FD, please fix the chrome paint jobs

[Draxxa]

I think Frontier have made an honest mistake with the new chromed finish. Therefore, I'm submitting a bug report.

You see, this is how the mistake/bug was probably made...

I recollect people complaining about the old gold paint jobs. However, the new gold paint jobs look much better. They look more golden because they are less reflective.

What the graphical artist did was apply the same changes they made to the gold (which I expect passed Quality Assessment first time) to the chrome too. The problem is that it doesn't work - there is an important difference. The gold effect works because you want to see a gold colour. The chrome effect works because you want to see a reflection.

Do you see how they made the error?! The 'brushed' finish enhances the gold effect but diminishes the chrome reflection.

As I say, I have submitted this as a bug report.

I don't think it's a bug....they are named already different so they are 2 different kind of works ("Chrome Paint Job" vs "Chromed"....and the chrome of my Cutter is so much better than the new version....which is the version bought 2 years ago...i'm glad they kept it that way

 

[lysan]

Since the engine can clearly do a proper reflective gold or chrome - I suspect there is a "Head of Marketing" in FDev who has put the brakes on and worked out how to squeeze the maximum money from the player base, creating a healthy revenue stream over several years.

That is, deliberately ask the developers to go for a brushed look, people will still buy (and they are), and then in a years time, release a more reflective version, repeat the year after - until we eventually have a fully reflective version and FDev have squeezed maximum cash from the player base.

Of course, I realise this is horribly cynical of me. More worryingly - I still pay... I know I'm being had, but cannot help myself.

I kind of agree however I really hope it’s not the case, you can only milk your customers so much, at some point they will revolt and the whole can of crap will blow up in your face.

 

[Mors Magne]

I don't think it's a bug....they are named already different so they are 2 different kind of works ("Chrome Paint Job" vs "Chromed"....and the chrome of my Cutter is so much better than the new version....which is the version bought 2 years ago...i'm glad they kept it that way

It's a bug! Frontier intended for the new version to be the same or better. They've responded to my bug ticket and want to investigate it.

 

[metatheurgist]

It's a bug! Frontier intended for the new version to be the same or better. They've responded to my bug ticket and want to investigate it.

Nope. They just want you to describe how you believe it's a bug. Completely different.

 

[Mors Magne]

Nope. They just want you to describe how you believe it's a bug. Completely different.

It's a 'bug' because it's a 'mistake'. Frontier would never knowingly sell a version that's inferior to a previous version.

Enough people are complaning about it for it to be a representative sample of players.

In addition, if you look carefully at the old and new chrome and gold paint jobs, you can work out how the mistake was made. What works for gold doesn't work for chrome, which is counter-intuitive until you sit down and analyse what we look for in the colours 'gold' and 'chrome'. There is more to it than just simply each of them being shiny metals.