Sarah moved from current project, update no longer coming?
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It certainly seems like bad news.
She gave the impression in her posts that a large part of the work was already done.
As so many people are crying out for these AI upgrades it's surprising and disappointing if it's been put on the back burner.
And yes it's sad to lose somebody who engaged with the community with passion, humour and a sense of mischief.
If *anyone* can fix the rest of this game, it's SJA. As noted above, it is some comfort.
This.
And now we've got the canned responses and complete and utter bolocks of the "community" team.
Wonder what they moved her to work on. Probably tin-foil hat-ish for me to say but I wonder if part of it wasn't in order to stop her posting. She has a great rep on the forums but maybe they felt she was too open about things? Her tone doesn't exactly come across as happy in the tweets. Could be misinterpreting that of course.
Well the combat is more than broken you can win a fight without even trying... calling combat easy is an over statement. I actualy feel like if we dont get combat enchancements for the AI soon the game might fail , and I say this with the fact that elite is the game I love the most
Hmm, I am going to the holiday now, for two weeks. Somehow, I was looking forward that I will take a break from game and when I will return, there will be better AI in the game. 
Maybe it is really time to change the game. Witcher 3 is on my desk, waiting to be installed. Or maybe back to some previous game, my Skyrim is not yet totally finished and there are some new and interesting mods.
Slowly, but surely, I can see that ED is going the way I really do not want to go. Maybe it is time to put my HOTAS back to the shelf.
Maybe it is really time to change the game. Witcher 3 is on my desk, waiting to be installed. Or maybe back to some previous game, my Skyrim is not yet totally finished and there are some new and interesting mods.
Slowly, but surely, I can see that ED is going the way I really do not want to go. Maybe it is time to put my HOTAS back to the shelf.
Well that's a downer, even worse seems SJA has been banished from here as well, really enjoyed her playful and informative posts.
Lets hope your new coding is not to far into the distant future.
Off to get some ice cream
Lets hope your new coding is not to far into the distant future.
Off to get some ice cream
Hmm, I am going to the holiday now, for two weeks. Somehow, I was looking forward that I will take a break from game and when I will return, there will be better AI in the game.
Maybe it is really time to change the game. Witcher 3 is on my desk, waiting to be installed. Or maybe back to some previous game, my Skyrim is not yet totally finished and there are some new and interesting mods.
Slowly, but surely, I can see that ED is going the way I really do not want to go. Maybe it is time to put my HOTAS back to the shelf.
I was looking forward to combat AI every day , it was keeping me so happy... but know I just feel so empty... maybe elite is not the new hope we wanted....
Ridiculous that they wont let her post.
And watch overreaction unfold.
She is not fired. She is moved on new tasks. She is upset that her job won't be finished - and that worries me. However her code is not thrown out. I suspect they will cherry pick and include lot of fixes for DC and AI in general. It won't have overhaul she promised though, and that's a bummer.
I hope community managers will get some time to get information and will reassure players AI updates are coming sooner or later.
She is not fired. She is moved on new tasks. She is upset that her job won't be finished - and that worries me. However her code is not thrown out. I suspect they will cherry pick and include lot of fixes for DC and AI in general. It won't have overhaul she promised though, and that's a bummer.
I hope community managers will get some time to get information and will reassure players AI updates are coming sooner or later.
I don't buy into the 'woe is me conspiracy theory' thing. Sounds like she has probably been moved onto the super secret Gamescom thing, and cannot talk about it, because no body can. FD have already suggested it is an 'all hands to the pumps' thing, and they probably felt they needed her in there more urgently than they needed the AI stuff (and she disagrees), which she has said will appear at some time. It has not been canned. So no biggie.
Huge PR own goal again, however. They should really have let her post a thread on here (or got Zac to write one) explaining a reasonable decision reasonably. As it is, given the way it emerged, it has gone pear shaped.
Huge PR own goal again, however. They should really have let her post a thread on here (or got Zac to write one) explaining a reasonable decision reasonably. As it is, given the way it emerged, it has gone pear shaped.
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Overreaction? but what if they just decide we dont need AI improvements? I mean they did think we wanted a combat arena in an open world sandbox so mabye we will never get the combat AI , or worst an special casual friendly one
Unfortunately the best dev learns the hard way how many of the players feel. A bit like reputation decay...
All the best to you Sarah. You have been the bright beacon of hope for many of us that there was still hope that ED might get back on track.
Your efforts will always be appreciated by this community.
All the best to you Sarah. You have been the bright beacon of hope for many of us that there was still hope that ED might get back on track.
Your efforts will always be appreciated by this community.
Yeah? ?
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