Robert Maynard
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Not everyone, no.
The time has come
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Not everyone, no.
No poll is needed, FD will not do it even if you had 100 % yes for a Offline SP game. However DB and FD team did say that the idea is not 100 % ruled out, but its not for now and only when most of the feature are in the game they will start to look at SP and modding tools. So you're maybe 5 years more out in the future before that will happen.
you aren't really talking about an offline mode then.. you are talking about a scaled down, static, if not sterile, volume of systems to travel around in, that would forever need to be separate to the main game. so basically a mini game, that wouldn't reflect the scale or premise of the original.. again to what end? yes there are other games that have done something similar.. but they are tiny in comparison, and well, not elite, the same as the game you think it could be. if creating this kind of complexity in a mini game was a simple thing, or worthwhile, why hasn't anyone else done it already? and that leads us back to the reason frontier couldn't make it work and didn't want to implement something half ass'd, it would have been too cumbersome, or a stripped down version just wouldn't be the game they are developing. in the future, post development, who knows what tech and what can be done then.. for now.. no cheese!
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Plenty of games have a BGS that don't require a separate server. I don't think anyone is arguing that they want an Offline version that is somehow connected the Online version.
I'm playing Rebel Galaxy right now, and it has fluctuating markets that are tied to scripted and player triggered events.
Yup, but you know feature creep, gotta keep the focus on the ball.
There are already people who spend months on end far away from the bubble and the BGS. When they come back it's to sell data and after hanging around a bit, they often head out again for another few months. The actual bubble itself is only a tiny, tiny portion of the game galaxy and once you are 1000ly away (about 30 minutes travel time in an exploration optimised Asp) there are no stations or NPCs to be found hence no need for a complex BGS or many different factions.
Personally I don't care about which faction owns what in the bubble so long as they are willing to buy or sell goods to me or buy exploration data. Powerplay isn't something I'm interested in.
You mention that the systems we travel in would forever need to be separate to the main game. Yes, that is exactly what we want.
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That's one dead horse we're beating on, here.
Seriously, though, I think this is something that is impossible at this point. Going forward I expect incremental changes, not complete re-imagining of the core game structure.
Here you go Jenner. Just fill in the blanks.
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Yet you haunt the forums for a game you'll never play. I must admire your dedication to a cause, however.
Are you sure? I think we are beating the little critters that ate the bone dust created by bashing the horse with baseball bats, clubs, and really big sledge hammers...
If you looks close, them critters are moving. Listen closely and you can hear their tiny screams.
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Need smaller font.
Haunt? Hardly. I checked the forums yesterday, for the first time in a while, to see what the word on the street was about the latest updates.
*Edited afterthought after checking - before yesterday, I'd last posted on the 11th of April (2 posts) and before that a single post on the 30th of March. That must make me about the laziest ghost there is.
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Jenner
I wish I was English like my hero Tj.
It did in fact exist and there were screenshots of it in the game menu.Because it never existed!
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That's news to me! and if such screenshots do indeed exist (i've never seen them myself) just because an option was shown in the menu screen you can't then extrapolate that particular mode of the game had been worked on, let alone completed! could be just a place holder for intended/wishlist features!
Because it never existed!
They abandoned the offline mode because they failed to fix the bugs related to AI, missions, etc.
You should take greater care when replying to multiple quotes. The second quote in your post was not attributed to anybody, and followed a quote from me.