Same thing these days. Welcome to the 21st century.Kotaku are bloggers, not press.
Kotaku are bloggers, not press.
With the games media, not much, sadly.And the difference is?
Readership, I have heard of the Guardian... (British Tabloid)And the difference is?
Frontier community manager Will Flanagan said that the jump was never actually possible, despite players’ clever plans.
“Based on feedback we’ve received in the past, and in an aim to involve player agency in Elite Dangerous’ narrative, rather than simply making a universal change, or flicking a switch to ‘permit lock’ the systems in question, we decided to incorporate the actions of a great Elite Dangerous player group, and a huge number of Commanders, into the wider lore of the game,” Flanagan wrote. “Supporting the event as best we could with our own channels while reacting to an emergent piece of content from the community.”
It's implied that the trip was "never possible" because the destination was surrounded by permit-locked systems, thus preventing travel to it. When Canonn decided to bypass the region-locked systems and jump directly to the Cone Nebula, Frontier went "Uh-oh, we didn't predict this. Let's lock the Cone Nebula." Canonn persisted and so instead of Frontier simply saying no, they decided to turn it into a sort of mini-event.
Seems pretty predictable IMHO. The writing was on the wall from the get-go.
Sorry, my question is are the following all true :
1) The target system was initially not permit locked (hence why this was a thing in the first place)
2) After the even was announced Frontier then subsequently permit locked the target system (But still allowed the players have Gnosis jump)
It's implied that the trip was "never possible" because the destination was surrounded by permit-locked systems, thus preventing travel to it. When Canonn decided to bypass the region-locked systems and jump directly to the Cone Nebula, Frontier went "Uh-oh, we didn't predict this. Let's lock the Cone Nebula." Canonn persisted and so instead of Frontier simply saying no, they decided to turn it into a sort of mini-event.
Seems pretty predictable IMHO. The writing was on the wall from the get-go.
Only in hindsight though.
An "event" was obvious. That the Gnosis would be attacked was highly likely.
That it would happen inside or outside the Cone Sector was entirely unsure. Many were hoping it would happen inside the Cone Sector - in fact, that the Gnosis would make it in and whatever event FD wanted to weave in would happen within that place. I don't mind the Gnosis being attacked, as it was fairly obvious from it being a pit of Hydras and I brought a couple of weapons just in case.
What I wasn't expecting was FD to deny entry altogether.
You can guarantee a number of people would then be stranded in an isolated area of space with no ability to return to "normal" space, which would just cause more headaches for Frontier in the long-run. People were bound to be upset no matter what the outcome.
Nice article which does a pretty good job of covering all the bases. Thanks for sharing.