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Agony_Aunt

Agony_Aunt
CMDR Karrde Sun said:
Apparently that's not an issue anymore? d2ea educated at one point that its within elite level grinds to get most? of the sc ships by gameplay.. the only thing you have to not mind are server wipes? If that's true that's alright. Maybe when they make solo server, or a guild wars style stations == lobby, space == some sort of controllable instance setup that would be good too. I know its not happening but other games aren't going away etc.
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D2EA must be mistaken! There is no grind in SC! The game is so engaging and offers a wealth of things to do and credits are easy to make without grind, so it can't be true! Everything is marvelous!
 

Mole HD

Mole HD
GuruNot said:
@Mole HD, just checking you are still with us and not been blown away?? I believe it has been a tad breezy in your neck of the woods recently.
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Still here, the 120mph squall ruffled the fur a bit but no untoward damage except for a few radio dishes on comms towers around the outer islands being blown about and disconnecting us from t'interwebs ...That kind of weather is fairly common up here at this time of year, it's only when it happens elsewhere at roughly the same time that we hear about it from the media :)

According to the long range shipping forecast, we're in for a few weeks of breezy stuff up here.

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1487467301695897601
 
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cigwatch

cigwatch
Mole HD said:
Still here, the 120mph squall ruffled the fur a bit but no untoward damage except for a few radio dishes on comms towers around the outer islands being blown about and disconnecting us from t'interwebs ...That kind of weather is fairly common up here at this time of year, it's only when it happens elsewhere at roughly the same time that we hear about it from the media :)

According to the long range shipping forecast, we're in for a few weeks of breezy stuff up here.
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The ultimate 30k. Hold on out there!
 

Navigare Necesse Est

Navigare Necesse Est
Agony_Aunt said:
Same with any company really. Always a decent percentage of people not directly involved in delivering products.

But yeah, it was understandable when they outsourced a lot of stuff early on. They needed them to deliver stuff since their in-house team was still small, and CR was promising to deliver the BDSSE in just 2-3 years!

But now they have had the time to grow, the money to pay the staff, and the support systems required to handle so many people, and yet, so many important features outsourced to third parties.

Its bizarre.
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The outsorced staff is counted in "their" staff of 700 I guess.
 

Navigare Necesse Est

Navigare Necesse Est
Intrepid3D said:
I have spent the last the last 4 weeks playing Icarus, about 150 hours in those 4 weeks, now i'm bored stupid by it.

I'm tired of getting no more than a few weeks entertainment out of games, i'm tired of the industry copying eachother, ARK, Rust, Scum, Icarus they are all the same game with different themes and i never lasted for more than a few weeks in any of them.

The gaming industry is out of ideas and very risk averse, its the grey gruel of mediocrity that perpetually leaves you dissatisfied.

I'm going to say it and hate on me all you like, Star Citizen is the only thing that makes me feel the way i did about games 30 years ago.
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Because it's the nevergame. You only imagine it's gonna be the one game you crave. And as long as it's developed you cling on to that fantasy
 

thistle

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Ronzer said:
Lets flip that idea. What if SC had been released, only with the ability to fly the ship, no legs or anything, but it ran smoothly. What is ED at, 60+ always? I'd say SC would be doing better. List the things ED has now, and if that's what SC had in it, the ability to jump to other systems, the 101 systems there, and even with walking, no smooth transition into the seat, I'd bet they'd have way more people enjoying it and it'd be actually released, so the scam part disappears...ala you buy it, as is, and thats on you...no promises matter anymore.
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I can't even imagine how long SC would have taken to get 101 systems out and working even if that was the only thing they had worked on, without ship interiors.

It wouldn't be out now. Just as their bells&whistles first approach isn't out now.
 

TiberiusDuval

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Intrepid3D said:
I have spent the last the last 4 weeks playing Icarus, about 150 hours in those 4 weeks, now i'm bored stupid by it.

I'm tired of getting no more than a few weeks entertainment out of games, i'm tired of the industry copying eachother, ARK, Rust, Scum, Icarus they are all the same game with different themes and i never lasted for more than a few weeks in any of them.

The gaming industry is out of ideas and very risk averse, its the grey gruel of mediocrity that perpetually leaves you dissatisfied.

I'm going to say it and hate on me all you like, Star Citizen is the only thing that makes me feel the way i did about games 30 years ago.
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Well good for you then :)
 

TNTDany

TNTDany
Jesus does this thread moves FAST. If only development moved as fast...
Lot's of catching up to do. In the refugee camp things seem to be as busy as ever:

Kate and Skunks seem to have gone full mil sim commandos:
Hawks exposes all the grievances new players have to endure for no good reason:
Black still getting starstruck with the bling visuals between racing with the speed freaks:
Drew got taken along with other refugees to marvel at ship interiors for 2 hours:

Looks like those cmdr's are managed to make the honeymoon last. Next you know they'll be celebrating a one year anniversary.
 

VR Golgot

VR Golgot
LTNTDan said:
If only development moved as fast...
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LTNTDan said:
Hawks exposes all the grievances new players have to endure for no good reason:
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Ah, Dan's monthly reality check is here :)

LTNTDan said:
Next you know they'll be celebrating a one year anniversary.
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Let us hope so Cmdr, their new audiences would enjoy that.

If only all 'refugees' had made it that far...

VR Golgot said:
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Some fun case studies:

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Ship purchase sourcing here

Conclusions?:
  • There's been a range of responses. They're definitely not all happy bunnies ;)

Worth another look in 6 months?
  • Definitely. The biggest 'refugee' glut was in July, for a start.
  • 3.14 seems to have been particularly unwelcoming to ED noobies for some reason. A much higher ratio bailing outright. (6 out of the last 10 for example).
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VR Golgot

VR Golgot
cigwatch said:
The $2500 person is hilarious. Looks like a perfect target for ubermonetisation.
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Oh he's proper interesting that bloke ;)

VR Golgot said:
This was a fun rabbit hole…

Guy seemingly gives away his $2.5k fleet in a huff.

Turns out he’s apparently a programmer of 20+ years, and prone to digging behind the scenes:

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/mkfq15/_/gthkbug

Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/mkfq15/development_hell/gthkbug/

Oh, and as a bonus, he was an ED 'refugee' of sorts back in January ;)

So just a fun bit of unverifiable gossip about server meshing ultimately. (But on the pile it goes ;))
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VR Golgot said:
Follow up fun from the OP 😁

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/qzxy93/_/hlthmn1
Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/qzxy93/im_done_who_wants_my_stuff/hlthmn1/


Still to be taken with a carafe of condiment of course. But on the 'board member' thing, hypothetically he'd have Erin's number in that case ;)
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