New Images from the 7.00 update just landed!

[Tomonor]

Dear Players,

It's been a while since we have posted about the forthcoming 7.00 update for X4: Foundations and the X4: Timelines expansion. I'm afraid I come bearing some bad news along with the good news in this regard.

The BAD NEWS is that it's not here yet! But, now that I've ramped up the anticipation, let me present the GOOD NEWS as well: I've brought along THREE new screenshots from the V7.00 update that you can admire and examine piece by piece:

Now, if only we had SETA to shorten the wait, right?

[chew-ie]

*rrrrr*

[pgllrdp]

As always take all the time you need, I'll be waiting with baited breath. The last image looks like a job interview... or being fired.

[jlehtone]

Now, if only we had SETA to shorten the wait, right?

If we could hit SETA, then the devs would do only 1/10 of the work and the wait would not be any shorter. Probably worse due to "shortcuts" that SETA enables.

[birdtable]

I thought the last picture was of linolafett navel gazing, waiting for inspiration on X5 ship design....

[Buzz2005]

always knew Phoenix has the protentional to be the best looking destroyer, and I wonder when they say new xenon ship is it really new addition or just revamped old ones?
And that last one is 100% new faction rep room, green plant BE GONE!

[mr.WHO]

I like how Phoenix E mix new "shroom" design with old X3 Teladi vibes from back section.

[Falcrack]

My only hope for the Pheonix would be for them to reposition the two Large turrets to the front rim of the ship. So they can both fire on objects directly in front of them, unlike in vanilla where they are both buried behind the front if the ship. VRO corrects this for them and turns the Pheonix into a pretty good destroyer in the process.

[foxxbl]

Thanks for the sneak peak Tomonor!!

I like very much revamped Phoenix, apparently the L turrets have much better positioning, as they look they could now fire forward, can't wait to see them in action !! Btw, is that a new Xenon P on the second picture?

[chew-ie]

My only hope for the Pheonix would be for them to reposition the two Large turrets to the front rim of the ship. So they can both fire on objects directly in front of them, unlike in vanilla where they are both buried behind the front if the ship. VRO corrects this for them and turns the Pheonix into a pretty good destroyer in the process.

Looks like your hope is about to become reality - according to the picture the L turret is "outside" the mushroom shield.

Would be awesome if the wings with the turrets extend as soon as combat started - they experimented with moving parts of ships with all the builder ships in the last patch.

[Axeface]

Really love the new Phoenix! Somehow youve managed to inject some alien vibes into the design language here, looks really great. Hope its turret performance is improved aswell, the new gap on the front disk should help with that.
The Xenon ship looks like an updated S, if thats the case its very unexpected and very happy if so. I was only expecting new ships not updated old ones.

[LameFox]

Hard to tell the scale, a new S or maybe a Xenon L miner/transport? If it's an S refurb would that be the first sub-capital ship to get one?

[13913408324]

More new images please

[mr.WHO]

Hard to tell the scale, a new S or maybe a Xenon L miner/transport? If it's an S refurb would that be the first sub-capital ship to get one?

I hope it's L miner/freighter - the engine looks like destroyable ones, but hull color/design indicate more like Medium ship update.

[LameFox]

Hard to tell the scale, a new S or maybe a Xenon L miner/transport? If it's an S refurb would that be the first sub-capital ship to get one?

I hope it's L miner/freighter - the engine looks like destroyable ones, but hull color/design indicate more like Medium ship update.

Looking at an S from the same angle in-game, this does appear to be something bigger, unless those spheres on the P and S have shrunk. Maybe that indicates Xenon will finally receive ships in between M and XL.

[PV_]

I hope it's L miner/freighter - the engine looks like destroyable ones, but hull color/design indicate more like Medium ship update.

Yeah, most likely its S redesign. It even has 1 useless turret above as current one has.

[jlehtone]

Maybe that indicates Xenon will finally receive ships in between M and XL.

Receive from where?

Xenon do not have L Fabrication Bays, do they? In order to get L ships they should spawn L Bays too, which does not sound trivial.

[mr.WHO]

Xenon do not have L Fabrication Bays, do they? In order to get L ships they should spawn L Bays too, which does not sound trivial.

Not really - they can just code Xenon XL Shipyards to handle both L and XL.

[jlehtone]

Not really - they can just code Xenon XL Shipyards to handle both L and XL.

Or they "can just" make new ship XL-sized ...

[LameFox]

Maybe that indicates Xenon will finally receive ships in between M and XL.

Receive from where?

Xenon do not have L Fabrication Bays, do they? In order to get L ships they should spawn L Bays too, which does not sound trivial.

If they have gone to the effort of making new ships, a single new station module doesn't sound that far out of the way. And why should it spawn, Xenon would just build it as they do other things.