interesting email from FD

[IamMe]

4days ago i recived email from FD with title "IamMe, Return to Elite Dangerous".
Further in description there is; "with so much out there for you to discover and explore, there's no limit to what you might find."
So maybe there is much more exploration content but we didn't find it yet, but how we're going to find it without proper exploration tools?
I don't want to set my graphic settings to low just to spot weird dot on planets surface.
FD please could you answer us more about exploration development, will you give us some kind of surface exploration scanner soon? what should we expect regarding that?
Are you working on it?
i would really love to return in elite, thanks!

 

[MissMeYet]

So maybe there is much more exploration content but we didn't find it yet, but how we're going to find it without proper exploration tools?
I don't want to set my graphic settings to low just to spot weird dot on planets surface.
FD please could you answer us more about exploration development, will you give us some kind of surface exploration scanner soon? what should we expect regarding that?
Are you working on it?
i would really love to return in elite, thanks!

Did you say all that in a reply email?

 

[IndigoWyrd]

4days ago i recived email from FD with title "IamMe, Return to Elite Dangerous".
Further in description there is; "with so much out there for you to discover and explore, there's no limit to what you might find."

Except anything.

Maybe I'm wrong though, maybe there really is something out there to find, that isn't beige, dry and lifeless.
Or white, frozen and lifeless.

 

[Bit.Slade]

4days ago i recived email from FD with title "IamMe, Return to Elite Dangerous".
Further in description there is; "with so much out there for you to discover and explore, there's no limit to what you might find."
So maybe there is much more exploration content but we didn't find it yet, but how we're going to find it without proper exploration tools?
I don't want to set my graphic settings to low just to spot weird dot on planets surface.
FD please could you answer us more about exploration development, will you give us some kind of surface exploration scanner soon? what should we expect regarding that?
Are you working on it?
i would really love to return in elite, thanks!

How about that combat, though, am I right?

 

[Pyrotiger]

My second account gets weird messages like that. I think it got one a couple of days ago saying something similar. Considering I had logged on the week before, I find it rather...pathetic.

 

[Mengy]

Except anything.

Maybe I'm wrong though, maybe there really is something out there to find, that isn't beige, dry and lifeless.
Or white, frozen and lifeless.

Even if Frontier has hand placed and hidden a few “things” to find out in deep space, that’s not going to do anything to fix what is wrong with exploration in Elite.

Exploration needs interactive and engaging mechanics, and content to take advantage of said mechanics. The current game loop of HONK followed by “point your ship at the planet while you wait for the wheel to spin” isn’t interactive nor engaging, nor does it enable much of any player decisions or actions. Exploration needs gameplay.

I do find that email humorous though. Is it possible the marketing department has no idea just how barebones the exploration game truly is? [big grin]

 

[fademist]

I do find that email humorous though. [big grin]

or maybe is like all other mmo mail when u r off for sometime... but is easy to burn fd and find normal the others i guess

 

[IndigoWyrd]

Even if Frontier has hand placed and hidden a few “things” to find out in deep space, that’s not going to do anything to fix what is wrong with exploration in Elite.

Exploration needs interactive and engaging mechanics, and content to take advantage of said mechanics. The current game loop of HONK followed by “point your ship at the planet while you wait for the wheel to spin” isn’t interactive nor engaging, nor does it enable much of any player decisions or actions. Exploration needs gameplay.

I do find that email humorous though. Is it possible the marketing department has no idea just how barebones the exploration game truly is? [big grin]

Perhaps this might help?

 

[Cupsuki]

So it was an excuse to create another exploration thread?

 

[Besensec]

So it was an excuse to create another exploration thread?

I think so, does it bother you?

 

[Deleted member 38366]

Hehe, if anything, someone @ Frontier has a weird sense of humor.

Oh, and it seems they're indeed starving for active Players & resulting Store Cosmetics Customers if they need to send automated "please come back" mass EMails
*ducks & runs*

PS.
Still waiting for the day where I'm feeling motivated to hop back into an Exploration Ship and make a longer trip.
Given the complete lack of proper Exploration mechanics, Ship Sensors for actual discoveries and most of all : enjoyable content... can't think of any reason.
Ships are mostly collecting dust (a pity it doesn't show on their Hull after xx days of not being undocked, that'd be interesting).
The only thing I occasionally do is hop into a heavily modified Imperial Eagle and hunt for Volcanism in the local area. But that's about it.

