It's that time again, ladies and gentlemen! Last month saw increases and decreases in various areas - we had a doubling of excitement in LT just because it was a space game, for instance, and a total drop of excitement in the UI. What will this month bring? What has you most excited??

This isn't a hype thread, but it might as well be, because it's directly related to the excitement related to it.

The way it works is simple. You get three votes! Place them in whatever excites you most. What has you sitting on the edge of your seat as you await that wonderful, glorious release? Is it the AI? Is it the graphics? Is it your juvenile intentions to mod in a giant space toilet? Vote now, or forever hold your peace!

Here's a link to the last poll: viewtopic.php?f=27&t=2977 I'll be posting up a bunch of images here soon, so we can compare this month's excitement to the excitement of those that have gone before. Make sure you watch July's dev video before you vote, though!

I'm really curious to see what people will be looking forward to next. With the introduction of LTSL, it means that a few of these options may be perfectly viable as opposed to just one or maybe two at a time.

modding (mods are the most ineresting thing a game can offer), Combat (we have new ships, lets blow them up !), AI (do i even have to say why AI is important for me?)

Heh heh, the June update didn't do near as much as the July update for making people excited about modding.

Hmm...I was hoping that I could vote for the incredible exploration possibilities, Talvieno. I still see myself as a lone explorer doing my bit in an infinite universe.

Victor Tombs wrote:Hmm...I was hoping that I could vote for the incredible exploration possibilities, Talvieno. I still see myself as a lone explorer doing my bit in an infinite universe.

.... in a cruiser with big sensors and big guns

Cornflakes_91 wrote:

Victor Tombs wrote:Hmm...I was hoping that I could vote for the incredible exploration possibilities, Talvieno. I still see myself as a lone explorer doing my bit in an infinite universe.

.... in a cruiser with big sensors and big guns

That's not exactly what I had in mind, Cornflakes. Oh, I don't know though, that could be rather interesting.

Victor Tombs wrote: That's not exactly what I had in mind, Cornflakes. Oh, I don't know though, that could be rather interesting.

well, or just a cruiser with refinery and factory equipment and a hangar full of scout and miner ships

Cornflakes_91 wrote:

Victor Tombs wrote:well, or just a cruiser with refinery and factory equipment and a hangar full of scout and miner ships

It just wouldn't sit right with me, Cornflakes. It sounds too much like the beginnings of a fleet. I want to remain low key in my game. Small but carrying a big stick.

Still, what you say is food for thought.

I'm going to have to go through all this again when SC launches.

Victor Tombs wrote:Hmm...I was hoping that I could vote for the incredible exploration possibilities, Talvieno. I still see myself as a lone explorer doing my bit in an infinite universe.

I'll add this next month, I promise. Does "Infinite universe/Exploration possibilities" sound good?

That strongly appeals to me too - a tiny fighter expertly equipped with the best gear money can buy, roaming the universe like a gunslinger from a western... Maybe settling in a troubled system for a few weeks while I sort out some conflict (as only I can do), and then heading back out to the great unknown, leaving behind no regrets, only a system full of people sad to see me go. But the universe waits for no man... least of all for me... and I can't let time pass me by.

Talvieno wrote:

Victor Tombs wrote:Hmm...I was hoping that I could vote for the incredible exploration possibilities, Talvieno. I still see myself as a lone explorer doing my bit in an infinite universe.

I'll add this next month, I promise. Does "Infinite universe/Exploration possibilities" sound good?

That strongly appeals to me too - a tiny fighter expertly equipped with the best gear money can buy, roaming the universe like a gunslinger from a western... Maybe settling in a troubled system for a few weeks while I sort out some conflict (as only I can do), and then heading back out to the great unknown, leaving behind no regrets, only a system full of people sad to see me go. But the universe waits for no man... least of all for me... and I can't let time pass me by.

After a story like that, Talvieno, you have to include it in the poll. "Infinite universe/Exploration possibilities" does sound good to me.

Talvieno wrote:

Victor Tombs wrote:Hmm...I was hoping that I could vote for the incredible exploration possibilities, Talvieno. I still see myself as a lone explorer doing my bit in an infinite universe.

I'll add this next month, I promise. Does "Infinite universe/Exploration possibilities" sound good?

That strongly appeals to me too - a tiny fighter expertly equipped with the best gear money can buy, roaming the universe like a gunslinger from a western... Maybe settling in a troubled system for a few weeks while I sort out some conflict (as only I can do), and then heading back out to the great unknown, leaving behind no regrets, only a system full of people sad to see me go. But the universe waits for no man... least of all for me... and I can't let time pass me by.

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Talvieno wrote:Does "Infinite universe/Exploration possibilities" sound good?

That happens to be the very first item on my "what I will do in Limit Theory if at all possible" list as well.

I may (almost certainly will) dabble in other areas. But exploration of systems -- in both the physical and conceptual senses -- is my thing, and I will enjoy Limit Theory to the degree that it indulges my pleasure in the discovery of patterns.

Yeah, not a lot of games made for me.

Flatfingers wrote:

Talvieno wrote:Does "Infinite universe/Exploration possibilities" sound good?

That happens to be the very first item on my "what I will do in Limit Theory if at all possible" list as well.

I may (almost certainly will) dabble in other areas. But exploration of systems -- in both the physical and conceptual senses -- is my thing, and I will enjoy Limit Theory to the degree that it indulges my pleasure in the discovery of patterns.

Yeah, not a lot of games made for me.

Exploration was probably the first item I raised with Josh after the KS fundraising had concluded, Flat. It seems such a long time ago now. In those heady days when Mr Parnell had more than a few minutes to spare for discussing such things he expressed a real interest in doing something similar in his own personal game of LT. I'm honestly not sure where he stands now. When you've worked on a project for this long and included so many extra features I can understand how your preferences may change.

Original Elite was about trading runs for me, which was insanely addictive. But Freelancer was always about exploration. Which is probably why I'm still playing the game after all these years.

If exploration had been an option I had given it a vote too.
That's what excites me the most about Elite: Dangerous too.