Please please please let us supercruise (automatically, or not) between star systems one day
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No problem, you've only been here for a few months so nobody expects you to know that.
You joined in Novemeber last year.
I joined in 2015. I also have over 22k posts. Which means I've frankly read at least 100k posts here.
I think I'm just a wee-bit more qualified to speak here: Yes, people have been asking for it for years.
No flappy arms.I think I've been for little over 2 years in here, automation requests aren't common and even then, there's always controversy surrounding it.
Early 2020: "New update, the ship now flies itself! All you need to do is mash one single button on your keyboard and everything will work out."
I started playing space games because they were hard and that was a good thing. Stop changing that.
No one is forcing you to change the way you play.
Early 2020: "New update, the ship now flies itself! All you need to do is mash one single button on your keyboard and everything will work out."
No, but they're changing the way other people play. And that does concern me. This isn't a single-player game.
Can I choose for certain powerplay factions to not use bots for thousands of merits? No? This update negatively effects large portions of the Elite community, and only helps the most incompetent players.No one is forcing you to change the way you play.
As much as I like the new exploration mechanics, I'll give those who don't like it this much: They're right when they complain that FD forced a change on them. (A necessary one imho, but a forced change nonetheless).
This, by contrast, is purely optional in every sense of the word.
Frontier's actions regarding botting have shown they don't care.Is your concern botting? FD have responded to that concern already.
... As for how they are doing it, I totally agree with the "module slot bloat" issue. Frontier really needs to separate software from empty space inside the ship from armor slots on our hull.
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Can I choose for certain powerplay factions to not use bots for thousands of merits? No? This update negatively effects large portions of the Elite community, and only helps the most incompetent players.
This I see as an unintended side effect, enabling us to add additional reinforcements. Just as we have military slots we should have civilian slots where you cannot fit reinforcements or SCBs. And those new slots should be civilian.
Is your concern botting? FD have responded to that concern already.
Otherwise why does it matter how other people play, or how much of a challenge (which is subjective) others must subject themselves to?
It's not clear exactly what happens when you are in one of the Care Bear systems and attain your first rank. Do you:A new collection of systems has been added for newly-created Commanders, and can only be accessed by pilots until they earn their first Combat, Trade or Exploration rank. In addition, the authorities here will provide simpler missions that even the smallest of Sidewinders can complete.
Across the galaxy, new Commanders will also have a reduced rebuy until they gain their first Combat, Trade or Exploration rank, a step in the path towards greatness!
Sure, if they were forced to do it in open.Disagree because anyone using autocruise will have a huge target painted on their back, as they cruise the shipping lane at a steady pace.
It's not clear exactly what happens when you are in one of the Care Bear systems and attain your first rank. Do you:
1. Immediately get transported out to an outside system or station at random? Surely it has to be random otherwise the designated place will be an obvious choice for a "Reception Commitee". And if it is random, is there a maximum transport radius?
2. Continue going about your business gaining ranks until you jump outside the Care Bear systems? I guess for the rest of us it will be the same as permit locked systems you don't have the permit for. Even the most cynical of us surley can't beleive FD will mess up the mission logic and allow missions to be generated leading to the Care Bears?
3. Something else?
If it's like option 1, it's not going to give gankers much fun, they'll be out after the first few kills assuming they don't rank up one of the other 2 getting credits.
If it's like option 2, potentially it'll be a gankers paradise. Hopefully the livestream will enlighten us.
No, it shows that New Era will be a Playstation exclusive. About time, I might add!Frontier's actions regarding botting have shown they don't care.
Sure, if they were forced to do it in open.