With 3.0 launching given the focus is suppose to be on the core game could we get some actual documentation? You know things like the engineering blueprint details, material requirements, material trader conversion tables, drop rates for materials in various locations, etc? It's always baffled me how little Frontier publishes about the game they are creating and selling. Why is the community forced to create work out and debate all these details, can't we just get it from the creator's mouth?
It's not right that a company rely on it's community to make the game playable. Elite isn't in early access, it isn't 10 guys in a tiny office. It's a long term product from a $450,000,000 business making money. The fact is it is absolutely impossible to play Elite without access to the forums, Reddit, Google and many third part sites with Frontier providing very little detail in the forums they host for the community. I understand that we will always have 3rd party tools that the community enjoys either building or pioneering but it's time that Frontier provided us these resources. Love or hate the new engineering system the hardest and grindiest (is that a word?) part is the gathering of materials. Please help us with that by telling us, you know, where to actually find things. Why must we grind before we grind?
Am I expecting too much? I'm also not suggesting that all this be available in the game interface, although something like Galnet for training work. Just something that makes it available, a companion site or application even. Something. Anything that would have information directly from Frontier would stop all this conjecture, unnecessary debate and work. You have the information, it's in your code. Please share it with us. Please.
~X
It's not right that a company rely on it's community to make the game playable. Elite isn't in early access, it isn't 10 guys in a tiny office. It's a long term product from a $450,000,000 business making money. The fact is it is absolutely impossible to play Elite without access to the forums, Reddit, Google and many third part sites with Frontier providing very little detail in the forums they host for the community. I understand that we will always have 3rd party tools that the community enjoys either building or pioneering but it's time that Frontier provided us these resources. Love or hate the new engineering system the hardest and grindiest (is that a word?) part is the gathering of materials. Please help us with that by telling us, you know, where to actually find things. Why must we grind before we grind?
Am I expecting too much? I'm also not suggesting that all this be available in the game interface, although something like Galnet for training work. Just something that makes it available, a companion site or application even. Something. Anything that would have information directly from Frontier would stop all this conjecture, unnecessary debate and work. You have the information, it's in your code. Please share it with us. Please.
~X
