Elite: Dangerous 1.1 patch brings pilots together and enhances gameplay

Todd ‘Maniac’ Marshall, at your service, ma’am!

Elite: Dangerous continues to mature with the latest 1.1 BETA update. The addition of Community Goals adds missions for groups of players to work towards, like destroying x amount of enemies, or hauling a certain cargo to a destination. The success or failure of these goals will be felt in-universe as factions gain or lose strength accordingly.

• Community Goals added Route planning extended to 1,000 ly 
• Russian language translations added 
• Add ‘Discovered by’ tag to system map – needs to be surfaced scanned 
• Fancy new gas giant shader 
• City lights on inhabited planets 
• Pilots Federation rank decals 
• Parallax shader for cloud layer on terrestrial planets 
• Add explored system details on the right hand side of the cartographics shop 
• Top benefactors support added to system map

Elite: Dangerous is still very much a work in progress. However, Frontier Developments keeps expanding it towards their goal of a 1:1, living, breathing version of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Elite: Dangerous is available now for $59.99.

Elite Dangerous 1.1 adds Community Goals and enhancements [Eurogamer]