CQC should not take priority over previously promised features.

[Megalon]

I backed this game because i was led to believe there would be planetary landings and fps combat. Now I read the news letter today after months of not hearing anything about fps combat to find that fd have dedicated resources and teams of devs to Xbox one builds and an ed arena commander knock off, while the fps features fall by the wayside. This is complete nonsense plain and simple. I would like a dev response on this.

 

[nexxo]

How do you think Frontier makes the money to develop these features? Crew's gotta eat. New markets must be accessed.
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Anyway, Xbox is just another PC platform, so whatever is developed on the Xbox is also a win for the PC.

 

[kilvenny]

Hmm - Microsoft made a small contribution to the game!

 

[Alex Brentnall]

I backed this game because it was promising planetary landings and fps combat. Now I read the news letter today after months of hearing anything about fps combat to find that fd have dedicated resources and teams of devs to Xbox one builds and an ed arena commander knock off, while the fps promises fall by the wayside. This is complete <snip> plain and simple. I would like a dev response on this.

Not sure if anything was officially "promised" I read on another thread today that the whole DDF and that was all a discussion and suggested direction and that nothing was certain. <- Not my words, just what I read.
On the other hand more features I agree would be nice but I'd prefer them to do it properly and fix whats currently broken before adding more, I seem to remember a discussion that Elite was planned to be developed over years not months...

Finally everyone wants something different, it Frontier focused on all aspects at once they'd get swamped with complaints. Just because you want FPS as the next major update doesn't mean everyone else does, from the looks of the forums the most popular is planet landings/atmosphere flight.

Also you may want to read the the rules on masked swearing

 

[znôrt]

to find that fd have dedicated resources and teams of devs to Xbox one builds and an ed arena commander knock off

and that's not all, cmdr, would love to watch your face while you learn about a new thing called powerplay

hey, that was just for the pun. i'm fine with how they are doing, though i'm not a backer. but they actually did give a response about the xbox and arena, look around, it's somewhere on the forum.

 

[gogereaver]

no hes right the game still lacks alot and probably wont be cross play the xbox port is just going to be a massive wast of money. its not going to sell on the level of the pc.

 

[X-Terminator]

It won't take over. The next update is 1.4 Passengers (by then you should have blocked all griefers hopefully)
Later we will get added update for Thargoids.

 

[Alex Brentnall]

no hes right the game still lacks alot and probably wont be cross play the xbox port is just going to be a massive wast of money. its not going to sell on the level of the pc.

From today regarding crossplay: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=161427

Also even if it doesn't sell to the level of pc it probably cost a fraction of the pc cost since the Cobra development engine caters for all platforms. If they put £10m into pc development and got £20m back but put £1m into Xbox to get £4m back which is more worthwhile overall?
And on that point what is the problem if its a dedicated team, dedicated (i.e. spit from pc) means that its not harming the dev of the pc anyway.

 

[BoldyBald]

I don't think the CQC should be a different option in the menu, but rather a minigame accessed from the lounge when you are docked. As in a sort of virtual fight in which you could earn some real cash.

It's my belief that making any subgames that stride next to the main game instead of being in the main game hurts.

 

[AnnuverScotinExile]

I don't think the CQC should be a different option in the menu, but rather a minigame accessed from the lounge when you are docked. As in a sort of virtual fight in which you could earn some real cash.

It's my belief that making any subgames that stride next to the main game instead of being in the main game hurts.

There is a separate thread for that (mind you, the OP is a duplicate, really).

I disagree with your view on CQC. Taking something so out of place in the Elite universe in game would be the thin end of a wedge that would destroy the game. Unless, that is, you want an arcade shoot-em-up with the rest of the Elite features atrophying away.

 

[Lord_Crazy]

I backed this game because it was promising planetary landings and fps combat. Now I read the news letter today after months of hearing anything about fps combat to find that fd have dedicated resources and teams of devs to Xbox one builds and an ed arena commander knock off, while the fps promises fall by the wayside. This is complete nonsense plain and simple. I would like a dev response on this.

Wait... Were you really expecting to hear about FPS and/or planetary landing before 2016? These features are so big they are almost a new game themselves. Don't back a game if you don't think you have the patience to wait for it to be fully delivered.
Besides, the XBO was anticipated for a while. As for the resources put into this branch of the development, it is meant to end up bringing more players and therefore even more resources for the future of the game. From that perspective XBO is a step toward better FPS and planetary landing.
Just relax; If you cannot wait stop playing and come back next year, the game will probably have changed a lot.

 

[Darth Ender]

pretty sure they said it was a separate "game" module and it's being developed by it's own team.

It shouldn't take anything away from time and work in the normal game. It's for all intents and purposes separate and self contained.

 

[withnail]

If you are enjoying the game right now, sit back and relax. Enjoy the ride.

If you are not enjoying the game right now, it's only going to get worse.

The next announcement is going to be planetary landings by the way, you heard it right here.

P.s. I have no sources for that by the way.

 

[Deleted member 94277]

I backed this game because it was promising planetary landings and fps combat. Now I read the news letter today after months of hearing anything about fps combat to find that fd have dedicated resources and teams of devs to Xbox one builds and an ed arena commander knock off, while the fps promises fall by the wayside. This is complete nonsense plain and simple. I would like a dev response on this.

Maybe when SC and NML are out and (hopes up!) have fully implemented FPS component, FD will lose enough fanboys players to start giving promised features to milk our money instead of milking our money with .

 

[Ralph Vargr]

I disagree with your view on CQC. Taking something so out of place in the Elite universe in game would be the thin end of a wedge that would destroy the game. Unless, that is, you want an arcade shoot-em-up with the rest of the Elite features atrophying away.

Like right now?

 

[Derath]

How do you think Frontier makes the money to develop these features? Crew's gotta eat. New markets must be accessed.
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Anyway, Xbox is just another PC platform, so whatever is developed on the Xbox is also a win for the PC.

They asked for people to buy an unfinished game? Its pretty clear where the money came from. A better question would be where did the money come from to develop an Xbox version?

 

[Brimstone]

You have all failed miserably.

 

[withnail]

You're not doing too good yourself.

 

[Lord_Crazy]

They asked for people to buy an unfinished game? Its pretty clear where the money came from. A better question would be where did the money come from to develop an Xbox version?

Wait... You didn't know XBO would come? FD Plc has money on it's own, plus banks plus... yes the players! So what? They only put money into XBO because they believe it will bring more than the spent. Whatever "we PC players" spent on the XBO development will get back "to us" at some point. XBO preview is barely out and we already see future improvement for the PC version (eg. the gamepad input). Just relax it's game, nobody stole our money.

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You have all failed miserably.

Wait, haven't you copied that one from another thread?

 

[Brimstone]

Wait... You didn't know XBO would come? FD Plc has money on it's own, plus banks plus... yes the players! So what? They only put money into XBO because they believe it will bring more than the spent. Whatever "we PC players" spent on the XBO development will get back "to us" at some point. XBO preview is barely out and we already see future improvement for the PC version (eg. the gamepad input). Just relax it's game, nobody stole our money.

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Wait, haven't you copied that one from another thread?

Yes I've been telling people they have failed, because that is my mood today. Perhaps tomorrow, if the forums aren't filled with "We need this functionality NOW or I'm quitting" threads, I'll tell everyone they have succeeded.

Succeeded at what? I have no idea.