I totally understand where you are coming from.
You know, it's actually funny - in recent weeks, I've been called "fanboy", and "Frontier hater". I've been accused of ruining the game, and I've been accused of being biased and ignoring players concerns. Some people have told me that I make things unnecessarily difficult for Frontier, because I am too critical. Others have said that I only see the good side of Frontier and forget about the players. This is interesting, because as you point out - people see what they want to see. Some see the things they like, and are happy because they like them. Others see the things they don't like and pick up on that straight away. I'm not talking about Frontier or Elite here, I'm talking about my videos. Sometimes people see what isn't there. I can't be both a Fanboy and a Frontier Hater at the same time can I? Maybe these accusations come because I try to be as balanced as possible with my content, and a small section of viewers don't see this and instead only see what they expect to see.
But everyone is entitled to their opinion and I certainly don't think my opinions are the "right ones". What I do try however, is to make it clear when I am expressing my own opinions and when I am referring to other people's opinions.
There are a lot of things I do not like about Elite, and I have made a lot of forum posts and videos on those subjects. Powerplay and Engineers are just two of the things I dislike. RNG is probably the thing I dislike the most about Elite. I'm also not a fan of the way the game makes me waste so much damn time. I think the landable planets could do with a lot of improvement, and feel that in some respects they have been "ruined" compared to previous iterations. I'm not a fan of the shallow trading mechanics, or the way many of the games systems all work in isolation from each other rather than in cohesion. I could go on and on. But none of this is a secret, anyone who reads my forums posts or who watches my videos will know exactly how I feel. Frontier are no exception to that, they are very much aware of my thoughts and feelings on these things. But my feelings and opinions are just that. They are my own, and no more valid or meaningful than anyone else's.
I cannot say what Frontier are going to fix, and what they are not going to fix because I do not know. They didn't tell me. What they did tell me however is they do intend on fixing things. That they intend on fleshing out core mechanics and take the opportunity to bring them inline with their original vision as well as make further enhancements. What does that mean? Well I don't know. As I made clear at the end of my video, and at the end of my forum post my thoughts on that are "we will have to wait and see what this means for the gameplay". But also I will state again, that the general attitude and approach from Frontier left me with a very positive impression.
E3 is going to be highly anticipated by a lot of people, and rightly so - because people want to know what is coming next. But E3 will not have all the answers, it will not show us what is coming beyond 2.4, and it will probably only show us a part of what 2.4 is going to be.
For the rest, we are going to have to wait. And again, I have made my position on that very clear over the previous years - I have said again and again on these forums and on my videos that I feel Frontier need to get better at communicating. Yet for this I get the accusations that "Obsidian Ant puts too much pressure on Frontier" and "Obsidian Ant you are a fanboy, stop telling people they should wait and see". Again, as you pretty much said above, people see and hear what the want to see and hear.
Maybe that is why Frontier struggle with figuring out just what the "right amount" of communication is.
(Disclaimer... I've not yet watched the video :O I did read your post of course though!)
While I don't religiously watch your channel, I absolutely do watch the occasional video, and I almost always nod my head in agreement. Perhaps I am being a little to harsh on you as I know you feel pretty the same as me - you WANT the game to be the best it can be, but frustrated on occasion that it isn't.
I've re-evaluated my original posts, and decided that, more than the PEOPLE who visited Frontier, it's the absolute lack of information being given to those who DIDN'T go that is frustratingly annoying - I saw this, it was amazing. But I can't tell you. Many are so starved for information and content in the game, that when they hear someone ELSE has been told stuff THEY want to know, when the reasoning for keeping such things so secretive is obscure, it causes the kind of negative feelings so prevalent on the forums currently.
The fact that you think that Frontier have the right attitude does alleviate some concerns I suppose.
Someone mentioned earlier that Star Citizen does the complete opposite. God knows if Frontier tried anything like what those ... people do, I'd give up and go play Star Command for the rest of my life. I guess I just don't want to wait until E3 every year to find out what's actually coming up....
I have your picture on my wall. Just above my bed.
There's a lot I don't like about Elite (and I don't make a secret about that) - but as with most people here I am very passionate about the game, and there is a great deal I do love about it. That is what keeps me coming back, and I want Elite to be the best it can be.
Personally I feel Frontier have the right attitude towards the future of the game, I also know that Frontier are committed to future development. What that ultimately means for the game play though - I will yet again reiterate (as I did in the video and the original post), I really don't know. We will have to wait and see.
Well.. at least the 'wait and see' bit is almost over - for this update at least. Let's hope that we can all be happily surprised by what they have in store...
