There's probably a list of questions that CMs have been told not to answer: PowerPlay, VR, console release dates, etc.
Latest stream has more dislikes than likes... FD are you listening?
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I hope what you mean to say is you have a difference of opinion with me and that while you disagree with my opinion, you respectfully disagree with this is how damage control should be done.
They could indeed, we will have to wait for FD to announce their next plans.
Its more than that, simple things such as balance, what can be changed server side / client side, problems- in the past I had to move heaven and earth just to get FD to acknowledge game breaking bugs for Powerplay (and get them to fix them in a timely way since it never gets rolled back).
Its like even simple stuff like "what did you change with the BGS?" Just saying you changed it is not enough because a lot of people will mistake changes for bugs.
PowerPlay: Still working on behind the scenes, considering options based on player feedback. We know the PowerPlay community want change.
VR: We've already answered, there's no current plans - if that changes, we'll let you know!
Console release date: Still on track for Autumn 2021.
Dunno - I'd rather have the server changes yesterday and have stuff working than have fdev wait another week so they can announce it all proper like.
But you do you
Not only the PowerPlay community but also people who'd like to get back in once the system has been improved
Pretty sure they've covered VR - i.e. no further plans for VR development - or is there something else?
Also I'd suggest that "console when it's ready(-ish) is the best answer anyone (even devs working on it) can give you right now.
Re: Powerplay - what about the last several years of no changes made anyone think EDO would suddenly insert a fully featured bug-free PP?
I'd think that all of that takes a back seat to framerate and CTD bugs at the moment, so asking CMs will understandably get a neutral response.
EDIT: ninja'd by @Zac Cocken
And yet, framerate and CTD is a short term goal, it changes nothing for medium or long term- and PP is a long term thing, since its been left for three years since the last round of feedback.
Oh yeah, but long term goal are understandably going to be rather nebulous - hence Zac's response above: "we're working on it".
Yes, details would be nice, but if they did a stream on planned PP changes for 2023 then there'd be a storm of downvotes from people saying: "I can't play right now due to Orange Sidewinders and you're talking about next year? I'm off to play [redacted]".
Pretty sure the ppl working on the framerate aren't the same as the PP ppl.
This is why I ask about what client / server side stuff can be altered. If we are in a beta like testing period why not embrace that and do some low level changes? Nothing crazy, just a few values here and there with players?
There is a huge amount to choose from, like fiddling with say, Shock Cannon ammo- should we allow engineering / up its ammo? Let the community chew it over for a few days and then change the value (if its server side). People are frustrated, give them something to focus on that helps out.
Believing the forum only one person (the janitor) is working on the game under direct supervision of the Brabmeister.
I'd have hoped people could tell apart long term plans for features from short term updates. But then a lot of people are frankly idiots.
Wow, Zac sounded cross!
Personally I guess the console development makes it problematic to release more big patches. Everything they change in the live game needs to be put in the console version as well during development so it's probably easier to finish it and apply patches to all platforms simultaneously. That's just guessing though, I am not a developer.
Well you can keep your hands off my PP for starters...