Ian Phillips
Volunteer Moderator
knock it off guys
I will keep bringing this up after every expansion is released. Sorry to be annoying but....
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"What difference would it make if i was on this commander or one with a different name, my mind boggles how some of you think... See my comment above, immediate proof! "
You don't want to see a difference, you just want. I'll just roll a novice cmdr, jump into my class A python and go undermining. I could lay waste to the entire system, what's to stop me? novice npc's? I can think of many other ways to unbalance the game, but there I go again. Thinking, never was my strong suit.
So again, no to more slots.
You don't want to see a difference, you just want. I'll just roll a novice cmdr, jump into my class A python and go undermining. I could lay waste to the entire system, what's to stop me? novice npc's? I can think of many other ways to unbalance the game, but there I go again. Thinking, never was my strong suit.
So again, no to more slots."What difference would it make if i was on this commander or one with a different name, my mind boggles how some of you think... See my comment above, immediate proof! "
You don't want to see a difference, you just want. I'll just roll a novice cmdr, jump into my class A python and go undermining. I could lay waste to the entire system, what's to stop me? novice npc's? I can think of many other ways to unbalance the game, but there I go again. Thinking, never was my strong suit.
How is playing a novice commander different to an old one? This may be a lack of knowledge on my part as i have not PP'd do novice commanders have more influence?
This could be an actual arguement against this so could you please elaborate more?
Or do you mean a novice pilot would get easier ships? As this is not how FD have said the game works?
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Yup - thought as much - you're unable to "free your mind" and realise that a 2nd commander slot would be a different person.
One minute person A is deep in space .. then when you fancy something different and switch person B is back in the bubble.
Has NOTHING to do with "immersion" .. unless of course you can't separate and create two people in your mind in which case you're right, I'm sorry, people can't magically transport to the other side of the galaxy and if ever implemented you best stick with the 1 commander.
<shrug>
2 .. though 2nd account belongs to my wife. Not giving FD any more money - no more skins - no more 2nd / 3rd account. They have had enough.
Though I do play self-IM and currently on commander 13
Besides .. level 21 now in Overwatch - what a fresh, exciting game. Been a huge fan of Blizzard since I was mid 20s with D1
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That can be a little hard when you're 65,000 ly from the nearest starport.
Wow. I started this thread this morning then went out all day. 7 pages of discussion over this is good! I do quite like the idea of grabbing a sidey and doing a 'lite reset' but it still isn't the same as having a whole new separate commander. Still, there is some passion here with this issue so maybe change might come.
Thanks for starting this, there is a lot of passion behind this and also a lot of time wasters that bomb every discussion but this is the internet.
Any hope chance that FD notice this is worth it.
Is this with other commanders or with NPCs? If it's NPCs then FD could program a faster turnaround of Ai to get them off the pads?
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Some of us are on VERY low incomes and buying the entire game again for multiple commanders is frippery of the highest order.
I think you should wipe. Start fresh with all the wisdom and experience that goes with it. Its hard and it feels wierd but a "soft" reset won't do it.
Do it. Let your self go. Step into the void. Your time was never wasted. You have memory and experience and that won't be wiped, and your starting game will see the rewards!
Do it. Let your self go. Step into the void. Your time was never wasted. You have memory and experience and that won't be wiped, and your starting game will see the rewards!
All the good stuff you mention there is waht we are after, but it should be avilable without a reset.
ps your picture is freaky!
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"I can't afford it" is not a compelling argument as to why something should be free.
Something that was in the original design should also not be charged for.
I've considered that but the problem is that FD regularly adds stuff that only rich players will get to use. So let's say I have max ranks and half a billion sitting around then FD releases an update like, I don't know, multi commanders and the ability to launch fighters. Then I'd lose out on that.
It's not a choice I should have to make. No other game outside of an MMO operates that way. And no Elite Dangerous is not an MMO.
You should only be able to configure your controls once. After that, you have to buy a new copy. The majority of Elite fans would be in favor of this, especially the ones that post in these forums. Money is basically free anyway, so what's the big deal? Don't you have lots and lots of money, like I do? You'd have to be some kind of a loser to not have lots and lots of money.
Honestly you should have to buy a new copy of the game every time you die, but some people are such whining babies that they can't stand the idea of a game with actual consequences in it. Typical entitled instant-gratification Call of Duty fast-food gamers. They're probably poor, too.
It's also a huge missed opportunity that FDev allow you to toggle all of the different voice/music/soundFX settings individually for free, when I'm sure most people would be delighted to pay for them as DLC. I mean, it's not like we *need* the ship's voice to tell us when FA is toggled on and off. Sure it's nice to have, but nobody *needs* it; and if it's so important to you then you should be willing to open your wallet and help fund the development of this amazing game!
After all, these things require developer resources. Did you know that making videogames is really, really hard, costly, and that every feature is basically impossible to implement? I know this, because I'm smart; which is probably why I have so much money. If you don't have a lot of money, you're probably not very smart; and you shouldn't be playing videogames anyway; you should be out there bettering yourself so that you can one day be more like me!
TL;DR: entitled gamers need to stop whining about "basic features that all other games have," and instead they should GIT GUD at having disposable income to pay for multiple accounts.
Honestly you should have to buy a new copy of the game every time you die, but some people are such whining babies that they can't stand the idea of a game with actual consequences in it. Typical entitled instant-gratification Call of Duty fast-food gamers. They're probably poor, too.
It's also a huge missed opportunity that FDev allow you to toggle all of the different voice/music/soundFX settings individually for free, when I'm sure most people would be delighted to pay for them as DLC. I mean, it's not like we *need* the ship's voice to tell us when FA is toggled on and off. Sure it's nice to have, but nobody *needs* it; and if it's so important to you then you should be willing to open your wallet and help fund the development of this amazing game!
After all, these things require developer resources. Did you know that making videogames is really, really hard, costly, and that every feature is basically impossible to implement? I know this, because I'm smart; which is probably why I have so much money. If you don't have a lot of money, you're probably not very smart; and you shouldn't be playing videogames anyway; you should be out there bettering yourself so that you can one day be more like me!
TL;DR: entitled gamers need to stop whining about "basic features that all other games have," and instead they should GIT GUD at having disposable income to pay for multiple accounts.
"What difference would it make if i was on this commander or one with a different name, my mind boggles how some of you think... See my comment above, immediate proof! "
You don't want to see a difference, you just want. I'll just roll a novice cmdr, jump into my class A python and go undermining. I could lay waste to the entire system, what's to stop me? novice npc's? I can think of many other ways to unbalance the game, but there I go again. Thinking, never was my strong suit.
The assumption is that when you roll a new commander it is a totally different character that has no money and no access to stuff that your other character has. This is usually how things work in other multiplayer games. If I roll a new novice commander he starts off with nada. No jumping into a python...until he earns the money for it. And so, no unbalance.
So what you're saying is that FD is cynically trying to bleed their players for more money. You know what, I'm just going to quote myself here.
Just to reiterate, if this is FD's corporate culture, then FD is as a company and I will do everything in my power to get people to avoid this company like the plague because they do not deserve business if that is how they treat their customers.
You can: Get a second account.
No intention whatsoever of paying for a second account and second copies of all of the updates for a feature that is close to standard in games these days. I do hope they look at this issue again one day. The failure to include it and instead expecting players to pay for a full second copy of the game is about the only aspect of the game that I do consider to be a straight cash grab.
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