So I've been playing for a good year now. Huge fan since 1984 on my Commodore 128. AI has been getting increasingly harder which is fine up to a point. Bounty Hunting is pretty much not lucrative anymore, since I am fighting Anacondas, Fed ships, Pythons and such .. its takes longer to rack up kills ... especially when their shields continue to recharge 3-5 times in a row up to 50% or so. Feds love to ram ... a lot. I found my self running a lot more especially if two decide to ambush me. Last night about 2 hours after the patch I played and was destroyed for a nice $14+ mil. With all the whining from people about how Fehu and Robigo and other places are cheats, money is taking longer to make ... $14 mil is a lot more of my time now and it really sucks. I have been very conservative to avoid bring shredded but last night, no matter how much I shredded the NPC, it obliterated me in a minute, I didn't even have a chance.
Not sure who FD is trying to please here, but I have to admit that I am on the verge on moving on. Old bugs have resurfaced, such as the sticky "Fire at will" which make it very annoying and more dangerous (hahaha) when fighting the super AI. When I started playing people were achieving elite status after 300-400 hours of play per track ... seems reasonable (I'm pretty sure it less before them). Its will take me about twice that from what I can tell. Elite is all about grinding and grinding mindlessly. With the super AI, its making it painful. Other post mention that newbies can barely survive, if they do. Again, not sure what FD is hoping to get from the super AI ... but I may have to move on and maybe comeback next year and see if things are better. It is simply not enjoyable to spends tens and hundreds of hours doing the same thing. I like the added complexity and community goals and challenges and such, but dragging stuff out endlessly is simply not fun. Without my loyalty from my childhood, I would have moved on a while ago and not even bothered communicating. I hope this reaches someone. As a fellow developer, I get the challenges and trying to make everyone happy ... impossible ... but we need better balance. I would not even consider inviting a new player into this, they would hate it ... early this year, I brought ya'll several customers that loved the game. Some left annoyed by the bugs and changes ... a few of us are still hoping for better. Please relax the AI ... find a different solution for those that want the difficulty ... offer "mission impossible" mission that kick their asses and make them happy. Ignore the whining about people having advantages ... make it fun again.
Not sure who FD is trying to please here, but I have to admit that I am on the verge on moving on. Old bugs have resurfaced, such as the sticky "Fire at will" which make it very annoying and more dangerous (hahaha) when fighting the super AI. When I started playing people were achieving elite status after 300-400 hours of play per track ... seems reasonable (I'm pretty sure it less before them). Its will take me about twice that from what I can tell. Elite is all about grinding and grinding mindlessly. With the super AI, its making it painful. Other post mention that newbies can barely survive, if they do. Again, not sure what FD is hoping to get from the super AI ... but I may have to move on and maybe comeback next year and see if things are better. It is simply not enjoyable to spends tens and hundreds of hours doing the same thing. I like the added complexity and community goals and challenges and such, but dragging stuff out endlessly is simply not fun. Without my loyalty from my childhood, I would have moved on a while ago and not even bothered communicating. I hope this reaches someone. As a fellow developer, I get the challenges and trying to make everyone happy ... impossible ... but we need better balance. I would not even consider inviting a new player into this, they would hate it ... early this year, I brought ya'll several customers that loved the game. Some left annoyed by the bugs and changes ... a few of us are still hoping for better. Please relax the AI ... find a different solution for those that want the difficulty ... offer "mission impossible" mission that kick their asses and make them happy. Ignore the whining about people having advantages ... make it fun again.
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