Message to Frontier - ITS SO DAMN OBVIOUS!!

dsteve26

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So - you make the massive grind in your game... because you think its the way to keep people playin for longer/coming back to play your game.

Lets look at the facts:

You have around 12,000 active players online at a time (might be wrong here but dont think its far off being next to nothing.. compared to some 'highly successful games' out there.. talking 70k active players; up to 500k active players.. you all know of the games im talkin about).

You have Steam review of 'MIXED' (says it all)

Your forums are FULL of people disgruntled with the current state of the game.

ITS SO DAMN OBVIOUS. REDUCE THE GRIND. MORE PLAYERS WILL PLAY YOUR GAME. YOU WILL MAKE MORE MONEY. YOU CAN USE TO THE MONEY DEVELOP THE GAME FROM:
"ITS GOT SO MUCH POTENTIAL BUT BASICALLY NOT VERY GOOD"

TO:
"OMG THIS GAME NOW BLOWS MY MIND BECAUSE I DONT HAVE TO SPEND 3 HOURS DOING THE SAME TASK OVER AND OVER TO EARN 2 MILLION CREDITS AND I CAN DO MORE VARIETY AND NOT GET SO BORED THAT MY EYELIDS GET STUCK OPEN FROM STARING AT THE SAME STUPID MISSION SCREEN FOR 32 HOURS A WEEK"

Sorry... but starting to lose my patience with these braindead and unempathetic devs.

p.s. One thing that I absolutely love about this game.. is the way the ship handles and flies. The way the engines and weapons sound and look. The combat in rez sites is amazing (for example). CAPITALIZE ON THIS. MAKE IT EXCITING/ENJOYABLE/A BUZZ TO PLAY!! (All the things that Elite currently isn't).
p.p.s. SORRY but I dont enjoy flying close to the ground on a planet for more than 30 minutes, or taking a screenshot of a distant planet (dont mind doin it once.. but that isnt gameplay, or going on a 20,000LY trip with some other individuals where I just hit the 'j' key 2,000 times and watch the screen load over and over and over. THATS NOT FUN! its FLUFF!), I DONT WANT FLUFF I WANT A GAME!

Oh ye - and p.s. I personally dont care whether a planet looks 'redder/greener/more beige than it did before'. How many hours did you spend creating those 'new graphics' when you coulda been working on ACTUAL GODAMN GAMEPLAY? GET REAL.

Ok i feel better now ;)
 
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GroundxZERO

GroundxZERO
Weird rant but I don’t even disagree with you. The grinding shows a real lack of development talent. I know this game is complex under the hood but grind cannot be the answer to everything. I hope we see different styles of gameplay in the years to come.
 

M00ka

M00ka
Ah nothing beats a good old fashioned vein popping, coronary inducing rant :D

OP I have a question: Please describe this gameplay you want introduced to negate the grind. Don't forget it has to fit into the Lore and BGS, and be acceptable to all three modes and all the different playing styles and occupations in the game?
 

-VR- Max Factor

-VR- Max Factor
dsteve26 said:
So - you make the massive grind in your game... because you think its the way to keep people playin for longer/coming back to play your game.

Lets look at the facts:

You have around 12,000 active players online at a time (might be wrong here but dont think its far off being next to nothing.. compared to some 'highly successful games' out there.. talking 70k active players; up to 500k active players.. you all know of the games im talkin about).

You have Steam review of 'MIXED' (says it all)

Your forums are FULL of people disgruntled with the current state of the game.

ITS SO DAMN OBVIOUS. REDUCE THE GRIND. MORE PLAYERS WILL PLAY YOUR GAME. YOU WILL MAKE MORE MONEY. YOU CAN USE TO THE MONEY DEVELOP THE GAME FROM:
"ITS GOT SO MUCH POTENTIAL BUT BASICALLY NOT VERY GOOD"

TO:
"OMG THIS GAME NOW BLOWS MY MIND BECAUSE I DONT HAVE TO SPEND 3 HOURS DOING THE SAME TASK OVER AND OVER TO EARN 2 MILLION CREDITS AND I CAN DO MORE VARIETY AND NOT GET SO BORED THAT MY EYELIDS GET STUCK OPEN FROM STARING AT THE SAME STUPID MISSION SCREEN FOR 32 HOURS A WEEK"

Sorry... but starting to lose my patience with these braindead and unempathetic devs.

p.s. One thing that I absolutely love about this game.. is the way the ship handles and flies. The way the engines and weapons sound and look. The combat in rez sites is amazing (for example). CAPITALIZE ON THIS. MAKE IT EXCITING/ENJOYABLE/A BUZZ TO PLAY!! (All the things that Elite currently isn't).
p.p.s. SORRY but I dont enjoy flying close to the ground on a planet for more than 30 minutes, or taking a screenshot of a distant planet (dont mind doin it once.. but that isnt gameplay, or going on a 20,000LY trip with some other individuals where I just hit the 'j' key 2,000 times and watch the screen load over and over and over. THATS NOT FUN! its FLUFF!), I DONT WANT FLUFF I WANT A GAME!

Oh ye - and p.s. I personally dont care whether a planet looks 'redder/greener/more beige than it did before'. How many hours did you spend creating those 'new graphics' when you coulda been working on ACTUAL GODAMN GAMEPLAY? GET REAL.

Ok i feel better now ;)
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So, what actual gameplay are you looking for?

Also where is this grind that people keep talking about?
 
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Lightspeed

Lightspeed
There's a lot of players who come to the forum with (apparently) very little experience (if the forum rep is anything to go by ... apologies to OP if he/she has played a long time) ... and they rant about the topic of the season, called "grind."

Well what do you want, OP? The Instant Button has been discussed to death already. It was decided it made the game too easy.
 

kiario

kiario
Elite has always been about the grind. Its more or less the same now as back in 84, the core gameplay.

But its not an excuse really. I also think it could be much better in many departments.

If you want the optimal ship(S) its gonna be a huge grind and repetetive gameplay colllecting stuff.

I am sure we could come up with many ideas to improve the core game but its nearly impossible to change it now
 
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