So we have a list of features we expected, or make a comment on how we feel about certain mechanics, and get barraged with lines like "you just lack imagination" or "you just don't understand Elite: Dangerous" or my favorite "learn to play".
First off, this is release, so lemme spin you a tale. Say a game about assassinating people in an open world with a vast storyline that spans hundreds of generations has been planned to release, it has sandbox elements, but has promise of a living world and a fascinating story you take part in release. then it releases you can only walk around the town, stab evil villain X, and find treasures hidden through out this open world map....and its fresh and full of bugs, game-breaking bugs, some so bad it makes the game look horrific and barely playable....would you be upset, would you complain, would you feel like you have been ripped off, not to mention day one micro-transactions......
Do you get the hint now, release isn't supposed to be open beta, or early access, if I released a new car without brakes and promised "coming soon" after a year of prototyping said car and hyping it up, I imagine I would have a few lawsuits on my hand. We as consumers don't go to wal-mart and buy a pack of toilet paper that says "6 rolls" and then comes with three and a note saying "Coming Soon".
Release is meant to mean full product, and is expected to be finished, not the prototype or the "Base Platform".
And I can understand some people are trying their best to go "It's okay....I just spent a ton on this(grits teeth), its fantastic(painful smile)...." but please, understand this is the Era of early access and many of us are feeling the burn pretty hard right now, and simply trying to wave off peoples feelings isn't helping the situation, and plugging your ears and going "la la la la" isn't going to hide the fact we are upset and had higher expectation.
Elite has been known to be a single-player game, now that it has been MMO-tized many of the original "Elite" features simply won't do, the bar is raised, and the many years of change that have come in the gaming industry has made our expectations grow.
TL: DR:
Sometimes our complaints are justified, and many people feel like they just pre-ordered "Colonial: Alien Marines" and I imagine many of those who are calling out the "whiners" wouldn't complain if the features we are whinging about where put into the game, I suspect you would love them as much as we complain about not having them!
I apologize for such a long post, but thanks for making it through to the end if you did!
First off, this is release, so lemme spin you a tale. Say a game about assassinating people in an open world with a vast storyline that spans hundreds of generations has been planned to release, it has sandbox elements, but has promise of a living world and a fascinating story you take part in release. then it releases you can only walk around the town, stab evil villain X, and find treasures hidden through out this open world map....and its fresh and full of bugs, game-breaking bugs, some so bad it makes the game look horrific and barely playable....would you be upset, would you complain, would you feel like you have been ripped off, not to mention day one micro-transactions......
Do you get the hint now, release isn't supposed to be open beta, or early access, if I released a new car without brakes and promised "coming soon" after a year of prototyping said car and hyping it up, I imagine I would have a few lawsuits on my hand. We as consumers don't go to wal-mart and buy a pack of toilet paper that says "6 rolls" and then comes with three and a note saying "Coming Soon".
Release is meant to mean full product, and is expected to be finished, not the prototype or the "Base Platform".
And I can understand some people are trying their best to go "It's okay....I just spent a ton on this(grits teeth), its fantastic(painful smile)...." but please, understand this is the Era of early access and many of us are feeling the burn pretty hard right now, and simply trying to wave off peoples feelings isn't helping the situation, and plugging your ears and going "la la la la" isn't going to hide the fact we are upset and had higher expectation.
Elite has been known to be a single-player game, now that it has been MMO-tized many of the original "Elite" features simply won't do, the bar is raised, and the many years of change that have come in the gaming industry has made our expectations grow.
TL: DR:
Sometimes our complaints are justified, and many people feel like they just pre-ordered "Colonial: Alien Marines" and I imagine many of those who are calling out the "whiners" wouldn't complain if the features we are whinging about where put into the game, I suspect you would love them as much as we complain about not having them!
I apologize for such a long post, but thanks for making it through to the end if you did!
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