Elite Dangerous : Fruit Machine?

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Barking_Mad

Barking_Mad
I'm actually a fan of the RNG mechanic, because it stops, at least in some ways the min/max issue and hopefully it will link parts of the game together with missions and make it fun and make ship builds unique. However I can't help but feel that as an *unavoidable* side effect of wanting a random elements in the game the mechanics now resemble a fruit machine.

Collect coins > Insert coins > Spin Wheels > Repeat until desired outcome or you run out of coins > Rinse and repeat.

They might do better by removing the special feature graphic that looks and sounds a bit like a fruit machine and maybe change it to some whizz, bang, crash, drill engineering sounds...
 

Marc_Hicks

Marc_Hicks
Barking_Mad said:
I'm actually a fan of the RNG mechanic, because it stops, at least in some ways the min/max issue and hopefully it will link parts of the game together with missions and make it fun and make ship builds unique. However I can't help but feel that as an *unavoidable* side effect of wanting a random elements in the game the mechanics now resemble a fruit machine.

Collect coins > Insert coins > Spin Wheels > Repeat until desired outcome or you run out of coins > Rinse and repeat.

They might do better by removing the special feature graphic that looks and sounds a bit like a fruit machine and maybe change it to some whizz, bang, crash, drill engineering sounds...
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Didn't they say they had removed it since that build?
 

Han Brannigan

Han Brannigan
Marc_Hicks said:
Didn't they say they had removed it since that build?
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No. They removed it for things that cannot get a special feature in the first place (at least that is what they said in the stream if your information is never I retract my statement)

To TS with that title I was expecting a whiny OP full of hyperbole and exaggeration. You have surprised me. Pleasantly. Have some rep.
 
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Khelder

Khelder
From what I understand from the little of seen of it, there is a chance to gain a 'special' ability. If that is the case, I'm not really a fan. If these guys are engineers, I would expect they'd know what they were doing. It would be like me taking my car in to get a service and the mechanic saying, "Well, I changed the oil. All good. Oh, and I accidentally installed a turbo! Lucky you."

I would have preferred randomness in the overall outcome. For example, the engineer might be aiming for a 10% increase in some spec, but only manages to squeeze 8% out of it.

I guess we'll see what it's like in beta.
 
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