Is it me? (TOTAL RANT)

Chef-Jitsu

Chef-Jitsu
Sorry man for the bugged missions. I agree with everything you have said. We are lucky to have a pilot like you. Drink one for me mate. o7
 

JuicerPrime

JuicerPrime
These reasons and more are why I'm on hiatus from ED at the moment. It's like I'm cruising unperturbed over a frothing sea of shortcomings and technical issues, cold drink to hand and one eye on the forums. Playing games I enjoy. No-one chewing me out for wrongthink or telling me to adapt to nonsense and bugs. Peaceful [praise]

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I'll be back when the galactic reserves of limpet and biowaste-crazed Elite Anacondas have run out and things are on an even kilter.
 

RoLnD79

RoLnD79
Solomon Demeter said:
Maybe it is. Maybe it's because I'm having a bad week at work. Maybe it's because I've had one or two alcoholic beverages tonight. Whatever the reason, tonight I've decided to let loose in a thread. After all, that seems to be one of the major purposes of this forum these days.

Where to begin? I know, those damn NPCs. The ones who can shield cell spam, boost, and fire all manner of heat-intensive weapons whilst never ONCE using a heat sink (unless they have access to magic invisible heat sinks, or are completely cooking their ships unbeknownst to me). The ones who fly FdL's with a magic jump range, that can track a Python capable of 20+ Ly jumps unerringly from system to system. The ones who will materialise directly in front of me upon dropping into an instance, garnering me a fine (or worse) through no fault of my own (collisions in a no-fire zone, in case you were mystified). The ones who never seem to miss with railguns, and never run out of ammo. The ones who seem to have no cooldown on the FSD, and can chain-interdict all night long, whilst us plebian players have to make do with a minute's worth of cooldown, even upon successful interdiction.

Or maybe it's the missions. The courier missions I'm unable to hand in unless I complete any active missions in the same system first. The ones that give me a completely pointless "bonus" if I can make it into the station - from drop-in point - in less than a minute (Anyone managed one of these yet?). The missions that require a dozen skimmer kills from a settlement that spawns two at a time. The mining missions that reward me with materials/commodities gained from mining.

Or maybe it's the RNGineers. On second thought, that's a subject worthy of a thread all of it's own, and has been done to death by now. Not to mention there's band-aid "fixes" in the works, so let's wait and see how those work out.

Or maybe it's the seemingly pointless new "State" filter on the GalMap, that seems to accurately portray the state of a system maybe one time in four. Or the trade routes that lead me to systems where I can sell my cargo at a loss. Or the high-sec systems that despatch System Authority ships thirty seconds after I've won the fight. Or the System Authority ships that turn up, and then scan me, despite the fact that presumably I'm the ship reporting the crime.

Or maybe it's the continuing PvP "meta" (How I loathe that word), basically forcing me to adopt the tactics of everyone else, or be left behind in the "meta race" (Heat mechanics, anyone?)

Or maybe it's all of these piled on the camel's back, with the added straw of NPC pirates demanding my "tasty cargo" of biowaste midway through a Sothis run.

Today I feel like the only thing keeping me going with this game is the player group I fly with (IPC repreSENT!). The only thing I can engage with is pushing our player faction to expand and consolidate.

As the title states, this is a rant. I'm not quitting (inb4 "Can I haz ur stuff?"), nor am I demanding changes NOW DAMMIT!! I'm simply venting, and if not here, then where?

TL;DR: Unless you have untreatable ADHD, read the damn post. If you do have untreatable ADHD, I imagine you've moved on by now.
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I have ADHD so I didn't read the entire thing. I did catch the title though and yeah, I'm pretty sure it's just you. :)
 

Soon(TM)

Soon(TM)
Privata said:
Your issue is the NPCs act like humans? if they nerf the NPC SCB or what not , the same should be done with us.

For example we have a bug currently were you can get unlimited ammo , I think FD should take money off all accounts that have had that bug , its cheating (I have that bug and I feel like a full on cheater)

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How is it broken?
It works okay at the moment
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This guy!

Every thread I read he's posting with his white knight "screw everyone that has a slight concern about the game" mentality

Is he paid by FD to troll us until we give in and just stop posting our issues?

I think he's heading straight towards my ignore list!
 

