"Please remove CQC/PP/<insert content here> from the game" posts are silly

telperion

telperion
I've read a fair number of "Stop wasting dev resources on something I don't personally use" type threads. I'd like to address them in general.

In real life, you might not like certain types of art, architecture, food, cultural foibles etc. but in real life it would be insane to suggest that just because you don't like it they should be eradicated from existance. Variety is the spice of life and all that. I mean, people have tried to do that before and are pretty much always branded as criminally insane. Hitler would be an example of this.

So in life, imitated in art. Just because you might not like PP or CQC or any other part of the game, it doesn't mean it should be removed. All these things add volume and flavour to the ED universe.

For example, I dislike PP. I played it and it just isn't for me but I wouldn't want it removed. It allows the players to exert some control on the overarching stories and therefore the ED history which I get to read about on GalNet. Some people get into it and enjoy it. Just because I don't isn't a valid reason for it to be removed. Also, just because I don't like it, it isn't a reason for FD not to expend development resources on improving it. I am one out of hundreds of thousands. An insignificant dot. And for that matter, so are you.

So before demanding that FD remove things/alter things, it might be a good idea to consider why you're demanding it. If it's just because you want/don't want it, have a think about not posting your demand. After all, this is a community game and so any alterations/changes should be in the community's interest, not in the interests of any one person.

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Drink!

Drink!
""Please remove CQC/PP/<insert content here> from the game" posts are silly" post are silly.:cool:

I haven't seen a tantrum quitting post for some time. Either everyone who is quitting quit or people are starting to like the game more.
 
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telperion

telperion
That's great :)

I have (not tantrum quitting post, just "remove CQC/stop wasting dev resource" posts which is what I was talking about) which is why I posted it but thanks for the reply ;)
 
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Zenith

Zenith
I dislike the very concept of PP. So I've never engaged with it.
I tried CQC and don't care for it. I won't be engaging with it when 1.4 hits.

That's 2 chunks of the game that I'm wilfully avoiding. Given the emphasis that FDev have put into PP and CQC, it says something when people such as myself actively choose not to engage with what they've put so much time and effort into. The threads you're referring to show that I'm not alone in my opinion. Just like you've put up this post about your opinion, they've been putting up posts about their opinion. Agree to disagree and move on is the civil thing to do.
 

salad

salad
Zenith said:
I dislike the very concept of PP. So I've never engaged with it.
I tried CQC and don't care for it. I won't be engaging with it when 1.4 hits.

That's 2 chunks of the game that I'm wilfully avoiding. Given the emphasis that FDev have put into PP and CQC, it says something when people such as myself actively choose not to engage with what they've put so much time and effort into. The threads you're referring to show that I'm not alone in my opinion. Just like you've put up this post about your opinion, they've been putting up posts about their opinion. Agree to disagree and move on is the civil thing to do.
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You do realize that a lot of people are not into exploring, or trading... and these are 2 major chunks of the game, right?

It took a long time for them to add CQC to the game, and a LOT of players have been waiting for something like this.

Its a case of deal with it, you just can't please everyone.
 

telperion

telperion
Zenith said:
I dislike the very concept of PP. So I've never engaged with it.
I tried CQC and don't care for it. I won't be engaging with it when 1.4 hits.

That's 2 chunks of the game that I'm wilfully avoiding. Given the emphasis that FDev have put into PP and CQC, it says something when people such as myself actively choose not to engage with what they've put so much time and effort into. The threads you're referring to show that I'm not alone in my opinion. Just like you've put up this post about your opinion, they've been putting up posts about their opinion. Agree to disagree and move on is the civil thing to do.
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Stating that you dislike it is one thing. Demanding that FD stop developing things you don't like is another.

I understand that people like you don't like PP or CQC but I do hope that you in turn understand that some people do and that just because you don't it doesn't make it not good, it just means you (and others) don't like it. The fact that there are people playing it shows that it isn't the disaster that some would have you believe. Especially CQC. I've not played it but I've read enough positivity to see that it can't be as bad as some people suggest.

There's an awful lot of "I don't like it so it's rubbish" sentiment flying around. It's rather...... "me me me". Just because there's a bunch of people "me me me"ing doesn't mean they're all collectively *right*, just that they don't like the same things.

One person's meat is another person's poison. It's all well and good saying "Agree to disagree and move on is the civil thing to do" and I would agree with you if it wasn't for the fact that the "me me me" camp isn't.
 

DjordjeDtW

DjordjeDtW
CQC and Power play are Game project, just like Elite Dangerous himself.
Community can improve game or tell something what they want or what don't want.
The rest is in will of Developers.

So, OP has right.
We don't have stronger will rather than FD team but in opposite situation, that would be awesome ;) I make joke.
Anyway, we have limited influence.
 

Bran Tse Mallory

Bran Tse Mallory
I should imagine its from the same type of people that complain Office has to many features they do not use. FD are using what they have to maximize cash flow, not a bad thing to do in any business.

My sound system at home can have a turntable added but I don't listen to records anymore however to rant about the time taken to develop the part which I am not interested in is just silly.
 

Lupis

Lupis
As a PvE player. CQC gives me my PvP fix. PvP without rebuy's is great. wished we had areas like it in open/group.
 

Snarfbuckle

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I agree.

While I am a staunch critic of how BADLY DESIGNED powerplay is I do not want it taken out of the game, i want it fixed, iterated, expanded and done RIGHT.

CQC if well added and entreched into the game universe then perhaps we can get sponsors from our chosen PP, and gain fame while gaining merits through CQC.
 

Lupis

Lupis
Snarfbuckle said:
I agree.

While I am a staunch critic of how BADLY DESIGNED powerplay is I do not want it taken out of the game, i want it fixed, iterated, expanded and done RIGHT.

CQC if well added and entreched into the game universe then perhaps we can get sponsors from our chosen PP, and gain fame while gaining merits through CQC.
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I'd rejoin PP then.
 

Tusken

Tusken
If ppl stop posting such and other pointless threads, then what am I supposed to read when I'm on the toilet?
 

Whiterose

Whiterose
What is all this about removing the Care Quality Commission and per procurationem from the game? Surely the government needs pp on their documents, and the health service needs to inspect itself?
 

Drink!

Drink!
telperion said:
That's great :)

I have (not tantrum quitting post, just "remove CQC/stop wasting dev resource" posts which is what I was talking about) which is why I posted it but thanks for the reply ;)
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I just reread my post. I was trying to agree with you. Should have worded it better.
 

IronGremlin

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I think the by the time frontier tells us what they're working on, it no longer makes sense to ask them to work on something else, and it certainly doesn't make sense to ask them to remove an optional feature you don't engage in after it's already in production.

I think expressing that you don't like the feature and that you wish they would've spent time on something else is still feedback though, as is asking them to talk to us before deciding what major features to release.

Not that I think either of the above methods of providing feedback are going to change frontiers mind about the direction of the game or when they inform us, but they're good barometers to measure the reception of features.

Ultimately I'm glad this game is designed by frontier, and not the frontier forums.
 
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