But won't everyone be unlocking the same things? We'll all have access to shock cannons and the like or will the tech unlock items be unique to every CMDR?
So.....that Tech Broker
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Call it "Personalized Endeavors" then. Instead of a CG unlocking these for everyone at a time predetermined by the devs, you will be able to choose yourself which item to unlock when, if at all.
Its a cool feature but implemented really bad.
Go collect x ammount of stuff with a random loot box to unlock this cool stuff.
Frontier needs to address how materials are collected and make it fun, with gameplay, tools and equipment instead of shooting random rocks. The game doesnt need to be a grindfest of random stuff.
Why they added that "scaning" game to the megaships instead of adding gameplay with new tools to for example the material collection? Now we will have a...n...o...t...h...e...r... framework placeholder for the next 3 years. It looks cool but boring from the third time. I played x rebirth which has the exact same gameplay mechanic and its not so fun.
Why this game needs to be a bunch of minigames? why we cant have a complete experience?
Go collect x ammount of stuff with a random loot box to unlock this cool stuff.
Frontier needs to address how materials are collected and make it fun, with gameplay, tools and equipment instead of shooting random rocks. The game doesnt need to be a grindfest of random stuff.
Why they added that "scaning" game to the megaships instead of adding gameplay with new tools to for example the material collection? Now we will have a...n...o...t...h...e...r... framework placeholder for the next 3 years. It looks cool but boring from the third time. I played x rebirth which has the exact same gameplay mechanic and its not so fun.
Why this game needs to be a bunch of minigames? why we cant have a complete experience?
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It's only personalised if unlocking one thing changes your choices for other things. Like if you had to choose Empire or Fed. There is no path, only a single corridor with loads of rooms off it.
Most of them are specialized modules, basically sidegrades. Not all modules will be desired by everyone. It is more similar of people taking on Powerplay for modules.
We will all unlock same things?
Boy we really do love a grind then.
Sure, but whether a module is desired or not isn't a 'personal narrative', you just didn't unlock all the doors.
And then people who just want sidegrides will complain that there's this tool and equipment they should get access to get goods to shoot rocks and collect stuff so they can access these modules.
Also it is not a loot box, you clearly see what you get. It is opposite of loot box. It is sidegrade.
How exactly material collection can be fun hm? Combat is fun and people HATE when they have to do combat because they want x sausages for roll 99999.
Gameplay can be improved, but I doubt any marginal improvements besides...really nothing, I can't imagine something so awesome that wouldn't get tiresome if you just keep pressing that button.
it is splitting hair really. Also Ed indicated it will be used in some other way, so I won't jump to conclusions there. I like idea, in fact even more so than Engineers.
I suppose that'd make the Thargoid materials useful. Kill Xenos to unlock more stuff to kill Xenos with, I like it. Very much a classic MMO end-game alt-currency system (Extra Credits have made a few videos on those, if you're interested), but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
And I wouldn't worry about the grind too much - the materials trader looks set to be a decent stopgap for the issue, and hopefully Q4 will provide some decent new mechanics for finding them, seeing as it's the Exploration Update. Have I already mentioned I'd really like new, more realistic and persistent mechanics for USS and PoI? Rhetorical question, I have, but that's hardly a reason not to bring it up again.
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Sorry Ed but it is exactly the same as engineering - we all unlock the attributes we desire, on our own, solely for ourselves. This is engineering all over again, just wearing a different coat.
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Not exactly as engineering though - Engineering basically offers regular modules with positive upgrades. These are effectively sidegrades - specialized modules.
I like the idea too, and have said as much in the engineering focused feedback section. But it isn't a personal narrative, it's not choices with consequences, it's just not unlocking everything. Unless your personal choices have an effect on some other part of the game (like choosing to be a baddie & getting shot at by the cops) it's not personal. Describing it as such is misleading without these ramifications imo.
Walking down a corridor & not looking in every room isn't a personal path, it's the same path everyone takes & you just skip the bits you aren't interested in.
Maybe other, yet to be announced features will fit the description better but from what we know so far, this doesn't any more than unlocking Fed & Empire ships does.
No. Sorry. In terms of game mechanics (to get access) they are exactly the same - 100%.
Mechanics are same for almost everything. Context matters. Also I don't want to convince you
They are clearly meant to be sidegrades and again, I am actually seeing usefulness in them than boring boosting your ship.I don't argue that 'personal narrative' is a bit stretch here from Ed. It feels also that he can't tell us all about it
I won't argue. I like idea, I hope it extends.Mechanics are same for almost everything. Context matters. Also I don't want to convince you
Sure, maybe (we don't know if this stuff is sidegrades or not yet) but it isn't a personal narrative.
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I like the concept of the tech broker. Are the tech broker weapons also modifiable by engineers? I really hope they have more than just weapons and cargo racks though. We have lots of weapons already, and with engineering blueprints the weapon selection is already huge. If the tech broker adds yet more weapons into the pool then balancing the whole shebang becomes so much harder, not to mention building a ship.
Will we see tech like faster fuel scoops, or longer range FSD's, or combined limpet controllers, or a combined ADS + DSS, or maybe an SRV bay that can print new SRV's, heck maybe even an AFMU which can repair the ship's power plant?
Or will they only sell more weapons?
Will we see tech like faster fuel scoops, or longer range FSD's, or combined limpet controllers, or a combined ADS + DSS, or maybe an SRV bay that can print new SRV's, heck maybe even an AFMU which can repair the ship's power plant?
Or will they only sell more weapons?
Why is a personal story always conflated with being the chosen one? What's up with that ego of yours, friend?
Why can't there be more to the mission givers than just a paragraph of text? Maybe you get allied with a pirate faction and receive a message in the mail - it's from the contact, and they've found the perfect heist. Boom, cool mission chain, a few minor characters that may or may not recur if that mission give sends you another rare mission. A bit more story; more context; more than just "go here, get this, come back".
No one ever said anything about saving the galaxy and getting the girl. What a lack of imagination.
Yeah, but weren't they also changing our materials and data so we can carry 100 of each type when they change engineering? It would make it a bit easier at the very least.
During stream at least I saw few non-weaponry modules, resistant cargo racks, etc.