Out of curiosity...how's your relation with your CMDR?

Zelos1983

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My CMDR is me. I can do what I want without being forced to fight along some idiotic story line consisting of FMV sequences interrupted by instructed button mashing. I wonder why so many people complain, Frontier - Elite 2 wasn't different in that regard, yet people loved it.
 

Charbelcher

Charbelcher
My CMDR is a version of Me that I would love to exist in the meat world, but it's not a possibility.

"Sleep... that's where I'm a Viking!" - Ralph, The Simpsons

I'm going to get metaphysical here... I used to play a LOT of Dungeons and Dragons when I was a pre-teen and well into My teenage and young adult years. The story we played wasn't always "on rails", like most excuses for RPG's nowadays. Elite? Elite is like that DnD I used to play, only there is no single GM telling me that I have to go into that dungeon to save a princess. I can walk away from that dungeon and go burn a village instead.

As to My CMDR? I think he is quite happy being able to save the innocent and punish the wicked. He might even get the chance to travel one day... one day...
 

Limpooka

L
drholliday said:
ED feels like a collection of mini games.
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This is the best and most accurate description of Elite I've ever read. It's a theme-park MMO where you wander round and take in the different experiences that are on offer... and I love it. I have a multi-role python and I try a bit of everything depending on my mood. So largely, the relationship with my CMDR is good. I don't feel the need to be invested.
 

Jumpin' Jack Flash

Jumpin' Jack Flash
Quote:- "Out of curiosity...how's your relation with your CMDR? "
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Well...He's flyin' around like a headless chicken at the moment! :D
When I've finally got a head/body I can relate to in the game I'll let you know. ;)
Hmm...it depends though on whether we'll get to construct our in game avatar not only in Horizons but in the basic Elite Dangerous game as well?
Is the proposed Avatar creation going to be backwardly compatible for the base game? (Season 1).
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Jack :)
 

sbdags

sbdags
Mohrgan said:
I think you completely miss the backstory and the intended game play of Elite. Of course that is just my opinion, and I am not putting you down. I just think the message FD gave me about E: D would never lead me to expect, what you expect from the game. One key feature here is (Opinion ahead) you are basically just a spec in the galaxy. On purpose. Commanders were never expected to be the saviors of the galaxy. Other games give you that, but Elite just won;t.

It looks like you prefer to be at the center of a story, being the focus of the unfolding events. I don;t believe E: D ever intends, or intended to offer that. I play many games, and for that very situation, but I enjoy Elite specifically for the difference. It shows Elite to have a different soul from other games. It doesn't pander to my Ego (I need the Forums for that). MAybe, if you looked at E: D with a different eye, you might come to appreciate it for the difference.
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drholliday said:
You misunderstood my point. It's not how you affect the galaxy. It's how it affects you.
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No I think he nailed it. The Commander is me - and I am no one - and that is refreshingly great!
 

smiths121

S
Well I might go for a drink down the pub with my Cmdr, not sure he would be on my friends list in the game though!
However I am stuck with him!

He's done things I simply cannot approve off (spacing slaves to try and stop a civil war ..... right), and I would not trust him further than I could throw him.

Note: I would like to indicate the size of my friends list reflects my commander, and in no way relates to me be anti social, absolutely no way.

Simon
 

Clicker

Clicker
drholliday said:
When I realized that ED in its current state isn't my game I wondered why because it really has everything in it I dig. It should be very high on the list. In fact it should be far on the top. It's not. It's barely on top of the mediocre part of games I don't play anymore and that's only because it doesn't have a story I would know by heart and I do like some activities in the game. So I can still play it but if I compare the fun revenue with other games...it's not as good. I do have played it longer than most other games. So overall bang for the buck is very good. Fun for the buck? Not quite that good.

For example I have paid a lot more for the ME series in total. And I have played it less. But the fun I got from that is massively more than with ED.

I'm fairly certain the reason for me has to do with my CMDR. Or better. That I don't give a rat's ass about him. When I ranked a character that far in a game I've played as much as Elite I'm usually kinda attached to it. I liked how it has developed or ponder what I should have done or should do differently with respect to it. In terms of ranking my CMDR is well on the road. But ... I could not care less. In fact a harmless, aimless and pennyless CMDR works exactly the same. I would miss some ships but as a CMDR that would be the same nobody.

If I would keep the ships I have and enough insurance FDev could reset my CMDR every day and I wouldn't care. Half of the time I probably wouldn't even notice. I would get FURIOUS if that happened in other games.

Part of that is certainly due to game mechanics. ED feels like a collection of mini games. Some I like, some not. But it doesn't feel as a game with a universe that's alive for me. But probably even more importantly there is no avatar with any meaning in the game. Ranks mean nothing and are just a metric that affects credit revenue or ship access. And everything you do is undone by time. It's actually hard to even keep up a reputation as a completely genocidal psycho in the game. If you can't play for a week you're cleaner than the thoughts of the Virgin Mary again. Not even speaking of the other side. The game doesn't feel like doing something has consequences and as such there's little satisfaction in doing something.

I had a glitch that cost me a lot of money and with that opportunities in the game a while ago. Could have gone to support. But I did not care. Wasn't even worth contacting support.

I don't feel like I'm blazing a trail. Let alone my own. Because - with the exception of 1st discovery tags - a CMDR has a fairly short trail bordering non existing. Ridiculously everything you do in the game has influence on the universe. On a very small scale but it does. OTOH nothing develops YOUR CMDR. It's like Teflon.

By fixing game mechanics a lot of shortcomings in the game can be fixed. But I think that alone will not fix this problem for me. The game will be more of a solid game than a collection. But the problems with my CMDR are a different construction site.

So out of curiosity. What's your relation with your CMDR?

Mine pretty much boils down to 'I couldn't care less about him'.
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I read this post 3 times.
I think I know both what you are trying to convey but also your issue.

Look at the comment about blazing trails...
There are 400 billion systems....how the heck do you determine that equates to a short trail unless of course you choose not to venture very far outside "the bubble"?

I haven't either, yet just last week I was advised in game that I had discovered a system ...after playing for a year, this was an unexpected surprise...and I was thrilled!

Again I say, this game is what YOU make it.

If you have imagination and don't expect everything handed to you on a plate, this game will have you coming back again and again.

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Bran Tse Mallory

Bran Tse Mallory
GilliganTX said:
Your CMDR is YOU!
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^ This.

I play as me. Complete with warts and all so I don't like it when you haul drugs or slaves as both are vile practice's. I dislike pirates as they are just petty thieves so if you have a 'wanted' red on the dashboard I will interdict you - don't care what type of ship you are in. So I guess the question for me is how is my relationship with myself? Simple, I want a divorce! :D
 

bamber

B
I don't like that my Cmdr shows off when Ron Jack or Gordon are along as co-pilot. His moral compass also seems a little more flexible than my own
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I don't really think having an avatar makes any difference to him or me - I don't really care about Federal or Navel ranks I do care greatly about how well he and I are doing on the route to Elite status
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Right on Commander
 

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead
Personally, I love the fact that your CMDR is just an extension of YOU. There's no day one gamers who have +1000000% damage cos they play 23.5 hours a day 9 days a week. If you got the money, you have the potential to be as good as anyone else.
It's why I hated eve online.
New comers are essentially punished for being new.
In ED, if you're new, but somehow earned loads of credits quickly, you can be as good as anyone else.
 

OldSalt

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Mine is slightly over weight, middle aged, always moaning about his wife, prone to making bad decisions and drinks too much. Oh, hang on.....
 
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