Indeed, there are very few games which allow the players to do as little as SC does. No mechanics, no content. Of course you're talking about hypothetical game play which exists purely in your imagination, but that's not what SC actually offers real players right now in 2.6.3. It's very fortunate that other games aren't like it.
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Indeed, there are very few games which allow the players to do as little as SC does. No mechanics, no content. Of course you're talking about hypothetical game play which exists purely in your imagination, but that's not what SC actually offers real players right now in 2.6.3. It's very fortunate that other games aren't like it.
Ahh, the old "I don't need to address what you wrote because you are clearly too emotional!!" The easy way to scurry out of having to address someone's points without justification used by emotionally abusive partners, dishonest politicians, and now oddly, SC fanboys. In reality, I'm not emotional at all, I've long since given up on the project. One doesn't need to be wreathed in emotion to accurately counter someone who keeps repeating the same poorly thought out justifications. My counter points come from just observing the situation and recognizing the reality of it, no emotion needed.
Alas, you think I put words in your mouth, but the words were yours and yours alone. I just cut out the fluff and condensed them into bite sized bits so I didn't end up writing a six thousand word essay. Since all you do is bounce back to those same bullet points and dare not stray from far from the script I won't repeat them again.
All I ask ifs that you explain, in as simple a manner as possible, how someone can take money to create thing A, and then refuse to create it and instead create something entirely different with that money, and have it not be a bait and switch.
If I take money up front in return for a banana split and then I spent the next four years trying to provide you with home grown squash with nothing to show but dry dirt and some unsprouted seeds, please justify how I did not scam you.
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I'm getting Raiders of the Lost Ark flashbacks. "IT"S BEAUTIFUL!"
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OMG - he's literally farting out of his armpits, while enjoying a satisfied grin - I spilt my beer I laughed so hard!!!
Awesome - can't wait for Comedy Injection Graphical simulator 3.0 to release now!
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Player driven economies are a myth anyway because it assumes players will conform to ways of behaviour which won't trash the economy, which of course - they won't.
Those implementations don't take into account a bunch of players purposely entering into a loss making or futile transaction to screw over the market. You couldn't do that in real life without a ton of cash, and disrupting societal norms - not to mention oversight bodies who would step in and prevent the market movement anyway - but in a game where anything goes, they'll do it.
It's been tried before and failed miserably every time. In multiple MMOs. A purely player driven economy always ends up as a nightmare.
From experience - that's purely because so many people want to be CEO's or dread pirates or F34R M3 PvP-Pro-Bros, whilst almost nobody is content to be a mere dung shoveller.
Economies collapse without dung shovellers.
Star Citizen will be absolutely no different.
Well, there is EvE.
But one thing is funny. SC fans bang on about goons dissing the game now, but should it ever be released, i'm sure the goons will be in game in numbers and doing exactly what you suggest.
Well, that filled another lulzbucket.
If they are going to the effort of modelling something like that, shouldn't, you know, their face be in some horrible form of agony, not sat there with a stupid smile on their face.
That avatar is smiling because he got a refund email from Paypal
Either that, or he's overjoyed because he's just bought an Idris
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Actually EVE prices are controlled (partly) by the insurance rates set by the Dev.
Heart of Darkness took ten years to make in the end, and that was a 2D platformer in the vein of Flashback and Another World
And there's also DNF.
LOL. So. Much. This.
When everyone suggests player economy, I know *exactly* they want - it is gang wars by proxy, because player economy suggests control over resources, etc. Who cares economy does not work right in game? Most important I can blow this big opponent's ship which he worked endless hours or paid real money for.
Afaik even EVE devs have fingertip on scale.
'Player driven economy' my backside. Give me good, smart NPC driven economy with interesting opportunities here and there and I am set. ED is not completely there yet, but they have lot of components to make it trough. Afaik SC latest trading pitch was also this mixed type of economy.
What year release are the true believers saying now?
2020, the year of pc gaming messiah's return with his full glory in star citizen form.
Which is funny because 5 years ago they were laughing at the naysayers for saying it'd be 2020.
They don't.
They say: CIG can take as long as they want. I'd rather have a quality polished game rather than something bad and rushed.
Problems:
1) CIG are taking as long as they want.
2) Nobody guarantees a polished quality game even if they take another 50 years
3) Based on content that has been released, it might not be rushed, but its certainly not quality, except for pretty graphics. Pretty graphics a game do not make. In short, its pretty bad even though they are taking their time.
2020 Vision! I knew I had heard that phrase before...
Just 3 more years and I can finally find out which end the cockpit is in the Banu Merchantman!
Just 3 more years and I can finally find out which end the cockpit is in the Banu Merchantman!
Fun story - FD were genuinely interested to beat SC with delivery with ED Alpha 1 and Mike Evans have expressed satisfaction that they managed to do so.
It was in 2013, *4* years ago.
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