This isn't Eve Online. The difference is that you can opt-out of multiplayer and not be affected. That changes the circumstances considerably. Changes to Elite Dangerous should be based on what it is and not on what a different kind of game is.
***POLL NOW CLOSED*** IMPORTANT, OFFICIAL SHIP TRANSFER POLL
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This isn't Eve Online. The difference is that you can opt-out of multiplayer and not be affected. That changes the circumstances considerably. Changes to Elite Dangerous should be based on what it is and not on what a different kind of game is.
The opposing argument is that sacrificing realism for a whole lot of fun seems like a no-brainer.
I couldn't find the option for a 20 minute minimum and a once a day limit 
Look at the first post in this thread. There is a link to FD web page with poll.
By that logic you would implement insta-travel and insta-kill, insta-Elite rank etc.. literally an argument for the win button.
What instant transfer does is begin the era of taxis and hyper specialization.
All ships have some element of balance to them because they have to travel between systems and perform a task. If you remove the 'travel between systems' aspect, you are able to hyper specialize a ship.
Simply put, ship transfer in the manner described will give rise to players in 50LY taxi-Asps and 1LY hard core-FDLs.
This change is going to cause a massive imbalance between the ships that still have to account for both inter system travel and their task (Traders and explorers), with hyper specialized in-system ships (Miners, Combat etc).
Timed transfer is still much more convenient than the current situation, where you have to fly back X lightyears to grab your other ship, then fly all the way back again.
were the poll for i can vote
A big reason I voted for delayed transfer is it keeps more future development options open. Although I think the specific numbers put out by FD are too large, and don't like having them in the poll because I feel it will bias the poll against timed transfers, I believe it is better to go with even a poorly implemented delay because at least with that, we can keep pushing FD to develop it into a solution that works for just about everybody.
But if we go with instant, we'll be stuck with it. Like a monkey with their hand in a jar, too many players won't want to let go of the instant gratification even if doing so is necessary to improve the game.
Just announcing instant transfers in the first place has already sort of had this effect. If they had announced a reasonable delay right from the start, everyone would have been so happy to have transfers at all that making them instant wouldn't even have come up. But they've already made that mistake. So here we are, trying to pry our hands out of the jar.
But if we go with instant, we'll be stuck with it. Like a monkey with their hand in a jar, too many players won't want to let go of the instant gratification even if doing so is necessary to improve the game.
Just announcing instant transfers in the first place has already sort of had this effect. If they had announced a reasonable delay right from the start, everyone would have been so happy to have transfers at all that making them instant wouldn't even have come up. But they've already made that mistake. So here we are, trying to pry our hands out of the jar.
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See the original post - link at bottom - you need to log in with your Frontier Store account to vote.
Whatever the outcome (though I do feel strongly in favour of a delay) FD have my appreciation for doing this poll.
I would like to know this as well. I'd order so many pizzas... :3
I just hope that we will be able to see the poll results after the poll will be closed.
This poll is official, it is necessary to log-in (confirm that the voter really have the game) etc. I really would like to know how the votes was distributed between players and how many players voted.
This poll is official, it is necessary to log-in (confirm that the voter really have the game) etc. I really would like to know how the votes was distributed between players and how many players voted.
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