No Offline Play : The Poll

[agent1138]

I wouldn't touch the singleplayer, so im glad more resources are going into online.

 

[Chek]

I wouldn't touch the singleplayer, so im glad more resources are going into online.

+1 to that. I'd prefer ED put their limited resources into elements of the game I would actually use.

 

[Daeron]

The poll somehow evade the Lawful Neutral path, we still have feelings you know!

 

[jpinard]

You know if we have a thousand more polls, it may continue to show what we've seen all along. There is a small but loud-as-hell minority that can't accept the fact this game does not have a TOTAL off-line mode.

 

[Patrick_68000]

And well many people now, say that the game lacks content and depth. In a sense fortunately Frontier can concentrate on the online mode only, to enhance the game

 

[foxpur]

When did this happen then? The only hate that existed was from those that didn't care that offline had been axed.

Michael Brookes said it in the big record-breaking post (he was threatened as well)

 

[Hermit]

He said he had been, but showed no evidence of it. I know that FD and their staff were accused of lying and fraud, but most of the real hate tended to come from those outside the forum.

 

[foxpur]

He said he had been, but showed no evidence of it. I know that FD and their staff were accused of lying and fraud, but most of the real hate tended to come from those outside the forum.

Hehe, how is he supposed to do that... if he copied and paste there is no proof it wasn't just written, if he printed you can claim it was created for this.... conspiracy theory is designed never to see truth but hide behind artificially created lies.

 

[WeirdWizard]

And well many people now, say that the game lacks content and depth. In a sense fortunately Frontier can concentrate on the online mode only, to enhance the game

Or they could review their decision (as they said they would.. or at least could I forget the exact phrase). During that review they might just realise that an offline server/mode with modding support would unlock the enormous potential of the army of modders out there who would busy themselves filling the vast universe with interesting and varied content while at the same time branching the gameplay out in numerous ways that some groups of players will find a massive boost to their own style of play.

Frankly I don't see how Frontier could possibly hope to produce enough content themselves (mostly for free) to do the job but giving the community the ability to mod it in for offline they could then cherry pick the best ideas and content for inclusion in the online side. Also the one size fits all restriction of the online game is by its nature going to make the game less appealing to people who find they just don't fit with it. Offline (even with no or modest modding) could provide difficulty sliders, economy options (static, tough, generous, etc) interdiction/danger options and so on.

At the same time they would create a new revenue stream for themselves in the form of semi regular paid DLCs for the offline version that include missions and storyline components from the online side.

Offline really would be a win for Frontier a win for offline players and a win for online players and I for one will keep arguing its case until either Frontier do it, I stop playing ED or someone/group in the community makes an unofficial one.

 

[Phantom Mark]

I would make a vote if the statements were not so leading and biased.

 

[Kramster]

I think, putting everything into perspective, it was a much better decision than posting this and any of the other pointless 'we already discussed this to death' discussions and polls.
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Looks to me like some folks got an answer regarding their refund requests

 

[Phantom Mark]

I wonder if the guys in the FD office had a straw poll to decide if they would give refunds or not ?

 

[Yaffle]

Well, this has gone nicely well off topic and descended into the usual circular arguments, so it's being closed.