I have my reasons, you have yours. If it wasn't such a big deal they shouldn't have advertised it originally. It is a big deal to me.
No Single Player offline Mode then?
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I have my reasons, you have yours. If it wasn't such a big deal they shouldn't have advertised it originally. It is a big deal to me.
DRM-free box set.
reading this thread is like walking through a museum. Offline. Boxed version. Physical disks. All very last century.
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I'd be surprised if anyone was against the idea of offline mode. I certainly don't need it, it sounds flat and dull to me. But I would have been happy if it were possible. I don't think anyone would disagree with that sentiment.
So when you see us arguing with you, it's not because we didn't want offline mode before. It's because we don't want it now, given the impact it would have on the game. That and some of us feel compelled to argue against things that have no reason or logic (which represents a portion of the more wild accusatory posts in this thread).
So when you see us arguing with you, it's not because we didn't want offline mode before. It's because we don't want it now, given the impact it would have on the game. That and some of us feel compelled to argue against things that have no reason or logic (which represents a portion of the more wild accusatory posts in this thread).
Why? We backed the game with a promise of offline mode which comes with inherent parent protection. We just want what was promised to us during the kickstarter campaign.
As has been posted in another thread, if they don't get the game out before Christmas, it may seriously affect their share price. As David Braben is a 56% share holder, you know where to point most of your finger for the decision. The very man who was so dissappointed in being forced to release Frontier First Encounters early. You can't blame the publisher this time, Dave.
Quite frankly it's no better than Daily Mail or low brow papers at this stage.
And certainly no right of reply has been given at this time.
Stuff happens in real life that requires *immediate* attention. Not like making a drink, pfft, or other patronising suggestions.
Space station parking takes time to get there.
Hitting "0% thrust" takes no time.
Pausing isn't really pausing in online... I would've been blown up anyway... And quitting and saving was fraught with bugs at the time, losing mission status while retaining cargo labelled as mission cargo, etc.
I acknowledge my error now (although I can't see the motivation for a human to prey on static ships with no bounty, no weapons deployed, etc).
Space station parking takes time to get there.
Hitting "0% thrust" takes no time.
Pausing isn't really pausing in online... I would've been blown up anyway... And quitting and saving was fraught with bugs at the time, losing mission status while retaining cargo labelled as mission cargo, etc.
I acknowledge my error now (although I can't see the motivation for a human to prey on static ships with no bounty, no weapons deployed, etc).
In exactly the same way as it's fair for them to take the money backed by those who want offline-mode and use it to develop an always-online game.
Sorry that you cannot understand me, your problem though, not trying to tell you what to do, dont know who you are, dont care either.
Little unsure why you would want to allow your children to be a part of a dangerous world where you can have slaves, transport drugs and kill others players/npc's especially unsupervised. but that's another topic altogether...
Actually this is a very good point ^^
CIG intend to allow people to run their own private moddable servers for Star Citizen.
I hate to be so blunt with you on this but what is it about E
that makes you think of it as your world when a large part of the design of the game was centred around it being a living galaxy with multiple players? Isn't it better to try and think of the game as a shared world that you inhabit rather than a world solely for you?the problem is this isn't just a grieving process. this is a business and we are customers. part of ending the grieving, for many, will be a firm commitment to never supporting an FD kickstarter or FD game again.
We can 'accept' the end outcome, but FD may have just done themselves a huge disservice for the future. For a loss-making company im astounded at their behaviour towards a loyal fan base that should really have been nurtured not disappointed repeatedly...!
I would expect DB plans to sell FD at some point when possible since the current cap of his share price doesn't really stack up against the total profit of the company - he must have an exit strategy in mind, and part of that will be building ED into as good as game market wise as possible and potentially moving some shares on. At this rate, i dont see his plan changing. Those who think FD will be around forever supporting this game as a cost forever need to take a hard look at this company's fundamentals:
http://www.londonstockexchange.com/...mentals.html?fourWayKey=GB00BBT32N39GBGBXASQ1
either way, im now done posting on this topic, but im very, very dark about it. given how much of a mess the network code , P2P performance, and server comms is in, im shocked i now dont even have an offline mode to look forward to. if this game isnt sorted by release date at the latest to an acceptable play state, then im out of here. Im sure many feel the same.
The loyalists can stick around and bear through the patches and diminishing play group and watch FD start laying off staff as the project reaches maturity and see shares offloaded and various changes made with less and less community engagement, but that's never a fun process to watch a game go through. I think many will gravitate to other space games, as sad as that makes me.
Cmon FD. Don't drop the ball so epic hard at this late stage. Make online/MP and online/solo a flawless experience, save your future customers from leaving/bailing/remaining extremely disenfranchised, and lets get this game to be awesome. Cmon!! I beg you. Get the netcode sorted. Either make P2P work or make the hard decision (but right decision) to switch to client server. DO WHATEVER IS NEEDED TO MAKE THIS GAME *WORK*. Just 'enough' isn't good enough, hasn't been good enough this whole time, and is reflected in just how many people care about offline mode.
If online modes were flawless, and communications were handled a lot better about offline mode, a lot earlier, none of this would even be happening.
I hope for the best, but FD have broken the trust all the backers, and all us customers placed in them. Broken promises, broken networking, broken lots of things. Most of all our trust.
I hope like hell this gets sorted out. FD need to right now get on top of these network issues and solve all the major bugs and make a really good go of the launch. anything less than a series of great outcomes in a row will be insufficient to save the player base and positive sentiments the game originally had.
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Maybe her higher perspective on life would lead her to play a Federation trader? Someone who abhors slavery and combat?
Thank you for this.
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