Any grind, is in your mind.
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Can we just focus on this for a second?
As opinion - of course
But.. it's not an opinion. It's objective fact.
I'm not saying the game is bad because of it. I'm not saying I refuse to play because of it, I'm just saying that a grind exists within the game.
This thread has gone well beyond proving that it depends entirely on how you perceive your in-game time, what your goals are and how you pursue them, but the bottom line is the fact that grind does indeed exist within the game.
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"Sarcasm"
Well it's a play style, would you accept that it is possible to play elite and not feel like your grinding, because thats what many of us are expressing. if we accept that you feel it's grindy can you accept that we don't then we can have peace
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No, it's not. Grind by definition used in this instance is subjective, loaded term. Then we disagree on term itself, which is nonstarter for discusson in first place.
As I said, stop pushing 'my opinion is a fact' line. It is not.
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I didn't compute that sentence if I am frank.
Any misrepresentation is squarely based in your imagination I'm afraid. Stop projecting and then blaming me for it
I can claim the game is a grind on the opinion of others. When so many people describe the game as a grind, it's a grind and a negative one. We can see it's a grind too by looking at the game mechanics for the set goals in the game - grindy, without a doubt. Ok so you want to grind for 10 years instead of a year. You go from one game mdoe to another because you get bored of doing them repeatedly - that's grind! You're just disguising it by rotating the things you can do..
From what you try to impose in the above I can only assume that life must be very grindy for you. Having to breath all the time, eat and drink too... No doubt to mix things up you try eating different things - break up your routine, to avoid the grind of your life...
When so many people say it's not a grind, it's a choice - It is then a choice - not once in the game are you set a goal you have to achieve that you cannot ignore. All of these supposed grind mechanics you moan and groan about are your choice to do - If you think the entire game is like that then you know where the door is.
FD make the game and more people have stopped playing than bought it.
I can't fathom that statement is it just me or does it not make any sense?
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Now i'm more confused are you Fennster or Frank
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Totally agree, I don't know if its age thing as well, either way I'm in no rush
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Now i'm more confused are you Fennster or Frank
Sorry for my confusing English, not my mother language, what I said I didn't get that sentence fully either.
WElcome to my ignore list. You constantly prove you cannot keep up with the conversation and instead, have to make replies back to what? Make yourself look big? Well done, you did, you're amazing - bye!
I absolutely can accept that.
Grind, by definition:
You're the one refuting any opinion not in line with your own. I am merely stating that grind, as a mechanic, exists in this game.
Here's another definition for grinding from techopedia.
Repetitive tasks to achieve a goal. Whether that goal is financial gain (credits), reputation gain (Levels/rank) or Engineering focused (mods/rares), each requires a grind if you are pursuing that, even if your pursuit is light (like mine).
I roam the bubble looking for fun things to do and have for over a year. Right now I'm looking at increasing my fed rep. I also looked back fondly on the early days of the game where flying around Imp systems, running bounties, playing courier or dropping off supplies to various stations led to rank increase within the Empire relatively fast. Before a month had passed I had worked my way up to Knight without even trying.
Your denial is cute, Eagleboy, but in the end you just make yourself look silly with your adamant refusals to accept what is simple fact.
I was only joking i got you're meaning, you're english is fine as are you're opinions.
It could make sense: X customers bought the game. X+y played the game with y being friends and family members who shared access to the game account. X+y stopped playing.
To make the statement true X+y needs to be bigger than the current number of active players Z. Since Z is a sub-group of X, y has to be bigger than X+Z.
I'm quite sure that this is not what the commenter meant while typing those words
What a clown. I accept you're ignore with honor, anyone feel free to quote me i love a parting blow.
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This is where you were projecting.
There have been several posts here pointing out exactly how it's grind. The responses by those of you refusing to accept it is "it's your opinion" - can we change that record or perhaps could you all start providing a robust rebuttal of everything that we've taken the time to explain here? We've told you the game's game mechanics are a grind - that is a fact. If you can't understand what is being said, let's just move on - it's cool
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Why? I made a slight error in typing so sue me. You want to distract the conversation with this riubbish? That's the level of intellect you want to take it too? Could you not understand what I meant when I said that? Shame on you.
The gaming industry says you're wrong and don't make such asinine responses. If you have no rebuttal to our massive posts trying to explain it to you, then we're not going anywhere. You can't understand it, let's move on
Additional: I don't grind if that's what you think I do. ED game mechanics are way too boring and simple to be able to do any one thing for any length of time. I like to roam and do my own thing and take my time....in a game that has challenging, intelligent gameplay - not easy peasy mode all the time.
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Ian Phillips
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This dicscussion is starting to get filled with more 'personal' posts, which is usually a sign that the discussion is coming to an end.
Please remember to argue the point, not the person. Thank you.
Please remember to argue the point, not the person. Thank you.
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Grind is a Label which can only be applied by the player, it's only a grind if you find it to be.
You guys want to know what a REAL grind is? This thread.