Nope, not true.
No Single Player offline Mode then?
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Nope, not true.
Looked at it, and David is buy tweeting about this instead of saying something himself.
Not impressed by the way, this guy benefits directly from this game, how do you expect anything else but him defending this desaster.
And he is wrong too, it IS about DRM. Did not publish my comment, where I explained it to him, either.
Care to think that some people might not be able to post on the Internet due to the lack of Internet? And that's why they wanted an offline-game?
Yep, I care to disagree with your sentiment.
First off, it is beyond me why so many are requesting a solo/offline mode in a game that is intended to be played with others, afterall it is a dynamic massively multiplayer world that reacts to the players actions. This would not be possible if people were allowed to play offline, without the server synced up to their world, and vice versa.
It is also beyond me that you are speaking of "trust". It seems you are unaware of how kickstarter works. While the developers have to produce a product after reaching their goals, none of the specifics are written in stone. They have the full freedom to change, move around, manipulate any aspects of the game, at any given point. This is important to ensure that the product is actually living up to its standards and to the technology of the time, rather than being chained by early development promises which in the end make little to no sense. Btw, you are not an investor, all the money you have provided to the development was out of good will, they don't have to meet your individual visions of the game.
I for one believe that this change is necessary to the overall experience. As I said earlier, why a solo mode was planned in the first place is beyond me. There is no fun in mining/trading when there is no fear of another intelligent player looking to pirate you nor is it any fun to fight AI all the time.
So promising one thing and not doing it is called "bad PR" in english... I guess the statement is about a bad way of communicating that misinterpretation of the sentence: "it will be possible to have a single player game without connecting to the galaxy server." - So what did we get wrong, through bad PR? The "it will be possible"-Part? Or the "without connecting to the galaxy server" - Part?
Please enlighten us...
That should shut up the ppl who keep saying it was not promised then.
If the game was advertised in a way which suggested it was mainly based around a offline experience, i'd be a bit upset but certainly not upset enough as to be offensive toward the staff and ask for a refund.
Your question fails on even that point though doesn't it.
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You'll get told those games aren't DRM because you can play them on LAN and single payer.
DRM has a large range of definitions. Doesn't mean every game that's online only has DRM. You're curvy, DRM friends on the intent of the developer; there's nothing stopping me from playing ED on a copy someone else bought. Nothing at all, once they give me their account details.
That's not DRM in its controversial nature. That's the problem here. No one reasonable would be unhappy that an online game needs the internet to work. People don't loathe DRM because online only games technicality fall into the category under one variation of the definition.
People hate DRM because it's invasive and aggressive and harms non pirates more than it harms pirates.
This, my friend, is a case of some people latching on to the only straw left to clutch in relation to whether kick starter pledges should be refunded.
They shouldn't. DRM has nothing to do with the reason offline mode will be missed. It's because some purple won't be able to play the game.
I have a lot of sympathy for them. Not so much for people upset because ED is now, in their eyes, DRM.
If you can't play the game, that's a bad thing. But if you can and are simply upset you need to authenticate your copy to play, your intentions are cloudy at best.
False.
The reasons as to why this is happening has been detailed in this thread. It even includes information on how to ask for a refund.
The main grievance seems to be that Frontier said they were going to implement an offline mode. That's not possible any more (see above linked thread). There's nothing to suggest it was done deliberately, it happened through the natural development of the game. If you want your money back, go and get your money back.
Pretty safe blog post IMHO. Very much sitting on the fence trying hard to avoid any criticism toward Frontier. But a good analysis of the situation if nothing else.
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Even though FD did not do it deliberatley it sadly wont stop some here whining endlessly.........
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Well it did take them 2 years before they reluctantly told us offline was dead
It would not surprise me if they continue the 'full steam ahead, nothing to see here' approach as seen in the last newsletter.
Amazing that DB's recent tweet links to Drew's analysis of the offline situation, rather than provide his own analysis.
He refers to it as a 'nice piece'.
Amazing - now, hes just rubbing salt into the wound
Still waiting for refund response from FD.
will you not, or can not understand you, the many
here your solo ONLINE can not play because there no end
Stutters.
It is a slideshow by exellent !!!!
Maybe your "comment" was not correct so not worth replying to ? just saying.
Nope, it was correct, with wikipedia citation.
It's a free world. They can speak to whomever they please.
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