Yay! More FREE bugs in Q2 2020! Or maybe Q3? Q4? Q5?!?
ANNOUNCEMENT Community Update (22/10)
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This better be real this time Will. I have just enough respect for you and Fdev to believe you ONE more time man.
Losing fleet carriers for Christmas, yeah it's a punch, but to me it's a worthy trade off, but only if you are being absolutely serious to fixing the game. But I swear, if this is just a delay tactic... mmmmph, god there is so much I want to say but I know it'll get me banned for typing it.
One more chance Will, one more chance.
Yup, work harder not smarter! Gotta say, I am flipping gutted, was really looking forward to Christmas hols and FCs, but we are where we are I guess.
I think this is fantastic news and the best choice Frontier could make. Focus entirely on existing problems and do not introduce new features that would probably contribute to more unseen problems and create even more frustration for both the developers and Cmdrs.
Thank you Frontier for listening!
Thank you Frontier for listening!
Look...the people who are gutted by this have every right to be.
For a lot of people, FCS were THE reason to get excited about Elite again.
Some people need more than shooting brain dead npcs in Mobious or mining a lifeless rock to get their kicks.
The truth is those players needed this badly...and now we've just been told its been pushed back so they can do what should have been done years ago.. but not before they shoved ARX in our faces.
If people are ed...dont act surprised.
For a lot of people, FCS were THE reason to get excited about Elite again.
Some people need more than shooting brain dead npcs in Mobious or mining a lifeless rock to get their kicks.
The truth is those players needed this badly...and now we've just been told its been pushed back so they can do what should have been done years ago.. but not before they shoved ARX in our faces.
If people are ed...dont act surprised.
Well, I thought of something to complain about - we won't get our next bug fix until NEXT YEAR!!! I was really hoping for patch #4, but I guess I'll just have to deal with rubber-banding and stuttering for a few more MONTHS....
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@Electric Kite You always have open and PvP if you’re sick of brain dead NPCs in Mobius!
I wouldn't call it brilliant. Brilliant would have been doing it after the first delay announcement last year, and I along with ALOT of the major forum posters here gave the "It's ok but fix the game" write ups last year.
Those same people including myself are sitting here going "Why have you been wasting time for the last 9 months, you have a golden opportunity, what are you doing?!?!"
You don't call your kid brilliant when he finally figures out not to pee on the toilet seat. That's "participation trophy" mindset and that's honestly what's screwed up the planet, let alone the game industry, letting people celebrate their incompetence.
Fdev legit screwed up, ok fine, this announcement says they now recognize that and are changing their ways, good... finally.
Now let's get to work fixing it, and Will and Fdev, I've said this over and over, contact me, I am willing to help.
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Good decision. A thorough clean up was long overdue, glad it made it to the top of your priority list at last
None of us would be here if we didn't love this game, even if the tone gets rough at times. It will be easier to love with some of the long standing bugs ironed out.
None of us would be here if we didn't love this game, even if the tone gets rough at times. It will be easier to love with some of the long standing bugs ironed out.
@Electric Kite You always have open and PvP if you’re sick of brain dead NPCs in Mobius!
I wasnt talking about me...i was talking about the people who are happy to do that and dont care about pvp and fleet carriers...
well played, frontier. you have my blessing, this was the right thing to do.
however ... can't help but have a bit of dejà vue. take your time and nail it this time!
I will not lie this was one of the main reasons I was really hyped for the Elite Dangerous.
I honestly would not cared much if it would have had some small bugs. But all honesty with no December update Elite Dangerous hasn't had no real huge content updates at all in 2019. Everything we have got this year has been I be honest bug fixes, some QoL changes and that is it. No real new content what so ever.
Pushing Fleet carriers into Q2: 1 April – 30 June is yes good thing to have. Less bugs and issues is more welcome, but it does really show how much developing resources has really taken away from Elite Dangerous and placed under other FD projects.
My honest opinion is I rather have buggy content than no content at all. But as decision was already made then nothing much I or anyone else say here really matters. I'm not disappointed not that we get no Fleet Carriers, I'm disappointed we have no content at all this year.
I'm curious what are these bugs that need fixing so badly that it requires a dev team of over 100 people to spend 6 months fixing?
Again, with due consideration that this might involve a refactor, plus they will continue working on other things in the meantime, and accepting there are many unaddressed bugs on the issue tracker, how many are so serious they require such focus?
The skeptical side of me takes this as FD seeing an opporutnity though the demand on the forum to delay the content, and perhaps not being ready to deliver on the promised content, has spun this to delay the release of FCs, which possibly were not going to be ready for the deadline.
You know me (ok, maybe you don't, let's do lunch), but i'm a big fan of ED and have been accused many times of fanboyism, but it all just seems far too conveninent.
In other news, LOL at everyone who spent the last few weeks/months grinding for billions of credits for a FC.
Again, with due consideration that this might involve a refactor, plus they will continue working on other things in the meantime, and accepting there are many unaddressed bugs on the issue tracker, how many are so serious they require such focus?
The skeptical side of me takes this as FD seeing an opporutnity though the demand on the forum to delay the content, and perhaps not being ready to deliver on the promised content, has spun this to delay the release of FCs, which possibly were not going to be ready for the deadline.
You know me (ok, maybe you don't, let's do lunch), but i'm a big fan of ED and have been accused many times of fanboyism, but it all just seems far too conveninent.
In other news, LOL at everyone who spent the last few weeks/months grinding for billions of credits for a FC.
YES. THIS.
I know in my heart this is what's really going on, but you put it into words for me.
Thank you.
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