Bored of the game already
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It's the type of flying around that's boring. It's not involved enough to make it exciting (no zipping through Asteroid fields at breakneck speeds like in Wing Commander, for example) and it's just involved enough to keep me from being able to look away while approaching a target that's hundreds or thousands of lightseconds away.
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And just to clarify, let's take a pirate hunting mission as an example.
So, I find the system in question and then cruise along until an USS pops up. Biggest challenge: Not overshooting the USS (i.e. no challenge at all)
Then I'm running across either:
- a waste dump
- some cargo containers I don't pick up lest I want to smuggle stuff (because for some reason, unclaimed containers all count as stolen - even if they're floating in the middle of nowhere)
- a funeral procession
- a wedding procession
- a technology "trader"
- some guys in ships who are all clean
- finally some wanted guys harassing a trader. Of those, I get one or two, the rest warp off. Maybe the guys I nailed even count towards mission progression.
The last part is what I wanted. The other findings? Highly annoying after the 10th repetition.
So, I find the system in question and then cruise along until an USS pops up. Biggest challenge: Not overshooting the USS (i.e. no challenge at all)
Then I'm running across either:
- a waste dump
- some cargo containers I don't pick up lest I want to smuggle stuff (because for some reason, unclaimed containers all count as stolen - even if they're floating in the middle of nowhere)
- a funeral procession
- a wedding procession
- a technology "trader"
- some guys in ships who are all clean
- finally some wanted guys harassing a trader. Of those, I get one or two, the rest warp off. Maybe the guys I nailed even count towards mission progression.
The last part is what I wanted. The other findings? Highly annoying after the 10th repetition.
Supercruise got it flaws but it's needed to give the player the scale of the systems (alpha centuri good exemple).
Most player tend to supercruise in straight line with throttle in blue bar, imo that's the wrong way of doing it because it takes too much time you don't have anyhting else to do. Instead i tend to go full throttle and use main stellar bodies to reduce my speed: more fun less time win/win.
Previous patch you had the nightmare interdictions that gave challenge in supercruise, forcing people to not fly slowy and straight, but then came the whine and now interdiction seems to never happen. So Dev can't please everybody sadly.....
Agree that USS need more agressive models (pirates, big bad cruiser, destroyed outpost with some ships flying by would be cool)
For the canisters, the way i see it, every canister is bought in station or outpost, so they are identified as bought by a ship captain. If they float in the middle of somewhere they're still indentified in relation to the previous captain. This lead to some good things for frontier to add: salvage license in order to get cargo and bring back to owner (station) or dealer with the right module to make the canister unindentified.
No, you are simply observing what many others have already: The game is saturated with bugs, lacks depth, but is full of repetitive grinding steps with little reward. Even the guys at StarCitizen have taken note of the greasefire. I'm sure they realize now they have no competition.
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I wonder how many of those people who find the game boring and feel it has not enough content have played more than a hundred of hours (even hundreds of hours) already... playing nonstop at "weekends" grinding just to get the biggest ships and burned out even before the 1.0 came out.
If you play this game a way you play your "usuall mmorpg" you will get bored for sure because there is not enough carrot on a stick(..yet..) and no "endgame raid" to rush to keep you interested for thousands of hours with a "daily grind of ten hours" ,Nor there is "arena pvp" or city hub where you can flashing proudly with your fancy ship and skill. I think this game should be played with the mindset of a "flight sim gamer" instead of a "mmorpg gamer" than it would last longer so maybe the frequent updates would be enough to keep you interested until the next expansion.
edit: I wish there would be a way to check the posters logged time ingame like at steam that would be funny to see thread titles like these "I am bored with the game already - posted by John Smith - 1134.4 hrs on record"
If you play this game a way you play your "usuall mmorpg" you will get bored for sure because there is not enough carrot on a stick(..yet..) and no "endgame raid" to rush to keep you interested for thousands of hours with a "daily grind of ten hours" ,Nor there is "arena pvp" or city hub where you can flashing proudly with your fancy ship and skill. I think this game should be played with the mindset of a "flight sim gamer" instead of a "mmorpg gamer" than it would last longer so maybe the frequent updates would be enough to keep you interested until the next expansion.
edit: I wish there would be a way to check the posters logged time ingame like at steam that would be funny to see thread titles like these "I am bored with the game already - posted by John Smith - 1134.4 hrs on record"
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Enjoy the journey. You raced to get a Cobra without appreciating the sights and events, now you have the Cobra, it's 'what now?'.
If one the other hand you play the game to enjoy journeys instead of destinations, you will find a lot more enjoyment. Just like real life.
Since release, that is. I own an account since early beta.
Is there no edit button for posts?
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Found this : http://io9.com/5963263/how-nasa-will-build-its-very-first-warp-drive
New article suggests the amount of matter needed would be significantly less than you mentioned.
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Is this supposed to be a game or a Zen garden?
Sorry folks if you don't like our complaints just move on please. There are threads out there which give you what you want. To those with a little patience just ignore thread you don't like. Stop this boring posting of being bored about people who are bored.
This is what I was hoping to be able to do. So much so that I invested in a Warthog HOTAS setup with rudder pedals. But as many people here have already stated, there is nowhere near enough depth to the various game mechanics to allow this approach. This is especially true of regular "flying around, taking in the sights" type stuff - the flight model is about as complex as StarFox was back in the day. I can spend hours in X-Plane or DCS just learning to fly, landing properly, learning the planes systems. Took me 10 minutes in ED to be proficient. Suppose I could execute every landing with FA off for kicks, that's not easy...?
The problem is real life isn't this boring at all. Real life has stuff going on, I can interact with it. People are asking for features (that are coming..) that make it more realistic and like real life, and a bunch of people are like nah.. space is gonna be more boring i love it! Maybe it's your perspective that's skewed. If you didn't plan on playing this game any deeper than a walking simulator of course your satisfied.
To the op from everything I've gathered on the forum they are shooting for having a lot more of the mechanics and things to do around Easter. If you burn out that's a good time to check back in. If that plan holds that's when I would consider the game released. The "foundation" everyone refers to, is at this time not functioning as intended so I'd expect Jan 1 to be the closest shot at a bug free working as intended game. Honestly now if you do explore the mechanics that give the game flavor you'll bump into something broken or nonsensical and it'll rip you out of the game. I totally understand why people get aggrivated at that, and if that's the case for you then I'd give it some time. Eventually this game will deliver a full experience.
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That isn't weird, it's just at this time the sandbox only really accommodates your playstyle. People that want deeper mechanics and more involved play are not satisfied, and since its the eventual goal I think it's a reasonable criticism.
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Maybe I'm weird but I've been playing for several months now and I've not been bored for a second, in fact I don't have the time to do all the stuff I want to, theres always somewhere new to explore or some profitable mission that pulls me from my plans and takes me to a new place.
That isn't weird, it's just at this time the sandbox only really accommodates your playstyle. People that want deeper mechanics and more involved play are not satisfied, and since its the eventual goal I think it's a reasonable criticism.
I agree its not a simulator like the modules at DCS ( I wouldn't mind it
) but still... with "sim gamer mindset" this game last a longer I think maybe you have to like exploring the space also .