Interestingly, two previous leaks from last year seemed to have predicted the game's future eerily well... [Information]
Here are the two leaks:
https://imgur.com/a/g2II50U
https://imgur.com/a/NE0525h
Ok, so the Discord leak talks about Summer 2021 update called Downfall, a combat update, including multi-tool reworks, improved AI on sentinels, sentinel strongholds, new storyline concerning abyss and sentinels, etc. Sound familiar after today's update? Sure, some things aren't in the game and have changed, but there may be logical reason for this.
The 4chan leak, once again talking about Summer 2021 update, mentions cities/settlements, a new sentinel-like enemy race, space station owning. Settlements straight up arrived in Frontiers, and there are indeed new sentinels. Space stations can't be owned, but something will obviously happen with them in the future. Alright, what's my point?
I think we can agree that Frontiers, the Summer 2021 update, wasn't very large or impactful, basically just containing the settlements. It, in my opinion, almost seems too small to be the year's titular large update. Now what if Downfall, or something like that, was indeed supposed to happen, but something happened in the middle of the development and things were cut into smaller chunks? Those leaks are eerily correct about settlements and combat update after all, and there is one more very interesting thing.
Expedition 3 had the Station Override, which was supposed to do something in space stations, but didn't do anything, and still doesn't. Why did the season have a reward that has no function? Seems pontless, unless Expedition 3 was meant to happen alongside the original Summer 2021 update, including the ability to own space stations. I think there is enough evidence to argue that Frontiers and Sentinel were indeed supposed to be one big update, but something...
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