Is it worth coming back?

[Flak999]

Hi all, I have not played for about three months as I felt I had experienced everything the game had to offer, I had basically got bored with the game. I still look in on the forums from time to time and still read the newsletters, but currently nothing has piqued my interest enough to come back to the game. I have been here since premium beta and enjoyed my time in the beginning but still feel uninspired to come back.

Is there anything in the latest updates which makes a return a must?

Your comments please.

 

[Mark Lock]

Yes, new AI for the npcs, now they are more challanging and fun to fight, I didn't try Engineers yet but I'll do later for sure, the new missions system is much better than before, now some missions are more complex, graphics have been updated.

 

[TargetLost]

ED feels definitive a lot better with 2.1
It seems even the BG sim is working now and it is not completly consequence and pointless what you do.
Mission Faces although as static Pictures only add to it. Voices for landing add to it. Better AI / NPC add to it.
But you will still have to set your own target what you want to do.

 

[PiLhEaD]

I'd say to give it a go.

The whole experience now feels a lot more alive for me, but if you were very Elited-out, three months might not be enough, however 2.1 is a reasonably significant update on many fronts.

The improvement in planet-side frame rates has been very significant for my GTX 770 - up from 25-30 FPS to around 60 - yes 60 - and this has made a terrific improvement to how this part of the game feels now. The mission interface is much more involving, and the branching missions a nice twist albeit not such a massive change. Station traffic seems to have been imrpoved, in that busy stations feel genuinely busy, and quiet outposts are like the grave. The addition of announcements has really pepped up the experience too, and with the AI sometimes being a bit of a handful, each trip now comes with a sense of foreboding that has been missing in ED so far.

Engineers I've not really tried yet, but (perhaps atypically) I like the fact that they work as long-term aspirations to slowly work through 'in the background'.

So, whilst 2.1 isn't a game changer, it is well worth a few hours to check it out.

Edit: I've been in since premium beta too, so understand the necessity for a routine break from the game, and I don't play nearly as much as I used to. To put that in to context, in the mean time Fallout 4 has come and gone as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Jay8ch]

I know people don't want to read this, but it's my honest opinion. I was in the same boat, I hadn't played for quite a few months and I came back for the missions overhaul. I'd say leave it a good while longer. I really thought the missions overhaul would make the game feel finally complete, but the only thing that was new when I tried was a bug that prevented me handing my first mission in. I was in a position where I was patiently waiting for the game to take shape, now I'm not sure I'll ever load it up again. That's really a shame as I did enjoy the game and think it could be so, so much more. It's just not shaping up that way at present.