Yep. They're all number one reasons.
Is ED nearing the end of its lifespan?
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I've turned them all off, after years of playing I find I don't need them, planetary landing, no problem, stars, no issues, it's almost second nature now.
Yeah, i turned off orbit lines some months ago, can't believe i didn't do it earlier.
Back to the actual topic, since FD haven't said anything, everything is just useless speculation. Play it if you enjoy it, don't if you don't.
I don't think so. Many new players every year are discovering ED and many of them wonder and ask why this game was never mentioned by others before for such an astounding new "honeymoon" experience well worth the transaction of the pricing of the simgame now. The steamchart numbers on average not really worse than 2, 4, 6 years ago as we know the player numbers seem to sinusoidally fluctuate, and peaks higher whenever there's a new update or in anticipation of one (and many "rage-quit"-"can i haz yer stuff" cmdrs still come back anyways to see the new udpates, whether they really uninstalled, or quickly reinstalled to see it).
Maybe after 15 years of the like of Star Trek: online, or Star Wars:Galaxies(?) , it might be considered more "dead" and obsolete, but ED is effectively only 7-8 years from it's launch, so in my opionion, the "new era" of ED beginning with Odyssey has basically started since last year and I expect it to continue with whatever new updates and/or DLC's until 2029-30.
Maybe after 15 years of the like of Star Trek: online, or Star Wars:Galaxies(?) , it might be considered more "dead" and obsolete, but ED is effectively only 7-8 years from it's launch, so in my opionion, the "new era" of ED beginning with Odyssey has basically started since last year and I expect it to continue with whatever new updates and/or DLC's until 2029-30.
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Any chance you can find that quote?
Welp, I tried but nothing turned up. I probably imagined it anyways.
I hereby invoke Hitchen's Razor on myself.
Yeah, that would be handy.
However, it all depends on how much income EDO brings into fdev. If the sales of EDO and it's related ARXs (ie the space suits and weapons) are positive then fdev will continue to develop the game, hopefully in a direction the community would like. Otherwise expect it to get sunset / maintenance mode in a year or so.
It's difficult to be positive when fdev themselves don't want to talk about the future of this game. But look what happened after the leak a couple of years ago, everyone was expecting full star citizen style walking around space ships and planets, NMS like base building and fps combat with thargoids. It's hard to counter that kind of expectation without spoiling what you do have lined up. Some of those features may have been dropped because it was a case of 'we'd like to but can't due to technical limitations' or simply the whole remit was too wide.
On the positive side, fdev were advertising for a new designer specifically for Elite Dangerous, they wouldn't do that if it there was no future
Think of it as a quantum issue - both answers are correct, as long as you don't try and observe them.
This answer is correct on so many levels.
The question is: who's digging its grave?
Honestly, who knows? Only FDEV could possibly answer that and as we've come to expect, they are saying very little.
As long a people keep playing and buying ARX, ED will continue.
I do agree with the earlier statement that it's best days are probably behind it. I can't really see another expansion / DLC on the scale of Odyssey being developed. It must have been a chastening experience for FD to have poured nearly 3 years of dev time into Odyssey given the performance / quality issues and reception it received.
Being a long time player, observing the development of ED since launch has been like watching a slow motion car crash.
As long a people keep playing and buying ARX, ED will continue.
I do agree with the earlier statement that it's best days are probably behind it. I can't really see another expansion / DLC on the scale of Odyssey being developed. It must have been a chastening experience for FD to have poured nearly 3 years of dev time into Odyssey given the performance / quality issues and reception it received.
Being a long time player, observing the development of ED since launch has been like watching a slow motion car crash.
Brilliant.
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So....the facts of life.......
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The developer has taken three or four years of work and s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d it out over eight years so looking at the game today, does it look like a game that has spent EIGHT YEARS in development? DB only ever said they wanted to go ten years on this thing, how much more development do you think they will offer over (likely) the next TWO years?
Is the game dead? Maybe not yet but is it bleeding out all over the floor?
Is the game dead? Maybe not yet but is it bleeding out all over the floor?
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