For loads of commanders here (some who backed the game and gave their hard earned money to get a new Elite game) this doesnt feel like Elite, more like Elite and a f2p games child where it shared more genes of the f2p game.
In all my Elite years playing Elite 1, Frontier, FFE to attain rank of Elite in each one and both the feds and empire in others I have never seen a Elite game that I disliked due to unannounced changes like this one. FDEV seem to be taking Elite and sucking the life out of it, Elite for lots of us nostalgic bunch means 'Freedom to do what we want when we want how we want'.
Since playing ED I have noticed the following change over the years:
1) Ships - Elite had loads, Frontier/FFE had more (fixed space you could fill with hardware you want to make the ship you desire)
2) Stations - now feel like lifeless entities, yes there are things moving around ships docking etc but still once docked its lifeless. Frontier had a BBS system where you saw the person you was talking to and interacting with. FFE had videos of them all this game the faceless posts life. The BBS system also had loads of miscellaneous stuff that didnt mean much but also game the game life like people hunting a person, missions dependent on your rank like assassinations etc.
3) Bounties/Pilots federation - these guys up until now used to grant bounties instantly on destruction of a offender, strangely enough they can grant rank progression for destroying the offender just not the bounty. They used to in Elite (Bounty:50 at top of screen), Frontier/FFE ( You have been awarded 300Cr for the destruction of ...). Bounty dockets are all brilliant but when your ship gets destroyed and your back in the game so should your dockets as they are attached to the player NOT the ship, to be honest just awarding the bounty would have made the whole process MUCH easier. Another thing that always puzzled me about it is the 'YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED 143,343Cr FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF BERTIE ROOSTER' flashing up when you kill a wanted person, surely if they can tell that you have destroyed them they can give you the cash there and then.
4) Permits - yes I understand some areas need permits fine. Thargoid space should be changed to 'Under military interdiction, illegal to visit'. When you jump in you explode. We should also be able to run permits and jump in to the system anyway (Permit violation).
5) Criminal record - ED is to kidsy you cant violate a permit, there is LOADS of things that you cant do which in FFE would whack a fine on your head. Illegal use of weapons, Piracy and murder (yes you can do this but its nice to see it on a criminal record), smuggling, loitering (yes this also can be done). I would like a extra screen on the right panel with Criminal record on it which shows your exploits.
Stop changing the game for the worse by punishing people who have families and make the game more fun and fast to play. Instant bounties would make the game faster to play and more fun for all it wont become a trade run to cash in the dockets more of a hunt etc. Better BBS system would give life to stations. Whacking in the Elite ships would make the game more playable for all and give variety to a otherwise tedious affair of 'oh look its another eagle with a sidewinder' imagine 'oh look its a Eagle with a Krait and a Mamba'. Imagine criminal records could be linked to smuggling, assassinations and other missions on offer by the BBS system after all they wont trust a squeeky clean harmless person but a criminal with a rap sheet a mile long would be in
Just a few ideas
In all my Elite years playing Elite 1, Frontier, FFE to attain rank of Elite in each one and both the feds and empire in others I have never seen a Elite game that I disliked due to unannounced changes like this one. FDEV seem to be taking Elite and sucking the life out of it, Elite for lots of us nostalgic bunch means 'Freedom to do what we want when we want how we want'.
Since playing ED I have noticed the following change over the years:
1) Ships - Elite had loads, Frontier/FFE had more (fixed space you could fill with hardware you want to make the ship you desire)
2) Stations - now feel like lifeless entities, yes there are things moving around ships docking etc but still once docked its lifeless. Frontier had a BBS system where you saw the person you was talking to and interacting with. FFE had videos of them all this game the faceless posts life. The BBS system also had loads of miscellaneous stuff that didnt mean much but also game the game life like people hunting a person, missions dependent on your rank like assassinations etc.
3) Bounties/Pilots federation - these guys up until now used to grant bounties instantly on destruction of a offender, strangely enough they can grant rank progression for destroying the offender just not the bounty. They used to in Elite (Bounty:50 at top of screen), Frontier/FFE ( You have been awarded 300Cr for the destruction of ...). Bounty dockets are all brilliant but when your ship gets destroyed and your back in the game so should your dockets as they are attached to the player NOT the ship, to be honest just awarding the bounty would have made the whole process MUCH easier. Another thing that always puzzled me about it is the 'YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED 143,343Cr FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF BERTIE ROOSTER' flashing up when you kill a wanted person, surely if they can tell that you have destroyed them they can give you the cash there and then.
4) Permits - yes I understand some areas need permits fine. Thargoid space should be changed to 'Under military interdiction, illegal to visit'. When you jump in you explode. We should also be able to run permits and jump in to the system anyway (Permit violation).
5) Criminal record - ED is to kidsy you cant violate a permit, there is LOADS of things that you cant do which in FFE would whack a fine on your head. Illegal use of weapons, Piracy and murder (yes you can do this but its nice to see it on a criminal record), smuggling, loitering (yes this also can be done). I would like a extra screen on the right panel with Criminal record on it which shows your exploits.
Stop changing the game for the worse by punishing people who have families and make the game more fun and fast to play. Instant bounties would make the game faster to play and more fun for all it wont become a trade run to cash in the dockets more of a hunt etc. Better BBS system would give life to stations. Whacking in the Elite ships would make the game more playable for all and give variety to a otherwise tedious affair of 'oh look its another eagle with a sidewinder' imagine 'oh look its a Eagle with a Krait and a Mamba'. Imagine criminal records could be linked to smuggling, assassinations and other missions on offer by the BBS system after all they wont trust a squeeky clean harmless person but a criminal with a rap sheet a mile long would be in
Just a few ideas
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