Chris Roberts gave a release date for Squadron 42 Star Citizen in an interview the other day as Q4 2020. So I guess you mean X4 maybe?
Weeks of grinding wasted by the update, left the game
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Chris Roberts gave a release date for Squadron 42 Star Citizen in an interview the other day as Q4 2020. So I guess you mean X4 maybe?
OP, while I am sorry you're not having fun, the "None" reset was announced on one of the Beta livestreams. In our group, we actually wound down operations in the last week before the patch dropped once the release date was announced. We finished existing conflicts and such that were due to finish before the patch dropped, but had no new operations starting anything new.
So, I am sorry that you missed those announcements, but they were given out by FD well before the patch dropped, not after. There were some rumors going around that expansion states might be excluded because the happiness expansion didn't work, and therefore would be continuing on the old mechanic, but that was the only basis for that, The announced "reset all to None" was clear cut, so we didn't act on those rumors. It pays to pay attention to those livestreams for any information that might affect the BGS. Since there is no manual, we have to live off of crumbs like that.
So, I am sorry that you missed those announcements, but they were given out by FD well before the patch dropped, not after. There were some rumors going around that expansion states might be excluded because the happiness expansion didn't work, and therefore would be continuing on the old mechanic, but that was the only basis for that, The announced "reset all to None" was clear cut, so we didn't act on those rumors. It pays to pay attention to those livestreams for any information that might affect the BGS. Since there is no manual, we have to live off of crumbs like that.
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Welcome to the BGS, OP. You just learned an important lesson that many haven't figured out - the BGS was never meant to be "played", and the only way to "play" it is to bang your head against the wall in boredom and frustration until you're so sick of the game that you want to rage quit.
It's not the BGS's fault, it's the fault of many players for trying to make a game out of something that is not a game, and was never intended to be.
My advice is to let the BGS be what it is - a background simulation, nothing more. Go out and fight PvP, be a pirate, have moon buggy races, find and shoot aliens, explore galactic points of interest, mine... do whatever fun activity allows you to actually enjoy the game, rather than feeling like you're smashing your own head with a hammer every time you turn it on.
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Noob mistake. Never grind anything "new" until it becomes.. "stable.." (If there is such a thing...)
It was probably the one single livestream I missed while on a 6 hour road trip and never got around to watching the recorded version. Still, they should have widely publicized something like that. And the expansion was already in the preliminary stage (I think) when they announced the release date so it was too late to stop. When did they give the firm date for the release? I just don't care to repeat the influence missions and there's nothing else in the game that interest me right now.
Hmm think you been doing it wrong
hey since 1.4, that hammer has had a nice lemon wrapped aroung it.My big problem with the BGS is not the BGS but other players!
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As much so as these kinds of OP's are.
If you're leaving, leave.
If you're staying, stay.
The rest of us aren't concerned with what you're doing, any more than we we're concerned with what you're having for breakfast or whatever other social media status updates you post. (Not a personal "you", but a general, blanket "you".)
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I'm having chili for dinner.
Wise words quoted for truth.
If you do anything brain numbing in a game, you are doing it wrong in the first place. Games are for having fun in the end.
Also, somebody always loses when there are changes to complex systems in the game, and this time it's you, next time it will be somebody else. It's all for the greater good...
This is precisely why I deleted my FaceBook account some years ago. I got fed up with breakfast posts. Or you’d get the attention seekers who would post something like this on their timeline:
I’m on my way to the hospital.
Then they’d leave it at that, hoping that people would show concern for them and pay them loads of attention. Then after a few hours they’d post something like:
Oh, I am okay, I meant I am on my way to work. I am a cleaner at the local hospital.
Just attention seeking really.
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FD can do things in an annoying way OP.
Iv not touched the BGS since the early Jaques Station days. I spent 6 months with others trying to get things online again, many, many trips back to the bubble & back to Jaques, hauling stuff, doing CG's that eventually came. Waiting for the Thursday tick over to see what, if anything, got switched on at the Station.
Only to be ignored by Frontier, as an individual pilot, for a group popularity contest when the expansion time came......I won't commit to BGS now, learned my lesson & only play for myself & what I want to do.
Doesn't stop it being a good game though. Frontier seem to like, nay enjoy, disappointing sections of it's community, remember the Gnosis debacle!
Just take it on the chin, let your anger go away, start again.
I recently purchased a 2nd account (for my grandkids to play, without ruining my own 53+ wks gametime account). I'm enjoying getting that account going for them, so they have money to 'crash their ships'.
I bought X4, day b4 launch, I'd not played the franchise since Terran Conflict. I still think that's a good game, buggy as hell & not as good as ED & the many,many,many,many CTD's make it very difficult to play at times.
BTW, I've not played X4 at all since ED's Chapter 4 went live!
Iv not touched the BGS since the early Jaques Station days. I spent 6 months with others trying to get things online again, many, many trips back to the bubble & back to Jaques, hauling stuff, doing CG's that eventually came. Waiting for the Thursday tick over to see what, if anything, got switched on at the Station.
Only to be ignored by Frontier, as an individual pilot, for a group popularity contest when the expansion time came......I won't commit to BGS now, learned my lesson & only play for myself & what I want to do.
Doesn't stop it being a good game though. Frontier seem to like, nay enjoy, disappointing sections of it's community, remember the Gnosis debacle!
Just take it on the chin, let your anger go away, start again.
I recently purchased a 2nd account (for my grandkids to play, without ruining my own 53+ wks gametime account). I'm enjoying getting that account going for them, so they have money to 'crash their ships'.
I bought X4, day b4 launch, I'd not played the franchise since Terran Conflict. I still think that's a good game, buggy as hell & not as good as ED & the many,many,many,many CTD's make it very difficult to play at times.
BTW, I've not played X4 at all since ED's Chapter 4 went live!
I had leftover Chinese last night and this morning I just had bacon and eggs.
I have a ham in the slow cooker for a party tonight. It has been rubbed with sugar and chilli powder then covered in maple syrup and a smidge of pineapple juice.
Edit: On topic: OP. I am sorry for your lost time. Don't try to grind the BGS of hi pop hi traffic systems.
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That'd be a first.. *cough* Guardian module grind before update *cough*
So no salt from the Forum then?
I maintain an NPC faction alone in what was a relatively quiet region on the bubble. I've left it to it's own devices & moved to another region about 100ly away. Based on the lack of mapped bodies there it's not a system anyone cares much about so I'm doing as little harm to anyone elses factions as possible.
Once this all settles down I'll go back & pick up the pieces. In the mean time there's plenty of other stuff to do & a new region of space to learn about
Good luck with whatever you choose to do. There's no subscription model so you can come back any time. Save your bindings if you uninstall.
Once this all settles down I'll go back & pick up the pieces. In the mean time there's plenty of other stuff to do & a new region of space to learn about
Good luck with whatever you choose to do. There's no subscription model so you can come back any time. Save your bindings if you uninstall.
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No-one needs people like you in the forum. No one cares if you read it or not either. Go troll somewhere else.