Anaconda Mk II: Difference between revisions
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== Development == | == Development == | ||
The Anaconda Mk II was first unveiled on the official Elite Dangerous website on 24 September 2026.<ref name=":0" /> | The Anaconda Mk II was first unveiled on the official Elite Dangerous website on 24 September 2026.<ref name=":0" /> Art Director Chris Gregory compared its design to a battleship or a deep-space tanker.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
Senior Game Designer Curtis Griffiths said in the Dev Log of October 2026: ''"We’ve released plenty of new ships over the past couple of years, including a number of large ships that have shaken up the landscape a bit, and we wanted to create a kind of anchor for future ships to be measured against. Multi-role ships are a great way to do this; straight out of the shipyard they need to be good at everything, but they also shouldn’t be better at a single role when compared to a dedicated ship of the same size."''<ref name=":4" /> ''"To that end it’s not gonna out jump the Caspian or out trade the Panther Clipper, but it does trade better than the Caspian and jump better than the Panther."''<ref name=":4" /> | Senior Game Designer Curtis Griffiths said in the Dev Log of October 2026: ''"We’ve released plenty of new ships over the past couple of years, including a number of large ships that have shaken up the landscape a bit, and we wanted to create a kind of anchor for future ships to be measured against. Multi-role ships are a great way to do this; straight out of the shipyard they need to be good at everything, but they also shouldn’t be better at a single role when compared to a dedicated ship of the same size."''<ref name=":4" /> ''"To that end it’s not gonna out jump the Caspian or out trade the Panther Clipper, but it does trade better than the Caspian and jump better than the Panther."''<ref name=":4" /> | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||