Clearly not the case given that you have had the opportunity to raise your concerns with FD prior to starting this thread. That and that at least one person from the company is actively reading the thread.
Special Treatment & Favouritism?
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Clearly not the case given that you have had the opportunity to raise your concerns with FD prior to starting this thread. That and that at least one person from the company is actively reading the thread.
As we (Radio Sidewinder) got mentioned by the OP I feel that I should respond. Lave Radio started before us, so that is probably why they got their little in-game reward (the orange sidewinder). Radio Sidewinder was/is probably seen as the upstarts that copied someone else's idea - although we are different and role play everything. Lave certainly have better connections in FD than I do so I also guess that is part of it. Personal relationships are bound to play a part in these things.
But I don't think FD has favourites. I just put the lack of "rewards" down to them being very busy, having a large customer base, with lots of different groups all doing great things. Perhaps some groups shout louder than others as well? (note to self: must shout louder)
It's not really possible for them to do something special for every group anyway - they are trying to build a game after all!
Fly safe all - oh... and listen to Radio Sidewinder
But I don't think FD has favourites. I just put the lack of "rewards" down to them being very busy, having a large customer base, with lots of different groups all doing great things. Perhaps some groups shout louder than others as well? (note to self: must shout louder)
It's not really possible for them to do something special for every group anyway - they are trying to build a game after all!
Fly safe all - oh... and listen to Radio Sidewinder
Well said Bomba. I am in agreement with you. Exclusive decals just for groups is a thing I'm cool with but adding more decals that are accessible for everyone would be much cooler.
Said the one who posted a decal of a baby crying. Doctor, treat thyself.
you bet I will listen to Radio Sidewinder! [smile]
Here's a crazy idea: release a decal editor like CoD's. Everybody's happy.
Brett C
Frontier
Then we end up with naughty things created.
Its coming to something when I have to quote myself.. If you are going to comment please read what I wrote before hand
And..
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This is why we can't have nice things
I forget sometimes that Frontier aren't Activision or Microsoft (Forza paintjobs) who can afford to have a whole team just to moderate such things.
I forget sometimes that Frontier aren't Activision or Microsoft (Forza paintjobs) who can afford to have a whole team just to moderate such things.
Thanks for that insightful and helpful comment. Do come back again if you want to contribute to the discussion.
+ 1 <facepalm>, as I am pretty speechless about the pettiness of the OP. Begrudging people that did something special for the ED universe an g decal?
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I would rather FD created the decals that way we don't get 400 variations of the same thing because somebody thinks their Hello Kitty logo is better than the previous 399.
I don't know if it is a simple case of adding an alpha channel and desaturating a vector image; if it is, maybe Frontier can open up to submissions?
Mmm. More like 9 pages of petty remarks and nastiness being thrown at the OP for daring to express an opinion.
3 and a half pages of Ziggy awesomeness
And 1 page and a half of worthwhile debate and Ziggy awesomeness
Its coming to something when I have to quote myself.. If you are going to comment please read what I wrote before hand
Considering your OP seems to have been triggered by unfairly distributed decals, I'm surprised you expected anything else.
Maybe leave 'decals' out of the next thread entirely.
As we (Radio Sidewinder) got mentioned by the OP I feel that I should respond. Lave Radio started before us, so that is probably why they got their little in-game reward (the orange sidewinder). Radio Sidewinder was/is probably seen as the upstarts that copied someone else's idea - although we are different and role play everything. Lave certainly have better connections in FD than I do so I also guess that is part of it. Personal relationships are bound to play a part in these things.
But I don't think FD has favourites. I just put the lack of "rewards" down to them being very busy, having a large customer base, with lots of different groups all doing great things. Perhaps some groups shout louder than others as well? (note to self: must shout louder)
It's not really possible for them to do something special for every group anyway - they are trying to build a game after all!
Fly safe all - oh... and listen to Radio Sidewinder
If the OP would respond to some of these instead of cherry picking what further your own agenda I would appreciate it.
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No good deed goes unpunished. Also, the human race sucks.
I've never seen another developer do this sort of thing and I hope FD expected this and doesn't give a fecal matter. Is it possible for FD to create an A hole decal and award it to those that cry about this sort of thing? They get their decal and we can easily identify them as the pucker part they are. Win win.
I've never seen another developer do this sort of thing and I hope FD expected this and doesn't give a fecal matter. Is it possible for FD to create an A hole decal and award it to those that cry about this sort of thing? They get their decal and we can easily identify them as the pucker part they are. Win win.
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I wish I had. I didn't expect raising the issue would be the equivalent to kicking an asian hornet nest. [woah]
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I don't think that's the kind of behavior a moderator should be displaying. The guy has a genuine concern, no matter how 'silly' it might appear.
Surprised it took 63 posts for that bit of blatant and mindless envy to come up. You cannot or will not add what the Kickstarter backers added to the game (full disclosure: I am one):
- They made the game possible that you were either blissfully unaware of at the time or did not want to back
- Many invested a lot more than the current purchase price, sometimes hundreds of pounds
- Many provided feedback and invested their time in the design decision forum
- All Backers took the risk of not receiving anything in return for their investment
For that, we receive a few benefits. Mostly access to Founder's World, a slightly better starter ship for many (i.e. Eagle instead of Sidewinder). Anything beyond that (Lifetime Pass, Beta Access etc) was directly tied to money. Hey, I don't even get a Kickstarter decal!
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Meh, are they?
I mean if people feel they are, then bring some on in. Let's put them in the shop along with other visual modifications.
I assume we're all good with that, right? Nobody is going to get a cob on if they get charged money for it, the same as the paint and body kits? Obviously this entire line of trying to raise a mob wouldn't be just to get free visual mods for everyone, because that's clearly not in the interests of FD.
Personally, I'd rather the time was spent on paint work, because paintwork is MUCH cooler than some blobby scribble on the side of my ship which signifies... well, nothing if it is generic. but if the community would rather see custom scribbles than paint, I can live with them being in the shop.
But for me part of the joy of them isn't that they look cool (they don't generally and nobody can see them much), but that they are a badge that signifies *something*. So there needs to be a *something*.
I've got a Pax decal. It's a blobby thing that doesn't mean anything to me because I just clicked a button to get it. I don't use it. It is without meaning.
IRL, I have an 'OPT Drift Club' sticker on my car. It means something to me because it signifies something. I don't stick a 'Nissan' sticker on it, because that doesn't. Or indeed a 'Ford' sticker. We as humans have established rather an etiquette that if we go and stick something on our car, it is personal and relevant and meaningful. And nearly all the time it signifies membership of some kind of 'club'. That's pretty much what they are: social markings, rather than straight decoration. That's what all the decals in FD to date have been.
Yes: Even the Onionhead one.
If the OP or others want scribbles they can buy: Fine. But that is not relevant to the awarding of special decals for special stuff and can go on independently of it, which is cool and should continue.
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