David Braben took the stage at EGX today in London in all his glorious, tech loving, nerdy….glory. Much of the presentation was given to talking about the changes coming in Beta 2 of the game, set to release on Sept. 30th. I’ve already covered that in detail, and you can read the full article here. To hit the high points though, Beta 2 will feature:

• 500 additional stars and systems
• New ships
• Combat ranks
• Faction reputations
• Exploration

Braben also went into some detail about the way that the game will change as players begin to explore, with factions responding and moving into territory, sending small space stations to be expanded upon and how this ties into player dynamics. He discouraged the idea of a firm guild or clan structure for the game, and actively stated he is totally against any form of Pay to Win strategy in the game. In addition, he talked about the scalability of the game’s technology. When asked about 4k displays and their relative cost, braben replied that they were building their game to use all future tech they could get their hands on, citing the inevitable drop in price for said displays, as well as being eager to test out Oculus competitors from Sony and Samsung. It was an interesting presentation, and the hype for Elite is reaching a fever pitch as the game becomes even more fully featured.

 
The full presentation can be seen right here:

Will you be roaming the stars with Digmbot and Lonesamurai once Elite:Dangerous launches?