Where do I say that notifying players in game isn't important?
Also, is there any need to be insulting?
I'm as entitled to voice my opinion on here as anyone else is.
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Where do I say that notifying players in game isn't important?
Also, is there any need to be insulting?
I'm as entitled to voice my opinion on here as anyone else is.
As I pointed out - it is a post on page 3 of a particular support issue. Why on earth would the rest of us think to look there for a server downtime announcement?! It should be in News. Or Patches. As it's own thread. Is that really so hard? Is this really that unreasonable a request?
I'd actually prefer to pay a monthly fee at this point. Excluding the kickstarters and LEP ofc.
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Ian Phillips
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Perhaps the best communication method is an in game announcement then..... Oh wait.....
Not when it is in a random thread in a forum not designated for announcements, no.
Yes. If they gave me the important information of when the servers would be back up again, I wouldn't even have come to the forums to look for the information (which doesn't exist).
Small update - back in minutes. People do like a good grumble eh 
Perhaps the two aren’t mutually exclusive. An ingame announcement and a forum update.
I beg to differ sir it's a game it's information about the game a lot of people don't even look at the forum.
Regular forum users are 0.28% of the players playing Elite.
Hence the best way to announce a downtime is in game.
AFTER that, you can go to forums and seek out details.
In this case it's merely a server restart, rather than proper update.
That was done nearly two days ago, is that what you mean?
Does anyone know what the purpose is of today's update?
Edit: Oh! I see what you mean, it IS loading faster now, after the restart. A lot faster. Yay.
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o7 Fox.
At least on PS4, since Wednesday they're not as slow as before. Can actually load more passenger boards fully, still below 50% tho
Today's update is for improving the mission generator and giving equally good boards to all CMDRs, check Ian's link a few comments back
Interesting. You are describing exactly what I did. Shame the advice didn't work.
As I already pointed out, if the message in-game gave the two important bits of information (time down, and time up again), then I wouldn't have bothered looking for something that clearly doesn't exist...