I think what you really mean is that there were a lot of reasons to be skeptical about the likelihood of Fleet Carriers being viable.
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I think what you really mean is that there were a lot of reasons to be skeptical about the likelihood of Fleet Carriers being viable.
Nope. FDev stated the functionality of Fleet Carriers here
And that was all the info. Assumptions were made that Carriers would effectively be Megaships with similar functionality (dock, restock, refuel, repair) yet directable via Squadron leaders and officers.FDev said:
Players then began posting threads asking about supplementary features, suggestions, wanting solo use, theorycrafting Carrier usage, etc, way beyond the original barebones scope.
FDev wisely delayed them.
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You really think that FDev "delayed" fleet carriers so that they could incorporate a bunch of extra functionality rather than because they simply don't work or don't exist?
Could the update discussion be put into a short text? I don't watch noob tube.
Yes.
FDev: "We'll be supplementing Squadrons with Fleet Carriers that have this limited functionality"
Players: "OMG, such barebones, so very like Powerplay, CQC, and Multicrew! Here are things we want from them"
FDev: "Okay, let's delay Carriers to allow time to add some of the functionality players want"
Players: "OMG, you delayed Carriers, you never listen to us!"
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People actually read reddit?
LOL
And you think that back in 2017 they had no idea what fleet carriers should do or how they implement it? You think it was just announced to please the playerbase? Lets say like "Hey, it´s only one day until FX17 - lets add fleet carriers"
Come on. You are defending them on every thread and I absolutely don´t see why.
That is why you are not a dev. This isn't some lame fort nite, or destiny, dead red, fo 76 or any of the other lame MP games.
I think they had seen the initial feedback to Megaships and players requesting owning their own, so began developing Fleet Carriers as an iteration of the already implemented Megaships feature. Players, naturally, wanted much more (see my previous comment), but unfortunately development time wasn't available to expand beyond the basic mechanics - hence delay.
If you don't like my opinions you can just ignore them
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Tbf, Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2 are spectacular games, and Fortnite is still extremely popular with young gamers.
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Just a thought. Maybe they don't talk about it because when the carrot on the stick is gone the donkey won't go where they want it to. Maybe its a new game. A new version of elite. Won't help their company if all the vets leave off and Elite Dangerous takes a dive till it comes out.
Random speculation.
Random speculation.
Sorry. Not in to kiddie games.
I know you’re only being sarcastic, but according to Wikipedia:
“As of February 2018, Reddit had 542 million monthly visitors (234 million unique users), ranking as the #3 most visited website in U.S. and #6 in the world, according to Alexa Internet, with 57.4% of its user base coming from the United States, followed by the United Kingdom at 7.5% and Canada at 6.3%”
So, yes. Quite a lot of people do read Reddit.
I know you’re only heing sarcastic but the RDR games are rated ‘M’, for mature audiences (I.e. adults). And Fortnite is rated 12+.
They may not be your cup of tea, but to dismiss them as “kiddie games” would be objectively wrong.
Besides, dismissing “kiddie games” would be like dismissing “kiddie” films, like Star Wars, Star Trek, Toy Story, Inside Out, Shrek, Watership Down, The Dark Crystal, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, etc...
I.e. dismissing them only makes you sound immature.
I guess intelligence has taken a big down turn. No matter. People are smarter, have more knowledge and dumber by the minute.
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We have landable megaships, we've got attack/defend missions for them, we can resupply/refit and take missions on them, and they can move around the galaxy already.
They all seem like logical steps towards full fleet carriers so viability isn't an issue. How do you fit them into the BGS must be a bit of a quandary though.
Or, perhaps, some people are just okay with frivolous entertainment?
My missus has an IQ of 151, organises the finances of the local government for a living and spends her evenings playing bloody Peggle like her life depends on it.
Personally, I suspect that getting all the ships that launch from one to appear in the same instance would be a more immediate issue.