He's only a whippersnapper (55+), has only been gaming online since the 1990's, and was earning six digits as a lead coder for decades. In military aerospace. He beats the stuffing out of everyone at any game, computer or not.
So, he's a noob rookie, who knows nothing about flying sims at all. Or, software development. Or, about gaming.
He saw the Steam sale, had me give him an online demo, and a detailed verbal and written summary of all the game. Military report level detailed.
Here's the shocker: To heck with Horizons and Beyond. He's only buying the base game, for an hour's flying around per night. It wasn't worth the extra $7.50 USD to him for Horizons/Commander Pack.
And, especially, to heck with Engineers.
He doesn't want anything beyond a Cobra 3. He'll be joining my squadron. He doesn't see the need for wasting ten million. Also, he wants to fly his own ship, not be crew on someone else's ship. So much for Multicrew. We'll spend an hour a week on winged up activities, at the most. He just wants to fly around.
He's got lots of RL money. It isn't a matter of being cheap. He's buying a full HOTAS (which he had at work to test his stuff), and a premium box. Something about two other flying games coming out as well.
He wants to spend his time having fun.
That is what Elite looks like to veteran gamers from the outside. Beyond the base game and flying, it's no fun. All the "cool stuff" beyond Wings was wasted. Not even worth $7.50 on a Steam sale.
To all those dizzy with their carriers, and the prospects of Odyssey, this should be a screaming warning sign. Not like it will change Frontier's mind, of course...
So, he's a noob rookie, who knows nothing about flying sims at all. Or, software development. Or, about gaming.
He saw the Steam sale, had me give him an online demo, and a detailed verbal and written summary of all the game. Military report level detailed.
Here's the shocker: To heck with Horizons and Beyond. He's only buying the base game, for an hour's flying around per night. It wasn't worth the extra $7.50 USD to him for Horizons/Commander Pack.
And, especially, to heck with Engineers.
He doesn't want anything beyond a Cobra 3. He'll be joining my squadron. He doesn't see the need for wasting ten million. Also, he wants to fly his own ship, not be crew on someone else's ship. So much for Multicrew. We'll spend an hour a week on winged up activities, at the most. He just wants to fly around.
He's got lots of RL money. It isn't a matter of being cheap. He's buying a full HOTAS (which he had at work to test his stuff), and a premium box. Something about two other flying games coming out as well.
He wants to spend his time having fun.
That is what Elite looks like to veteran gamers from the outside. Beyond the base game and flying, it's no fun. All the "cool stuff" beyond Wings was wasted. Not even worth $7.50 on a Steam sale.
To all those dizzy with their carriers, and the prospects of Odyssey, this should be a screaming warning sign. Not like it will change Frontier's mind, of course...
