Only top25% but I'm not greedy and already filthy rich...Top 10% now
I'm greedy and 2 bill away from a carrier so another billion or close to it comes in handy.
Oh, so far I'm still assuming that the prices will be raised - so far the alpha and beta prices have always been significantly lower than in the live version. But if the prices stay as they are, then yes, it really doesn't matter.
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It does affect me in terms of CGs that are simply not a lot of fun to play. Sure, they're optional and I can just ignore them, but I havent heard from a single CMDR yet that they had a good time through the course of it, isn't that the point of playing a game?
Oh, I was never arguing the fun factor. More on the quick money for little work side. This CG is boring as f***.
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At this rate Frontier may want to consider increasing the carrier limit to 2 or 3, people won't know what to do with their credits otherwise (all the while complaining about the upkeep).
And those who complain that FCs are too expensive (which I would've agreed with) you can now simply point them towards these CGs. Never mind earning something via continuous and steady progression through the game over time, it's all about insta boosts now.
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Maybe FD should just make a button you click that gives you money, and its up to you how much you click it
But seeing the payout it just makes me sad inside as it highlights all the broken things in ED.
But seeing the payout it just makes me sad inside as it highlights all the broken things in ED.
At this moment I'm just curious if any of CMs will be courageous enough to comment this.
Maybe FD should just make a button you click that gives you money, and its up to you how much you click it
But seeing the payout it just makes me sad inside as it highlights all the broken things in ED.
I'm not even sure I can bring myself to do it despite the payout, and not even for some moral reason. The relogging... ugh. It gives me flashbacks of the Guardian grind.
I'd rather staple my eyelids to the wall.
There is the usual stream today, I'm sure they'll comment. I imagine they'll congratulate the community on completing the goal so early.
A simple fact of most MMOs is that grind is part of the game. And if you don't like it or can't at least tolerate it, you will either have to accept that the game/genre is simply not for you, or that you won't get anywhere near endgame any time soon. ED has become a lot less grindy than it was in the beginning, which has increased the fun factor in it at least for me.
No, carrier clutter is bad enough as it is. Don't give players a way to permanently block a carrier spot somewhere with their second or third carrier. Give us base builiding instead, or introduce the scrapped capital support ships that could support our activities or can be sent on missions of their own. These would not neccessarily need docking functionality and should only be visible to the player owning them.
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They'd probably mess up the UI thoughMaybe FD should just make a button you click that gives you money, and its up to you how much you click it
But seeing the payout it just makes me sad inside as it highlights all the broken things in ED.
I just checked and I made 700m in about 30 minutes or so (already had the mats so just sat at the CG station, which conveniently has a data may trader) just by trading down and handing in mats. As in menu busy work.
That's about an A rated Corvette. In half an hour. Of not playing the game of flying space ships but pressing buttons instead.
Pity the fools who still follow Sidewinder to Anaconda in 24 hours guides.
ED is just a lab rat environment to test repetitive loops in online games.
Exactly. ED went from being a game about plying your trade and surviving in a harsh world, to having a guy physically hammer rolled up spacedollars down / up into you.They'd probably mess up the UI though
I just checked and I made 700m in about 30 minutes or so (already had the mats so just sat at the CG station, which conveniently has a data may trader) just by trading down and handing in mats. As in menu busy work.
That's about an A rated Corvette. In half an hour. Of not playing the game of flying space ships but pressing buttons instead.
Pity the fools who still follow Sidewinder to Anaconda in 24 hours guides.
But in the end its bums on seats, so FD don't really care.
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1) Join CGI'd be happy for a 4 billion to 5 billion in 2 hours guide
2) Result
You're welcome Leo.
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I tried to get that sense back with my alt account at least - and to some extent it's still there, as long as you consciously avoid all the broken mechanics (mining, CGs, and now combat also).
Frontier are releasing a major DLC that includes new gear which is all cheapo stuff (unless the 2bn Panther Clipper makes an appearance after all, something I'm less and less hopeful about in recent days) you really wonder why they feel they need to give players a credit boost at this point - but it is probably just as you say, as long as players are engaged (in quality gameplay or not doesn't seem to matter after all) that's good enough for them. And them being a for-profit company I can't even blame them for that.
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Fleet Carriers don't interest me due the ongoing running cost involved with them. Been down this road before, it reminds me of the old Freelancer game and the mod server for it called Discovery Freelancer that added stations you could build, but then they needed a constant supply of materials to keep them going. Which meant you was always doing trade runs more than anything else to keep a base going. Same thing here really with FC, they are mobile bases that you have to be constantly grinding credits out for their upkeep. Just another way to keep you playing the game more. But it gets boring and monotonous after a while.