2026 Update "Future TBD Update" Please Consider

[Thalinor]

Now that the flight model has been updated can we please get an update for planatary landings and what we used to call in eve "WAS" (walking in stations). As of now the on foot portion of the game is completely pointless. I know this post is going to probably have the same response as it did in the eve community (a complete 50/50 split - love/hate) but the game needs an update to the foot portion badly. I'm fine with a paid update if its a good one.

Stations are lifeless and feel like they did in the 90's space sims I played; with obviously better graphics. You can manage to create a living world economy but not NPC's that follow any schedules, have any life in them, or create any on foot environments that feel livable. Even the timelines bedroom is pointless with a bed you cant even sleep in or chairs you cant sit on. I don't even know why I walked down there to check it out.

I'm not saying it was a great game, but at least you could play mini games like billiards in Rebel Galaxy Outlaw's bars, and that was a real indi title. I would love a full blown DLC that added an FPS aspect to the game with the "free" update improving on all aspects of the on foot gameplay. This way those of us who want it (I know I didn't want timelines but bought it anyway for the sectors) can pay for it and everyone else gets a needed improvement to a lifeless, pointless aspect of the game. I would love to see bars, clubs, shops, hotels, etc all added. It would be nice to explore entire stations with layouts like seen from space.

The inside of the stations looks like its modeled back in the late 90's and character models are complete trash. I know this isn't Bethesda, but if a solo dev like the guy who did spaceborn can add FPS, planetary landings, etc then you can as well. Again, I am good with it being paid and even kickstarted.

Edit: And Maybe something like Powerplay in Elite Dangerous. I think diplomacy is on the agenda so I didn't add this originally, but it would add a much needed aspect to "endgame" in sandbox.

The game needs a better on foot gameplay loop, including planatary landings, cities, outposts, land vehicles, an update to the character models, character customization, out of ship (inside stations) design, minigames out of the ship (like Rebel Galaxy).

For those of you who disagree, spend more time in the game, build a bigger empire, automate it better, and then get bored. Sometimes I love just sitting in an in a random station bar, while my empire turns and I do other stuff in IRL (usually smoking greens). It's just pathetic how bad the interiors are in this game. In contrast, for those of you who played Deus Ex III and remember sitting in your in game apartment, at least that had atmosphere.

The interior of the stations needs a serious overhaul.

Anyway, thanks for supporting the game for a while; I didn't expect support into 2026 like you have on your timeline. It's appreciated.

[Thalinor]

PS: I own the GOG version.

[SievertChaser]

Pure overkill. You're asking for a whole additional game to be tucked on just for the sake of late-game immersion.

[Chris]

Planet landings aren't ever happening.

Asking for features like that is how you get Star Citizen, broken and completely nonfunctional for 12 years, because they can't decide what to do and work on too many features at once while ignoring actually making the game function.

[SievertChaser]

Originally posted by Chris:

Planet landings aren't ever happening.

Asking for features like that is how you get Star Citizen, broken and completely nonfunctional for 12 years, because they can't decide what to do and work on too many features at once while ignoring actually making the game function.

Forget Star Citizen, a more local example was Space Engineers. After they dove into a - rather rudimentary - implementation of planets, they basically stopped working on anything else. For years. They only started adding further features when they began the DLC spam.

[trooperrob]

More missions more space variety.
The next jump should be efficiency (after fleet behaviour).
Add planet landings is a completely new feature and would distract from Egosoft core skills.

It would be like asking for your new Ferrari to be able to fly.

[Geist]

My wishlist:
Character customization
3rd person view for player character.
Better character animations (the hands. by the eldritch gods, the hands!),
Selectable player company uniforms.
An RGB wheel for ship colors,
An RGB wheel for station colors,
The option to mirror station elements.
Faction design based production modules
Faction design based interiors (They already did a few. The Manager office for example.)
Player influenced diplomacy system (additional options to the onces we have to change faction dynamics),
Overhauled NPC leveling and management system
More interesting stuff to explore in deep space.
More interesting usage of anomalies for gameplay
Civilian economy (not based on war and ship production.)
Maybe planet trading (by trading hubs in orbit)
Mimic for Repeat orders
Slave trade for Split (its sad that its in the lore but not an option in the game if you want to roleplay Split)
Reworked old sectors to look as nice as newer ones.
...

Oh well maybe I'll find a few million Euros lying around somewhere that I can donate them.