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Yeah I tried to paste it in in my post however was on my phone and it didn't work
[Video] Open letter from community to Elite Dangerous
- Thread starter Yamiks
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The only word with any real importance in the quote I gave was 'potential'. Everything post release is firmly in maybe territory.
That's the one, that fellah probably shouldn't be allowed to shop unsupervised.
I bet the whole specification for Space Legs was "we're gonna do the same trailer again - but this time we won't have the 'not in-game footage' subtitle". DO IT! 
Lol the game would need more than space legs to allow thatI bet the whole specification for Space Legs was "we're gonna do the same trailer again - but this time we won't have the 'not in-game footage' subtitle". DO IT!
I've been playing for around 9 months now. Still not reached a high enough rank to get a Corvette, but I'm slowly getting there. Just enjoying the ride as it were. Not sure why anyone's in a rush to get anywhere in this game, there's so much to do and a ton of stuff to learn, why rush? It's a game, not a job!
Because they want to play the parts the find fun with the ships they want to fly? I dont really get the job analogy. Its a sandbox with most of the toys locked. Generally speaking most of the rushing is to unlock more toys. If you want to do it all in a week or just take your time over the course of years either is fine, but how you dont understand why people would want to unlock things quickly is beyond me.I've been playing for around 9 months now. Still not reached a high enough rank to get a Corvette, but I'm slowly getting there. Just enjoying the ride as it were. Not sure why anyone's in a rush to get anywhere in this game, there's so much to do and a ton of stuff to learn, why rush? It's a game, not a job!
It's almost as if people had goals.
Seeing as we are now up to 110 pages filled with opinions, your point is?
Actually, it is. But you won't listen to advice, will you? Because you're too busy whinging.
Well stated and spot on. I like that Yamik's commentary was straightforward on this topic. Lends it the weight it deserves.
Thanks Yamiks.
I was randomly wobbling thru the solo aspect of the game, now I'm randomly wobbling thru the open aspect of the game. I will PvP one day, but I'm not interested in grinding, so while PvP is a long term goal, there's lotsa other stuff to do on the way. The way you guys talk about goals make it sound like a bloody job! A more relaxed approach is appropriate when playing a game methinks...
I was randomly wobbling thru the solo aspect of the game, now I'm randomly wobbling thru the open aspect of the game. I will PvP one day, but I'm not interested in grinding, so while PvP is a long term goal, there's lotsa other stuff to do on the way. The way you guys talk about goals make it sound like a bloody job! A more relaxed approach is appropriate when playing a game methinks...
I would like to point out the most valid, and hopeful view you exressed above, had to be: "methinks".
The thing is, they don't have to grind their rears off, they choose to do it. Seeing as most of us have to grind their rears off IRL, why in all that is holy would anyone choose to do that in their precious free time?
I'm glad you're having fun, but you in no way refuted my point; if you have goals, you need to grind to reach them, and if you have no goals....you don't. You don't, and that's great, but it just means that you have no idea what those of us who do are talking about.I was randomly wobbling thru the solo aspect of the game, now I'm randomly wobbling thru the open aspect of the game. I will PvP one day, but I'm not interested in grinding, so while PvP is a long term goal, there's lotsa other stuff to do on the way. The way you guys talk about goals make it sound like a bloody job! A more relaxed approach is appropriate when playing a game methinks...
Yeah, that is totally different from what we got indeed.
I missed this post at first, but then I realised my sarcasm filter was still on.
+1, CMDR!
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Not 100% accurate in my opinion. Yes you can have goals but you don't necessarily need to grind to achieve them. If you are prepared to wait, nearly everything in this game can be achieved through normal play. The problem arises when someone sets their goal (which is not only fine but admirable) but makes the decision that they want to achieve the goal if not now then in the quickest time possible. So they divert all their gaming time to achieving that goal, to the detriment of everything else - then complain that they are grinding for one specific thing ...
Today, I have been mining, after some days of building ships. Needed the materials.
It seems that outfitting and engineering gain me more ARX than any other activities. I'm close to 400 ARX after three weeks. I have not changed my playstyle for ARX. Hence my accumulation of ARX will be slow. I'm not interested in buying much, so no ARX packs for me.
I now have more than enough ships. The credit chase is about the only thing left, since exploration is now strip mining.
Frontier needs to generate content for me, not bugs.
It seems that outfitting and engineering gain me more ARX than any other activities. I'm close to 400 ARX after three weeks. I have not changed my playstyle for ARX. Hence my accumulation of ARX will be slow. I'm not interested in buying much, so no ARX packs for me.
I now have more than enough ships. The credit chase is about the only thing left, since exploration is now strip mining.
Frontier needs to generate content for me, not bugs.
I disagree, I have several goals in the game none of which will involve grinding as I have set timescales which mean I won't have to grind for example I want eventually to own a Federal Corvette however while it would be nice to get it this year anytime in the next 3 years will be fine.
It isn't really the goals that lead to grinding it is setting short timescales to achieve them.
Edit: Ninja'd by @M00ka
Define "normal play".