Riverside

Riverside
Long Star said:
What isn't broken in this game?
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The ships look better than ever,
The skybox has been one of my favourite touches for a long time,
Planet textures are more awesome than ever (Suns seem to have gone a little odd recently)
Witchspace is the coolest loading screen ever, even if they keep fiddling with it it still looks & sounds great to me after thousands of jumps,
Outposts look better than ever, and the new assets that came with the Engineers stations are superb,
The galmap, for all it's foibles is a still fantastic tool when you can just zoom all the way out, move a bit & zoom back in anywhere, and now you can bookmark an interesting location for a later visit,
The in-game music, sound effects & how the sound really adds to the experience, especially when your canopy blows out,
The orbital mechanics of real and generated systems that are just so believable,
The flight model that manages to be arcade enough while still feeling cool & spacey,
...

There is a lot to like, there's a lot that isn't (badly) bugged. The rebuy screen seems bug-free too, I've been testing that a fair bit recently ;)
 

DukeIronHand

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Hmmm....well I am still having fun tripping about the Galaxy doing a bit of this and a bit of that.
Must say though that adult beverage pictured above looks awful tasty.
 

Obi0914

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I thought i read somewhere, possibly the system requirements that a alcoholic beverage Is require to play this game?

Anyways man i know how you feel, i stop playing for like 3 months because how fustrated i got for the missions and all the grinding i did for my python and federal navy rank.
 

Stagno Jones

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I feel ya too OP. This game has such a great platform and such huge potential that the fact that so many things are bugged or just plain stupid/nonsensical frustrates the hell of of ya.
 

shadragon

shadragon
Stacked eight courier missions to improve relations with Federation factions. Completed them all without incident and was heading back to my home base. No cargo in my military armoured MK III Cobra and I'm not wanted in my home system. Get jumped by a WANTED Viper with railguns. I submit and deploy weapons. He's Dangerous, but so am I. He nails me with a pair of railguns blasts. Shields gone. He then rams me down to 78% hull. I turn FA off and begin to turn in against him. My C1 beam turrets (which keep resetting to FIRE AT WILL) refuse to fire even though he's under the reticle, red and I'm hammering the fire button furiously. The C2 Gimbal Pulses do fire, but are useless as he's never in front of me for more than a second. He's spamming chaff endlessly. Security shows up, and proceeds to scan me, the guy getting nailed. The enemy stays directly above my head (I'm in VR so I could watch him) and nails me with hit after hit of RG fire even though I'm using random thrusters and FA Off to not be an easy target. At 27% hull, security gets their act together and they take down his shields. Railgun blast, 4% hull and I begin to tumble. *BOOM* He was at 97% hull. That was the second time tonight I've been destroyed in a similar manner with no active missions or cargo.

I'm crap as a pilot; am the first to admit it. Against a chaff spamming opponent the only option are fixed weapons, or locking your gimbals / turrets. Yet fixed weapons need the target in front, not directly over your head. Before 2.1, I could wear enemies down over time, now the AI does not give you any slack. They have perfect (and seemingly instantaneous) PIP control management and do not make mistakes you can take advantage of, ever.

I'd go back to my Vulture for the extra protection and firepower, but that would mean I'd get jumped by Dangerous railgun equipped FAS instead of Vipers. Staying with the cheaper ships means a lower rebuy and in these conditions it's the only thing that makes sense.

I have no Engineer gear as I'm still collecting materials. Yet I doubt having that gear on my ship would have mattered beyond giving me a few more seconds.
 

Mr_Foxhound

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Privata said:
Your issue is the NPCs act like humans? if they nerf the NPC SCB or what not , the same should be done with us.

For example we have a bug currently were you can get unlimited ammo , I think FD should take money off all accounts that have had that bug , its cheating (I have that bug and I feel like a full on cheater)

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unfortunately your assumption is wrong,NPC cheat with heat
 

GluttonyFang

GluttonyFang
Solomon Demeter said:
Or maybe it's the continuing PvP "meta" (How I loathe that word), basically forcing me to adopt the tactics of everyone else, or be left behind in the "meta race" (Heat mechanics, anyone?)
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How dare you protest against the holy meta, you deserve ten thousand deaths :mad:

*Chuckles in the background*
 
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