Hello games is still just making one game no? There was a time when Frontier was pretty much just making ED too. I hear Hello games will be getting a sibling soon. I wonder how that will affect Sean Murray's comms.
If you're wondering where Frontier's attention is directed at...
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No.
That said, I'd rather (from a purely selfish perspective) Frontier was focused on one game, or at the very least, that they had dedicated teams for each game rather than shuffling their team around to whatever new title is about to be released.
There was never a period when ED was their only game. Have a look at the full list of games they've developed. It was certainly their main area of focus in, let's say 2013-2015 timeframe, but even in that window they released other Zoo and Coaster games (and were still doing development on the LostWinds franchise).
You know what the game told me? It told me no matter what I do - it is the dice that determines my success. So why wouldn't I watch Netflix or browse the net if I was still playing it?
I guess some people just don't have any clue what maintenance mode actually means. If a game is in maintenance mode you don't spend any resources on it apart from keeping the servers and customer support running. Developing a new expansion is the exact opposite of maintenance mode.Well the live game was in maintenance mode.. what game were you playing?They even turned off galnet for.. the good part of a year?
Sure lets just agree to consider the definitions differently.
At this point, the only things that matter are making the most of what we have, there's no "its coming / will be fixed / something in the future" for elite to defer discussion into.
IIRC in 2019 and 2020 there was 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, and 3.7, along the development of a major DLC. So I am not sure which point you are trying to make.Depends on how you look at it i guess. For a single player game due for a dlc expansion, perfect yes. Exactly as expected, completely match to industry standards, nothing to see here, very normal.
For a live service game, mmo, whatever that could be, absolutely woeful.
Actually elite couldn't claim to be an online service game apart from the community management. In terms of game updates its like a single player game that's been released and nurtured.
I didn't mind it
Well the live game was in maintenance mode.. what game were you playing?
Worse than the great fire that broke out during the Interstellar Croquet tournament of 3289. Over 35 people died.
I'd really love it if FD took all that talent that was pushed into animals, their movements, etc in Planet Zoo and Jurassic World and applied that effort to ED so some of our planets would have things that walk calmly towards you with a rather odd grin...
...just before the eat you.
The only point of difference we could have is relative to other games.
There are plenty of dictionary definitions that elite could match up with. There's a whole industry of online service games that also exist, please take my word for this, with those elite does not match so well. Its probably best to avoid sampling any other non single player games if you want to keep accepting frontiers maintenance as a feature.
The confusion isn't our fault though. Frontier boast and claim, yet treat elite like every other game in their portfolio. If you clear things up, everything makes sense and is okay, personally i prefer to look at elite as a single player game, i have a very meaningful handle on what it practically is. Its how ive been playing the game since owning it anyway.
My DBS remains awesome.
Call it what you will, but a year (or however long it was) without Galnet or community goals was pretty... "empty".. for those of us who care about such things. I think that was the first time I took a long break from the game.
These days long breaks from Elite are normal for me, but it all started that year.
7 months actually (February-August)
I am playing the game since 8 years, so it's pretty normal for me to take breaks as well. I often don't play for months, there are lots of other good games out there. It's not surprising that some people get frustrated when they don't do anything else, it's a game and not a wife. So it's kind of difficult to blame Frontier for it...
Anyway, when the discussion started maintenance mode allegedly was 2 years, now we are down to 7 months and during these 7 months FCs and Odyssey were developed, and they prepared the return of Galnet and CGs which happened in September. To me it suddenly sounds a lot less dramatic.
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Yeah, but the factual truth of a developer working heads down does not have the same cool ring as “doom” or “maintenance mode”.when the discussion started maintenance mode allegedly was 2 years, now we are down to 7 months and during these 7 months FCs and Odyssey were developed, and they prepared the return of Galnet and CGs which happened in September. To me it suddenly sounds a lot less dramatic.
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Since frontier can't be arsed with consoles anymore I can't be arsed with frontier this includes any future console releases from frontier. Rip frontier rip ED
I guess people genuinely (as a German I had to look up how to spell that!) feel that way. Both Old Duck and Karrde Sun are reasonable people that I absolutely respect for their opinion. In regards to Elite Dangerous I tend to see things from a positive angle, so I think just because they feel differentely it doesn't mean their view is invalid. Maybe they just feel that the game was in maintenance mode although it's factually wrong.
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Fair enough, I think it is clear the 2019-2021 period was far from “maintenance”. Weather we are in maintenance now or not, well, the jury is still out on that oneI guess people genuinely (as a German I had to look up how to spell that!) feel that way. Both Old Duck and Karrde Sun are reasonable people that I absolutely respect for their opinion. In regards to Elite Dangerous I tend to see things from a positive angle, so I think just because they feel differentely it doesn't mean their view is invalid. Maybe they just feel that the game was in maintenance mode although it's factually wrong.
I want to make a game called Maintenance Mode now.
I don't remember ever declaring that Elite Dangerous is in maintenance mode anywhere in this thread, Mr. "Factual".I guess people genuinely (as a German I had to look up how to spell that!) feel that way. Both Old Duck and Karrde Sun are reasonable people that I absolutely respect for their opinion. In regards to Elite Dangerous I tend to see things from a positive angle, so I think just because they feel differentely it doesn't mean their view is invalid. Maybe they just feel that the game was in maintenance mode although it's factually wrong.
