On the pro side, it's only about 3477 people on this forum flipping out, all others are happily playing the game
An essay to FDev:
- Thread starter CMDR Daniel 'Dan' Chou
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They also wouldn't benefit from it at all. The time to announce a big change is shortly before it's released: not only can you be sure that it'll actually be ready on time (always a huge issue with these roadmaps), but it'll also build hype and get new players buying.
Telling a relatively small, predominantly moany forum what they're aiming to include in the 2020 DLC really does not take any kind of priority over making money from the ruddy thing.
There's a lot of assumptions in just this paragraph.
I know several people at FDev, as many in these forums probably do, and they actually play their games. Some get more hours in than I manage to play!
Your argument is all smoke and that discredits all the rest of what you're trying to say in this thread.
You sir, are a hero.
It's sad that in simply having the attitude that 'it's just a game' is seen as "white knighting" but it's something people need to reflect on more about themselves than anything else.
It is just a game. A consumer item that a company made for you to consume. You're not going to enjoy every purchase you make in life and if you're that heated about it, move on. There's more than enough others who do enjoy it and they'll continue to do so regardless of your "essays" to try and tell them otherwise or demand that the company who created it change it specifically for you.
In fairness if they said the Panther Clipper was never coming I would be very disappointed. They wouldn't necessarily have to go into that great detail. Rather a broad and perhaps slightly generalised overview of what they want to see eventually could give the community a fair idea. It would be entirely reasonable to say 'we want to do x or y but right now can't, however, in the meantime here's z.
As I said before while I acknowledge some frustrations my personal view is that the game remains excellent. So good it is my general go to game
Sry I'm late, did you already start?
Thank you. It became a bit of a rant as I am passionate about Elite; I have been for nearly 40 years, and I want to see good things from it; hell, they already are good. I'm a bit of a pessimist perhaps, so I'm not expecting much in 2020, nor do I want promises of things that may not happen (so a complete roadmap would be nice, but too easy to beat FDev up with, which will happen anyway) and I hope my tiny mind is blown. If it isn't, then I'll continue to get what I can from the game. <shrugs>
Regarding HUD colours, they never said it's impossible. They just said it's difficult due to the way the HUD is integrated and it's something they want to look at again, but no priority.
There are several possibilities why a hack can now do it:
There are several possibilities why a hack can now do it:
- it's doing it in a way that Frontier doesn't want to go for good but unknown reasons
- Frontier is already working on a HUD colour change which isn't integrated yet, the hack makes use of it
- Frontier is incompetent when it comes to changing HUD colours
- something else I didn't think about yet
That could have been your "essay" then.
I would stop playing today and yes, you could have my stuff!
If they already know that their plans will upset the community maybe they should change their plan
You should get out more. Burning out in six months on one game and then believing you own a company that's been successfully trading for 25 years (in it's current guise) and telling them their developers aren't up to your exacting standards ...
Nah.
HUD colors are the elephant in the room, seriously?
And no, the simple hack does not exactly what we want, unless turning all NPCs into smurfs is what you want. This would be unacceptable for an ingame option, therefore Frontier haven't added a simple color slider.
And I don't get why people have such a hard on for that. It's definitely not a must have feature. How many games even support that?
And no, the simple hack does not exactly what we want, unless turning all NPCs into smurfs is what you want. This would be unacceptable for an ingame option, therefore Frontier haven't added a simple color slider.
And I don't get why people have such a hard on for that. It's definitely not a must have feature. How many games even support that?
FDEV has not been releasing AAA games for 25 years though and their developers do not have 25 years experience (you can see from the pictures the employees average age). Most of those are only niche games and developers still make rooki mistakes.
Perhaps in general, but then even those considered experts would disagree on which aspects of each mechanic or feature are the good and the bad, and which proposals would improve it or make it worse. It’s a no win situation in my opinion. There needs to be an overarching vision which should be adhered to, and internal process changes that would bring consistency in the polish and balance of released features.
MSCE certifications are one example of a test that demonstrates expertise when passed.
I admit though I’ve never heard of FTR contests, and don’t know what it stands for, so I can’t comment on that.
FD, whether considered to be experts in their own game or not, are the ones who must design and develop it, and even if they adopt an ill-advised design by committee approach, ultimately they’re still responsible for the outcomes, so any metric for expertise is irrelevant in relation to them.
If there is a method other than forum or online reputation for determining player expertise, such as the FTR contest you mentioned, that in itself does not also confer expertise in design, which is its own field, and less still expertise in development in general, let alone the constraints inherent in Elite’s code that would determine feasibility of design choices.
That’s why as I stated, player feedback should be accounted for, but not in the context of a collaborative design effort.
There are no cheating revelations.. It has been on for years and already reported to FD many times. Botting also.
Don't really get the actual outcry.
Yes but he is right. Past years history has shown it.
Panther Clipper is already on your PC.
I could suggest one possibility that is in your list but you would say i am ranting...
Don't really get the actual outcry.
Yes but he is right. Past years history has shown it.
Panther Clipper is already on your PC.
I could suggest one possibility that is in your list but you would say i am ranting...
I know it gets said a lot but I wish they would stop making new stuff and go back and clean shop. The game felt better balanced (to me) pre-thargoids. Then they spent a chunk of time fixing up the mission boards with wing missions/source and return etc....which came with some serious balance issues and bugs.I would stop playing today and yes, you could have my stuff!
If they already know that their plans will upset the community maybe they should change their plan
...then, after all that effort, they drop void opals into the game which negated the need to ever look at a mission board ever again and threw out ship progression.
The credit grind used to be a really good thing for the game. These are just my feels on it though...