You know you're reaching when you're blaming large numbers of gamers for their finding a game boring, rather than the game itself. The problem with Elite is that there isn't much to do but grind for progression. At least, that is true for most people. I'm sure there are a few people out there like yourself who are happy to simply revel in the feeling of being logged in and sat in your cockpit. For the rest of us, there needs to be something to do once we've settled in. I can't believe anyone who has actually spent any length of time out exploring, for example, would defend its gameplay. I mean, seriously. Point your ship at stuff, wait, move on.
The Powerplay discussion thread.
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You know you're reaching when you're blaming large numbers of gamers for their finding a game boring, rather than the game itself. The problem with Elite is that there isn't much to do but grind for progression. At least, that is true for most people. I'm sure there are a few people out there like yourself who are happy to simply revel in the feeling of being logged in and sat in your cockpit. For the rest of us, there needs to be something to do once we've settled in. I can't believe anyone who has actually spent any length of time out exploring, for example, would defend its gameplay. I mean, seriously. Point your ship at stuff, wait, move on.
Very justified and well stated post! I can't add anything else apart from +1
Yarrrrrr
What I really dislike about PP in its current format are two things, in the main.
1. Faction leaders are now totally inflexible. They do things one way and one way only. To collect merits for them in Prep, Expansion, and Control you now have to do the exact same task, cycle after cycle after cycle. Heck, the Powers were more flexible than this BEFORE PP, with different community goals showing that they expanded their influence through varying methods as the situated demanded.
2. Time-determined drip feed of Power allocation units. This sucks. It is not fun to sit in dock all day waiting to fill up my cargo hold. They should remove the bar on allocated units, or at least make it much higher plus totally scrap the time requirement. It makes sense that a Power would want you to carry as many goods as possible, do as much as you can manage for the cause - not drip feed you like this. And removing those unnatural restrictions would still be fair as those who put in the hours would still be leading the way ahead of others who hadn't. Please FD, let us pick up as many goods as we can from a Power and let the hours put in decide rating and merits gained.
1. Faction leaders are now totally inflexible. They do things one way and one way only. To collect merits for them in Prep, Expansion, and Control you now have to do the exact same task, cycle after cycle after cycle. Heck, the Powers were more flexible than this BEFORE PP, with different community goals showing that they expanded their influence through varying methods as the situated demanded.
2. Time-determined drip feed of Power allocation units. This sucks. It is not fun to sit in dock all day waiting to fill up my cargo hold. They should remove the bar on allocated units, or at least make it much higher plus totally scrap the time requirement. It makes sense that a Power would want you to carry as many goods as possible, do as much as you can manage for the cause - not drip feed you like this. And removing those unnatural restrictions would still be fair as those who put in the hours would still be leading the way ahead of others who hadn't. Please FD, let us pick up as many goods as we can from a Power and let the hours put in decide rating and merits gained.
Don't forget Game of Thrones
Powerplay Poll results
EDIT: Changed colors because they were difficult to differentiate + added a free pony for those don't like the results. Why the pony? I like that pony.
After 735 votes the preliminary results of the Powerplay poll are here.
With the current number of votes, and the poll closing in a day it is VERY probable that the results won't change significantly. Discuss
EDIT: Changed colors because they were difficult to differentiate + added a free pony for those don't like the results. Why the pony? I like that pony.
After 735 votes the preliminary results of the Powerplay poll are here.
With the current number of votes, and the poll closing in a day it is VERY probable that the results won't change significantly. Discuss
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Looks like FD is going to have to improve PP now according to the majority...if ever.
99% of all statistics are wrong and used for large amounts of population, plus some of these questions weren't on the poll in the first place.
Now you see, would have helped if the two red colours were not so similar to each other so as to make it too difficult to ascertain which small block of red is referring to which piece of the pie, ergo I cannot be asked to decipher the cryptic colouring, ergo no discussions here.
It seems to me, from my occasional visits to the original thread, that the results are getting 'worse' for powerplay. For much of the time, those that played it and liked it were ahead, though not by much, of those that played it and didn't like it. In the last few days, those that did not like it have caught and overtaken those that do. It sounds like FD have some work to do.
... which is the worst of all worlds for me. I have no interest in powerplay. I was less than enthusiastic to find that FD had spent so much effort on something I had no interest in, with so much still to do for the basic game. To find that they may have to pour a pile more resources into this to make it palateable, and thus, presumably, delay even further any hope that we may get, say, a real exploration system rather than a rudimentary placeholder, is extremely disappointing.
... which is the worst of all worlds for me. I have no interest in powerplay. I was less than enthusiastic to find that FD had spent so much effort on something I had no interest in, with so much still to do for the basic game. To find that they may have to pour a pile more resources into this to make it palateable, and thus, presumably, delay even further any hope that we may get, say, a real exploration system rather than a rudimentary placeholder, is extremely disappointing.
To me, this thread, sums up entirely the need for PP to be reworked.
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Good poll. Have answered it.
Makes me wonder what sort of "legs" it will have. I'm enjoying it at the moment, but after several weeks of toiling for the Power ... ?
Maybe FD will pull something out of the hat at E3 by way of enhancements.
sooo and what exactly does this poll prove?
exactly...nothing.
those who dont like it have spend their time voting and raging about it, while those who like powerplay...well...play it (or just dont want to vote on another flame poll)
exactly...nothing.
those who dont like it have spend their time voting and raging about it, while those who like powerplay...well...play it (or just dont want to vote on another flame poll)
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Poll just proves a big chunk of people never try anything for themselves, and dislike making thier own minds up.
Also...wasnt it the same with the Wings update?
"We dont like the magically generated money through trading wings"
and what else there was...
there were enough players who disliked it, and still play it. why should it be different now?
"We dont like the magically generated money through trading wings"
and what else there was...
there were enough players who disliked it, and still play it. why should it be different now?
Where is the original thread? I want to throw in my 2 merits.
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