I wish people on these forums were capable of reading. If they were, we'd have about 10 pages total.
Originally Posted by Max Factor View Post (Source)
Unfortunately Burke seems to think that everyone wants the old system back apart from a few trolls.
Burke is only speaking for themselves and others who may agree. If you read their posts and come to the conclusion that they think otherwise then the schooling you must have gotten must have been incredibly bad.
Text only lacks nuance sure, but if you used your brain you would realize that even if one doesn't include a disclaimer in their post, that one could assume they aren't trying to speak for everyone.
The only shocking thing in this thread is this forums sheer inability to read. The only words I could use to describe the sheer collective of ignorance are all words that are banned. Honestly speaking I'm probably going to ask the mods to close this thread soon because you people are literally, LITERALLY incapable of reading and understanding the most BASIC of posts.
People have stated OVER AND OVER AND OVER DOZENS OF TIMES and you all insist on making stuff up that nobody said, argued for, or believes.
Not a single one of us believes the "vast majority" of people want the old system back. We don't know what the "vast majority of people want" and NEITHER DO YOU. The only people who claim to know though, are you because you continually claim without any evidence that the vast majority agree with you somehow.
Not A SINGLE ONE OF US dislikes 99% of the changes FD made to exploration. Yet somehow, SOMEHOW you all manage to derail the thread into countless mini detours about things we don't even dislike. Time and time again you people have proven that you don't care for opinions, that you don't care about how other people feel.
Even though it's ONE THING, ONE THING, ONE LITTLE NITPICK OUT OF EVERYTHING ELSE WE LIKE. And you feel the need to rush to the defense of this silent majority, of FD, of this game that apparently only you like, of this mode of playing the game.
The fact is, you're offended that someone was critical of something you like. This is the problem with gaming culture. People are so invested into their products that anything critical is taken not as a criticism of the game, but a personal attack on you. Hell, look at the reviews for red dead redemption 2 where people state things like "if you voluntarily miss out on this game, you're not a real gamer". This is the kind of culture that gaming perpetuates. As a kind of tribal community where an attack on one thing is an attack on all of you. This is a game, a product of consumerism. It is NOT your personal identity and FD does not need you to defend their honor.
Which is why you don't bother reading what people say despite dozens of posts explaining it, which is why you are literally incapable of understanding what people are saying.
How many dozens of times now has someone read my original post and said "The exploration changes are good for the game. Like you don't have to fly all the way to scan a planet" DESPITE ME SPECIFICALLY STATING IN THE OP THAT THIS IS A CHANGE THAT I LIKE.
It is INCREDIBLY rude of people here to continually mislead, derail, and straight up misrepresent everything people like me are saying.
And the ONLY people in this thread who have honestly belittled, attacked, and insulted others is the ones coming into here and not bothering to read or understand us. I've seen so many posts, just directed to me saying I don't actually play this game. That I don't actually explore. That I contribute nothing. That I'm a hater. That my way of playing is WRONG and I'm not a REAL EXPLORER.
And we have 66 pages of this because I was concerned this new system might take longer in one regard.
NOWHERE has anyone said they wouldn't adapt. That they would stop exploring. That they would stop playing the game. But we get told over and over and over THAT WE JUST HAVE TO ADAPT AND GET USED IT.
IT'S NOT AS IF WE HAVEN'T STATED MANY TIMES OVER AND OVER THAT WE WOULD ADAPT.
But why does that matter? Because we dared to be worried about one thing.
ONE THING that FD has stated was a concern for them. That ObsidianAnt and other big explorers stated as a concern.
66 pages because I was worried about one little thing.
Oh and one last thing. If you read this post and get defensive, you're a part of the problem.
People who listened, read the posts, etc. They have the nuance to understand I'm not talking about them and that there is nothing to get upset over. Whereas if you feel defensive, it's because you know I'm talking about you.
