On Foot
Space Legs is a term to refer to gameplay where players can walk around with Extravehicular activity (EVA). This is a highly anticipated feature. It's unclear when space legs will be added to Elite Dangerous. Horizons was ruled out, so it could be season 3. Multicrew and the Holo-Me form the foundation for space legs features.
During a Q&A at PAX East, lead designer Sandro Sammarco said it's way off in the future, but its always been a core vision of Elite co-creator David Braben, that the player is a person in real futuristic setting.
"How will Telepresence and Multicrew work in the future with Space Legs and EVA gameplay? 'Just to set the record straight, Space Legs and EVA gameplay, that's way off in the future. That's a goal. I've talked to David and it's always been part of his core vision for what Elite really is, even from way back in the day, it's always been about you're a person in a real futuristic setting, not just a ship. However, I think it's also fair to say Space Legs is effectively dovetailing a whole new game into Elite. We take steps towards it, it's our end vision, but we're not there yet, we're... it's a long way off. And when it does, by the time, if we get there, if we manage it, I'm sure we'll have the time to sort out any consistencies that need to be sorted out." [68m04s][1]
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- Flight suit combat sketch