I disagree with you as well. The new update brings tons of additional and expanded features. What exactly where you looking for in the update?
Is 2.1 the "Make or Break" or "Do or Die" Update for Elite Dangerous?
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I disagree with you as well. The new update brings tons of additional and expanded features. What exactly where you looking for in the update?
Additional features - basically engineers which adds a whole other layer of grind. It really isn't content. The rest if just going back and improving the system they already made including a lot of things that should have been done right in the first place.
I was looking for improvement in the content and quality of missions but I've found them to be identical to the old ones.
ALL of this is window dressing.
that sucks dude. Was hoping that it would be way more in depth. I've heard there's now ice mining so maybe that'll pay pretty well. Though the thing is I'm in this game for the combat not some stupid background simulation or anything like that. So you telling me that the combat got updated gives me relief. But it sucks that there's not much going on besides that.
and how does what they do or dont earn impact you ?
Some of the improvments change the "flavor" of the experience to the positive for sure. But its just continuing the same dead end philosophy of an empty galaxy with nothing but a lifeless dry interaction with it.
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I guess what I'd say to summarize is that these are all welcomed changes - but at SOME POINT they are going to have to acknowledge the giant elephant in the room everyone is complaining about and actually SHOWING US that they are going to change their way of thinking and address those concerns. Not just UI / pretty lights changes. SUBSTANCE.
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I guess what I'd say to summarize is that these are all welcomed changes - but at SOME POINT they are going to have to acknowledge the giant elephant in the room everyone is complaining about and actually SHOWING US that they are going to change their way of thinking and address those concerns. Not just UI / pretty lights changes. SUBSTANCE.
Again, I would have to disagree. There is much more to the missions now, with the communication in the message system, the mini branches (kind of side quests), alternative endings etc.
I could go on. I enjoyed missions anyway, but the implementation is so much better now, it feels like a different game.
The missions were fine, it's just the implementation that wasn't. That is now a million times better. Other missions, such as branching/chained are coming and wing mission i believe, but not know.
And really you do not need to grind when it comes to the engineers, I certainly won't be.
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What elephant is that. Most people seem to be extremely positive.
LOL.
Weren't you taking a break?
I was. I'm back (also, that was posted a while ago
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Well there is another factor - No Man's Sky which launches towards the end of June.
I am one of those who is expecting great things from 2.1 to rekindle my somewhat flagging interest in ED....I love playing it but I've been taking longer and longer breaks.
The rest of the Horizons updates don't really hold a lot of interest for me, it's all about the missions and new content in 2.1 as far as I'm concerned.
I will get NMS no matter what 2.1 is like as NMS looks very interesting and I think it's possible to play both games as I believe they'll offer a very different experience but if NMS is awesome and 2.1 isn't.....the timing could be a factor.
That being said, I've already bought Horizons so FD already have my investment in season 2 and I have a huge soft spot for the Elite franchise so I get the feeling I'll always get reeled back in for the new shiney...season 3 anyone
I am one of those who is expecting great things from 2.1 to rekindle my somewhat flagging interest in ED....I love playing it but I've been taking longer and longer breaks.
The rest of the Horizons updates don't really hold a lot of interest for me, it's all about the missions and new content in 2.1 as far as I'm concerned.
I will get NMS no matter what 2.1 is like as NMS looks very interesting and I think it's possible to play both games as I believe they'll offer a very different experience but if NMS is awesome and 2.1 isn't.....the timing could be a factor.
That being said, I've already bought Horizons so FD already have my investment in season 2 and I have a huge soft spot for the Elite franchise so I get the feeling I'll always get reeled back in for the new shiney...season 3 anyone
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Help me NMS .. you are my only hope..
That being said NMS is more arcadey where as this tries to be more simmy.. I wish it were MORE simmy in some areas and more arcade in others..
That being said NMS is more arcadey where as this tries to be more simmy.. I wish it were MORE simmy in some areas and more arcade in others..
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2.1 is huge. An ocean of content, changes, and upgrades.
For those who don't have beta, or aren't curious enough to have realized, ED is now a fully fleshed out game. There is so much new stuff, I doubt I will get through half of it before 3.0 comes out, let alone 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4.
IMO, even with all the glitches, Frontier hit a home run.
For those who don't have beta, or aren't curious enough to have realized, ED is now a fully fleshed out game. There is so much new stuff, I doubt I will get through half of it before 3.0 comes out, let alone 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4.
IMO, even with all the glitches, Frontier hit a home run.
Dont worry. The Colonel is entitled to his opinion, but hardly compares to what most of us believe: 2.1 is a massive improvement in a huge number of ways.
Btw, its amazing home some spend months whining FD should improve the core gameplay and now whine they should have focussed on more new stuff. Some may call them hypocrites. Regardless, 2.1 offers both.
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Do I think this is the make or break update... no. I think the make or break update will be the big 3.0 update, which will probably be atmospheric flight, or walking around stations and ships. It could be capitol ships, but I doubt that, it just doesn't seem... impressive enough for the next big update.
But if either of those are borked, for instance, the ground AI doesn't function so they simply don't populate the stations. I think that will kill people's interest in Elite for good. I intend to buy the expansion pass next time it comes around, if it does, and play what they have on offer for as long as they continue to operate this game. Because I enjoy what we have.
But yeah, off the top of my head, if you can't dofight in atmosphere, if the stations don't have people in them, or you can't do actually FPSing in your FPS segment of the game when it's released due to lack of combat AI when that segment comes out -cough-planetarylandings-cough- I fear for the future of the game. As it stands, we have at least the rest of the year.
But if either of those are borked, for instance, the ground AI doesn't function so they simply don't populate the stations. I think that will kill people's interest in Elite for good. I intend to buy the expansion pass next time it comes around, if it does, and play what they have on offer for as long as they continue to operate this game. Because I enjoy what we have.
But yeah, off the top of my head, if you can't dofight in atmosphere, if the stations don't have people in them, or you can't do actually FPSing in your FPS segment of the game when it's released due to lack of combat AI when that segment comes out -cough-planetarylandings-cough- I fear for the future of the game. As it stands, we have at least the rest of the year.
Leave it to a dude with a Trump hat avatar to start an incredibly loaded thread that can't possibly lead to anything but divisiveness.
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