Hi. I'm going to remain calm. I have not looked for similar stories in here I am just venting. Here we go.
I have just over 800 hours, bought this game Christmas day last year. I learned the hard way, through practice, watching videos, watching other players etc. I feel competent regardless of what my rank is. I have gone through many ships, seen many things, had many laughs and almost lost my mind on a 63k ly sightseeing tour, but that's the game. I get it. It's fine. I never really applied myself, although I had joined a squadron around February, helped with some initiatives, but for the most part, just left everybody alone and did my own thing. This worked well and I have had a blast.
For some reason around 3 weeks ago, I decided I needed an Imperial Courier, and maybe a Clipper. I started grinding. I continued to grind, working smartly and casually. It didn't take long and I had the Sol permit, then reached Baron and immediately grabbed the iCourier. Great ship! Instant favourite. Then I went for the Clipper. Also quite nice and I found it didn't take too long as well. All in all, not a lot of work/stress and I had what I wanted.
OK, so new goals, then. It was Corvette time. I did the same thing, found the sister systems with all the data couriering (Ceos/Sothis) And I ground. And ground. Then Fdev decides to make it easier for everybody, increased or double rank I'm not sure, because at one point it was not even giving me regular payouts, let alone an increase. I just kept doing it. I got the Corvette a few days ago. It's truly a wonderful ship and worth every second of the last 2 weeks I pounded this game.
I was unable to leave the system I bought the ship in due to the low jump range, so I put it into service and started working with what I had. In the last 2 days I have uprated many modules and was totally getting the hang of this beast, had it up to around 11 ly unladen which is not a lot but let me get around a lot easier. I spent probably 2 hours today alone, just trying to outfit for maximum effectiveness while not exceeding maximum mass. I did it. I stuffed that thing with so much cargo and data it was ridiculous, in a good way. Fantastic ship.
I am aware that many other players are aware of this system and its payouts, as real people started flooding in the do the same thing as me. Fine. Great. I was fully prepared for hijinks and was not in the least bit surprised when I was a mailslot gank attempt target, twice today alone. Yesterday a doofus drove his Type 9 into my landing pad, destroying it but not affecting me. Okeydoke. No problem. Really, it didnt hurt the ship and I was able to squirm out of the mailslot issues as well.
See? I know what time it is, I am aware of and prepared for all these eventualities.
So now here we are at day 3 with the new Corvette, and as I mentioned above, it is full. I mean 272 tons full. Still heaps of room but not enough juice to push the damned thing, so there remained 2 class 7 slots, empty. Some 4's and 5's as well. I say again, this ship is mighty. Btw, I've had an Anaconda and there is no comparison.
Here's the thing:
After having loaded it up, checked and rechecked all the data missions, refilled/restocked everything I was set to do a run between around 7-8 stations, I can't remember. My gf asks me if I have 5 minutes, could she please get a backrub?
I know the correct answer to this question, so I hit autolaunch and she sits down on my lap and I go to work. I moved the camera to ship exterior so I could keep an eye on things. I notice that the ship has no problems getting off the pad, retracting landing gear or getting in line for the exit. Time passes. Backrub continues. It's been a long day and I was/am tired, just started to wind down, you know?
Then I notice that there are 4 or 5 other ships in the queue...and they are not moving. I think maybe there is a Type 9 or 10 or Beluga or something coming in, but they have to be a couple km out because...nobody is moving. Nobody is coming in. Nobody is going out. Including me.
Then I get destroyed by the station for pad loitering.
I could not hear the control tower, because external camera. I could not see the timer, because external camera. I had just enough time to yell "Hold on here, just one second" to my gf, reach for my controller, and watch the last 2 weeks explode.
Yes, I did of course have enough for the rebuy.
I had enough for 1 rebuy, which I cashed in and was immediately detained at a station that is... close to 400ly from where I was, where I need to be.
So.
The moral of my story is that I was not prepared for every eventuality because I don't think this has ever happened to me before, or if it did it was a sidewinder and then it was just funny.
Just over 7 million to get back an empty ship (all cargo destroyed, of course) over 400 ly from where I was.
I can deal with the financial loss, that is part of the game. What I cannot deal with at this point, is the fact that it will take me at least a couple of hours to get back. At the very least my time is valuable. As I see it, I was royally screwed by the game. Not anybody else, not an NPC. Just game mechanics.
I STRONGLY FEEL that I should NOT be on the hook for:
1. The rebuy
2. Having to drag this godforsaken slow machine across space for hours for a mistake that I did not make.
3. Loss of cargo. Data missions are intact.
I don't know who reads these posts, I am not opening a ticket with Fdev (if I even can, idk, never had any problems before, certainly nothing that would warrant trying to open a ticket). If this is just for players then so be it. Be on guard, I have to assume that due to increased traffic, servers may be having trouble, the game is certainly having trouble.
If Fdev reads and responds to these, that's great. If you are reading this and your response is along the lines of "Get in line, buddy!" , "Too bad so sad", or even just "Whatever man" then that's fine too, I should have known better.
EDIT: No longer furious. All is well and 5 days after opening my first and only ticket with Frontier, they replaced everything. Thanks.
The real heart of the matter is this: I don't trust the game anymore.
I don't really give a rip if I don't complete those missions, or even run the damned thing any time in the foreseeable future.
It is tarnished. It is sour now.
Maybe I'm just salty and butthurt, maybe I'm just overtired and need a few weeks away, idk. Idc.
