Isn't it weird that there are no talks/posts/discussions about 2.1?

[serimert]

Is it really coming or is it coming with what?

[feng]

Wait for tomorrow! 1pm! FFF incoming for sure!

At least that’s what I keep telling myself every Friday… until I get disappointed again

[robot256]

There's plenty of talk about 2.1 right here! Plus there are a number implemented suggestion and API request threads that are queued for 2.1. I'm excited for it.

[Panzerknacker]

It's only about bugfixes tho. I am really interested what gameplay/balance changes they are planning but I understand they would like to keep that secret.

I really hope they take this in the right direction because I gave up on Space Age and especially on 2.0 and went back to playing 1.1 again.

Nuking the brilliant fluid system in the last minute before 2.0 release was imo the worst decision made in the game's history.

I still think SA can be brilliant with the right tweaks and additions.

[mmmPI]

There are plenty of suggestions that are described as implemented for 2.1 here : viewforum.php?f=66 it's no secret if you take time to read sometimes walls of texts.

[aka13]

I just love the dev team too much over all the years to believe that it will be bugfixes only.
I'd bet it will be tons of additional QoL, tons of balance changes, and I would not be surprised if there was something sekrit unannounced.

Holding my breath, to be honest.

At least that’s what I keep telling myself every Friday… until I get disappointed again

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[Tertius]

Since there is no known information about 2.1 except that a release with this number seems to be planned, it's difficult to discuss possible new features of this release. The only known information is the subform "fixed for 2.1". It's just a long list of bug fixes, nothing about significant game behavior changes.

Everything beyond is guesswork and imagination. I recommend to not guess, since this will only result in frustration. There is a tendency players will take ideas and guesses as reality and expect a change exactly this way and are disappointed if this isn't becoming reality.

There is much discussion since 2.0 release about what does work well and what doesn't work that well for the players, but in what way some change will be implemented if there is any change planned at all, nobody will know. It isn't even known how issues mentioned by players are weighted by the devs and considered "by design", "nice to have", "want improve" or "must improve". It seems the devs want to surprise with the release, or the design as a whole isn't yet stable so it isn't simply possible to speak about it yet.

This is a good sign in my opinion, and I guess (despite my remark above) there may be perhaps more thorough playtesting, perhaps fine tuning/balancing, so there will actually be some kind of more significant game behavior change than just more bugfixes. Whatever it is.

[feng]

What bothers me is that they’re completely silent. In one of the FFFs after the SA release they said they might share some news once work on 2.1 has progressed well. Since we’re apparently not even at that stage yet, I think 2.1 is still far off on the horizon. I’m still surprised by the huge contrast: before SA we had weekly FFFs for months. Now, after 1.5 years… nothing. Don't get me wrong, im not expecting tons of FFF on a minor QoL patch... just a single one would be ok

But who knows… only 95 minutes left until 1 PM!

[Stargateur]

again a dev doesn't talk when he is working

[aka13]

again a dev doesn't talk when he is working

You havent been working in SaaS enterprise world, I assume

[Neutronium]

The longer the delay, the more it will have. Let them cook!

[eloepp]

Stay hopeful, I'm pretty sure they said somewhere that they will fix all bugs before 2.1, and every minor patch that comes out is still bug fixes.