1.2, 1.3, 1.4 all greared toward the pew pew crowd

Whiterose

Whiterose
1.2 I was hoping for a fix to the missions and background sim...we got wings...
1.3 I was hoping for a fix to the missions and background sim...we got Powerplay...
1.4 I was hoping for a fix to the missions and background sim...we are getting CQC...

Whilst I appreciate FD are not here for me, they do seem to have a huge leaning toward the pew pew crowd.
When is the background sim going to be fixed?
When are we going to get something to address exploring?
When is mining going to become a viable option?
When is trading going to be fixed? its about as dynamic as an ant carrying several bags of heavy shopping who happens to be asthmatic.
When are faction ranks actually going to mean something?

Whilst I realise that FD needs an income from new players, they should not forget their core supporters. The pew pew crowd will come and go, but we will still be here in a years time. Spread the love FD.
 

Lord_Crazy

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Sure things still need to be worked out, but saying the updates are just directed at pew pew seems unfair. We got fuel tanks, we got drones, new ores to mine... Every profession can be enhanced, but so far I don't see FD favoring one over another (although smuggling is definitely not the favorite).
 

Dr Wookie

Dr Wookie
Whiterose said:
1.2 I was hoping for a fix to the missions and background sim...we got wings...
1.3 I was hoping for a fix to the missions and background sim...we got Powerplay...
1.4 I was hoping for a fix to the missions and background sim...we are getting CQC...

Whilst I appreciate FD are not here for me, they do seem to have a huge leaning toward the pew pew crowd.
When is the background sim going to be fixed?
When are we going to get something to address exploring?
When is mining going to become a viable option?
When is trading going to be fixed? its about as dynamic as an ant carrying several bags of heavy shopping who happens to be asthmatic.
When are faction ranks actually going to mean something?

Whilst I realise that FD needs an income from new players, they should not forget their core supporters. The pew pew crowd will come and go, but we will still be here in a years time. Spread the love FD.
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I don't think 1.4 is CQC, but instead the thing that fd will announce at Gamescon. At Lavecon, FD said that they have a 10 year plan, and nothing is considered finished yet. So be patient :)
 

telperion

telperion
Lord_Crazy said:
Sure things still need to be worked out, but saying the updates are just directed at pew pew seems unfair. We got fuel tanks, we got drones, new ores to mine... Every profession can be enhanced, but so far I don't see FD favoring one over another (although smuggling is definitely not the favorite).
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This is how I see things too. I understand the OP's frustration as it would be nice if the core game was improved rather than tacked onto but FDev have been improving things for everyone slowly but surely.

Keep the faith, OP. They'll get there.

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Dr Wookie said:
I don't think 1.4 is CQC, but instead the thing that fd will announce at Gamescon. At Lavecon, FD said that they have a 10 year plan, and nothing is considered finished yet. So be patient :)
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If they announce walking in ships, Thargoids, better mission threads or stuff to find whilst exploring I will literally (read figuratively) poo my pants. I also assumed 1.4 would be CQC.
 
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quickr

quickr
When? In due time. Game is still being developed and upgraded on regular basis. It's just impossible to please everyone at the same time.

BTW 1.2 wing update is not solely for pew pew, it has it's uses in all aspects of the game
1.3 powerplay was a complete miss in my eyes, but people are playing it, so hey, it at least pleased someone.
 

Renegade Roach

R
I enjoy the pew pew, as you put it, but you have a point. Thing is, fixing the background sim, making exploration interesting, fixing smuggling and missions etc are all major undertakings and quite possibly involve some tricky technical hurdles. Seems like they've gone for the low hanging fruit by adding stuff that can be easily bolted on to the core game without too much hassle. In a way it makes sense, it gives the impression of there being more 'content'. Hopefully they'll get back to actually making the game good at some point.
 

Evil

Evil
Whiterose said:
1.2 I was hoping for a fix to the missions and background sim...we got wings...
1.3 I was hoping for a fix to the missions and background sim...we got Powerplay...
1.4 I was hoping for a fix to the missions and background sim...we are getting CQC...

Whilst I appreciate FD are not here for me, they do seem to have a huge leaning toward the pew pew crowd.
When is the background sim going to be fixed?
When are we going to get something to address exploring?
When is mining going to become a viable option?
When is trading going to be fixed? its about as dynamic as an ant carrying several bags of heavy shopping who happens to be asthmatic.
When are faction ranks actually going to mean something?

Whilst I realise that FD needs an income from new players, they should not forget their core supporters. The pew pew crowd will come and go, but we will still be here in a years time. Spread the love FD.
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They will be fixed in the development order set by FD, you could have answered that yourself.
 

Whiterose

Whiterose
Evil said:
They will be fixed in the development order set by FD, you could have answered that yourself.
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We have had no communication or evidence that it will ever be fixed. If I knew the development order as you put it, then you are right, I wouldnt have had to post, but I dont. Therefore my post is relevant.
 

Obsidian Ant

Obsidian Ant
Dr Wookie said:
I don't think 1.4 is CQC, but instead the thing that fd will announce at Gamescon. At Lavecon, FD said that they have a 10 year plan, and nothing is considered finished yet. So be patient :)
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As mentioned above, 1.4 is called CQC Championship.

Micheal Brookes also posted in another thread, clearly stating that 1.4 is not the Gamescom announcement. :)
 

Rubellen

Rubellen
We could ask for a roadbook without dates on it? A lot of complaining people would worry less if they know FD is working on it...
 

