I, for one, wish the operators of the 3rd party websites and tools the best of luck. I hope the development team at Frontier are able to accommodate a fair and reasonable inclusion of new features that allow for better 3rd party integration. With a lack of in game tools, the 3rd party additions are, simply, invaluable to those who use them.
#support3rdparty - Why we temporarily shut down our sites.
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Without INARA the Engineer grind would go from tedious to unbearable. The reason these 3rd party sites exist is that the game itself doesn't offer enough information.
In a way they are a crutch, supporting weaknesses in the game itself. That said, losing them at this stage would be a disaster.
In a way they are a crutch, supporting weaknesses in the game itself. That said, losing them at this stage would be a disaster.
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Good move, you guys have my full support, and big thanks for all your hard work. I use those tools every time I play.
I see it more like they're volunteering.
They've volunteered hundreds of hours.
They don't want to volunteer anymore until the company they are volunteering for gives them a line of communication.
I'd like to hear the explanation, too. I enjoy the tools and agree that they are helpful and interesting, but hardly "half the appeal."
I use most of these tools and are vital part of the whole ED experience.
Do you understand what you are saying?
First you say : FDev doesn't have to support 3rd party tools. Fair enough.
Then you say: Without these tools, your life is a living hell.
Which is it?
I don't know about you but I don't know how to build a car.
Yet if I could down the dealership and drop a few thousand pounds on a car it should work and dang will I complain if it doesn't work.
The idea that one needs to know how to complete a task with master skill in offer any criticism is a logical falacy. I would agree one needs some knowledge of the field to offer any meaningful criticism, but I hardly need to know how to program the bgs if I can clearly see certain functionality is a missing from the front end.
If work is created or presented for free as solely on artistic merit that may be one thing, but we're all paying customers here, as much as pilots invested in the hobby of laser space death or star trucking.
If you can't handle criticism then you've got bigger problems to deal with, pipe down.
The third party apps make the game easier to use and more enjoyable. I support them and I'm very grateful to them for the effort they put into their apps/sites. If FD are not planning to do their own similar apps/sites any time soon then it would be nice if FD did all they could to help those that are making that effort. I can't say I'm 100% sure that this is the way to get FD on your side or to provide the information and help that you want, but if other requests have previously failed then maybe there is no other way. Good luck with your demands - oops, sorry, - requests!
The difference is, we've given FD money.
The website developers were doing it all for free. (actually at a cost to themselves)
and a paycheck?
Depends on your play style, of course. The only site I occasionally use is Coriolis. Most days I play the game without 3rd party anythings.
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