Maybe, but that's not FD way of doing business. Season 2 is not on sale and there isn't any details about it. Horizons is on sell and details are giving for that. You don't need to purchase Horizons or season 2 in order to play the game now and receive game updates for the lifespan of the game.
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Maybe, but that's not FD way of doing business. Season 2 is not on sale and there isn't any details about it. Horizons is on sell and details are giving for that. You don't need to purchase Horizons or season 2 in order to play the game now and receive game updates for the lifespan of the game.
The figure is not underlying profit. It is underlying REVENUE. That's completely different.
See them separate here:
Season 2 is Horizons (or did I miss something?). And yet they're selling it.
EDIT : @ffr : My bad. I'm a bit tired, should have made the difference...
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Promised???
I think not.
What is promised for Horizons is what's said where/when you order.
https://archive.is/e93js
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My first was specifically about combat, but definitely regards these design philosophies:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=142790
Later, something more general:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=162629
This might sum it up fairly well:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=158931&page=15&p=2432766#post2432766
Thank you, reading. Give me some time to mull things over please.
Season 2 is Horizons (or did I miss something?). And yet they're selling it.
EDIT : @ffr : My bad. I'm a bit tired, should have made the difference...
All good, I should have phrased it better.
Do you honestly think there will be billions of different scenarios - or even distinct scenery - for these planets/moons? If it's like everything else FD has done, it will be 5 randomly chosen, distinct, broad categories of scenarios - with heavily toned-down procedural generation to determine what terrain, "fortresses," or "loot" you will encounter.
Well, maybe we should make a push for added variety. That's where the 1.4 mission thing is heading and we'll have a better idea when that drops, as in what can be done. If we don't ask, we don't get.
I bet you're fun at parties...
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But we shouldn't even have to ask for it...
Game-designers are paid for that.
People have been asking for "variety" since long before release. It's probably the core tenet of most peoples' gameplay suggestions. But, I agree - it wouldn't hurt to keep pushing. Maybe, eventually, FD will listen.
But we shouldn't even have to ask for it...
Game-designers are paid for that.
When you realize that this game is always in a state of development and they are still listening to suggestions made about the Core Game, then you just may realize that if you come up with a good idea then they just might make it happen. Not saying it will always happen but suggestions are always welcome.
This is not a Triple A title. It has always been a work in progress, even since the kickstarter and something those players helped create.
If you treat it as a Triple A title you will be disappointed.
If you think you have a good idea then post it.
If you only whine about stuff, nothing will happen but if you have a good idea then offer it out there for public scrutiny.
If it's good, or even makes them change the game in a small way that makes it more fun then it's a win.
It's 100% better than just saying the game sucks with no feedback whatsoever...so if you care, post any ideas you have to improve the game.
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I've read plenty of good ideas on these forums (especially concerning PP), none of them made it into the game yet.
People claim that FD listens to customers - but I have yet to see solid examples of meaningful design decisions that were brought about by the community.
For example, did we really ask for PowerPlay?
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But we shouldn't even have to ask for it...
Game-designers are paid for that.
In many ways i do agree with you. A road map would be nice, it would give players a better understanding about what they are investing in and a reason to feel better about the project they are immersed in. But coming from a player that has been here since premium beta I can safely say that FD has always delivered what I wanted out of a sci fi game like this.
Just my opinion of course but the life time expansion pass is a must have, if you plan on investing a serious amount of time in the game. I know other games have more glamour, i know other games make more "promises" but what i see from FD..................is PASSION, passion for a project they want to deliver, a project they want to succeed, a project they want to play.
FD doesn't you with promises to get sales, they dont try to hype the game for more then what it is. This is Elite : Dangerous, a game of its own, not a copy paste of whats on the market, Elite has its own soul, like it or not this game has its own identity. and Frankly Im proud to back a game with such balls not to follow the norm and do it its own way.
Just my opinion of course.
Are you sure about that?
Very true, but I do believe that this is the largest project this dev team has ever taken on ( with the current state of gaming of course ) and there are limitations to what they can put into the game and what they cant. Deep down FD would want every single good idea they come up with or read about to be put into the game. But its a hard balance, to maintain identity, keeping the player base happy, keeping investors happy, staying within a budget, being profitably, and maintaining the reputation of FD and DB which I believe they care a great deal about. But FD made a choice a long time ago, to stick to their vision of what they want to deliver and what game they want to make.
Its not easy, even tho we think it is.
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Do you have an example of when they have?
You are calling that a broken promise? You have lost all credibility in this argument. An advertisement as a promise? Straws, just plain old grasping.
I giggled, there is some truth to it. Not complete truth, but its an AD, so not fair in the first place.
I remember someone went so far as to remake it with 'added honesty' though, to be fair.
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The fact still may or may not remain, FD are not showing they can show something to show for what we have seen. That is true.
I remember someone went so far as to remake it with 'added honesty' though, to be fair.
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The fact still may or may not remain, FD are not showing they can show something to show for what we have seen. That is true.
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