System Colonisation Beta Details

Greetings Commanders,

With the launch of our Trailblazers update we will be bringing System Colonisation to Elite Dangerous! The launch of System Colonisation will be as a live Beta for the feature, allowing us to review data and make adjustments over time. This is a significant update to Elite Dangerous and whilst we are very happy with the feature we do understand that some fine tuning may be required initially.

Though this is a Beta it will be on the live version of the game and any actions/progress made will NOT be wiped unless a significant issue is identified. Here is a brief explanation of how the Beta works:

What the System Colonisation Beta is

• Feature complete
• All actions/resource payments made are final and will not be refunded
• A period where we can monitor data and make balancing adjustments

What the System Colonisation Beta is not

• A work in progress
• There will be no progress wipes
• There will be no resource refunds

The aim of the Beta is to gather data and feedback specifically focused on resource balancing. We are happy with the System Colonisation feature itself and whilst we are always happy for you to share your feedback the aim of this Beta is aimed firmly at resource balancing and not changes to the feature itself.

To help us in our balancing we will be using this thread for you to share your feedback on the following areas:

• Amount of resources required
• Amount of time/distance taken to complete tasks 

As always you are welcome to share additional feedback on the forums or to raise an issues you encounter on our Issue Tracker.