State of the Game

[LeoBartlet]

how is it meta?

i wouldn't expect fdev would ever part ways with the IP... for sure. more likely is that Fdev gets purchased entirely. And then parted out / restructured / replaced etc. That's how most games switch hands when they're not already third party ip

Because you're not the only person I've read today or indeed in the last few months that have been zig zagging back and forth between the five stages. The oh perhaps the IP will get sold to another developer is the bargaining stage.

Be careful what you wish for its more likely that a third party would buy Frontier and ditch Elite or turn it into a p2w money maker than actually "fix" the game.

 

[CMDR Von Abrahart]

 

[Horse372]

I must leave now bretheren and sisteren:

See you in the black. Fly safe. o7

 

[LeoBartlet]

I must leave now bretheren and sisteren:

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See you in the black. Fly safe. o7

Play one last song before you go!!!

 

[Bottom Hat]

Like my dad used to say; "Son, keep your expectations low - then you can never be disappointed...hence why I don't care that you're gay"

I probably shouldn't laugh, but I'm afraid I did from knowing your sense of humour!

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Ugh, you dirty boy....

 

[Darth Ender]

"The state it is in..." is the only state it will be in, regardless of change, be it for better or worse, of the "state it is in", for you, is tiresome, why bother? The developers are not going to give it to the community, build it on the Unreal engine or sell it off to another developer (I doubt any would want it - if the genre was that profitable we'd be inundated with clones of the game, we aren't, that gives a subtle hint, I'd surmise) for the forseeable future.

"Oh, but the developers are..." Yeah, same old, same old... Why not just admit that the fault is not theirs, but yours? You expect what they have not delivered...

It actually is quite amazing, honestly!

that's doomier than anything I mentioned. The idea that the game stagnates as-is ... If you want to get into doomism, that's how you get into doomism.

I expect what is sold...not revised to match what is actually delivered and then pretend like everyone else is being unrealistic. I hope for what is possible given the potential of what exists in the game.

What would be my fault? that i dont keep lowering my expectations each update to match the level of quality provided? That i dont forget about what was last released and then abandoned ? What is the implication there? that i could do more thru self delusion and twist it into a positive from an negative? i can play everything in the game i can play for however long i want to no matter what my opinion of the game is.

I'm not complaining about being forced to play the game. That would be my fault. The game being in the state it's in is entirely fdev's fault. Not some virus's that they tried to shift the blame to initially...not just the nature of software ... But that's something that can certainly ...and should change. Even someone as blind as you would be able to see that it's got miles of headroom to improve there... even if many other game design aspects are set in stone.

 

[Darth Ender]

Because you're not the only person I've read today or indeed in the last few months that have been zig zagging back and forth between the five stages. The oh perhaps the IP will get sold to another developer is the bargaining stage.

Be careful what you wish for its more likely that a third party would buy Frontier and ditch Elite or turn it into a p2w money maker than actually "fix" the game.

you'd have to give something to win first. which would be a huge change to the game. would it be some kind of ownership of systems? Would they make the game's economy playerbased soley? would you be able to found and control factions and eliminate factions?

So many options are possible there and at least one would have to exist for a pay to win model to factor in. lots of work. I'm not worried about a pay to win model because i dont think anyone is refactoring the game just to do so. if they changed the game to allow players to purchase ships or engineering stuff by cash, that wouldn't impact the game in the slightest. The game is already balanced like that's the way it works anyway. Things are infinitely available and placed behind a time sink with little if any skill required to acquire it. just time. The fact that some players have xyz and you dont doesn't tip the game in their favor. ..there is nothing to tip.

pay to win with time is no different really than pay to win with cash. And we already have the former.

 

[LeoBartlet]

you'd have to give something to win first. which would be a huge change to the game. would it be some kind of ownership of systems? Would they make the game's economy playerbased soley? would you be able to found and control factions and eliminate factions?

So many options are possible there and at least one would have to exist for a pay to win model to factor in. lots of work. I'm not worried about a pay to win model because i dont think anyone is refactoring the game just to do so. if they changed the game to allow players to purchase ships or engineering stuff by cash, that wouldn't impact the game in the slightest. The game is already balanced like that's the way it works anyway. Things are infinitely available and placed behind a time sink with little if any skill required to acquire it. just time. The fact that some players have xyz and you dont doesn't tip the game in their favor. ..there is nothing to tip.

pay to win with time is no different really than pay to win with cash. And we already have the former.

 

[Bottom Hat]

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At least it isn't LLB again!

 

[LeoBartlet]

At least it isn't LLB again!

 

[PiLhEaD]

You know what screw Red, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is staying.

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Why is he wearing a 1970's sofa?

e. For the avoidence of doubt, I do not want to get into a conversation about how today's modern electric sofas are better, faster or need air horns. Ta.

 

[LeoBartlet]

Why is he wearing a 1970's sofa?

Tribute to his gran perhaps.

 

[PiLhEaD]

Tribute to his gran perhaps.

Did he bring a meat pie? That would be a filling sinewy fitting tribute.

 

[nemolomen]

SOL - MERCURY - EHRLICH CITY

 

[PiLhEaD]

At least it isn't LLB again!

You called...?

 

[PiLhEaD]

SOL - MERCURY - EHRLICH CITY

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Nope. Can't find it. You win. Where is the cat?

 

[nemolomen]

SOL - MERCURY - EHRLICH CITY

 

[Cmdr G]

I find it ironic that people complain about the lack of Smear Campaigns, when this forum has been the biggest smear campaign ever for the past couple months or so!|

Maybe, just maybe people are complaining because there is an obvious problem and Frontier is more concerned with other things rather than fixing the glaring issues right in front of them. Just a thought.

 

[nemolomen]

Doom Bucket is an excellent name for an Asp Scout.

 

[Bottom Hat]

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Poor effort but disgusting nonetheless!

Why is he wearing a 1970's sofa?

e. For the avoidence of doubt, I do not want to get into a conversation about how today's modern electric sofas are better, faster or need air horns. Ta.

Yeah, but imagine a sofa with air horns on it - it'd scare the crap out of the relatives nobody likes at Christmas!

You called...?

You rotten stinkpipe!