News Let's talk about Gnosis and the Cone Sector
You'll have to wait for Q4 for that to happen.
But it's nice to know you're keeping tabs, at least one of us is.
To be fair, if a senior employee makes decisions that alienate a large proportion of the customer base of one its core products and therefore jeopardises the companies revenue stream then this is exactly why people are and should be fired.
Are you sure? Sorry I know you know way more than me, but I've been told that Steve Kirby mentioned that there were 3 systems we'd be able to explore while there, and that there was going to be something interesting there, implying that it really was going to happen. "I've been told" means I don't have a source, but I doubt I was lied to. Supposedly in a live stream?
Can you check this is actually true and not an internal miscommunication? Because the implication is that we were deliberately mislead, I personally spent about 3-5 hours getting my alt up to jump worthy range and then 90 jumps to the Gnosis, I really don't believe that this was all a prank by FD. Not being sarcastic either, I know you guys wouldn't do that. It doesn't make sense either, because unless we have guardian mods, we can't even participate in the Thargoid attack, so it really doesn't add up.
I guess the other explanation would be that it was never FD that said that, and I was misinformed and I guess many others were too.
I work on ERP systems
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Ouch!
Good reason to go into ED's universe with its foreign currency, manufacturing, financials, warehousing and insurance. Even mining![money]
It's easy to tell someone their job is easy; even when that job is to please me!
Even in virtual space one has to breathe.:x
I wasn't involved with this event at all. I'm quite an enthusiastic Canonn member but I've been distracted by that other space game for the past few weeks so I've only been watching this unfold from the sidelines.
I feel a bit sorry for Canonn. They've got a fair bit of flak for this that I don't think they deserve.
I also feel a bit sorry for FDev in a way. *ducks* No wait... hear me out.
It's been a tough couple of weeks for them, especially their Community team, what with Q4 announcements and now this. Now, I'm not a 'White Knight' by any means, if criticism is due I'll give it.
[Qualification - A big part of my day job is criticising other people's work and to me criticising doesn't mean trashing. I believe the old adage "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all" can be equally applied to criticism - you just swap the word 'nice' for the word 'useful'.]
I feel a bit sorry for FDev over the Gnosis debacle because I think they were essentially planning a surprise party. It didn't work out because first of all, somebody spoiled the surprise, but they also made a terrible error in the party planning... they didn't make sure that the people they were planning the party for actually wanted the kind of party they were planning.
Ultimately they gave the players what many had been asking for for a long time - a live Thargoid attack on a major base or installation, and they undoubtedly thought they were doing a really cool surprise new thing. The main problem was that, because of all the subterfuge, misdirection and apparent misinformation surrounding the party, they ended up with most of the people who would normally love that type of party not being invited... and the people who were invited being mostly the types who wouldn't be seen dead at that sort of party ...and worse, those people found themselves stuck there unable to leave.
I think they were trying to do a nice thing, but it went horribly wrong in a number of ways. Nice try guys, better luck next time, I'm sorry it didn't work out.
My constructive criticism?
1) In future, make sure all your party planning team are on the same page (and the same schedule).
2) Try and get to know your party-goers a little better.
I feel a bit sorry for Canonn. They've got a fair bit of flak for this that I don't think they deserve.
I also feel a bit sorry for FDev in a way. *ducks* No wait... hear me out.
It's been a tough couple of weeks for them, especially their Community team, what with Q4 announcements and now this. Now, I'm not a 'White Knight' by any means, if criticism is due I'll give it.
[Qualification - A big part of my day job is criticising other people's work and to me criticising doesn't mean trashing. I believe the old adage "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all" can be equally applied to criticism - you just swap the word 'nice' for the word 'useful'.]
I feel a bit sorry for FDev over the Gnosis debacle because I think they were essentially planning a surprise party. It didn't work out because first of all, somebody spoiled the surprise, but they also made a terrible error in the party planning... they didn't make sure that the people they were planning the party for actually wanted the kind of party they were planning.
Ultimately they gave the players what many had been asking for for a long time - a live Thargoid attack on a major base or installation, and they undoubtedly thought they were doing a really cool surprise new thing. The main problem was that, because of all the subterfuge, misdirection and apparent misinformation surrounding the party, they ended up with most of the people who would normally love that type of party not being invited... and the people who were invited being mostly the types who wouldn't be seen dead at that sort of party ...and worse, those people found themselves stuck there unable to leave.
I think they were trying to do a nice thing, but it went horribly wrong in a number of ways. Nice try guys, better luck next time, I'm sorry it didn't work out.
My constructive criticism?
1) In future, make sure all your party planning team are on the same page (and the same schedule).
2) Try and get to know your party-goers a little better.
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There was no con as FD never explictely said you would get there and gave a massive hint that you wouldn't by permit locking the systems. Not my or FDev's fault if you ignore whats infront of you and then complain when it hits you in the face.
He is not dead yet.
As large as the ship is its not that difficult to calculate how effective it is.11,000 x12.56 = current jump range in ly,instead of the 11,000 x 188 ly expected/ hoped for.Only the captain knows the true capability of his craft,so we may never know the full manifest,.Of course they will, depending on the circumstances. It the Gnosis or other community event tries to jump into a permit locked area we now know what to expect. It will be a no instead of a unique scenario which the Gnosis got. What a shame.
Yes planned, but not necessarily successful. Canonn could have stoped and changed but they decided to continue so FDev decided to add some excitement to the proceedings. Its a shame as I doubt it will happen again thank to some ungrateful people.
What I'm saying is that this is the test - they now know if they have mega-ships/carriers (or stations) being attacked, they have to disable the no-fire zone or no one will be able to effectively defend it. (You might say it was perfectly obvious, yes. But if you were to put together a checklist for this jump, you might not have put that on it).
Killed several Hydras? I thought they used meta alloys to lure them away?
I think on this occasion, many of those types did end up being seen dead at that party
Rep on the full post for the wisest dissection of the event I've read.
No it's good. Concentrate on actual, don't break 4th wall.
Message in from Gnosis, "My god it's full of .. Thargoids!" -static-
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Agreed. Completely breaks immersion. Should have been 200 tops.