Not quite: you still have Gomez as your avatar.![]()
Does it have anything to do with these third party sites? I think not. Continue to say nothing useful further. Your contribution is boundless.
Not quite: you still have Gomez as your avatar.![]()
My Sig states my stance in this.
Fly safe Commander's o7
"I dont need 3rd party sites", "I use them here and there", "It is your choice to make them, FDev is not making you"...
All valid points but lets be honest what would happen if this goes beyond 30th...
eddb - 404 error
coriolis - 404 error
exploration tools - stop being updated
other tools - stop being updated
other sites - 404 error
It would be fine for few days but then... Who is that dude who gives G5 something and how to unlock him BTW, where can I get X commodity, where to get discounted stuff, permit?!!!!?, and 10000 other queries here on the forums.
Nightmare for newer players. Veterans remember (mostly thanks to the tools) where to get most of the stuff but still... As 3rd party web\tools went away you would also feel it. One way or another because 99% of people here use them. If for nothing else then to check how to farm trade CGs most efficiently.
ED InGame is severely lacking in information 3rd offer unless you want to sol <> barnards star with computer components and animal machinery. They are time savers (ppl constantly complaining about grind, imagine without 3rd), galactic mapping is just too good, travel history, etc, etc...
I hope they get some love from FDev. It is well deserved and is keeping ED accessible for everybody. If you dont wanna use them then dont but again, everybody is using them. If nothing, 1 website.
WEll it's you and you always make nonsensical posts.
Yes, yes of course that's the ONLY desire here. Ok you don't understand the OP which you didn't even read. When you get it come back and maybe we can have a relevant conversation bout the actual topic rather than the fantasy you're creating in your head?
Really - I'm getting fed up with people who think they can weigh in on a subject they know nothing about. How does that move anything forward?
You shutting down the sites turn these suggestions into demands. The fact you can't just admit it just make you two fact about it. Which reminds me very much how trade unions act.
This is correct. The 29th being organised by me and lots of other community members, it is thus a community event. FDev have helped at various levels, but it is not run by them.
Cheers,
Drew.
The way i see it is that the API works (barring bugs introduced via patches which FD fix), and its basically these guys have got together and said "We want more, FD aren't giving, let's have a wobbly over it"
Yeah, well, i want more. I want more exploration features, i want better in-game tools, i want some changes to how PvE piracy works, i want, I WANT, I WANT..... but FD are not going to give me what I want just because i stamp my feet over it.
As much as I love the guys who make these tools, they are acting like prima-donnas here.
They can damn well get in line with the rest of us who WANT things.
I feel a disturbance in force... as if 1,000,000 Sat-Nav's were all unaccessible.....
While these 3rd Party 'add-ons' to the game make Elite as simple as all other games™ to placate the attention span of the modern gamer, and yes, they are very useful if you can't be bothered to do any research (as you had too in all previous versions of the game) at the end of the Day these 'mods' are 3rd Party no-one (to my knowledge) asked for them. Individuals have taken it upon themselves to 'hack' into a game and create something additional to the game.
While I do agree, in part, that the latest incarnation of Elite should have included some kind of limited trading oojamaflip, along with a gadget for planning your next build/ship etc etc. I don't think that we should be able to just scan the whole galaxy for the best trade routes. If you're honest with yourselves, all these trade calculators really are, are minor exploits so that you never make a loss while transporting goods.
To those of you that are now lost in the Galaxy, or now feel that the game is unplayable - Reach for your pen & paper. Now you too can emulate the original players of the game
While it is a shame that the support for 3rd party addons seems to fluctuate over time. It seems to be an issue that other 3rd party mod devs also have (World of tanks is a prime example. after each update the game is vanilla for several Days until they fix their code - but conversely that game is in my opinion far better while the mods are inactive).
What is required is for the FDevs to make a statement, one way or the other, and make their opinion clear as to whether they will support these 'tools' that a lot of the community appear to rely on.
I wouldn't be surprised of they are finally making/updating their own decent working trade companion which would ultimately make this whole conversation moot.
Sorry, but I don't condone strikes of any kind. Update your site's or don't. You have found people that now rely on you and have withdrawn your support (for your stated reasons). Does that make you better or worse than the FDevs that you are complaining about?
I ultimately always rely on my own info, and have my own working spreadsheet. In other words "I'm alright jack". do whatever you want I'll still keep playing
While I wish you luck, although I think you could have found a better way of trying to obtain your goals.
I could live far easier without 2.3 than without tools, for example.
I might be willing to play without either but if I had to choose I would keep tools. The quality of life they offer is far more valuable to me than anything provided in 2.3.