btw @Vetinari I don't think we spoiled anything that isn't public knowledge,
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I did hear the LR episode where you said about extended 'gamma' until Consoles get it, really appreciate the thought and the we are all one community kinship shown there.
Theres a couple reasons which may sound petty, or at least one of them certainly will
none of them are personal or aimed at LR or saying anything against LR. Its much much wider than that and includes everyone and anything about Odyssey or anything that might mention it in any format. I dont censor other people so I censor myself just in case, I can skim the forums and not read the topic, just see which discussion forum its in then look at the topic if not Odyssey feedback forum.
Public knowledge today is different to what it was 2 weeks ago, and will be next week and in 3 months and so on. My knowledge is exactly the same and I want to keep it that way until I can play the game myself.
I dont want to hear or know anything that hadnt been put out prior to Alpha (so not watching new Frontier LS or anything else either, if they do twitch drops Ill mute it and not watch - dont even want to know about mission types, NPC behaviour, 'how to', whats 'impossible' or 'grind', what 'needs to be better' (easier as a rule), Xeno stuff, gameplay, anything at all that wasnt in those original Dev Diaries / promo vids pre Alpha release - I want to remain ignorant / innocent until I play it and then its all new to me and Ill find my own path. Thats purely for my own personal game enjoyment, Ill discover it for myself.
I like a 'hard' game, I want ED as it is to go back to original settings or at least have the option (100Cr and blaze your own trail where every choice matters etc) if I get the choice I choose 'Extreme' or 'Very Hard' or whatever in SP games. I play very few games so like to spend the time in ones I like having a hard time rather than having to find ones I dont really like just because they are close or near enough. I dont like Eve or NMS, they are great games, I just personally dont like them. Im very hard to please so when I find a game I do like I want it to last and be a real challenge and occupy my time
Which means that if I learn something about Odyssey and then find its been nerfed by XB release to make it easier Ill just hate knowing 'what it could have been'. Better for me not to know in the first place and just take it as it comes when it finally arrives (or Ill be salty and constantly comparing it to the game I could have had). A bit like expecting one thing and then being disappointed you get something else when you had your heart set on it. If all I can do is watch the Alpha / Beta / Release get easier and easier and have no say in the matter Id rather just avoid it completely and wait and see what I get and take it as it is. Sounds petty but its better for me and my forum posts
To quote
@psykit from a previous LR show -
'I want to see how Frontier do it'. I don't want a horse designed by committee, I want a horse designed by DB & Frontier first and foremost with very careful consideration of what makes it better over what just makes it easier or pays more and and in the past imo Frontier have given in too much to make it easier or quicker or especially just pay more, removing the choices and consequences that matter and made the game great in the first place. The original concept of elite 1984 was
'We built a game we wanted to play and hoped others wanted to play it too' (DB) or '
making things go wrong for people' (DB) and I did want to play it because it was different to anything else, not because it was the same or like other games did it. The game had consequences and wasnt 'I win' even in SP. I dont want to see those consequences nerfed to oblivion before I even get to play it. Imagine Elite '84 where Riedquat is a democracy, no thanks
In ED '84 I got to Deadly twice and Dangerous numerous times then reset, I never got to Elite, because the game had become too easy and there was no challenge left so I got bored....Im strange, I know it and now so do you, but for me there has been 1 game in all of history that played that way and its lasted for decades without nerfing it just coz its a bit hard....until now. But I still dont want to play any other game, its still better than literally every other game ever imo.
So better to remain ignorant / without any knowledge, sometimes its better not to know than imagine something great that never materialises. Better not to know what could have been rather than what is when I finally get it on XB and if its hard or extreme or a massive learning curve where I fail time after time then awesome thats what I want.
None of that means I cant see the bugs or the faults. Thats a different matter entirely. But difficulty is not a bug. Something I don't like is not a bug. Frontier listening to that type of feedback from players bugs me.
In the meantime I'm up to Episode 18 (Aug 2013 iirc) in the Archives so have plenty of LaveRadio to listen to yet without any chance of any Spoilers at all. Its a win / win and I will catch up when I have Odyssey...or a few months after when Ive discovered it for myself. Shan /
@Souvarine hasnt even appeared yet I dont think, looking forward to the ones where he hosts as you mention to see if he is on best behaviour
