Wheely chairs!
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Look round 4pm, but don't hold your breath for then.
Master Brabens' closing statement from the Reddit AMA today. 11/4/17
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Wheely chairs!
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Look round 4pm, but don't hold your breath for then.
Glad to hear it from Braben. Elite, Frontier, and FFE were game changers. Braben was a great assembly game coder and is a real genre fan. ED's future is his vision. I have faith FDev have been working hard behind the scenes and won't let us down and we'll see the greatest of things to come no matter how many further years and seasons it takes.
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Don't spread false hope please... What he said doesn't mean they are coming anytime soon, nor soon(tm)
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Yeah I know they are, but they are also the other 2 'big' scifi games. I wasnt saying ED was complete when it was released, just it was more complete than those 2
The way FD are releasing ED is actually really good imo- You pay once for a certain block of the game, and then FD expand into those blocks of the game with mostly complete content that can be played but added to later on
Wow - thanks for sharing!
I totally agree - compared to some other game DLC, I got more value from the Horizons Season Pass and have no regrets at all.
That said, If smaller, optional $10 updates came out twice a year I'd be ok with that, however I don't see how that would work better?
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Maybe you should talk to some of the people who have been waiting for Star Citizen for the last 4 years......
Not sure I agree with that. NMS is the other game I play a lot of, as I find the exploring side of it quite enjoyable. NMS on release was a reasonable game that gave me weeks of entertainment - and each update has done the same again (as has each E: D update). My view is that they are both full games, in that the sandbox is essentially complete. We just need more toys in the box (which are being added regularly). SC I'm looking forward to, but will not be buying that until actual release.
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No thread lock yet?
Yes, are we operating new rules for thread locking today? Don't mention 2.3 at all or it will be locked, seems to be the theme...
What you or i can see isn't the point here i think.
It's what FD sees and have seen.
And it seems they have seen enough now to move away from that season pass model.
In other words, it didn't work quite as well as they had hoped for.
Also remember their recent price cuts to store items.
They are adjusting, and that's the right thing to do for any business trying to improve their revenue stream.
For me as a player i consider that more flexibility and therefor good news.
I rather cherry pick the content i want than having to buy the whole thing, containing things i have no interest in.
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On what do you base that it will likely be in the next 12 months? Sandro said (during one of the live streams during the 2.3 beta) that it wouldn't be in the 3.x expansion and would probably be at least 2-3 years away.
There's plenty of reasons why this statement has holes in it. Perhaps OP would like to guess what they are.
PLEASE dont add stuff as 'very likely', its why devs are so cagey. Yes, its coming. Yes, it has been worked on for a while, but no, it may be a year or many years away. Noone knows.
But still, very cool!
It will probably work better from FD's perspective. Instead of $60 every 2 years, they will get an influx of money every 3-6 months. A smoother revenue stream is better for a company.
Elite Dangerous is a full game. What you want are three games in one, and that takes time.
Woot Space legs...!!
Can't wait for 2020!
Can't wait for 2020!
You're assuming i want space legs and...what, exactly? Atmospherics? For one, i don't want legs and two, i don't believe proper complex life bearing atmospherics will ever materialize.
What i do want, is meat on the bones of the placeholders... which comprise most of the game.
IMHO comparing those two is a bit like saying a screwdriver is more complete than a hamburger. They simply dont intend to do the same thing.
Atmospheric planets does not equal planets with life.
First step is to release planets like Mars and maybe Venus (which is probably a bit more complex), along with gas giants. All of these will be the next batch of landable planets Frontier release.
Planets with life are much further away.
Did I read "including space legs"...?
Well then...
Well then...
It's no use, some people think FDev's money grows on trees.