huh???
Big game hunting as in a gun and a large land animal that I shoot? What does that have to do with flying around space???
How many of you don't play anymore?
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huh???
Big game hunting as in a gun and a large land animal that I shoot? What does that have to do with flying around space???
I've been playing everyday since Gamma and continue to play everyday, some people just have no imagination or stamina to keep playing.
I don't grind often, I may grind for an hour or so just get some CR for some piece of equipment or even just get to a set goal I've made for myself.
I don't bother chasing for the next bigger ship, I'll get a new ship when I can, I won't grind to do that.
I've flown every ship upto and including the Type 7 and I'll fly the others as and when I'm able.
I currently have 3 ships to do different jobs, Viper (Combat), Cobra (Bounty Hunting/Pirate), Asp anything apart from Anaconda Missions.
I could easily afford a D Rated Python, if I sold my current 3 ships, and earn more CR faster, but I want to keep them and earning CR's fast isn't one of my goals.
When I play I always have a goal for that gaming session, often I get side tracked and do something else entirely, I basically just do what takes my fancy in that moment of time.
Nothing in ED is boring to me, OH except Mining, of which I've done zero off, although with the new Commodity coming in 1.2, Painite with a Galactic Average of 33,000 CR I might give it a go soon, but then again I might not.
I don't grind often, I may grind for an hour or so just get some CR for some piece of equipment or even just get to a set goal I've made for myself.
I don't bother chasing for the next bigger ship, I'll get a new ship when I can, I won't grind to do that.
I've flown every ship upto and including the Type 7 and I'll fly the others as and when I'm able.
I currently have 3 ships to do different jobs, Viper (Combat), Cobra (Bounty Hunting/Pirate), Asp anything apart from Anaconda Missions.
I could easily afford a D Rated Python, if I sold my current 3 ships, and earn more CR faster, but I want to keep them and earning CR's fast isn't one of my goals.
When I play I always have a goal for that gaming session, often I get side tracked and do something else entirely, I basically just do what takes my fancy in that moment of time.
Nothing in ED is boring to me, OH except Mining, of which I've done zero off, although with the new Commodity coming in 1.2, Painite with a Galactic Average of 33,000 CR I might give it a go soon, but then again I might not.
Nobody on these forums is lacking patience - show one post where someone is demanding they fix things right now. If anything, we're saying they shouldn't even have released it yet! We're all patient we just want a road map that will tell us what they're planning. There's no reason to withhold one at all however I can't wait to pick up the Xbox version.
I hadn't played for a month and decided Friday to load it up. I had reset my save in February, "just cuz" and started fresh. I found my Adder with a bit of dust and calculating what I needed for a "D" Cobra set up, almost logged out. But I did a couple of Lave-Witchhaul rare runs and purchased my cobra once again.
The immediate increase in my enthusiasm to play, once I was back in my beloved Cobra, was amazing.
I ended up spending about 15 hours in game this weekend and had a good time. I can't believe how much difference a ship can make.
The immediate increase in my enthusiasm to play, once I was back in my beloved Cobra, was amazing.
I ended up spending about 15 hours in game this weekend and had a good time. I can't believe how much difference a ship can make.
Especially those people that bought the $15,000 package...and the 10k one..and the 5k one not to mention the people who spent $500 on all those ships already....
OMG - the fury might be so bad it could break the internet!!
I need to call the president, quick!
Woah there....
I have an extremely active imagination, I have had since I was a child.
This is precisely why I find myself not playing, there is not enough to feed it.
I need my imagination to be stimulated.
I could equally say that the fact that you are happy with it means that you have a shallow imagination that doesnt need as much fulfillment, but I wouldnt stoop to that
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I agree commander! Was just about to post something similar.
This. I play on a daily basis since (almost) day one, but I don't read the forums as often as I did in the first few weeks.
That thread reads kind of funny, now :/
Woah there....
I have an extremely active imagination, I have had since I was a child.
This is precisely why I find myself not playing, there is not enough to feed it.
I need my imagination to be stimulated.
I could equally say that the fact that you are happy with it means that you have a shallow imagination that doesnt need as much fulfillment, but I wouldnt stoop to that
Yes, it seems there are some players happy to play with a thing as simple as an inch long nail. That's a merit for sure and I'm happy when they are happy.
But when they see others who would like to emphasize the gameplay, they turn to be real nerfers and demand everyone to play on the level what the inch long nail requires.
Just wodering if they still carving their wheels from a rock in a cave and using their imagination? Flintstone Fred-symptom.
