Some words:
- There is no point searching for a cure for the station malfunctions until FD signpost something that makes it clear that that's where we should be headed next. MB even said, in response to a question about whether the spread can be reversed or stopped (in addition to saying it can be stopped) that 'there's science to do first'.
- if there were a way to reverse the issues, then I'd say that our unpublished Galnet saying that we were experimenting with Rare commodities and items (practically all of them) would have been published
- to engage with this mystery is to accept that, sometimes, nothing new will happen for a long period of time. The content being generated for this mystery is not Number 1 on the list of developer time: bugs and new features take precedence over this, I'm sure (and they should).
Do I want to see this thing progress more quickly? Sure I do - but you also have to be ready to switch focus to something else if there's nothing new, to avoid getting 'the rage'
- until we get some more leads from Palin via Galnet, we just continue with lots of other activities - Merope for sure, UA shell systems, the California Sector, plus the barnacle thing just because there are missions there to be had! Plus there are stil specific missions to run for the Canonn (well, VIU) to help us secure Varati and/or expand.
). We know (1) from MB comments that what players do can affect the game, (2) the mechanism for this is probably (from MB comments & JMANIS experiments) FD monitoring SQL server transactions, & likely that multiple players are necessary rather than just a single player doing multiple runs - the SQL transaction trigger is probably a function of the number of players+ total cargo trades rather than just the total number of cargo traded (this ties in with the way that FD uses Community Goals to progress game features), (3) The flurry of UA transactions (presumably largely player-traded though some NPC contributions may have contributed) has resulted in degradation (presumably by some type of infection) of several stations, (4) the original plague was "cured" by Heike tea rare trade deliveries, but that does not imply that the infected station cure will require rares (5) MB strongly implied we will be able to achieve station "cure" but (pre-2.0) science is needed first & the basis was "coming soon" (6) there are new commodities introduced in 1.5/2.0, (7) there was no FD interest in the proposed post re rares & station problems, but from what I remember that post did not mention the new commodities only rares.
Just gonna drop this in here.... looks like someone found one of those "Large Barnacles" already, either that or this is leaked concept art of some kind...This isn't necessarily the most apt of locations for this post. However as more of the contributors hereto will have an inkling as to the referents, it's going in here anyway. Mods: feel free to move, amend, edit or otherwise deal as you see fit. Oh, and Merry Christmas to one and all
So ladies and gentlemen:
It is highly unlikely that this post will ever see the light of day. Unfortunately in this age of political correctness, the dissenting voice is, erm - frowned upon.
Some background. Recently, yours truly was banned from these here forums on the - not unreasonable - grounds that I was shall we say, disrespectful to one of Frontier's employees.
Which is fine. It's not for you or I to decide what is or isn't acceptable on the forum. As the saying is (and I fully respect): their Forum, their rules.
The problem is the masking of a deeper malais.
Our esteemed leader the mighty Braben, and his epic team of dedicated coders have provided us with some of the most fabulous gameplay ever seen on any platform anywhere in the history of videogames. Most notably with the release of Horizons, the seamless transition from supercruise through orbital cruise and on down into planetary landing is an achievement, in my most humble of opinions, without parallel in the history of gaming graphics. Without delving into the hows, whys, and wherefores, it seems to me that the 'flight mechanic' is flawless. The ships? Fantastic, and each with a definite character of their own.
For myself, an 84'er, Oh Boy! And here I am already with over 1000 hrs under my belt.
Now, let's get critical.
Where's the game? Microsoft's Flight Simulator is fantastic.
But dull.
See where I'm going here?
It's the same: MSFS in space.
The XP Mr Brookes said recently in a post (under the name of our beloved Ed ..................
But the UA story?
Blows.
Hard.
'Moderate' this post if you must.
But understand it is sent out there in the spirit of furthering the mystery, energising the playerbase, and above all, exhalting the developers to live up to our (high) expectations.
FYI this is my last post.
Ban me if you want: I won't notice or care.
But you should.
Mike Rhind
Again a very dark backdrop, hardly any stars visible, though it might be on a twin planet, since the one visible is so close that they must be influencing each others orbit if not even circling around each other.
Your logic is sound - and those new items could well be significant. It's worth trying to flood a station with all of them and keeping an eye on it.
I genuinely don't think it'll do anything, but - like you say - post-christmas testing! Might yield a miracle!
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