Will we ever get an official apology for this disaster of a launch?
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You are one smug cookie.
You think apologies from businesses mean anything? That's cute.
All this because FDev decided to destroy the game by releasing it on consoles...
I thought the dinosaurs eating all the lep money was supposed to be the thing that killed it.
This thread is just another prime example of gamers not having realistic expectations of modern day gaming.
In the multiplayer era everything is technically "early access/test version" we don't really know until its gone live and broken several times how a release will be. Frontier were never ever going to be able to get the same numbers playing beta as an actual launch to test network load. It's obvious with any mass online game a big content update brings players back and servers are going to get overloaded with those returning and those who hardcore life the game.
EA and Blizzard have bigger games, more money and more tech and look at some of their launches and major patch days. Games are hard to make, everyone has different specs, different connections and games are no longer linear levels and maps with static objects.
In terms of quality control blame Valve for the early access trend but please remember its near impossible to quality control games. One game at £20 early access is completely different from another of the same value...... look at DayZ and how long that's been "test version to launch". Elite Dangerous very rarely goes down or has a long period of down time.
I consider Frontiers achievement in keeping Elite Dangerous online, stable and developing a game of this size a great piece of work. Fair play to the devs and David B for creating arguably the greatest space MMO game ever. If you want an apology blame the tech industry for not having standard spec computers, blame Valve for flogging games for max profit but don't blame Frontier games for a few hours of inconvenience.
Computers game aren't like building a brick wall or cooking a cake.
In the multiplayer era everything is technically "early access/test version" we don't really know until its gone live and broken several times how a release will be. Frontier were never ever going to be able to get the same numbers playing beta as an actual launch to test network load. It's obvious with any mass online game a big content update brings players back and servers are going to get overloaded with those returning and those who hardcore life the game.
EA and Blizzard have bigger games, more money and more tech and look at some of their launches and major patch days. Games are hard to make, everyone has different specs, different connections and games are no longer linear levels and maps with static objects.
In terms of quality control blame Valve for the early access trend but please remember its near impossible to quality control games. One game at £20 early access is completely different from another of the same value...... look at DayZ and how long that's been "test version to launch". Elite Dangerous very rarely goes down or has a long period of down time.
I consider Frontiers achievement in keeping Elite Dangerous online, stable and developing a game of this size a great piece of work. Fair play to the devs and David B for creating arguably the greatest space MMO game ever. If you want an apology blame the tech industry for not having standard spec computers, blame Valve for flogging games for max profit but don't blame Frontier games for a few hours of inconvenience.
Computers game aren't like building a brick wall or cooking a cake.
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I agree so far,haven't done the latest update yet but i feel like "i hate it but gota do it someday..."
I think it is because of fdev listening to all the 14 to 24y old players, most new changes are never for the better so i found in my 54 years.
Get a life.
You did'nt follow the advice of many and could not wait a day so that everything would be "normal" again, did you?
You paid the price for not being patient, deal with it and do not blame anybody else but yourself...next time you maybe will wait, some never learn tho.
In view of the responses in this thread, I think that the OP should apologize.
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Maybe you'd be happier trundling a hoop.
Paul Hollywood is NOT impressed!
One does not 'cook' a cake... One finely BAKES said cake, otherwise you end up with a pizza.
it should be
All this because FDev decided to destroy the game by releasing it on consoles...
We console players are laughing at the superior intellects [haha]
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Shame about the leathery butt.
Will we ever get an official apology for this disaster of a launch?
Or do you mean:
Will us, the glorious PC exploration crowd get an official apology for this disaster of a launch because we could not puff our egos quickly enough #remembertheGnosis #consoleplayersarevermin
Or do you mean:
Will us, the glorious PC exploration crowd get an official apology for this disaster of a launch because we could not puff our egos quickly enough #remembertheGnosis #consoleplayersarevermin
Eee, pull up a sandbag and I'll tell thee a tale about Everquest patches!
Online games have always had problematic patch days. It is certainly not a secret that as soon as a patch launches a few things will happen:
1) People who found an exploit in Beta will grind the beans out of it before it gets nerfed
2) The servers will be less stable than the Conservative Party
3) People will act with incredulity that this can happen "in this day and age"
4) Other people will write vaguely patronising rebuttals
Online games have always had problematic patch days. It is certainly not a secret that as soon as a patch launches a few things will happen:
1) People who found an exploit in Beta will grind the beans out of it before it gets nerfed
2) The servers will be less stable than the Conservative Party
3) People will act with incredulity that this can happen "in this day and age"
4) Other people will write vaguely patronising rebuttals
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