Robert Maynard
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.... with entirely optional direct PvP and unavoidable indirect PvP (that everyone consents to when they play the game).
Elite Dangerous is the Largest Empty Sandbox Ever Made
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.... with entirely optional direct PvP and unavoidable indirect PvP (that everyone consents to when they play the game).
Indeedy.
Keep reading mon ami.
So unless we have executive control everything else is the same like what he had in 1984? 33 years of game development didn't happen?
Just to clarify, it wasn't a poll from FD about the BGS, it was a poll on whether or not CCN should accept FDs offer to make them into a Colonial faction. FDs proposal was announced on the CCN server, which had around 1,000 members at the time, and over 80% voted against is as they didn't want to be involved in BGS gameplay out in Colonia just to grind for a foothold, as FD had indicated. Most of those early colonists had took MBs comments about FD looking at what people do with Jacques/Colonia at face value, and went on to create some great initiatives (The Colonia Geological Survey, the Nebula Project, Jaunt to Jacques Expedition, Neutron Highway, Colonia Connection Militia Patrols, Colonia Gazette etc). All community created.
After the vote, it was explained to FD that people out there didn't want Colonia to become a clone of the bubble, and declined the invitation to be a faction. Instead the consensus was to try and foster a united community with players taking on a Colonial identity - to try something different from factions and fractured communities they left behind in the bubble. FD then went ahead with their emigration initiative regardless and introduced factions and BGS - which is their right of course, because it's their game.
I can't argue with that. The players who went out and made something of Colonia with all their community content were naively under the impression FD would let things pan out. But once the place became popular, the whole vibe changed and the writing was on the wall. FD wanted to open it up to factional gameplay. Personally speaking I think they could have given the community a year to make something of Colonia, with just the addition of construction CGs to help flesh out the colony infrastructure, and then see whether the place needed an injection of new ideas like their emigration plan. Would have been an interesting experiment if nothing else.
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It should show you how bad that argument is.
That is not the case. Most just want to be able to fight the Thargoids as well, but they can't. Nobody is asking the thargoids to be nerfed, but they would like maybe the thargoid scout ship be usable for smaller ships/less combat skilled people out there so more can participate. The current thargoids remain the same.
As to the idea that the AI was labotomised, this is not the case. Engineered modules where removed due to a major bug, which made the NPC's easier to kill. I seem to remember that MoM said that the AI hadn't changed.
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Well, you can certainly add me to the list of 'do not want'.
Why ?
Player factions => Investment in system/BGS => Context for action and play and something for the player to care about.
I care about our system very much. Just too bad one cannot decorate a little (no ownership of anything, just decorating).
Or do something to open a black market or change an economy type.
Well, I guess if one could alter the game world it would then be a sandbox, instead of a concretebox.
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Will there be "non-consensual" donnybrooks/fights in these hockey games?
Read Erimus' post.
edit: Mind I was specifically referring to Jaques when I said "there".
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Hmm, I do PVP 100% of the gameplay and no PVE whatsoever for the past few months.
Its a PvP game for me.
Going on the past X years, me neither. In truth, I suspect a very simple bolt on mechanic with exciting news announcements, sexy videos, but which in game manifests ias something which is all but forgettable...
But I have a glimmer of hope someone is thinking bigger now, and joining up some dots to make something actually deep and involved.
As I've said. Next year is going to be telling...
Yeah, we know. Doesn't alter the fact that the only combat that's required is PvE.
Robert Maynard
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How do you / did you make credits?
There will be, but after that you can't play the game for 5 minutes.
No they don't.
I play with people, by choice, so if FDev implements NPC wingmates it won't benefit me a bit.
If you don't play with people, by choice, and FDev does multi player improvements it won't benefit you.
^^ Well then it's a mistake on FD's part. Colonia should have indeed been something "different".
It's a bit sad the way it went.
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