Is Spectrum 2.6 waiting for 3.0?
TL;DRSpectrum 2.6 is independent of 3.0 but development is slower than normal because Turbulent's limited resources are focused on the Delta Patcher, with the next two patches already designed.
No. Spectrum 2.6 is completely independent. It's just that right now a lot of Turbulent's resources are spent on the Delta Patcher and getting that up and running. Like all things, there's only a finite number of resources. Even with 500 people across five studios in the world and then Turbulent on top, there's still only so many things that we can work on at a time, and a lot of Turbulent's focus right now is on the Delta Patcher. So the next two Spectrum patches, they're all kind of designed, they're all kind of laid out with the features that they want. It's just development is slower than normal while resources are attached to the Delta Patcher. We all know how important the Delta Patcher is. So it makes sense why their focus is there at the moment.
We're really looking forward to it. It's basically like any late 90s space sim where they figured out they could add a layer of complexity by having three different power settings and you have to balance between shields and engines and guns. So we're all on guns right now at Turbulent.