Whilst in some ways these feel like glorified delivery missions, they do have their own feel and like other mission types in the game have a variety of unique ‘wrinkles’ or random occurrences that change up how they play out mid-mission. Replace a few cargo racks with some passenger cabins and you can visit the new Passenger Lounge to accept ferrying tasks for tourists, soldiers and medical personnel amongst others. It all helps to flesh out the combat experience nicely, the only obvious negative is that you can’t see your crew on the bridge of your ship.Įnough about ship-launched fighters then, what else does The Guardians bring? More mission variety thanks to the inclusion of the long-awaited passenger missions. Even if you are using fighters yourself and don’t have a crew you can order your main ship to follow you or stay back, the onboard computer obeying without question. You can issue basic commands to your fellow crewman like stay in a defensive or aggressive stance, attack the current target and so on. It also allows you to take on enemies you’d otherwise run from, especially as your crew can rank up as they gain kills improving their combat prowess in the process. This brings a new dynamic to combat, having a computer-controlled wingman that can draw fire or letting them fly the main ship whilst you take out the trash in the nimble fighter brings more options when it comes to how you loadout. When launched you can choose to pilot the fighter yourself or let one of your newly hired NPC crew mates help out, they have to earn their fee of course. The GU97 and F63 are migrating over to the main game from the CQC/Arena mode and the Taipan is an all-new ship. These bays allow you to launch one of three fighter types, the Imperial GU97 Fighter, the Federal F63 Condor and the Independent Taipan Fighter.
Currently these are limited to seven of the larger ships, the Keelback, Type-9, Anaconda, Federal Gunship, Federal Corvette, Imperial Cutter and the new Beluga Liner can be fit with Fighter Bays. Patch 2.2’s major additions are… well… The Guardians, hireable crew you can hire that can fly another big headline feature, ship-launched fighters. That update brought with it a new mission system and the titular Engineers who acted as a way to customise your fleet of spaceships, enhancing firepower, shields and jump ranges. It's been five months since the previous large update, The Engineers, landed for Elite Dangerous: Horizons. Previews // 4th Oct 2016 - 6 years ago // By Simon Brown Elite Dangerous: Horizons - The Guardians Preview
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