 

[ries]

the desperation is palpable

 

[OfftheRails]

Email Claimed To Be Interesting But Was Not. Would Not Read Again. 2/10.

 

[IamMe]

Hehe, if anything, someone @ Frontier has a weird sense of humor.

Oh, and it seems they're indeed starving for active Players & resulting Store Cosmetics Customers if they need to send automated "please come back" mass EMails
*ducks & runs*

PS.
Still waiting for the day where I'm feeling motivated to hop back into an Exploration Ship and make a longer trip.
Given the complete lack of proper Exploration mechanics, Ship Sensors for actual discoveries and most of all : enjoyable content... can't think of any reason.
Ships are mostly collecting dust (a pity it doesn't show on their Hull after xx days of not being undocked, that'd be interesting).
The only thing I occasionally do is hop into a heavily modified Imperial Eagle and hunt for Volcanism in the local area. But that's about it.

Yes i found it funny too since i never found anything while exploring and they described it like there is something to find on every planet in every system.

 

[krylite]

I find it interesting in that ED kept note of how long OP hadn't logged into the game.

Well Braben did say in his recent interviews that there was stuff out there to discover, but wondering it may be like finding needles in a haystack. Perhaps to improve exploration, the game should reward explorers (calculated somehow such as distance travelled away from the bubble) with a chance for an extra tip off or chained missions that would lead to some of the yet undiscovered unique findings referred to. Or if the explorer comes across a new system where there is said new unique discovery, then the ship gets a special message like "anomaly" or "unique signature" detected after preliminary scan, OR alternately after selling the exploration data, explorer gets contacted for unique chained mission after corporation or faction exploration data was sold to found some unique data and asks the explorer in new chained and/or passenger mission to return with scientific or scouting team to system with unique finding.

 

[Genar-Hofoen]

Ah.

I too got this email.

I'm presuming that Frontier sent me it because I've hardly if at all been playing the game in the last few months.

OP, when they're saying "explore", you have to take the whole of the message into context...

So Frontier isn't specifically talking about Exploration, they're talking about "exploration of the game as a whole".

Now. I've done the "Ally yourself with a faction"

I've done the "explore the deepest reaches of space"

I really, really DO NOT CARE about "crush your enemies"

And as far as "build your fortune" goes, I think I've got about 750 million credits in total assets - I'd load the game to check on that but I can't really be Asp'ed to do so.

Every time I load the game up now, I'm now sitting there looking at a Station Services menu, thinking...

"Do a mission? Meh."
"Go exploring again? Meh."
"Go out bounty hunting? Meh."
"Mining? Kill me now."
"Trading? Yeah really, where's my noose?"
"Pirating? Meh, not my bag."
"Go hunt for Volcanism! Um, meh - the thought of scouring a planet for hours and hours on end because only instrument is Mk.1 Eyeball? MEH!"
"Oh I know, I can go engineer the new iEagle and iClipper! *remembers how bothersome it was to engineer the Anaconda and Cutter* Frackin' MEH!"

And I realise that, apart from a fantastically implemented simulation of a galaxy, there's nothing which is compelling me to play the game anymore.

So yes, Frontier. Thank you very much for sending me an email asking me to come back, but, for now, I think I'll pass on that. Unless and until you start making the game actually interesting and compelling, I don't think I'll be clocking up many more minutes, let alone hours, in this game.

 

[IamMe]

Even if Frontier has hand placed and hidden a few “things” to find out in deep space, that’s not going to do anything to fix what is wrong with exploration in Elite.

Exploration needs interactive and engaging mechanics, and content to take advantage of said mechanics. The current game loop of HONK followed by “point your ship at the planet while you wait for the wheel to spin” isn’t interactive nor engaging, nor does it enable much of any player decisions or actions. Exploration needs gameplay.

I do find that email humorous though. Is it possible the marketing department has no idea just how barebones the exploration game truly is? [big grin]

mengy you had good ideas in other threads i hope they will use some of it!

Perhaps this might help?

https://i.imgflip.com/1mqaue.jpg

lol while waiting exploration content you become exploration discovery!

I find it nteresting in that ED kept note of how long OP hadn't logged into the game.

