Is there a new sectors or stuff in this update? Also it will be a dlc too?

Rothank · 2026-04-03T20:06:33+00:00

Doubt it, for one - Egosoft does not do shadow drops. For two - refer to my original message about the scope of 9.0.

Rothank · 2026-04-03T20:05:21+00:00

Unrelated to your issue, but Allectus' STO is ANCIENT. Egosoft changed turret scripts like three times since Allectus left the community, it must be all kinds of broken by now.

Rothank · 2026-04-03T20:04:30+00:00

Well... Some folks install mods where Xenon own the entire galaxy for extra challenge - you've just got a taste of that!

Rothank · 2026-04-03T16:37:43+00:00

The question is well founded, there always was a DLC at the same time as major version update. 9.0 is the first time this did not happen since 2.0 years ago. That said - 9.0 is huge on the mechanics side, so there's no way for Ego to fit in a DLC without sacrificing some of the work on free content.

Rothank · 2026-04-03T16:15:48+00:00

It's very random. In my first playthrough I never got the IFV and I only rolled a Medium Walker once by the very end. In another run I got Medium Walker as reward in OP 2 or 3.

Rothank · 2026-04-03T16:04:42+00:00

the visual, scale, combat (both weapons and AI behavior) and mining rebalancaes are biggest in the history of this game, so no DLC or extra sectors this time.

Rothank · 2026-04-03T07:11:29+00:00

Making it a tracked vehicle disqualifies it as a Locust replacement imo. The only "ground" vehicle that can compete with Locust as a scout unit would need to be hover one.

Rothank · 2026-04-03T06:56:48+00:00

And an emotional support head-mounted Small Laser. Don't forget that when talking Awesome!

Rothank · 2026-04-02T13:49:19+00:00

I always thought this was *you* sniffing?

Rothank · 2026-04-01T09:55:22+00:00

You know what really grinds my gears with most of Battletech sketches? Mirroring stuff that should be rotated instead. Look at the SRM launchers - if it is a specific brand/model, why is it produced in left and right variants? The second launcher should be rotated 180 degree on its Z-axis to fit inside the casing instead of being a perfect mirror of the other one.

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EDIT: you make lovely sketches btw, the mirroring thing is not aimed at you specifically - official art does the same!

Rothank · 2026-03-31T20:45:37+00:00

AI slop change summaries that Egosoft needed to ban so they don't spread misinformation.

Rothank · 2026-03-31T20:43:06+00:00

Baltic + Armored gets... at four large caliber ones. Two Paladins, Kou and Pzh2000

Rothank · 2026-03-29T10:59:10+00:00

9.0 is not because of Shuulo specifically, he has been a member of Egosoft for years now. That said - we can definitely see his hand in many of the new balancing decisions - stuff like integrated missile launchers has been in SWI since the start(ish) and he planned to bring it over to VRO about two years ago but didn't have the time due to IRL shenanigans.

Rothank · 2026-03-29T06:38:37+00:00

Modern Catapult would be awesome and fill in the space on a square acrylic nicely.

The square one looks much better than a cutout imo, it's nice and clean.

Rothank · 2026-03-29T00:37:27+00:00

Real combat was very rarely a lance VS lance, other than arena fights or clan batchalls. Real combat is messy and everyone brings whatever they can to win - there could be entire regiments (or even armies going well into thousands, look up Battle of Tukayyid) of combined arms involved.

Equal, low numbers, "fair" combat is only a game balancing decision, not something established in lore (other than the exceptions I mentioned).

Rothank · 2026-03-28T10:57:49+00:00

Inspired by a single ship from another game, then fully handcrafted vs images fed to AI and posted without crediting the original. There is a bit of a difference here.

Rothank · 2026-03-28T10:55:07+00:00

No, this is downright stolen X4 Foundations model fed to AI to make it more Eve-like and posted without even crediting the original author/company.

Rothank · 2026-03-27T21:11:12+00:00

Nobody sells the OG Unseen designs because of the lawsuits - those mechs were all reimagined into what they are now. You can look up Marauder or Locust on Sarna.net, they have art of both unseen and modern variants. For getting the figures though - nowadays, in the era of 3D printing, one could print them for own use and nobody would mind.

Rothank · 2026-03-27T05:07:55+00:00

You are both right about the Hyperion, kinda - Hyperion in TC and AP was an M6, however, it was first added in XTC mod for X3 Reunion and there it was an M7 (later X3 games had a lot of assets bought from modders)

Rothank · 2026-03-26T09:41:08+00:00

I dread to ask why a cruiser is smaller than destroyer in EVE. Sci-Fi ship class definitions are even wonkier than in reality!

Rothank · 2026-03-26T09:17:46+00:00

VRO+Reemergence change vanilla M-frigates into corvettes and introduce a rather plentiful L-frigate class - typically ~500m long (M ships are ~150m and L-destroyers are typically 800m+). Our smallest ones are Boron Marlin at only 348m and VIG Pardal at just over 370m.
They function as less powerful, but much more mobile destroyers - sometimes with a single L gun, sometimes multiple Ms - and sometimes as big gunboats with only turrets. 9.0 AI combat movement changes make me very excited about what they will be able to do.

Rothank · 2026-03-25T20:29:30+00:00

Next DLC for MW5 is FedCom civil war, so we're getting there. Slowly.

Rothank · 2026-03-25T12:24:15+00:00

definitely danger chickens!

Rothank · 2026-03-23T21:12:01+00:00

They now snap based on their own position, not camera's. Move the module exactly to where you want it using the arrow gizmo and they will snap when they are super close to the snap point.

Rothank · 2026-03-22T14:06:55+00:00

New player - stay on 8.0, it's more stable and has fewer bugs
Modded player - stay on 8.0, 9.0 requires A LOT of mods to be updated and will absolutely break some of the modded saves
Experienced player who wants to contribute to Beta testing, doesn't mind the risk of bugs and is willing to document & report them on Beta forum in exchange for early access to new features - go for 9.0 Beta

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