Engineers Can someone please summarize a state of the game for an old player?

[CMDR Reza Malin]

Hey Everyone

I haven't played ED for some time, not since engineers first dropped with its huge grinds and decided i couldn't afford the time to play as i wanted to.

So i was just wondering, how is the game currently, so i can judge whether to try and play again?

Cheers in advance for any replies.

 

[Lupin]

Shoot-em up and arms war thanks to Engineers (Who seem to provide little else).

Welcome to the clone wars, where ED makes the same mistake as many online games.

 

[xondk]

Hey Everyone

I haven't played ED for some time, not since engineers first dropped with its huge grinds and decided i couldn't afford the time to play as i wanted to.

So i was just wondering, how is the game currently, so i can judge whether to try and play again?

Cheers in advance for any replies.

In my book its doing good, even though I can't play as much as I want, I enjoy when I do play.
Engineer stuff now is vastly reduced in requirements and you pick up 3 items each time for each material you find, so significantly easier.

Depending on what aspects you enjoy, I obviously can't say if you'd enjoy it or not, but personally I say ignore the forum rants, it has gotten insane of late.

 

[CMDR Reza Malin]

In my book its doing good, even though I can't play as much as I want, I enjoy when I do play.
Engineer stuff now is vastly reduced in requirements and you pick up 3 items each time for each material you find, so significantly easier.

Depending on what aspects you enjoy, I obviously can't say if you'd enjoy it or not, but personally I say ignore the forum rants, it has gotten insane of late.

I am happy to trade, fight, smuggle, whatever.

Basically, i just dont want to play for 2-3 hours and have nothing to show for it.

Or 5-6 hours and have nothing to show for it.

That is what i found when engineers dropped. I don't have the time to play a game and not feel like i am making progress. I am not a min/maxer or anything, i just want to make some steady money and get some half decent upgrades without having to be able to play 8 hours a day every day.

 

[Alec Turner]

Hey Everyone

I haven't played ED for some time, not since engineers first dropped with its huge grinds and decided i couldn't afford the time to play as i wanted to.

So i was just wondering, how is the game currently, so i can judge whether to try and play again?

Cheers in advance for any replies.

This probably depends on how you "wanted to" play. If you're felt drawn in by "huge grinds" then it's possible you still won't like it. But if you can turn your back on those things and go and have more fun doing something else instead then I'd say it's excellent. The ship launched fighters absolutely rock; passenger missions, although still kinda buggy in their payouts, take you to some cool places; the new station interiors add real character to different locations; there's geysers, alien crash sites, ancient ruins and new ship docks, CQC structures and other station and settlement types to go and marvel at; the NPC pilots are pretty neat; white dwarfs and neutrons with their new visuals and FSD boosts are really cool. All in all a massive thumbs up from me.

 

[BigBANGtheory [VR]]

I am happy to trade, fight, smuggle, whatever.

Basically, i just dont want to play for 2-3 hours and have nothing to show for it.

Or 5-6 hours and have nothing to show for it.

That is what i found when engineers dropped. I don't have the time to play a game and not feel like i am making progress. I am not a min/maxer or anything, i just want to make some steady money and get some half decent upgrades without having to be able to play 8 hours a day every day.

That's perfectly reasonable imho, and in answer to your question there are only a handful of occasions where that is likely or if you simply play the game blind i.e. without a plan. When I play ED I usually have a pretty good idea what I want to achieve out of the session normally learning how-to do something, collecting stuff or gaining some advancement.

 

[NeilF]

Hey Everyone

I haven't played ED for some time, not since engineers first dropped with its huge grinds and decided i couldn't afford the time to play as i wanted to.

So i was just wondering, how is the game currently, so i can judge whether to try and play again?

Cheers in advance for any replies.

Remember all the gameplay elements from last year (RES, combat zones, CGs etc)?

There you go... You're upto speed...

 

[UnhappyDev]

Judging by the forum:

- grrr rngineer
- grrr grind
- grrr combat-logging
- grrr (no) open pve mode
- grrr nerfs

There's always grring on the forums. People like to complain.

I suggest you give the game another go - the engineer grind has been made easier since it 1st dropped, and really you don't *need* to bother with it unless you plan to do PVP (which *is* in a bad state BTW)

 

[Conch]

altho it can be still an hassle to get the right mods, and getting them aint that much fun... the end result is getting more fun out of ships.

 

[CMDR Reza Malin]

Cheers guys.

 

[foebits]

Hey Everyone

I haven't played ED for some time, not since engineers first dropped with its huge grinds and decided i couldn't afford the time to play as i wanted to.

So i was just wondering, how is the game currently, so i can judge whether to try and play again?

Cheers in advance for any replies.

The game is garbage right now. Casino- arms race is just trash but is prety much the only thing that works semi-reliably. connectivity to other players is a joke and FD's answer to everything is nerf everything into oblivion.

 

[h347h]

Shoot-em up and arms war thanks to Engineers (Who seem to provide little else).

You can't be serious... engineers enhances EVERY aspect of the game right now.

 

[Spacecat]

Lol, everything's been nerfed or buffed. Engineers is easier now (3x mats given instead of 1). AI is better. Passenger missions and ship launched fighters add some options, but not a lot of additional gameplay. In fact, not much has been added in terms of actual gameplay, so if doing the same standard activities and missions is what bored you into leaving, you might not be impressed. Only way to be sure is to try it out for a bit.

 

[Mikey2305]

The game is fine, the hysterical never ending ranting megathreads about the game are less so...

 

[NeilF]

You can't be serious... engineers enhances EVERY aspect of the game right now.

Define "enhanced"? - It allows you to jump further... Travel faster... Shoot with 37% more powerful pewpews.... But you're still doing it all in the same gameplay elements you were doing it in before... It's simply created a who new higher tier of performance (& balancing issues?) for what reason?

Indeed, Powerplay rebadged old gameplay, CQC added no new gameplay and The Engineers put an easter egg hunt through existing gameplay... In truth, look at what you were doing in the game 1-2yrs ago, and you're probably still doing much the same, as little of true depth/significance has been added in nigh on 2 years.

Question: When are we going to get any new gameplay of any real significance/depth?

 

[Krieger]

The answer is 42.

 

[Viking84]

If you can ignore the Engineers (i.e. don't play in open anywhere near other players), and are OK with the occasional bug in missions then the game is pretty good Sadly the Engineers represent a MUCH larger progression in ship stats than actually buying ships and modules in the normal fashion, so if having nice stuff appeals to you, prepare to grrrrrind