Star Citizen isn't in alpha yet and it was due out in 2014, ED was delayed by a few weeks maybe a month at the most (it didn't effect me I was already playing) and the only thing that was dropped was offline. When we all had dial-up connecting to the net could be an issue, everyone's online all the time now.
Indeed SC has been delayed due to massive feature creep perhaps you missed me saying this? offline isn't about being connected via dial up or cable etc etc.
Like I said SC and ED went opposite routes. One cut stuff to keep the deadline the other added stuff and pushed the deadline way way further.
Got any examples ?. There's been glitches and regular expansive bug fixes and upgrades, but it's always been a working updated version of elite with a great flight model. Which is all I wanted.
Go look in the archived forums and you'll see all the stuff that was suppose to happen which wont, offline was just the easiest and most obvious. I am happy you got what you wanted, some of us didn't.
I like supporting a minor faction via the BGS, you can exert influence but you don't have any direct control. This prevents EVE style problems of "no gurls aloud" signs popping up all over the bubble crippling the game for independent pilots (who are the target audience).
Great I am again happy you're enjoying the game. For me the BGS is a huge fail, it's bland and not very immersive and has very little to almost zero impact other than a few numbers changing. I am however happy this isn't Eve in cockpits.
Yes that was always the plan, FD told us all that repeatedly, stuck to it and its worked. SC change like the wind never keep a date (except jpeg sales) and have even changed their tune on the game (now games) being fully funded already. The only thing CIG do consistently is be very inconsistent indeed.
Actually ED didn't stick to the plan, again look at offline and what a huge outcry that caused also go read up in the archived post. Indeed like I said SC went a different route pushed backl the date cause lets face it their KS and crowdfunding went way way past what ED achieved and thus they decided to change the scope of the game as sometimes happens with crowdfunded games.
Come to think of it ED had no choice but cut as frankly their budget didn't allow for any less unlike SC.
Offline mode ?, if that really bothers you you should have refunded a few years ago when it was an issue.
Why would I do that? When you support via KS or other types of crowdfunding you should be aware of the risks and that the scope of stuff could change and I don't feel it proper to ask for a refund cause of XYZ. I may not be 100% happy with ED but that doesn't mean I hate it and want it to fail.
I'm a space-game fan I'm their target audience and they have failed to impress me and failed to interest me to the point where I'd give them money, in fact I advise people to get refunds. That's a pretty big fail. I bought played and enjoyed x-com interceptor that's how much I like space-sims.
I'm a space-game fan and I am not impressed with ED beyond the flight model and cockpits. The universe is bland and boring and I really really really need to work hard to remain immersed and motivated to log in.
As a space fan I can never say I advise people to ask for refunds during development cause any true space game fan wants the genre to shine, not fail cause I am in hating mood or feeling whingy.
Yeah yeah offline again. Bored of that two years ago, well done you I'm moving on (so should you).
Yeah yeah p2w and there is no game again. Got bored of that about one year ago, well done you. Maybe you should move on?
It's three years overdue with less than one of the hundred systems it's supposed to have at launch, it's weighed down by engineering debt through ship sales and the flight model is pants, they constantly re-shoot mo-cap and make no actual progress other than refactoring everything in a re-run of what went wrong with freelancer thanks to Chris Roberts. they even missed their own convention (that they sold tickets for) If that doesn't change they will fail.
Yes yes like I said they pushed lots of stuff back due to demand so expecting them to hold to the original KS deadline is beyond ridiculous and rather a disingenuous argument.
They sell ships and in game money that's as pay2win as it can be.
You wont be able to buy these ship once the game goes live, only the starter ones. This is part of crowdfunding process. IF you really see this as p2w then you can't claim ED isn't due to them hiding major powercreep in the seasons (looking at you engineers) they have decided to go with.
No you can't earn them in game there's no economy or trade. CIG have made some promises which if past performance is anything to go by they won't keep or remember making, and if they remember making them they'll probably delete that page from their website.
Selling jpegs is the only thing they do well, they will never stop doing it.
Again your being disingenuous with false information. There will be an economy once it's live and ship sales will stop.
Horizons is great, I love trundling about in my moon buggy when I'm not flying my super-fast long range spaceship of cool running doom. I wish I'd bought a lifetime pass.
I am glad you and others are enjoying horizons and hope the next seasons will bring something that will make me want to buy them and I hope ED does well in the future regardless of my like or dislike of its current state.
A real space game fan doesn't talk as you do. A real space game fan wants space games to flourish.... not hope they fail and actively advise others to ask for refunds in the hopes to "win" a discussion.
Ultimately as a space game fan I want all space game to be a success cause the good ones are few and far in between, I am very much for the live and let live and to each their own mentality.
To bad some people are more interested in hating or knighting, this isn't aimed at you btw but just a general observation about what I see in so many post in so many threads in such threads.
