I expected them to acknowledge it ... somehow ... in some small form. Just a Galnet article, something.
Cheer up mate. When the players numbered tens of thousands every group was made more important than it should ever have been, now it numbers hundreds of thousands those same groups feel left out when in reality they are just being treated as everyone else was. They are like regulars in a failing pub hating the new landlord who makes a success of it, just complaining about everything but mainly that they arent special anymore. Dont surround yourself with negative people, they only drag you down with them.
We got GalNet back. As a TTW participant thats all I wanted, a bit of fun an purpose and to show Frontier I cared about the lore, I knew full well as did anyone that we were NEVER going to get into PL systems. That would be the most ridiculous thing Frontier ever did, bow to a player group like that. Why make TTW special above all the pmfs? Why celebrate a group that pees all over the lore and the secret nature of The Dark Wheel by having them in many systems across the Galaxy and actually spoils it for new players looking for this secretive special select group who were only meant to be in one system? It doesn't make any sense whatsoever. The fault lies with the people who hyped it up and guaranteed that things would happen leading less knowledgeable people down a dark alley just to get clicks on their videos. Not with Frontier, they responded to the ones calling for the lore to matter by bringing back GalNet which wasn't just TTW at all anyway.
(not simply another tin foil wild goose chase but a genuine possibility)
It was never a genuine possibility. It was a bit of fun and a community effort by some people, Frontier should not be kissing our bottoms or us theirs. They should treat all groups equally and not have 'friends' the way they did, that has been divisive.
I think more hope was pinned on the expansion into LFT 509 to be honest (whose swing and a miss has only just happened and which marks far more of an end-point to the project than the Sol expansion) ... but I wasn't going to go on about it.
Hope yes, some people always had hope, some had more and did it for their own ego or literally financial benefit, these people are not to be trusted, I always spoke on TTW thread to temper expectations because I could see people getting hurt or upset when it didnt happen, again, it is not Frontiers fault. Sorry but thats the way it is. We were no better than The Truckers, Project IDA, Fuel Rats or any other group. We never represented anyone but ourselves.
Raxxla thread is still going strong btw
But that because we dont have expectations there, people who do get burned out and disappointed very quickly. Its the single best secret of all time, Frontier are not going to give it up coz some players demand it. Its better left hidden. The Dark Wheel on the other hand, I think they can do something with at some point and hope they do but not as a route to Raxxla. Nothing can live up to the dream.
Sorry for sounding harsh but a wake-up call is needed. Every player (paying customer) should be equal to every other paying customer, thats where Frontier went wrong in the past and it was divisive, you were either part of the clique or outside it. No customer should feel ignored because a more vocal group are getting all the benefits. Its basic customer service - Dont have cliques.
I understand your 'mojo' comment, but the game has grown exponentially as has the playerbase. Great things are happening all the time, new players still find it as exciting and frustrating as we did when we first played. People who are happy are playing the game, people who stopped playing or are unhappy are more vocal, its human nature. Switch off for a bit, its not the end of the world and most of the real present EDO issues will get fixed pretty quick. Its not worth getting salty over, its just a game. Remember when we didnt have any Elite to play at all for decades? This is still a million times better than no game. It will be better again.
Go and find a noob who wants to do something and help them do it, not by telling them the answer but by helping them discover how and not by telling them its a grind and they should shortcut it. Experience it through their eyes and remember what you liked about Elite in the first place.
/end rant.
