What we did see was a tiny snippet without showing us properly how it works. Adam has already said that we will get access to items by doing certain activities. Also what we have seen may not be what people think it is.
So.....that Tech Broker
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What we did see was a tiny snippet without showing us properly how it works. Adam has already said that we will get access to items by doing certain activities. Also what we have seen may not be what people think it is.
I certainly hope not. Driving the SRV makes me sick, the last thing I need is to have to farm 3 x 30+ mats for some new shiny...
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Engineers also promotes different game activities, and we saw how well that went down (I had no problem with it!)
I had no problem with it either. But I will prefer to wait and see before commenting on how it will be a great big grind.
I have a feeling that the materials broker will be the deciding factor, when it comes to grindyness.
One of the most annoying aspects of material gathering is having to space materials to make room for the stuff you need 'now'. If these materials could be swapped for useful stuff even at a poor exchange rate, I think the process would feel more rewarding.
It went well for those who engage with those activities. It is a grind for those who just want their ships modified.
That's not really an unique issue and it would be sad to see wasted efforts to mitigate that. People wanting just ships from ED will see everything as grind. They claim that activities aren't 'good enough', but they know it is just an excuse. Same as board flipping really.
What I want is to see those activities better integrated, explained, directions and hints given to players. Make it enjoyable for those who engage. Ignore moaners.
I fully trust mats broker, that's why I am hoarding all stuff I get from pew pewing NPCs
Takes longer, but I expect that to pay back when Q1 lands.Thankfully the days of having to space materials is coming to an end, so getting loads of these materials may not be a big chore.
That's a good thing, but it would still be great to swap the materials we don't need for something useful.
Personal narrative would have been.
"Oh, how did you unlock the shock cannon?"
"The tech broker in Eranin told me his friend had crashed on a planet while looking for some device or other, he gave me some rough co-ordinates, and I grabbed the black box, which held the data he needed to update his Shock Cannon tech."
"Oh, really? Broker in Sol had me steal some Technical blueprints from an imperial pirate."
That's personal narrative.
Not
"How did you unlock the shock cannon?"
"Oh, I went to a planet and drove around shooting rocks for hours, you?"
" yeah... same."
I mean...
"Oh, how did you unlock the shock cannon?"
"The tech broker in Eranin told me his friend had crashed on a planet while looking for some device or other, he gave me some rough co-ordinates, and I grabbed the black box, which held the data he needed to update his Shock Cannon tech."
"Oh, really? Broker in Sol had me steal some Technical blueprints from an imperial pirate."
That's personal narrative.
Not
"How did you unlock the shock cannon?"
"Oh, I went to a planet and drove around shooting rocks for hours, you?"
" yeah... same."
I mean...
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Personal narrative could also mean:
Cmdr A went for the Shock Cannon, and the Enzyme Rack for personal and inner-RP-dialogue reasons.
Cmdr B went for the Offensive Slug Launcher and the Rubber Duck Limpet for personal and inner-RP-dialogue reasons.
Although, I don't believe Personal Narrative was used in the right context on the stream.
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It is still personal narrative. I understand it is disappointing for those who thought it is some personalized story thread. While FD have tech to do that, I guess we are not there yet.
To paraphrase (because Ed is way too nice to actually put it like this...)
"It's to try to create the same sense of ships being individual or distinctive in some way rather than identikit cookie-cutter builds, which was the entire point of engineering originally, before the river of tears"
I so want an Offensive Slug Launcher now
that's fine when making an argument. when you're making a game it's not that much about any point you're trying to make, but about what you actually create and deliver.
so after several batches of 'new thingies you have to grind for and will utterly disfigure the original combat model which was actually a lot of fun' have failed to make the game more interesting to me, here comes the new batch.
the point? audience loves carrots, it seems. business as usual, then.
i'll leave to the clever reader to figure out what was the point of 'improve core aspects of the game' in beyond ...
I remember those interviews. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. And also being taken in by the battle bus, thinking that leaving the EU would save the NHS.
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but it will... think of that 350 million
arguably i am a bit biased, given I work for the European Bio-informatics Institute
So you're one of those that want's the best stuff in the game for free with no work? You realize that if it were setup that way, said items would no longer have value because everyone would have them?
There is plenty of content, the problem is, you think that engaging in any of it is "a grind".