Well Braben did say in his recent interviews that there was stuff out there to discover, but wondering it may be like finding needles in a haystack. Perhaps to improve exploration, the game should reward explorers (calculated somehow such as distance travelled away from the bubble) with a chance for an extra tip off or chained missions that would lead to some of the yet undiscovered unique findings referred to. Or if the explorer comes across a new system where there is said new unique discovery, then the ship gets a special message like "anomaly" or "unique signature" detected after preliminary scan, OR alternately after selling the exploration data, explorer gets contacted for unique chained mission after corporation or faction exploration data was sold to found some unique data and asks the explorer in new chained and/or passenger mission to return with scientific or scouting team to system with unique finding.

anything would be good but what is the purpose of things that you can't find cos you don't have tools to find it, other than graphics dip.

 

[lokvette]

I knew there was a reason FD was on my spam list.

 

[IamMe]

Ah.

I too got this email.

I'm presuming that Frontier sent me it because I've hardly if at all been playing the game in the last few months.

OP, when they're saying "explore", you have to take the whole of the message into context...

http://i.imgur.com/DRZODKE.png​

So Frontier isn't specifically talking about Exploration, they're talking about "exploration of the game as a whole".

Now. I've done the "Ally yourself with a faction"

I've done the "explore the deepest reaches of space"

I really, really DO NOT CARE about "crush your enemies"

And as far as "build your fortune" goes, I think I've got about 750 million credits in total assets - I'd load the game to check on that but I can't really be Asp'ed to do so.

Every time I load the game up now, I'm now sitting there looking at a Station Services menu, thinking...

"Do a mission? Meh."
"Go exploring again? Meh."
"Go out bounty hunting? Meh."
"Mining? Kill me now."
"Trading? Yeah really, where's my noose?"
"Pirating? Meh, not my bag."
"Go hunt for Volcanism! Um, meh - the thought of scouring a planet for hours and hours on end because only instrument is Mk.1 Eyeball? MEH!"
"Oh I know, I can go engineer the new iEagle and iClipper! *remembers how bothersome it was to engineer the Anaconda and Cutter* Frackin' MEH!"

And I realise that, apart from a fantastically implemented simulation of a galaxy, there's nothing which is compelling me to play the game anymore.

So yes, Frontier. Thank you very much for sending me an email asking me to come back, but, for now, I think I'll pass on that. Unless and until you start making the game actually interesting and compelling, I don't think I'll be clocking up many more minutes, let alone hours, in this game.

similar situation here, and i don't intend to play it until something good in exploration appear, maybe to check those alien caves if they are not cutscenes and only one kind of spawn, but it could be short term.

- - - Updated - - -

I knew there was a reason FD was on my spam list.

Yeah it would be better if they send dev diary reports or News about future content they're working on!

 

[Faybs]

Ah.

I too got this email.

I'm presuming that Frontier sent me it because I've hardly if at all been playing the game in the last few months.

OP, when they're saying "explore", you have to take the whole of the message into context...

http://i.imgur.com/DRZODKE.png​

So Frontier isn't specifically talking about Exploration, they're talking about "exploration of the game as a whole".

Now. I've done the "Ally yourself with a faction"

I've done the "explore the deepest reaches of space"

I really, really DO NOT CARE about "crush your enemies"

And as far as "build your fortune" goes, I think I've got about 750 million credits in total assets - I'd load the game to check on that but I can't really be Asp'ed to do so.

Every time I load the game up now, I'm now sitting there looking at a Station Services menu, thinking...

"Do a mission? Meh."
"Go exploring again? Meh."
"Go out bounty hunting? Meh."
"Mining? Kill me now."
"Trading? Yeah really, where's my noose?"
"Pirating? Meh, not my bag."
"Go hunt for Volcanism! Um, meh - the thought of scouring a planet for hours and hours on end because only instrument is Mk.1 Eyeball? MEH!"
"Oh I know, I can go engineer the new iEagle and iClipper! *remembers how bothersome it was to engineer the Anaconda and Cutter* Frackin' MEH!"

And I realise that, apart from a fantastically implemented simulation of a galaxy, there's nothing which is compelling me to play the game anymore.

So yes, Frontier. Thank you very much for sending me an email asking me to come back, but, for now, I think I'll pass on that. Unless and until you start making the game actually interesting and compelling, I don't think I'll be clocking up many more minutes, let alone hours, in this game.

That's pretty much me the past couple of weeks. I've almost run the game every evening, mostly as a matter of habit, and every time decided not to and ran some other game or watched YouTube instead. The last thing I did on ED was to create my avatar, and that I did without leaving the hangar.