Tinman

Tinman
Whiterose said:
1.2 I was hoping for a fix to the missions and background sim...we got wings...
1.3 I was hoping for a fix to the missions and background sim...we got Powerplay...
1.4 I was hoping for a fix to the missions and background sim...we are getting CQC...

Whilst I appreciate FD are not here for me, they do seem to have a huge leaning toward the pew pew crowd.
When is the background sim going to be fixed?
When are we going to get something to address exploring?
When is mining going to become a viable option?
When is trading going to be fixed? its about as dynamic as an ant carrying several bags of heavy shopping who happens to be asthmatic.
When are faction ranks actually going to mean something?

Whilst I realise that FD needs an income from new players, they should not forget their core supporters. The pew pew crowd will come and go, but we will still be here in a years time. Spread the love FD.
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The background sim is an ongoing project (as they have said many times). If you compare what we have now with what we had 7 months ago there is lots of improvements both in terms of how it works and how the changes are presented to us. Plenty of things have been fixed/improved already...others not.

As I mentioned in another thread...the mission system WAS overhauled in 1.3. It will be interesting to see what these under the hood changes will result in going forward. The current missions was also much improved/fixed and polished in 1.3. A huge number of totally new mission types was never promised for 1.3...

Mining WAS improved in 1.3.

Trading is dynamic...it certainly isn't completely static. Will it ever be as dynamic as some people want it to be? Don't know...but I expect improvements here too.

We are getting improvements in these areas...people seem to disregard them for some reason.

As I also said in that other thread...if FD tomorrow decided to roll back the game to version 1.0 people would go crazy due to all the things suddenly gone missing from the game...at that includes the parts of it you listed above.


The focus since release have certainly been towards multiplayer aspects, but since it is sold as a multiplayer experience and these parts was rather lacking to begin with this isn't really that weird. It actually makes perfect sense. So yes, that is where they have put a lot of energy so far, but saying that they haven't done anything to other areas isn't really fair IMO.
 

Whiterose

Whiterose
aws357 said:
This remind me that it would be nice also to have a boomf boomf crowd.
And a dakka dakka crowd.
And a woooosh*KABOOM* crowd.

Pew pew becomes boring after some times...
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Lol, I can only make the noise of a basic pulse laser, I need to learn how to type the noise of the multicannon
 

xslam

xslam
For me the pew pew course is good.

If i want to not pew pew then i can build a factory complex in X3TC or set up a network of trade bots instead of stupid space trucking here.
 

AnnuverScotinExile

AnnuverScotinExile
Renegade Roach said:
I enjoy the pew pew, as you put it, but you have a point. Thing is, fixing the background sim, making exploration interesting, fixing smuggling and missions etc are all major undertakings and quite possibly involve some tricky technical hurdles. Seems like they've gone for the low hanging fruit by adding stuff that can be easily bolted on to the core game without too much hassle. In a way it makes sense, it gives the impression of there being more 'content'. Hopefully they'll get back to actually making the game good at some point.
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Nonsense. They have clearly gone out of their way to attract the pew-pew crowd. Even FD admit that CQC was not in their original vision. And now that we have got lots of pew-pewers on board through those actions, it will be harder to do the original vision because a large proportion of the new players will not want it. Cries for E: D to become a full MMO (probably not technically possible without a rewrite of the instancing, etc) are getting louder and louder, and starting to drown out those asking for the original vision.

I accept that FD may well intend to circle back round and fix (or in some cases implement for the first time) core stuff. They have, as Tinman keeps pointing out, done little bits and pieces here and there. Nevertheless, some of us need a lot more reassurance than FD have been giving us that they are actually going to eventually deliver. If we knew it was coming, then patience is much easier. Patiently waiting when there is little or no evidence that what we are waiting for will even appear, is not that easy.
 
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Whiterose

Whiterose
Tinman said:
The background sim is an ongoing project (as they have said many times). If you compare what we have now with what we had 7 months ago there is lots of improvements both in terms of how it works and how the changes are presented to us. Plenty of things have been fixed/improved already...others not.

As I mentioned in another thread...the mission system WAS overhauled in 1.3. It will be interesting to see what these under the hood changes will result in going forward. The current missions was also much improved/fixed and polished in 1.3. A huge number of totally new mission types was never promised for 1.3...

Mining WAS improved in 1.3.

Trading is dynamic...it certainly isn't completely static. Will it ever be as dynamic as some people want it to be? Don't know...but I expect improvements here too.

We are getting improvements in these areas...people seem to disregard them for some reason.

As I also said in that other thread...if FD tomorrow decided to roll back the game to version 1.0 people would go crazy due to all the things suddenly gone missing from the game...at that includes the parts of it you listed above.


The focus since release have certainly been towards multiplayer aspects, but since it is sold as a multiplayer experience and these parts was rather lacking to begin with this isn't really that weird. It actually makes perfect sense. So yes, that is where they have put a lot of energy so far, but saying that they haven't done anything to other areas isn't really fair IMO.
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I agree there have been improvements from 1.0, and that other areas have had a slight polish, but not the major overhaul that is required. I know they are working on it, but the headline grabbers are always based around mass combat. I suppose exploring just doesnt interest enough people.
 

dreamer1986

D
I agree, Whiterose, we need updates to the things that make ED unique, missions, exploration, trading, mining... +1 rep. I hope this thread will get noticed and taken into consideration by the devs.
 
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