Why do you care? I mean, seriously? Why did you feel the need to come over answering it? As I said, my message was more intended at the devs because nobody thanks them, and I know they read this forum (I know, they answered to some of my posts).
Why nobody thanks Frontier for the recent patch? For the 1st time they LISTENED TO US and made changes that we actually asked! So: THANK YOU FRONTIER
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on a 2060? Which is a generation past what they tell me is "recommended"? Ground bases run at 34 fps, CZs at 21, in 1080p. Which is ALL of the EDO content, ALL the time. There you go.
Back in the days, if you PC was not powerful enough, it was your problem. Now it is supposed to be devs problem. The times, they-are-a-changing...But do not worry, it does run on something that costs the same as a used car right now due to artificially inflated crypto prices
Let's dial back and be honest for a second.
I've seen nobody taking anything out on the devs (other than 'FDev' as a whole which is who our contracts of purchase are with - goods fit and suitable and as described etc). The individual artists, coders I'm sure have worked damn hard.
The CM team have worked really hard trying to put out or at least damp down the dumpster fire a bit, but they can only tell us a) what they're told, and b) what they're allowed to.
However, this product should NOT have got past internal QA, never mind the public 'alpha'.
We know all of that.
Whoever is in charge of this needs the corporate equivalent of a size 12 to the nards. Several times. Continual pointing out of the problems is pretty much the only way we as consumers can make our voices heard.
We neither have to, nor should, accept without complaint what is frankly a substandard product.
Edit: To be clear, the problems with Odyssey go far, far beyond the performace issues.
I've seen nobody taking anything out on the devs (other than 'FDev' as a whole which is who our contracts of purchase are with - goods fit and suitable and as described etc). The individual artists, coders I'm sure have worked damn hard.
The CM team have worked really hard trying to put out or at least damp down the dumpster fire a bit, but they can only tell us a) what they're told, and b) what they're allowed to.
However, this product should NOT have got past internal QA, never mind the public 'alpha'.
We know all of that.
Whoever is in charge of this needs the corporate equivalent of a size 12 to the nards. Several times. Continual pointing out of the problems is pretty much the only way we as consumers can make our voices heard.
We neither have to, nor should, accept without complaint what is frankly a substandard product.
Edit: To be clear, the problems with Odyssey go far, far beyond the performace issues.
Ohhhh, a triple-elite... Wouah, so impressive... Please my God, can you tell me how to...? Oh wait, I'm triple elite for years now, I forgot, maybe I should use a print sceen to remember (and show-off to newbies).Agreed. Praise Brebus as well that Duanes has the added ability of capitalising random words! Truly this is a thread to follow!
Yeah, I wouldn't do that if I were you OP...
I'm suspecting this is a thread based on a one off experience in the game, after the update, and before the coloured snake. Either that, or it is a steaming pile designed to cause pointless arguments.
I'm going back to lurking Amy, you got this
Ps nice glasses Amy, I never noticed them before. It's a good job the OP is on the b
David Braben himself should know exactly how those coders and artists, and audio guys and (quite probably) mid level managers are feeling about something they've worked hard on flopping so badly. He went through it all with FFE and GameTek. And ended up suing.
But this is not true at all!! It runs fine except in a few situation where, indeed, it lags a lot, but that is not so bad!
Yes. I've noticed the negativity. Two weeks ago, maybe I would have agreed with you, but after this dev update....
If you truly love the game, you should recognize that, sometimes, you need to be tough on the things you love. Especially when they are losing their way.
I think my over $300 spent and over 5000 hours(I'm not even sure at this point), is proof that I love the game as well.
I'm trying desperately the only way I can think of to SAVE this game that I love. The current direction that it is going, I feel, is a slow death. I would rather a quick death, or for Frontier to get their act together. The only way I can think of, is to put pressure on Frontier. Being nice is not working.
I'm trade elite 4, please show some respect newbie.
See, we finally found something we agree on !
Here I agree... FPS is brocken. Actually, I play Elite for the space sim, I don't really care about the FPS, even now, so this is probably why we have different views. Then I respect what you say, and you are right.
FDEV "repaired" a tiny part what they broke and what we already paid for . They do NOT deserve any praise for the game working as intended. Espescially since they clearly IGNORE most of player feedback like broken planet tech , ship interiours , more vehicles etc for years ! . the state of the game is a joke !
I was really disappointed with the fleet carriers, something nobody asked for, something that is in a dead-end, and something that I still don't get the point (I've sold mine long ago). They could have developped something much better than that with the same effort and time. But I think Odyssey is different, it adds a lot of things and pave the way for the future. I personnaly never believed it would work fine during the first month after the launch, so maybe that is why I don't really care. Myself, I want to see Elite evolve toward something like the antic Mercenary 3, these space games where you would have a real story, a real implication: issue is these games were closed-ends. Nowadays, reaching that kind of results with an open-ended game is nearly impossible, so I agree with your post, I'm just not sure what the good direction woulf be.
All that, I agree, yes.
I like the FCs.
Emergent gameplay :
Mobile base :
Big trading tool :
You shouldn't be negative like that.