Ok its a Rip Off ... David and his team have all gone abroad and are spending all the money on Ice creams and booze
Im guessing that what you really want to hear...
HAPPY NOW !!
Is this a rip off? Or is this Frontier first encounters all over again?
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Ok its a Rip Off ... David and his team have all gone abroad and are spending all the money on Ice creams and booze
Im guessing that what you really want to hear...
HAPPY NOW !!
I would like to think that even that prestigious date would not interfere with the natural running of the release schedule.The official word is that "Beta will happen when alpha is done", so to follow that logic to it's natural conclusion...
However, Elite celebrates its 30 year anniversary in September of this year, as David Braben is well aware of, so make of that what you will.
I only mention it because of his interview with Scott Manley he was asked the question directly, and he grinned, held his hands up and said something along the lines of "I couldn't possibly comment!!"
My guess is September is what they're aiming towards. But it's only a hunch.
Ok its a Rip Off ... David and his team have all gone abroad and are spending all the money on Ice creams and booze
Im guessing that what you really want to hear...
HAPPY NOW !!
Its happened before.
Oddly, I was at the Daikatana party at E3 (when they announced it I think). It was all champagne, cigars and swimsuit models. I have a photo of John Romero somewhere!
what does that have to do with the price of ham egg and chips?
Ok its a Rip Off ... David and his team have all gone abroad and are spending all the money on Ice creams and booze
Im guessing that what you really want to hear...
HAPPY NOW !!
Don't be daft! David's blown it all on jumpers!
Where are them jumpers? Want more dev diaries, and David hosting them with the jumper on!
Where are them jumpers? Want more dev diaries, and David hosting them with the jumper on!
By the way, take note. You are having a discussion now about what clothing braben wears when he makes his videos. Really? Is what he wears during comms videos really got anything to do with the forum topic (Elite Dangerous General)?
Well its better than reading another one of your posts where you are complaining about the game again.
*giggle* err... back on topic...
Agreed with this.
Whilst I disagree with sporadic, it's still his thread about valid concerns (perhaps) and probably should stay on topic.
Personally, I can understand the frustration at the communication - developers ( and I am one of that breed ) do not tend to communicate with end-users terribly well. Thats what PR and in a way, marketing people are for, but that is the general impression I get from released statements - its what I would expect if I were in their position for what I would say.
I dont however share your concern that we are being taken 'for a ride' as it were.
I missed the first-encounters stage it would seem, having only a BBC micro model B, a zx-81 and an a500 as my early computers up until the p2-450 era, so my experience is limited to the first two elites, but considering that this is the game they have been waiting to do *properly* for all this time, when technologically they could have made a facsimile from '98 onwards...
From early alpha and the videos posted by those backers at the time I've seen steady progress towards a final product - so I'm not as concerned as I might have been if all I had seen were pre-rendered videos or screenshots.
Hopefully they will learn and adapt in such a way that we can be kept informed in a better way as to alleviate your concerns
As far as I see it, no one forced anyone to buy into the game. With any kind of business transaction there is a element of faith and trust.
It's currently expensive to keep numbers down and have mostly serious and dedicated players testing the game.
I'd have loved to have gotten on the game earlier but here in the USA $300 seems like a lot more than 150 pounds. But I did talk the wife around to suggesting I get the $150 beta.
I had been following the game for months and hoped the controls were good. But I could see that the game was progressing well and I believe it will finish. So I decided to take a educated risk and but into the premium beta.
It's both more and less than what I had hoped for. But I am satisfied with what I have to play with and look forward to the next update. They focused on the core controls and built up from there. They aren't throwing everything at the fan to see what sticks and I believe it will be an exceptional game when done
I just hope I don't burn myself out overplaying the beta before all the cool stuff is released that offer a broader experience with multiple craft stashed away to choose from and more places to visit.
Looking forward to it.
It's currently expensive to keep numbers down and have mostly serious and dedicated players testing the game.
I'd have loved to have gotten on the game earlier but here in the USA $300 seems like a lot more than 150 pounds. But I did talk the wife around to suggesting I get the $150 beta.
I had been following the game for months and hoped the controls were good. But I could see that the game was progressing well and I believe it will finish. So I decided to take a educated risk and but into the premium beta.
It's both more and less than what I had hoped for. But I am satisfied with what I have to play with and look forward to the next update. They focused on the core controls and built up from there. They aren't throwing everything at the fan to see what sticks and I believe it will be an exceptional game when done
I just hope I don't burn myself out overplaying the beta before all the cool stuff is released that offer a broader experience with multiple craft stashed away to choose from and more places to visit.
Looking forward to it.
