You can avoid the same issue by playing the solo not-offline mode. Or docking up. Or dropping out of supercruise in the middle of nowhere so that you're less likely to encounter ships of any kind let alone other players. I don't understand why you need a special game mode to accomplish something which can already be done without it.
No Single Player offline Mode then?
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You can avoid the same issue by playing the solo not-offline mode. Or docking up. Or dropping out of supercruise in the middle of nowhere so that you're less likely to encounter ships of any kind let alone other players. I don't understand why you need a special game mode to accomplish something which can already be done without it.
The language and tone used in many of these pieces - sounds like a lot of these "journalists" are also sour backers - so instead of critical pieces and right of replies, we get accusatory newspeak propoganda.
No they do not have a right at all, this game is still in beta, if they want an interview let it be from the devs, not from a group of angry emotional people. this is a private Beta forum, they shouldnt be able to post in this forum at all, it is for people that have paid money early to have kickstarter/Alpha/Beta acsess.
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Strange though that all these people complaining have been happily playing this game since their pledge date dont you think, so their internet connections have been working well enough up until now.
Not everyone... Some of us (can we spell "OSX users" for example) are unlikely to have had a single session.
I'd camp that group with #1 here - that's pretty much the same as no internet access.
Except for "No competition" - for that you still have solo online mode.
Actions speak louder than words.
If you're unhappy, contact them privately and ask for a refund. What's the point in waiting around and stamping your feet trying to get your own way when the whole thing can be solved quickly and easily?
Single player is not being dropped, offline play is.
I've already written David Braben with the request to answer a couple of questions. From my end however the players should be given a voice too. I could just scan this thread for quotes but I prefer talking to people directly if possible.
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We were promised a game with offline play. If they had realised back then that it would not have been possible with 400 billion stars they should have said so a long time ago.
Ed even admitted on the kickstarter page that the game deviated away from offline-capable months ago. They should have dropped the bombshell then, not on Friday.
Personally I don't care that the game has 400 billion stars or 500 million ones. If that's what makes offline mode impossible, I'd take 500 million + offline any day. I won't be able to get to more than 100k of them anyway.
This ^^ exactely.
Source? ...
Genuine question, where was this promised? Do you have a link?
Sorry but no one else is responsible for what connection you have, i hope you get it sorted out.
Might be an idea if you bothered to pay attention to where people stand before jumping to conclusions. I have no intention of "stamping my feet". As I've already said, I'm weighing up how I feel about it, and deciding if I want to request a refund for *some* of the money I pledged. I've no intention of throwing any toys out of the pram. I'd still have backed ED if it was on-line only from the start, but I wouldn't have backed it for the same amount. Also, there will be plenty of people requesting refunds, so contacting them privately seems more like a foot-stamping exercise, when I could just sit back, wait to see if they make a statement, and see what their position is. Not much point hitting them with another support ticket at the moment when they almost certainly have a barrage to deal with.
I'd post a link to one of my earlier comments discussing the timing matter... But I'm new on the forum so no linking allowed for me!
Most of the pieces major sites were reasonably balanced, I thought. It's the random smaller sites I've never heard of before but are apparently "massive" that have news items littered with plain incorrect info before they even get on to the right or wrong of Frontier's decision.
I see now this is where you get your kicks, so it would not be impolite or discourteous of me to just ignore your posts.....unhelpful.
Yes. Lets silence the people affected, and base our entire article on the completely unbiased answers from the developers. Great journalism right there.
And Beta Discussion is not a private section, anyone can access this.
Only the Private Backers and old Alpha threads are locked out to those without access.
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Also Squadron 42 will require online connection to download episodes.
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