Discuss the AI here!
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That's... utterly broken game mechanics.
And could happen very easily for a game like this, this is very much a niche, majority of gamers prefer to be on the ground armed with an AK47, games like Elite are only popular to a small crowd, the price had already dropped on this game when I purchased it, which means they were not geting the expected sales.
get any car game. put the best pilot in a starting car, get a casual pilot the best car, the best pilot loses.. broken game mechanics you said??
Finally a video showing this OP garbage.
Because I'm not the one defending a broken system that will completely stop new players from having fun and joining the game.
You're the one advocating for the slow, painful death of Elite by making the game so difficult new players can't join up with out a stupidly huge grind.
I'm only asking that the players who are saying the grind is OK experience the grind they try to handwave off.
I'm asking for you to take your own medicine.
And so far no one has put their money where their mouth is.
and you know this from.. your crystal ball?
Ah, we are at the "the game will die!" stage again. It should have died about 6 times now the past 2 Years according to the Internet and the pesky little thing is still going strong.
Because they changed.
And they changed because they ignored the players who want this game to be their second job.
How strong? Can you tell me how many EDH upgrades did they sell to base game players, and how does the PCU numbers look like?
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Finally got to sit down and have a good try out of the update and i have to say i love it.
Yes blasting your way through a turkey shoot to a few million credits might be fun for some amd indeed it was, at least for a while then i got bored.
Now I'm finding the ride in my previously invincible Vulture a lot more on the edge of my seat!
Coming out of a scrap with bounties and only 4% hull left is a lot more fun than coming out without a scratch. I really hope they mantain this as it's got me hooked again!
Yes blasting your way through a turkey shoot to a few million credits might be fun for some amd indeed it was, at least for a while then i got bored.
Now I'm finding the ride in my previously invincible Vulture a lot more on the edge of my seat!
Coming out of a scrap with bounties and only 4% hull left is a lot more fun than coming out without a scratch. I really hope they mantain this as it's got me hooked again!
Are you prophezising again? Game was broken is better now.
I do - I continue having fun...
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Having Elite AI play like players is not a problem.
I think the problem is that the low combat rank AI is too strong.
It seems like every AI is a master of FA off and that they keep 4 pips to ENG at all times. The AI manueverability was forcing me to fly in PVE how I fly in PvP. I can easily see why a lot of people think it's too hard.
I guess it's up to FD to figure out whether the AI is forcing players to learn new combat tactics (a good thing) or if the AI is forcing players to avoid combat altogether (a bad thing).
I think the problem is that the low combat rank AI is too strong.
It seems like every AI is a master of FA off and that they keep 4 pips to ENG at all times. The AI manueverability was forcing me to fly in PVE how I fly in PvP. I can easily see why a lot of people think it's too hard.
I guess it's up to FD to figure out whether the AI is forcing players to learn new combat tactics (a good thing) or if the AI is forcing players to avoid combat altogether (a bad thing).
I already reset my save less than a year ago. The only thing that would deter me from doing it again is the faction rep grind required to get my favorite small fighters (Imp. Eagle and Courier). The money aspect is nno problem, annd a basic Eagle is plenty viable in Low RES to make creds.
Reset your save and try the new player experience.
Claiming that the game will continue to be successful is just as much "prophezising" as claiming it will not.
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From my point of view, as as casual gamer who doesn't play the game every day, or even every week for that matter, this update has very probably ruined the game for me. Grinding HazRes sites to earn credit for upgrades and new ships was just about feasible before. Now I don't appear to be able to show my face there or even in High Res areas with out getting killed. I'm not one of those players that have accumulated billions of credits so I can't afford that sort of risk. I can survive in Low Res areas, but the return for bounty hunting in those areas is so low that it becomes even more of a grind than it was before and becomes pointless. It's great that some people are enjoying the extra challenge, but there are those of us out there that don't want or need it. Why can't the game have difficulty options (in PvE) so that everyone can enjoy it regardless of how many hours they've played and the ship, components and upgrades they have? I was about to buy the Horizons pass, but I think I'll wait and see now. I couldn't recommend the game to anyone in its current state, so I fear Frontier may have made a big mistake here...
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