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It wasn't pickles? Why not?
Well when the dust has settled FD can certainly have an intersting Wrap Up meeting 
Just about every area of product development, testing, marketing and management could stand a look at ways to improve.
Both server and client side.
The virtual teaming generated by the Pandemic is probably not going away enitrely even when we step bleary eyed out into the open again (a note to those outside the UK).
I hope FD can pull this out the bag, but they do need to appraise their practises in light of the new world.
Simon
Just about every area of product development, testing, marketing and management could stand a look at ways to improve.
Both server and client side.
The virtual teaming generated by the Pandemic is probably not going away enitrely even when we step bleary eyed out into the open again (a note to those outside the UK).
I hope FD can pull this out the bag, but they do need to appraise their practises in light of the new world.
Simon
I agree that's unlikely, but as CEO the buck stops there.Agreed, but I don't think DB coded EDO (or antyhing in ED for that matter) himself.
That does not change the fact, that EDO was released in an unacceptable state
Excellent- they should put you in chargeWell when the dust has settled FD can certainly have an intersting Wrap Up meeting
Just about every area of product development, testing, marketing and management could stand a look at ways to improve.
Both server and client side.
The virtual teaming generated by the Pandemic is probably not going away enitrely even when we step bleary eyed out into the open again (a note to those outside the UK).
I hope FD can pull this out the bag, but they do need to appraise their practises in light of the new world.
Simon
Branston pickle on a porkpie...you haven't lived!
My wife's a veggy and even she drools when l get em out of the fridge.
Ohh off topic soz.
Once the games in a fit state of content...and by that l mean exploratory content not fps, missions etc, once that's up n running alot will come back.
A mission to find thargoid homeworld would be a good start fdev!!@
My wife's a veggy and even she drools when l get em out of the fridge.
Ohh off topic soz.
Once the games in a fit state of content...and by that l mean exploratory content not fps, missions etc, once that's up n running alot will come back.
A mission to find thargoid homeworld would be a good start fdev!!@
How can it be a mile high and only 1 mm thick at the same time?
Perspective can be a tricky beast.
ED is in danger of going out to a duck call .... no offence
Dragsham! do you heat your pork pie? I can have them hot or cold, Branston, yeah! Pickled onion, pint of proper ale (ciders good too), cup of tea and sunshiney day in country pub. The tiny pickled onions in Branston are the bizz though with a Melton Mowbray proper porker.
Three dimensions.
While I'm sure its probably technically possible, it would defeat the purpose of
Honestly, I've learned more about what is bad/broken/glitchy/etc with different parts of the game by reading the forum posts rather than actually experiencing the vast majority of the issues myself.
"Forewarned is forearmed" - Some, maybe ancient, possibly useful proverb.
Pay me instead?
We might mock the ones who come here to say goodbye or ridicule their posts but imho they're just as viable as those who come here to say they've just started playing this game.
In the end it's a sad thing when more and more of these posts appear, especially when they're long time members of this playerbase.
My two cents.
In the end it's a sad thing when more and more of these posts appear, especially when they're long time members of this playerbase.
My two cents.
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Exactly - as long as they provide some details where things went wrong and not simply pull a Bazmeson I don't see any problem with it. Instead, I'd call it valuable feedback Frontier would be well advised to take into account.
I find the inevitable and unfortunately entirely predictable mocking posts that always follow a lot more tiresome (if they were at least funny that'd be something at least), especially when the OP put some effort into their post and the tone it's written in is reasonable.
If you don't like what it says, feel free to stop bumping it.
It's mad to me that some random bloke has become so meta 'round this parish. To the point where he's actually become a thing.
What I will say though, is that I agree with you wholeheartedly, its definitely sad to see players who've been around a while leave the game. Buuuut, at the end of the day, it does make sense doesn't it? I mean, I adored the originals and is the reason I backed this one back in the Kickstarter days, but I still come and go from it. I'll play for a few months, then get a bit bored or disinterested with it and stop playing. Come back again several months later, think to myself "ooh, that's new!" and get interested again... for a few months. Then drift off again. Wash, rinse, repeat. At no point have I felt the need to go into shouty mode on a forum, or make "open letters" or demand the CEO of the company pay attention to me.
I mean, end of the day... just a computer game, yeah? A really really good one, but still...
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I'd say it's up to the individual if they want to create a thread about leaving - the way I take these is as a message to Frontier, not so much the community. It's most likely a futile exercise but when your company's official forum is swamped with "I leave" threads maybe it eventually triggers some action... though I'm probably a bit too optimistic here given who we're dealing with here.
Elite is a very weird one for me personally. I played since 2014 (the only other exposure to the series was the OG C64 version), maybe for a few months, then left since progress was so glacial and I couldn't get anywhere (and didn't really know what I was doing at the time). After Horizons released, I played it like a crazy person... I don't recall any major breaks from the game, maybe for a few weeks at a few times but I usually played almost daily for the coming years until this year. Never got bored, never burned out. Always motivated to try stuff I hadn't done before.
In 2018 I joined the forums, and got myself more involved in the online community by discussing stuff here, helping other players (or asking for help), meeting with people I'd recognise from the forums (some prolific ones even), I'd become familiar with who is who, a bit like moving to a village and getting to know the neighbourhood.
I also spent a ton of money on this game, no other game comes even remotely close when it comes to financial, time and emotional investment. So I can understand that some people can't simply walk away if they spent so much of their lives on this game.
I considered in the past weeks to do a Bazmeson myself but decided against it for various reasons (and I'm obviously still here... patch 6 combined with a CMDR wipe kept the candle burning, if only just).
I love Horizons, but I'm lukewarm about Odyssey, gameplay wise. The ring-fenced design of it is my biggest disappointment, and I don't think this will go away; performance issues and bugs just add insult to injury. I was really looking forward to it because I hoped after getting a bit bored with Horizons (done pretty much all I wanted to) it would extend the lifespan of Elite significantly for me, but it may well do the opposite instead. With other games, I'd just call it a day, but there's a fair bit more baggage (positive - the above - as well as negative - sunk cost fallacy most likely I'd say) attached to doing the same with Elite, so yeah... not just a computer game for me I'm afraid.
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