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But CQC is PC relevant...
Answers from the devs #2
- Thread starter Zac Antonaci
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But CQC is PC relevant...
When can we expect the corvette to finally be included in the game?
You appear to have either misread or misunderstood the purpose of my question. I love the way fortification is tallied, and how it interacts with undermining, but a problem arises when a Power wants to cut back on its earlier, poor expansion choices. "Just don't fortify it." You can say, but if an u fortified system with moderate upkeep is not undermined, and a good system with high upkeep is both fortified and undermined, when you fall into Turmoil, you'll lose the good system you did everything in your power to save.
There is no means of delaying or stopping the undermine trigger, and no way of forcing a control system to be undermined, so no matter how well you can strategize and organize, your Power's results are determined by the enemy.
That is the issue I want my question to address.
When my children were teenagers, they likewise deluded themselves into believing that we had equal standing, and that I owed them explanations. They were wrong.
The mantra in threadzilla has been "Frontier hasn't said they won't...." for quite a while now. Now they have. It's been said, it's on record we know exactly what FD's stance is, so time to accept it and move on. It's a game, so no need to go all Kubler-Ross, just skip the stages to acceptance and we'll all be happier.
Ok, gonna say this just once...Those of us in Solo do not want to play with you and your kind in Open play. We do not want the game (that we paid the same or close to the same for) rewards slashed because we do not elect to be victims of harassment, chest pounding, and elitist commanders with way too much spare time on their hands. If I didn't have to pay nearly 1 million credits each time another commander decided that my ship looks better as a roman candle than a vulture I would play in open in a heartbeat. I would prefer my combat rank be docked 1% per death if the person is my rank or lower in any of the 3 specialties.
Didnt get my question answered from last week, so i'll ask it again in a re-phrased form.
Q: There are a lot of Explorers in the game that would want to know what are the Devs team's thoughts towards Exploration?
All we have seen since the release are tweaks here & there, while the pewpew side gets all the development. Is there anything new for us or has the team gone as far as they want to with Exploration?
Q: There are a lot of Explorers in the game that would want to know what are the Devs team's thoughts towards Exploration?
All we have seen since the release are tweaks here & there, while the pewpew side gets all the development. Is there anything new for us or has the team gone as far as they want to with Exploration?
Hyperbola much? I know that in this age of diversity and tolerance we must be nice to the differently brave, bot there is a limit. Also I'm not saying there shouldn't be a solo mode, only that the game should be rebalanced so that the inherently greater risks in open should have rewards equal to that reward.
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If your children payed you to parent them, then they'd expect your decisions to come with reasons, not to mention that the supplier/consumer relationship has a different power dynamic from parent child.
It still might be the secret announcement.
I can try to answer this one - it's on their todo list, but appearance not guaranteed soon (as it means map system rewrite and they can't time for that atm - that's my guess).
Well I appreciate the gesture, but I'd like a conformation from the devs instead of speculation 
By the way Zac, I apologize on the backlash on your answer from open/solo/group. I wish parts of the community would be more grateful for definite answers even when they disagree and voiced their disagreement in other more apropriate threads instead of hijacking this one. Swamping other issues.
By the way Zac, I apologize on the backlash on your answer from open/solo/group. I wish parts of the community would be more grateful for definite answers even when they disagree and voiced their disagreement in other more apropriate threads instead of hijacking this one. Swamping other issues.
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The "admissions" from the dev's thread.
At least for some questions. Glad they said a few things for clarity though it was mostly how they feel a broken mechanic isn't a broken mechanic or how a highly anticipated feature isn't coming or is so far off that it's not worth thinking about. Lots of politically worded answers that don't answer the question too.
Yeah they are trying to improve comms I guess they deserve a few points for the effort.
At least for some questions. Glad they said a few things for clarity though it was mostly how they feel a broken mechanic isn't a broken mechanic or how a highly anticipated feature isn't coming or is so far off that it's not worth thinking about. Lots of politically worded answers that don't answer the question too.
Yeah they are trying to improve comms I guess they deserve a few points for the effort.
Hi Zac, thanks for these threads, very useful.
My question (as i own an Anaconda) is there any light at the end of the tunnel as far as allowing this big ship to carry smaller vessels, maybe like the new CQC small fighters. The Imperial Eagle for example.
This would be cool, even if it meant the AI took over my Anny, whilst i flew a fighter in support. Or all the fighters were controlled by AI.
On another topic, will we be seeing any changes to the bounty system, as it is still a hotly debated topic, that still needs changes in my opinion.
How about bounties being scaled to rank. So a deadly ranked pilot, killing a harmless ranked pilot gets a huge bounty, to address noob killing.
And then to find a way to stop the exploits, such as a friend killing you to claim the bounty or swapping to a sidey and killing yourself. (very difficult to stop i know)
One solution could be for instant fines instead, immediately deducted from balance.
This could be a percentage (10%) of balance, or why not have a minus account possible, where your balance can go into negative balance, and a percentage taken from any income, or having to be paid alongside any purchase, until you are in the black again.
My question (as i own an Anaconda) is there any light at the end of the tunnel as far as allowing this big ship to carry smaller vessels, maybe like the new CQC small fighters. The Imperial Eagle for example.
This would be cool, even if it meant the AI took over my Anny, whilst i flew a fighter in support. Or all the fighters were controlled by AI.
On another topic, will we be seeing any changes to the bounty system, as it is still a hotly debated topic, that still needs changes in my opinion.
How about bounties being scaled to rank. So a deadly ranked pilot, killing a harmless ranked pilot gets a huge bounty, to address noob killing.
And then to find a way to stop the exploits, such as a friend killing you to claim the bounty or swapping to a sidey and killing yourself. (very difficult to stop i know)
One solution could be for instant fines instead, immediately deducted from balance.
This could be a percentage (10%) of balance, or why not have a minus account possible, where your balance can go into negative balance, and a percentage taken from any income, or having to be paid alongside any purchase, until you are in the black again.
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Well I appreciate the gesture, but I'd like a conformation from the devs instead of speculation
By the way Zac, I apologize on the backlash on your answer from open/solo/group. I wish parts of the community would be more grateful for definite answers even when they disagree and voiced their disagreement in other more apropriate threads instead of hijacking this one. Swamping other issues.
If devs responded in that thread, or even this one, we wouldn't need to 'hijack' anything with our legitimate concerns.
Also don't apologise for other's behaviour. It make you sound like a prig.
You don't need to hijack this one. You chose to do so.
They have responded it wasn't the answer you wanted to hear. Tough.
And do you really believe bellyaching about it here will accomplish anything? All you're doing is burying genuine questions which this thread is here for.
What if my aim is to sound like a prig?
Please don't assume you are speaking for all players that play in Solo. The reasons you give are not the reasons why I play in Solo most of the time. Besides, what is "your kind"? Do you know what "kind" he is?
So "walking around" will not be the announcement and Thargoids have also been described as a long way off...doesn't leave much wiggleroom for what this thing "you have been working hard on for a long time" could be then, does it?
Most likely it is, however who other than FD knows. I truly hope it will be a grand announcement and not just some meh? stuff. my old heart would not bear it.
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