ANNOUNCEMENT Content Reveal Livestream - September Update - Recap
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Looks like they have put a lot of effort into new player work - all that player testing also takes time. Just because someone does use something doesn't mean it is worthless - if fdev did a release based around PvP it would be of little interest to me, but I wouldn't say they shouldn't do it.
And it's not like we don't have a stream of new players through here getting confused (though really fixing the Steam signup process would be the best thing for them
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And it's not like we don't have a stream of new players through here getting confused (though really fixing the Steam signup process would be the best thing for them
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Not if you were going to add a brand new feature (say...spacelegs) to the game for the next big update and this was likely to attract many players back to the game (who maybe previously gave up early on) and a whole new range of players who at the moment weren't interested in flying spaceships.
Now if you're going to announce that well in advance of the release (says 6 months or so) then you'd want that 'new player experience' in place so that people who think of coming back early don't leave again for the same reason they did in the first place.
Erm, December is FC, not legs. Legs is December 2020.
... which is a small interim update and most of the work is being done on the 2020 update. We need to go deeper!
If you're trying (to some extent) to simulate the universe and its vast size it would be pointless not to have some large distances to travel. Fortunately there'squillions of other places that don't take long.
Yeah I know
In fact Fleet Carriers might well be another reason for people to come back, so more reason to improve the player experienceYeah I know
Absolutely not for me. FC are just mobile stations but they offer no new gamemechanic. I was at least hoping for some fleet carrier battles
Absolutely not for me. FC are just mobile stations but they offer no new gamemechanic. I was at least hoping for some fleet carrier battles
Well truth is we don't really know exactly what they can do yet.
Yeah I know
But they didn't really improve the player experience this year, just the new player experience.
I am pretty sure that it was confirmed that they wont be able to fight and from all information we have, its a safe assumption, that they will work as a private hangar with some starport functionality (depending on the modules you fit). Pretty underwhelming for me. I even doubt that they will be able to fly (only jump) what will make them even more boring.
True, but the fleet carriers update looks to be a somewhat larger small interim update compared to this one coming. What I want though are the updated iceplanets and rock scattering. Hopefully in the update after fleet carriers that will come.... which is a small interim update and most of the work is being done on the 2020 update. We need to go deeper!
If only Frontier had made clear all year that these updates would be new player focussed!
Oh yeah, they did.
Sort of like the existing ingame message that says "align with escape vector"?
Stephen Benedetti
Community Manager
Greetings Commanders,
As always, it is great to read through all of your feedback and review how you received our streams.
As we mentioned at the start of the year (here), this year's initial updates are designed around making the game easier to get to grips with in the initial stages and improving the quality of life overall in-game. Both the April and the September Updates do bring about changes to make information in the game more accessible as well as aiming to help new Commanders understand the complexities of controlling their first starship!
We haven't forgotten veteran players, who are fundamental to the Elite Dangerous galaxy, and we'll be bringing more information to you in the near future about the upcoming Fleet Carriers.
o7
As always, it is great to read through all of your feedback and review how you received our streams.
As we mentioned at the start of the year (here), this year's initial updates are designed around making the game easier to get to grips with in the initial stages and improving the quality of life overall in-game. Both the April and the September Updates do bring about changes to make information in the game more accessible as well as aiming to help new Commanders understand the complexities of controlling their first starship!
We haven't forgotten veteran players, who are fundamental to the Elite Dangerous galaxy, and we'll be bringing more information to you in the near future about the upcoming Fleet Carriers.
o7
And they've given us a shiny new spinny roundy cam view to drool at the pixel candies!
ON SHIPS WE DON'T HAVE! Wait, are they encouraging us to play and buy ships too?
Or a stealth nerf or completely unwanted undisclosed game breaking change to some core mechanic. There's usually some of that, too
Over half a decade as a volunteer /help channel moderator and know it all smarty pants who can look stuff up on the wiki for those who flat refuse to bother has demonstrated many people ignore any and all attempts to help them learn how to play the game until they see someone else with something they want.Yea. That part made me a bit sad. They are -aware- that what they are doing is of little value. Yet they decided to do things this way, instead of doing it right.
Then as if by magic the Caps Lock key accidentally turns itself on and they demand answers.
This! ^^^