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Also, is there a group of Ooolite E.D donators, to steer the project in the right direction? I donated last minute, although it felt very wrong paying someone else to build 'elite' when you lot have done such an incredible job over the years.

Yodeebe wrote:

Also, is there a group of Ooolite E.D donators, to steer the project in the right direction?

I somehow doubt there'll be much 'steering' - but you never know.

Yodeebe wrote:

My apologies in advance, as I'm sure this has been discussed, but extreme laziness dictates that I can't be arsed to read through 41 pages.

Would be way faster than reading through the (currently) 2431 pages of the Kickstarter comments section, though. Although the best source of information would be the FAQs on the main Kickstarter project page.

Yodeebe wrote:

Does anyone know if E.D will work standalone, without internet connection?

Yes, after much poking by the backers FD could finally be brought to confirm that there will be an offline single player modus. The downside is of course that you won't be able to share the changes of the dynamic server-universe. I do not know whether in this mode it will be possible to at least connect to the server once in a while and have your universe altered according to the latest multiplayer developments, or whether choosing offline single player automatically results in a total disconnection from any dynamic changes.

Yodeebe wrote:

Also, is there a group of Ooolite E.D donators, to steer the project in the right direction? I donated last minute, although it felt very wrong paying someone else to build 'elite' when you lot have done such an incredible job over the years.

I will be on the Design Decision Forum, and I intend to offer you guys a say. Not sure who else is on here? Probably Drew is, as part of his Writers Pack.

JazHaz wrote:

Yodeebe wrote:

Also, is there a group of Ooolite E.D donators, to steer the project in the right direction? I donated last minute, although it felt very wrong paying someone else to build 'elite' when you lot have done such an incredible job over the years.

I will be on the Design Decision Forum, and I intend to offer you guys a say. Not sure who else is on here? Probably Drew is, as part of his Writers Pack.

Drew is.

I am also on the DDF tier.

Mobius has made a selection of banners for E: D backers, mine's below. See his post on the E: D forum, here.

Minor update on the kickstarter page! Just Micheal plugging another book, as well as talking about updates. From what I gather a newsletter will happen every two weeks, and a BIG update from DB himself once a month. The big updates will be on the kickstarter itself.

So stay tuned folks! (Also, new concept art. )

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/146 ... rous/posts

Oh! and if like me you where unable to fully pledge during the initial kickstarter, they should have a new way to pledge in the coming weeks. Which is exciting, as I am completely dirt broke this month and last, but next I can easily up my pledge!

Cool, thanks.This ones the most apt, I reckon.

The idea of Cobra Mk III cufflinks etc seems to be quite popular on the E: D forum. <grins>

I've dropped the 'Kickstarter' bit from this thread's title, btw - that part is done!

FD are advertising for programmers now... hmm, I wonder?

El Viejo wrote:

FD are advertising for programmers now... hmm, I wonder?

Funnily enough in November or early December, they shed a few jobs.

JazHaz wrote:

Funnily enough in November or early December, they shed a few jobs.

Arguably in different field of expertise.

Wolfwood wrote:

JazHaz wrote:

Funnily enough in November or early December, they shed a few jobs.

Arguably in different field of expertise.

As was discussed somewhere earlier in this thread, all very normal in this industry.

Kickstarter update #37 is out now. Main news is that the web-app for managing pledges is live. All pledgers (kickstarter and paypal) should look out for an email which contains the link for accessing the web-app.

There's a guide on using the app on the Frontier Forums, here. Note that the forum is very busy at the moment, so I suggest giving it a couple of hours or waiting until you get your email!

Auch, I did a Jonty. Need to encrypt my disk from my wife now.