An Open Letter to players that write Open Letters

Firstly, let's start with the most important point. Frontier won't read your letter, or at least the people at Frontier you want to read your letter won't read your letter.

If you're unhappy with the game put up a post criticising (that's fair) but do it in a way that engages with the community. Putting your points across as an "open letter" only shows that what you're really interested in isn't the community, it's not what's good for the player-base, no. It just shows that what you're interested in, and the only thing you're interested in, is yourself.

If you want to stop playing the game, stop playing the game. If you want to uninstall the game, uninstall the game. Telling people, or pretending that you're sending a personal message to Frontier (which if we haven't already established by this point... you're not) is immature. It's your way of saying "Waaaah!" and throwing your toys out of the pram.

We all know you're not going to stop playing Elite, and we all know you're not going to uninstall the game. How do we know this? Because you're still here, telling us (yet again) that you're going to stop playing Elite, and that you're going to uninstall the game.

We get it, you're annoyed. There are also some of you with perfectly legitimate complaints who are also writing open letters who don't intend to stop playing or uninstall the game. Just understand one thing. Frontier won't read your letter and don't care about it either.

Do you know why? Frontier care, as a company, about organised feedback, about people and groups who come together as a community and demonstrate where there are problems, and offer solutions to how those problems could be addressed, or to at least say how things should be when they work properly. If you're just writing your own little rant, they don't care, they're busy. You'll also find that most other players don't care either. You want everybody to care which is why rather than sending your letter direct to Frontier, you post it to this forum seeking vindication and sympathy from the wider player-base for everything you personally are suffering.

Good luck with that.

So to summaries the summary of the summary. Nobody cares about your own personal trials. Nobody cares that you're throwing your toys out of the pram, and nobody believes a word you say when you proclaim, with such emotion and vigour, that you've had enough, that you're done with Elite forever, and that you'll uninstall the game. You'll only be back next week telling us all the same thing.
 
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I expect Frontier do read the forums / letters they CM's are quite active on here but I would urge people just to make a thread not an open letter. It doesn't add any weight to it.... I'm more likely to skip an open letter now it's just attention seeking about issues or complaints that already exist.
 
Also, give this open letter regarding open letters a 5/10. The well-documented open letter template wasn't followed.

 
I hope for more Open Letters. They're more fun than closed ones, and best of all - look how well they trigger the easily outraged.
So well triggered, they couldn't even manage a TLDR to save us from the spittle....
 
That's not true. I care very much about pancakes.

The we is important in this kind of thread. It imply everyone, or at least the "silent majority" is in agreement.

We will take that into consideration in future, before we even consider posting a reply ;)
Being an Imperial Duke, we feel the use of "the royal we" in this situation is of utmost importance also.
 
I've said it before, I'll say it again.

If you want your opinion to 'matter' to FDev (or any business entity, really)...

Are you having a negative experience? If YES, then...
  • Negatively review the product at the source of sale (Steam, for example, google, other sites)
  • Get a refund if you feel the product does not deliver based on its cost and, if so inclined, explain why on the forums to help others make informed decisions.
  • Not much else needed.


Are you having a positive experience? If YES, then...

  • Positively review the product at the source of sale (Steam, for example, google, or other sites)
  • Enjoy the product and, if so inclined, explain why on the forums to help others make informed decisions.
- Not much else is needed.


It really helps to do those steps in order. No joke. Spouting on the forums (which is what forums are for) is all well and good, but please take the time to leave a bona-fide review and - if disatisfied - get your refund! A refund has more weight than ten thousand forum posts. It's tangible and the review attached to it is relevant data that won't be ignored.

Braben's Apology was not for these forums.
It was for the horrid reviews of EDO and the tanking sales (and rising refunds).
Money talks and so do legitimate reviews.

Forums are just noise. Enjoy the noise - I do - but remember that it is just noise. If you want to make actual change, to help (or hurt/redirect/guide/inform) FDev then you need to use the methods that are most effective. If you have already done so, thanks! Really! You're making a difference (white knight or hard-core troll). If all you're doing is pushing your opinion (which matters) through the forums (which don't matter)...

That's a recipe for a lot of frustration for you. Not the developer. Not others. Just you.
Fly Safe, Type Fast (because Lakons won't, ha ha), and remember that Star Citizen and No Man's Sky are fun, too.
 
I have only one issue with your issue.

You didn't mention in the OP, that open-letter game-leavers, should already make provisions for their stuphs, before publishing their open letter, otherwise the default is that I getz to haz it.

Other than this, jolly good post, carry on.



Duz yoo haz any stuphs worf hazzing, out of interestz
 
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