Newspapers in new Elite?

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news where my favorite read too, i suppose they could have generated random news as well which would have been equally interesting to read particularily if they covered 'real' events made by players or engine
 
I enjoyed them for a bit, but afterwards got a bit bored and stopped reading them. I agree with PB-DK and think the scope increases massively in MP and it could be a far more compelling read :)
 
particularily if they covered 'real' events made by players or engine
And it would feel even more interesting, when *you* were the one responsible for the event (i.e. giant cargo drop at a station), and then by a reporter get interviewed (perhaps just one question), get to choose from a multiple choice menu.... and then get to read your reply in the news :)
 
What do you think?

Yes please.

- Events from around the station where it was produced
- Events from the system of battles / fights picked up by the police. (Maybe that's how you gain infamy when being a pirate ? :D)
- Weather conditions on systems
- Even "top tips" for running cargo around
- Plenty more stuff I am sure
 

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I always love reading through the journals, some of the stories are hilarious and not forgetting the personel columns.
 
Indeed. On this front and all others, in keeping with some of Douglas Adams work, it's important to keep a bit of levity in proceedings when it comes to crazy space travel!

It's odd how so much sci-fi seems to assume that humans will evolve out of a sense of humour in a thousand years or so!
 
It'd be good if the things reported in the newspapers had implications within the game, not just random stories. For example you may read a headline saying something like:

"Major earthquake on Birminghamworld in the Barnards Star system. Thousands injured or missing"

Thats all you get know on the surface, but behind the scenes there will now be a greater need for goods such as food, water and medical supplies, so if you were to take goods such as these you'll find greater demand and higher prices.
 
It'd be good if the things reported in the newspapers had implications within the game, not just random stories. For example you may read a headline saying something like:

"Major earthquake on Birminghamworld in the Barnards Star system. Thousands injured or missing"

Thats all you get know on the surface, but behind the scenes there will now be a greater need for goods such as food, water and medical supplies, so if you were to take goods such as these you'll find greater demand and higher prices.

I agree completely. In FFE, one way to get a decent bankroll going is to ship medicine to Soholia early on, and you're alerted to the need by the newspapers. Those things really gave the game an extra dimension.
 
ffe newspapers are absolutely awesome, NOTHING comes close. ED newspapers probably made by lightly updated Sokal generator.

i am not suggesting ED should up the game. Obvious to a dog that an in-game newspaper done with the same degree of detail and humour in the style of FFE in 2017 would kill FDev, in a second and without warning, because of American litigation culture.
 
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