Talk is cheap ...
Odyssey Going Forwards
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Interesting.
What are Frontier's goals? Long term and short term.
What legacy would Mr Braben like to have for his company?
Frontier need not share its goals with me, but I most certainly hope for its future well-being that Frontier has very well defined short term and long term mission goals.
Without specificity and prioritization of goals, decisions will probably be much harder to make and valuable resources wasted.
It is crucial for stability and consistency that goal specificity, missions and prioritization are upheld.
I do not care what specific features are added to Elite. What I do care about is Frontier getting control over their engine so that when they try to fix bugs they do not end up breaking something else. What I do care about is dev coders who actually have played the game extensively.
Most of us can see right through the blah blah blah PR, yet we still wish the best for the game and Frontier.
For your own sake, Frontier, please get your act together.
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Their catchphrase lately has been 'no plans' I think that says enough about their goals
Good for you. Thanks for letting me know.
While this can be taken as being good for the PC version, it makes me concerned that FD don't know how to improve performance for consoles, therefore we shouldn't be expecting any major performance increases for PC either.
If so, then its back to waiting until i can scrape together the pennies for a new graphics card... which at today's prices is just not realistic.
If so, then its back to waiting until i can scrape together the pennies for a new graphics card... which at today's prices is just not realistic.
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Look, the only thing that we got from that was confirmation of what's already been expected; the backlash against the PC version of EDO is so bad that releasing the console version would be suicide. Thus they are forced to continue bug fixing the PC version, until such time that this backlash abates, before going onto the console version.
Beyond that, there's nothing of substance there. Still no acknowledgment that we were sold an unfinished alpha, nor suggestion that we'd be compensated in any way, let alone an offer to refund to whomever is unhappy. A minor tease about additional content, but that could mean anything - most probably it refers to minor content updates that had been planned for a year or two down the road being pushed forward (such as the expected new SRV models or Thargoid on-foot combat). It will not be VR for Odyssey or ship interiors or any of the things that bizarrely some posters have concluded here. All assuming there even is anything added, because we were promised dev streams and a roadmap too, remember?
Basically, we're back to the hotfix EDO for PC then move on to consoles strategy, because they can't afford not to. Beyond that, what is offered is little more than "Many Fixes and Improvements" (TM). If there is any good news, it's that Horizons will remain untouched for the time being.
Beyond that, there's nothing of substance there. Still no acknowledgment that we were sold an unfinished alpha, nor suggestion that we'd be compensated in any way, let alone an offer to refund to whomever is unhappy. A minor tease about additional content, but that could mean anything - most probably it refers to minor content updates that had been planned for a year or two down the road being pushed forward (such as the expected new SRV models or Thargoid on-foot combat). It will not be VR for Odyssey or ship interiors or any of the things that bizarrely some posters have concluded here. All assuming there even is anything added, because we were promised dev streams and a roadmap too, remember?
Basically, we're back to the hotfix EDO for PC then move on to consoles strategy, because they can't afford not to. Beyond that, what is offered is little more than "Many Fixes and Improvements" (TM). If there is any good news, it's that Horizons will remain untouched for the time being.
Ok.
Its not like reality gave the company a choice in the matter. I imagine the trolls guarding the consoles are on high alert after the well documented issues here and with CP2077. I'm under zero illusion that the disappointment in this forum had any real impact on corporate decision making, but go on keep talking.
As for me, I'm very patient. Disappointed but understanding and patient.
Everyone has their measuring sticks. Mine are carrier interiors, emotes, data traders, instancing issues, and performance hitches on land.
Its not like reality gave the company a choice in the matter. I imagine the trolls guarding the consoles are on high alert after the well documented issues here and with CP2077. I'm under zero illusion that the disappointment in this forum had any real impact on corporate decision making, but go on keep talking.
As for me, I'm very patient. Disappointed but understanding and patient.
Everyone has their measuring sticks. Mine are carrier interiors, emotes, data traders, instancing issues, and performance hitches on land.
this reminds me... good ol' days.
I made this (sorry for my poor English！
To be frank sir, I'm very pleasantly surprised.
Please extend my thanks to the team. Great strides in short order.
To David and Frontier: Don't mention adding new features. Not because we don't want them, we do, but because now some in the community will start speculating wildly, get their hopes up to unrealistic levels, be disappointed when the features they expected don't come and then will blame Frontier for it all.
To the community: Stop. Do not, I repeat DO NOT fall into the false hope of speculating about new features. You'll only ever be disappointed.
To myself: No-one will take any notice of anything you say.
To the community: Stop. Do not, I repeat DO NOT fall into the false hope of speculating about new features. You'll only ever be disappointed.
To myself: No-one will take any notice of anything you say.
I wouldn't say the reaction in this forum had no real impact - the negative reviews, both in the game press and content providers most likely had the greatest impact, as they have undoubtedly depressed sales in EDO, but ultimately they were influenced by this forum - many of the articles out there specifically cite the disquiet on various player forums.
Too late. I've already seen multiple posts asking for or expecting ship interiors or VR support. That some are heralding the post as indicative of 'great strides' is typical of the disconnect from reality that some suffer.
Yeah. We will see.
PC user here. To tell you the truth, if I was in your shoes I'd have preferred a buggy release for my console than no release at all, but I don't think Sony and Microsoft will allow Fdev to release the game in such a state. I think their hand was forced in this decision. My friend, take a deep breath and wait. We'll do the QA tests for you. o7.
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Dont think you have listened enough, the worse thing about oddesy is it is affecting Horizons players, us console users who don't even play it yet are having issues, how is that fare...
Not sure why you're so worried about first footfall. There's 400 billion systems and even if someone visited a system once a second, it'll still take thousands of years (I forget the exact statistic, but it's so large let's just say you'll never know a time when every system has been visited).
Now yes, I agree with your comment in regards to console being delayed, but considering you don't have any choice in the matter other than never playing Elite ever again (which I wouldn't blame you for), you shouldn't waste time, energy and anger on something you have no choice or control over. I'm not saying be happy about it, just don't waste energy being angry about it.
Thank you for a direct and honest message. I fell in love with this game 6 months ago, I'm a PC player, and I've since invested a lot of money into hardware (HOTAS) as well as ARK because I like my ships looking cool. I'm glad to hear the commitment to getting things in order before proceeding. Hope to play and support for many years.
As a console player this makes me very happy. And I mean it, Odyssey is the path forward, may not be the path we all wanted, but it is a path forward and one that can be amazing.
I want to support the game and give it time to mature and improve.
Please keep communication lines open and honest. Listen to us and we will also listen back.
I have great faith in the developers. I can see the amount of work and dedication they put into it.
I know you guys can make it work and improve a lot into it all.
I want to support the game and give it time to mature and improve.
Please keep communication lines open and honest. Listen to us and we will also listen back.
I have great faith in the developers. I can see the amount of work and dedication they put into it.
I know you guys can make it work and improve a lot into it all.
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