I'm done, thanks for reading. Careful out there, CMDR. 07
END RANT
I have just over 800 hours, bought this game Christmas day last year. I learned the hard way, through practice, watching videos, watching other players etc. I feel competent regardless of what my rank is. I have gone through many ships, seen many things, had many laughs and almost lost my mind on a 63k ly sightseeing tour, but that's the game. I get it. It's fine. I never really applied myself, although I had joined a squadron around February, helped with some initiatives, but for the most part, just left everybody alone and did my own thing. This worked well and I have had a blast.
For some reason around 3 weeks ago, I decided I needed an Imperial Courier, and maybe a Clipper. I started grinding. I continued to grind, working smartly and casually. It didn't take long and I had the Sol permit, then reached Baron and immediately grabbed the iCourier. Great ship! Instant favourite. Then I went for the Clipper. Also quite nice and I found it didn't take too long as well. All in all, not a lot of work/stress and I had what I wanted.
OK, so new goals, then. It was Corvette time. I did the same thing, found the sister systems with all the data couriering (Ceos/Sothis) And I ground. And ground. Then Fdev decides to make it easier for everybody, increased or double rank I'm not sure, because at one point it was not even giving me regular payouts, let alone an increase. I just kept doing it. I got the Corvette a few days ago. It's truly a wonderful ship and worth every second of the last 2 weeks I pounded this game.
I was unable to leave the system I bought the ship in due to the low jump range, so I put it into service and started working with what I had. In the last 2 days I have uprated many modules and was totally getting the hang of this beast, had it up to around 11 ly unladen which is not a lot but let me get around a lot easier. I spent probably 2 hours today alone, just trying to outfit for maximum effectiveness while not exceeding maximum mass. I did it. I stuffed that thing with so much cargo and data it was ridiculous, in a good way. Fantastic ship.
I am aware that many other players are aware of this system and its payouts, as real people started flooding in the do the same thing as me. Fine. Great. I was fully prepared for hijinks and was not in the least bit surprised when I was a mailslot gank attempt target, twice today alone. Yesterday a doofus drove his Type 9 into my landing pad, destroying it but not affecting me. Okeydoke. No problem. Really, it didnt hurt the ship and I was able to squirm out of the mailslot issues as well.
See? I know what time it is, I am aware of and prepared for all these eventualities.
So now here we are at day 3 with the new Corvette, and as I mentioned above, it is full. I mean 272 tons full. Still heaps of room but not enough juice to push the damned thing, so there remained 2 class 7 slots, empty. Some 4's and 5's as well. I say again, this ship is mighty. Btw, I've had an Anaconda and there is no comparison.
Here's the thing:
After having loaded it up, checked and rechecked all the data missions, refilled/restocked everything I was set to do a run between around 7-8 stations, I can't remember. My gf asks me if I have 5 minutes, could she please get a backrub?
I know the correct answer to this question, so I hit autolaunch and she sits down on my lap and I go to work. I moved the camera to ship exterior so I could keep an eye on things. I notice that the ship has no problems getting off the pad, retracting landing gear or getting in line for the exit. Time passes. Backrub continues. It's been a long day and I was/am tired, just started to wind down, you know?
Then I notice that there are 4 or 5 other ships in the queue...and they are not moving. I think maybe there is a Type 9 or 10 or Beluga or something coming in, but they have to be a couple km out because...nobody is moving. Nobody is coming in. Nobody is going out. Including me.
Then I get destroyed by the station for pad loitering.
I could not hear the control tower, because external camera. I could not see the timer, because external camera. I had just enough time to yell "Hold on here, just one second" to my gf, reach for my controller, and watch the last 2 weeks explode.
Yes, I did of course have enough for the rebuy.
I had enough for 1 rebuy, which I cashed in and was immediately detained at a station that is... close to 400ly from where I was, where I need to be.
So.
The moral of my story is that I was not prepared for every eventuality because I don't think this has ever happened to me before, or if it did it was a sidewinder and then it was just funny.
Just over 7 million to get back an empty ship (all cargo destroyed, of course) over 400 ly from where I was.
I can deal with the financial loss, that is part of the game. What I cannot deal with at this point, is the fact that it will take me at least a couple of hours to get back. At the very least my time is valuable. As I see it, I was royally screwed by the game. Not anybody else, not an NPC. Just game mechanics.
I STRONGLY FEEL that I should NOT be on the hook for:
1. The rebuy
2. Having to drag this godforsaken slow machine across space for hours for a mistake that I did not make.
3. Loss of cargo. Data missions are intact.
I don't know who reads these posts, I am not opening a ticket with Fdev (if I even can, idk, never had any problems before, certainly nothing that would warrant trying to open a ticket). If this is just for players then so be it. Be on guard, I have to assume that due to increased traffic, servers may be having trouble, the game is certainly having trouble.
If Fdev reads and responds to these, that's great. If you are reading this and your response is along the lines of "Get in line, buddy!" , "Too bad so sad", or even just "Whatever man" then that's fine too, I should have known better.
EDIT: No longer furious. All is well and 5 days after opening my first and only ticket with Frontier, they replaced everything. Thanks.
The real heart of the matter is this: I don't trust the game anymore.
I don't really give a rip if I don't complete those missions, or even run the damned thing any time in the foreseeable future.
It is tarnished. It is sour now.
Maybe I'm just salty and butthurt, maybe I'm just overtired and need a few weeks away, idk. Idc.
I'm done, thanks for reading. Careful out there, CMDR. 07
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