems... 8 ship upgrades. Thats all you get. WHAT THA HECK"??? Where is the Digital Visual Enhancement software? Where is System Overwrite Software? And the other thousands of things you were able to get in X3? AI is absolute crap and boosts their shield away - even on my Destroyer.. I saw it boosting away, killing its entire Capital Ship Shields in 5 seconds and then being swarmed by ships and destroyed without shields. Weaon systems compltely unbalanced. The starting Pulse-Laser being better than anything else in the game. Rockets completely overpowered... Enemies carry tons of rockets but you can only hold 2 Counter Measures that dont even work right. And a Fighter can literally fire HOMING MISSILES that 2-hit kill the capital ship shields on my destroyer. Such nonsense!
The whole balancing is a mess and end content is just not there yet... And even though I know all that: I still believe X4 is going to become the greatest Space game ever... But as usual - X-Games need a year and the modding community to make that happen because Egosoft just can't stop releasing games months before they are ready. So sad... That is not GERMAN EFFICIENCY.
Loving the solid communication, please keep it up. I've stopped playing until you guys have polished it up a bit more but I believe you'll make this release better than X3TC/AP :D
Biggest fixes I would like to see are formation/wingmen issues and better turret/drone controls - like direct control of these things like how they worked in X3AP.
Thank you Egosoft! You guys are switched ON. The communication between Egosoft and the fans of the X series is crystalline resulting in an EXCELLENT game release which is only getting better with quote "support for the modding community" and upcoming DLCs. Its a nice break from the news Im hearing about the poor folks at Vault 76.
Sorry but a BROKEN game on release is NOT excellent in anyone's book who has the least amount of common sense. It is not even flagged as early alpha, which it is at this point.
How low consumers have gotten nowadays. It's sad...
@@BillyBoze After playing it for a while I agree with you Bozebilly, although I love the direction Egosoft are taking I just hope they actually get there.
One of the things I love about you guys is that I know you'll continue to update and patch the game for the next couple of years, and potentially even make an officially supported modpack.
Love when Devs address their community. Answer questions and try to be transparent. Thanks Guys. Love the game.
Just need the Boron's back just for them to say "I hope you drown", the best part of X3.
Yeah, and the Teladi "big trouble out here! pilot going gun crazy"
Would be nice to have a long-long plot story like the one in X3: Terrain Conflict (Aldrin campaign, Khaak war, Xenon Hub repair, Treasure Hunt, etc.) Really worth adding someting like this IMHO. Thank you for your updatew, already bought the game on Stream. Keep up your greet work! Hope to hear back soon.