So Sandro Sammarco has moved aside. Who has taken the reins then?
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Sandros never said that did he?
PP going open only... sure, and even as someone who does not play in open, I did see his point for that 1 feature.
I honestly think the idea of powerplay was great, when it was announced I thought it would bring a massive amount of life and variety to the galaxy.
Unfortunately, the implementation resulted in a grind competition where nobody ever actually wins or loses, and there's barely any noticeable difference between each faction space.
3.3 close to be finshed and thereby Beyond almost wrapped up, seems like a natural cut off point for reassigning personnel going ahead.
I never put all that much emphasis on individual protagonists, never looked at it as a michael brookes or sandro sammarco game, but a FD game.
Interesting detail alright, but nothing out of the ordinary as far as i'm concerned.
I never put all that much emphasis on individual protagonists, never looked at it as a michael brookes or sandro sammarco game, but a FD game.
Interesting detail alright, but nothing out of the ordinary as far as i'm concerned.
Sandro left ED ?
In your opinion, it is the fault of whom ?
In your opinion, it is the fault of whom ?
Is he still at Frontier ?
Whilst I'm not 100% sure that it can be attributed DIRECTLY to Sandro....he was Lead at the time...and I've Managed enough Projects myself to know that regardless of where in your team an Idea comes from YOU'RE responsible for it...similarly...if you give a "Message out" that's mis-interpreted...again...its not the people "hearing it" that are at fault...its your fault for not communicating the concept correctly...
Sandro, gave the impression that he favoured Multi-Player game-play in a game that was marketed & sold specifically as being suitable for single-players...if that wasn't the impression he wanted to give out...he could very simply have said that was incorrect and there was never any intention of locking any gameplay off and ring-fencing it for the "fortnite/CoD crowd"
Small wonder it was considered controversial and the idea of "mode-superiority" had to be left to wither on the vine...
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Still odd that he doesn't see through the final launch of 3.3. I'd hazard a guess this means a new IP.
To be honest his tenure was a mixed bag for me, Elite is more refined and composed than ever before, but I miss the flavor on the plate. We need a spacehead close to the development. BTW, at the very least, I won't miss the wacky outfits.
the forums still lists him as lead designer,
and his activity tracker shows that he is aware of this topic
and his activity tracker shows that he is aware of this topic
Love stream. Lol.
This is both the best and worst gaming community, I swear... So many high notes, and then you get stuff like putting Drew off the game, and I am sure that all the vitriol Sandro received would contribute to him feeling like he needs to work on something else.
Whatever Sandro's doing, I certainly hope he's enjoying his new challenges and I'm looking forward to seeing what it is (assuming it's one of the unannounced projects). It's a shame though, I will miss seeing him on livestreams, he's such a character.
Whatever Sandro's doing, I certainly hope he's enjoying his new challenges and I'm looking forward to seeing what it is (assuming it's one of the unannounced projects). It's a shame though, I will miss seeing him on livestreams, he's such a character.
An official statement from him here would be good for the community.
Barbara Kingsolver:
Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning.
Powerplay was always intended to be the multiplayer focused element of the game, he merely proposed what should have been in place from the start -it doesn't work properly when it can be done in solo. Most the people complaining don't even get involved in PP anyway.
Hoping that this great proposal doesn't get binned if Sandro has left the project.
I like Sandro,he's a nice bloke,good at his job and some people here are way too harsh with their opinions.
Who has taken the reins then?
Biblical reins? Ouch!
Toddler reins?
Reins to a donkey, ***, mule, or a stallion?
There's probably a Powerplay going on over who gets to hold the many reins. One toddler is being pulled one way when a mule is being pulled another way.
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Redaction occured due to some filter.
I could have written Equus africanus asinus.
Or a jack or jenny.
Such a filter assassinates free speech.
I got two for free there.
Biblical reins? Ouch!
Toddler reins?
Reins to a donkey, ***, mule, or a stallion?
There's probably a Powerplay going on over who gets to hold the many reins. One toddler is being pulled one way when a mule is being pulled another way.
Note ***:
Redaction occured due to some filter.
I could have written Equus africanus asinus.
Or a jack or jenny.
Such a filter assassinates free speech.
I got two for free there.
That should have been PP which everybody would be involved in, instead we got galactic USS which you could opt out of.
If you mean Beyond / 3.x, then yes, obviously. 3.3 is the last planned major release for that.
They've already announced that they're working on "4.0" - just not details of what it is yet, so the game as a whole looks very likely to continue being developed, though.
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