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Elite Dangerous | Nominate Elite Dangerous for the Steam Awards!
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Can’t do that when there are still game breaking bugs in the game, turn everything back on and turn back on BGS.
I've just voted myself, thanks for the reminder.
Is there such a thing on Elite forums? There's always one that has to gripe!
Fix the major bugs and I'll consider deleting my negative review. Fix the major and minor bugs and I'll consider nominating.
Possibly because Frontier have more front than Brighton:
- macOS commanders were thrown out the game (not much love there)
- VR users were told no support in Odyssey (not much love there)
- Console owners were put into limbo after been told no Odyssey (some love there with the transfer option and legacy servers)
- Commanders expected to pay for new ships if they want them on day of launch (not much love there)
- ARX prices steep increase (not much love there)
Understand your stance but for some of us (me) i am happy that Fdev are getting more cash to throw at the game.
Its an acceptable revenue stream without offering a subscription (which i would also happily pay).
Compare the price of ARX to games such as ESC and SC (i know the later isn't actually a game) and Fdevs prices are very reasonable.
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I agree with many of your points but this one didn't bother me in the least. I'd agree with @Darrack; it's an innocuous way for them to make a little extra cash from those keen enough to be early adopters.
I missed this event - how big was the increase?
The price of some cosmetics nearly doubled, but from my point of view they had been under-priced for a while.
They were never going to generate much revenue at the old prices.
O7
Again, if the costs are too high and the game doesn't make a profit then it's either Maintenance Mode or End of Game
- Apple refused to support the right API and it would have cost too much to rewrite Elite just for the Mac.
- Although VR is great, how many players actually have it? I'm glad they kept VR in Odyssey at some form but unless there's a massive increase of VR players, it won't get in (Despite my wishes).
- The console version couldn't run Odyssey at the correct frame rate, and there are Sony and Microsoft rules regarding DLC for games (i.e. must work on all platforms).
- You're not expected to pay for the new ships, you can get early access if you want them, but (if you have Odyssey) you'll get them for without extra money.
- Yes, prices have gone up but where are they supposed to get the revenue from to keep this game running?
No - 340% is the figure I remember, I cannot think of a single item that was not increased by at least 100% - there is a spreadsheet out there somewhere with old and new prices.
- Commanders expected to pay for new ships if they want them on day of launch
- ARX prices steep increase
"Commanders expected to pay for new ships if they want them on day of launch"
"ARX prices steep increase"
And then we get four new ships and a rework of powerplay along with the thargoid stuff and system colonisation coming next year.
Spot the correlation between giving FDev money and us getting nice things.
Agreed and its a great game but ignoring people who play for other reasons than Powerplay doesn't sit that great. I still voted because I have loved this game since I first tried it in a DK2 in Dec 2014 but really need to put stuff back in the lockers and data on the terminals in other areas of space for those that don't live and breathe Powerplay. It has been nothing but crickets from upstairs even though it is highly voted on in the tracker.Of course I've voted.
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Although I do find some of the comments like 'You'll only get my vote in when X feature is implemented', or 'they put profit before the game' a bit churlish.
Look at your player stats and then work out how much you've paid for the content, and you'll probably find you've had a lot more value out of this game than you thought.
Of course they put profit as the priority. It's the game business, there are plenty of live service games that have gone under because the game didn't make the company any money (Concord being the latest example). Yes, some of those bugs are frustrating i.e. the VR orbit lines one makes me genuinely throw up, but I understand that if the game is to exist, there's only a certain amount of resource available until it becomes unprofitable, and that means certain things are going to get left behind.
I'd love an Angel investor (as long as it's not Musk or Bazos) to come in and say right, I'll invest X millions into Fdev if Elite
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I must be dumb....I've just spent over 15 minutes trying to work out how to vote and cannot work out how.
Yes, I have a Steam Account.
I'm using Firefox Web browser.
Can someone please advise a step by step on how to vote?
If it's obscure, or too hard, then people will just give up.
It might be easy for everyone here who have posted above, but it aint intuitive and I feel the OP should have either linked directly to the voting page, or included a how to.
Thanks
Yes, I have a Steam Account.
I'm using Firefox Web browser.
Can someone please advise a step by step on how to vote?
If it's obscure, or too hard, then people will just give up.
It might be easy for everyone here who have posted above, but it aint intuitive and I feel the OP should have either linked directly to the voting page, or included a how to.
Thanks
Should just need to be signed into Steam and hit the link in the OP
This your nomination for Elite Dangerous in the Steam Awards 'Labour of Love' award!