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I was very enthusiastic about ED, played since late beta/gamma and into the release. Then at some point I stopped playing a few weeks ago, as I simply didnt know what else to do really. I will check back in a few months but right now, I dont see the point of the game, once you managed to get a few credits to buy a nice ship and get tired of missions/trading. Guess PvP is where the fun is at, but I rarely ran into others tbh, and besides, there is just risk and no rewards really so why bother. Im glad I started though, as I bought a warthog HOTAS for ED, which eventually made me play DCS A-10C and man, that is fun! (and a real challenge!) :O
I stopped playing so that I could finally craft my legendary sword in Guild Wars 2, and be rid of my addiction to it. I managed to get it done on Friday and the feeling of liberation is both wonderful and scary (the scary part being the realisation that I was totally addicted to guild wars). I returned to Elite and checked out the 1.2 beta, but was disappointed. I've not bothered to check out the FDL since all indications suggest I won't be able to afford it, but the Vulture seemed to be in my price range. The thing is just an awful ship for so many reasons, not the least of which being the terrible placement of hard points that lead to a lack of convergence at close range - just like the Cobra, only worse thanks to the fact that there are only two of them. This disappointment led to a whole host of similarly depressing question / answer thought processes: Why does bounty hunting still suck? Why is super cruise still so flipping boring? Why is every fight with an AI still best solved by throwing your engines into reverse? Why do the police still attack you for no reason at all? And so on and so forth. Unfortunately it seems that this game has thoroughly lost my excitement. Perhaps it will be better in 20 years once there's actually something to do in it.
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May I say, I think it would help more if the suggestions some people have been making for how things can be improved were now discussed, instead of ever more posts that merely point out the flaws which 40+ pages of comments have already made clear. I made some suggestions, so have lots of others, so can we talk about them and be constructive now please? What could work, what wouldn't & why, etc.?
Ian.
Ian.
It's a matter of how many hours you plan to play the game. I see that actually hardcore players are the most unsatisfied and concerned with ED.
Maybe more things to do (and making them hard to accomplish) will satisfy the more difficult tastes.
Dont forget, guys, that we come from a very long age of MMORPG's sovereignty and most of us are used to talk about (yes I begin to read this word on the forums!) END GAME.
Players want a driven storyline. Players want team based challenges and show their achievements to their friends.
Elite team doesnt seem to be intentioned to bring the game in that usual direction.
On the other hand, many players are bored of that kind of grindy game. So David and his task force are trying to give us a new gaming revolution (as he did at the times of the first Elites). I like the multi-platform/cross-genre target they are pointing at and I'm surprised to see so much criticism about a game that is going in a total new direction (it's hard to do that, guys, very hard).
Ok ED in the actual status can be boring, tedious, repetitive and sleepy, but it's because they released only the "first" game module and of course they had to challenge their competitors by taking the first step.
I think E is "unfinished" on principle. So just stay tuned
Maybe more things to do (and making them hard to accomplish) will satisfy the more difficult tastes.
Dont forget, guys, that we come from a very long age of MMORPG's sovereignty and most of us are used to talk about (yes I begin to read this word on the forums!) END GAME.
Players want a driven storyline. Players want team based challenges and show their achievements to their friends.
Elite team doesnt seem to be intentioned to bring the game in that usual direction.
On the other hand, many players are bored of that kind of grindy game. So David and his task force are trying to give us a new gaming revolution (as he did at the times of the first Elites). I like the multi-platform/cross-genre target they are pointing at and I'm surprised to see so much criticism about a game that is going in a total new direction (it's hard to do that, guys, very hard).
Ok ED in the actual status can be boring, tedious, repetitive and sleepy, but it's because they released only the "first" game module and of course they had to challenge their competitors by taking the first step.
I think E
is "unfinished" on principle. So just stay tuned 
Indeed. So the groundwork was made. What the helvetica happened?...
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Problem with the "Suggestions" forum is that there is no interaction from the dev team so it could be deduced that the forum is not even read by the dev team.
Monotonous repetition play too much of a part in the 'challenge'. Having tried and tried I can't see any reason to play further. The real nail in the coffin was highlighted when I was watching a episode of 'Black Sails' (a show about pirates). The pirate ship was positive that their mark would "heave too" and give up their cargo because it was insured, i.e. there would be no reason to fight. ... so cargo insurance made piracy possible as a going concern. Of course fighting was still an option... It's egregious death penalties that add insult to injury by a trader losing all their cargo, it simply injects frustration for no benefit, or rather to the detriment of the game. Without it there would be more risk taking and engagement, there would be more chance for having fun and less of an emphasis on grindy time wasting nonsense.
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A system that pays out the percentage of damage you did would be the obvious choice - so why wasn't it put in?
This is soo true, no real engagement there either...
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The intent was to make combat more competitive. Personally I believe this was a specious (sounds correct but actually wrong) decision that should have changed by now... much like many things...
Something about an "Infinitely procedurally generated universe" just sounds boring. I'm never going to see it so why bother making it - oh because it's easier than designing the universe yourself - ok, great so I can expect huge amounts of repitition - "Procedurally Generated" is going to be a term people will be sick of in 6 months and game developers will be advertising, with glee, for the next two years as they think it's great!