ANNOUNCEMENT Fleet Carriers Update - Patch 3

[VirtueXOI]

Another bug - selling commodities to a carrier does not reward player crewmates (multicrew).

I think this is intended , to avoid the exploit of , buying / selling loop to you own FC with multicrew

 

[[PS4] Lorenzo Waringos]

Maybe Santana is sick for the day and the intern is covering?

I hope they can fix (presumably it's broken) the way every NPC seems to have blonde hair. It's really weird and a bit creepy if I'm honest.

My crew. Nothing wrong with them.

 

[Old Duck]

I think this is intended , to avoid the exploit of , buying / selling loop to you own FC with multicrew

But I'm not a exploiter! I'm an honest miner out in the black with nothing but a fleet carrier to sell my refined ores.

As I said in another thread, multicrew / wings have always had this exploit. Earnings should be divided amongst a crew, not multiplied. If this were the case, then there would be no carrier exploit.

A dumb "fix" to fix a dumb problem. Dumb on dumb... Which makes this game DUMB and DUMBER

 

[VirtueXOI]

i agree it is dumb , but this exploit was really to easy. Totaly with you on this ,credit magic appearance had always bothered me .

 

[windraver]

Hello,
Can you please for this update try to not focus only on mining bugs but also on others like AX activities: megaship hacking is broken (only cargo bays) and research limpets launched at pack of 6 do return NOTHING most of the time?
Tickets have been opened, confirmed and voted on and even if i understand that mining exploits can be a problem, PLEASE don't forget the rest of the game activities.
If you could do some buff for missions (regarding to the player's rank ofc) or rewarding risk (CZ, AX fights, piracy) and not the time spent (mining, literally NO threat but the funny shieldless npcs with low rank that can be killed in seconds!) to finally make Elite "Dangerous" again, i'm pretty sure there won't be as much as players doing mining activities.
Because i feel like all the last updates were ONLY for miners .

Thx for your consideration,

Adel.

If there was one thing I've learned, if players like it, they'll prioritize fixing/breaking/nerfing it. If its honestly broken, it won't get fixed.

 

[djadjok]

But I'm not a exploiter! I'm an honest miner out in the black with nothing but a fleet carrier to sell my refined ores.

However I think I've saw this being reported by other commanders on the issue tracker as a potential exploit =)

 

[Old Duck]

However I think I've saw this being reported by other commanders on the issue tracker as a potential exploit =)

The exploit is multiplied earnings rather than divided earnings. If Frontier fixed that exploit, I'd rejoice (and be able to sell my goods to a fleet carrier for an honest wage for my crew).

 

[zimms]

Does this person:

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look like this person?

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Please fix this Frontier. It's a small thing, but the portraits should match (preference to the person I actually hired to run the bridge).

Maybe a phishing attempt?

That's why I don't sign any contracts random people spontaneously offer me in the black, even if the offered 3k credits are tempting.

 

[Rat Catcher]

Or put the anarchists in charge of your current system.

That would certainly be my preferred option

 

[starman]

The Fleet carriers are being exploited to sell credits for cash

 

[Rat Catcher]

The Fleet carriers are being exploited to sell credits for cash

That's the second time you have made that statement - citation to back it up, please?

 

[starman]

That's the second time you have made that statement - citation to back it up, please?

Why those involved know who they are. They are breaking EULA and damaging the game.

 

[CMDR Jayce MacLeod]

No patch notes yet?

 

[Rubbernuke]

No patch notes yet?

I'd check back at 5pm UK time.

 

[GlowyHedgehog]

Not sure if this is a bug, but I notice that when I buy limpets on my FC using the Advanced Maintenance facility, this updates the All-Time Trade Profit figure by the amount paid. Selling limpets back doesn't reduce it (but then losing money on any sale doesn't reduce it).

 

[AtomicJuggler]

Why those involved know who they are. They are breaking EULA and damaging the game.

You have to learn the difference between exploits and bugs and stop throwing section 3 of the EULA to the face of players every time someone can do weird stuffs because of a bug.

EDIT : FDEV has to fix it, if not then it is a tolerated 'feature' of the game (like many others).

 

[Koben]

If people are selling in-game commodities for real life cash there would be no means for this to be prevented... if you disallow FC to store cannisters, people would be back doing it from their ships cargo hold as before.

 

[Einar Donarsson]

Is it monday yet?

 

[D.D.Hariman]

NOPE. That's not what people want when they say they want immersion and not easy mode buttons everywhere and stupid gameplay. they want complex (read, tests of skill and risk taking) gameplay and they want it in a way that doesn't turn the game into an arcadey powerup filled free-to-play-esque game. It's not that players want to stare at a screen and do nothing. It's just that that's all Fdev has provided ...but just skipping that part of the game is worse than having it the way it is. The correct solution is Option C. Fixing the stupid game so the most common thing you do in it (supercruise and high jumps) are actually part of the gameplay and not time sinks with 0 additional benefit to the game other than making casuals angry (which is good on it's own... the less casuals the better).

Supercruise used to be part of the "game play" since you actually had to fly the ship, correcting for gravity wells, and be constantly on guard against interdiction.

 

[Darth Ender]

If you don't like those things, this isn't the game for you. This isn't meant to be a non stop action game, it's MEANT to have a lot of quiet travelling. Go play another game and stop demanding that a game people enjoy for those reasons you dislike it change to fit your interests.

Dont be stupid. Bad game design is not something any game intends to have. Nobody suggested action all the time. Combat at every corner. You can have quiet and still engage the player in a game mechanic that tests them. No game should go for a dozen minutes of absolute nothing but watching a screen as being useful activity. It's not like players utilize this time to research things that matter wherever they are going next. There's no zenning out at the amazing graphics and sights. It's totally wasted time. Whether such new gameplay would be puzzle oriented or some other kind of skill test... it should be something used to break up the period of inactivity so players aren't driven to youtube, phones, or otherwise afk activities while "playing" the game.

I'll keep demanding that the game be improved to rid itself of these horrible design choices. Because I want it to be a better game. You're free to keep trying to push it to remain the same. It's obviously working out well considering how everyone is always so content with the game and how it currently functions. Forum is barely active (here, on steam, on reddit) in regards to grind / trying to cut out these doldrums and just weak game mechanics for the ones that would be considered action based.