You are aware that Frontier are a publisher with more than a single title?
Of course I am aware they publish more than ED. Which makes it even more critical. If they do this in ED, I am sure they are doing it elsewhere.
And I admit I come off as a doom-sayer. But I desperately wish Frontier would give me something to praise them about. That is a serious comment I really want to praise Frontier but all anyone has to do is look and see there isn't a whole lot to praise them about.
The success of the company - see their financial reports - might deem otherwise.
You are very correct, it is an amazing game. But you just said it... 7 patches in a very short period of time. EDO was not ready for release.
Again with the insults. Financial reports are what they WANT US TO SEE; for the general consumption of the outside world. If you think there isnt a more true and accurate reporting internally, then you are the one that is disillusioned.
Insults? Where? If you believe I have insulted you, kindly report me.
And of course a financial guy has no way to fudge the numbers, make a mistake, or otherwise hide something??? Don't misunderstand. I'm not saying Frontier is in trouble. I AM saying if they continue ignoring the wishes of the consuming public they could be. And then we all loose; Frontier, and the players. Dont take my word for it. Look for yourself at the player numbers. Do you think all those people who have become disenchanted will be happy to fork over another $40 +/- for the next upgrade? I think not or at least will hold off until there is good news. Tell me Rat, if you were having all the troubles that flow throughout this and other threads you'd have bought EDO? I know I would have held off until I saw something good. For heavens sake, what's the title of this thread? Was it a letter of praise? Or another player crying out for help?
I don't think I've seen anyone say Odyssey was ready for release; FDev CMs have been repeatedly saying Odyssey isn't where they want it to be - because once it is they'll feel comfortable porting it to last-gen consoles.
I'll leave you to your imagining here. Frontier are not the corner shop with 2 sets of books, they are publicly traded, in the UK (at least) if they tried to deceive their shareholders, investors and the stock market, well - they wouldn't be trading at all.
I pre-ordered 2 copies and have bought a further copy since release... I pretty much ignore much of the 'ills' in this and other threads - same old names appear with the same old tales a lot of the time.
I don't know, nor do I particularly care, to be frank. £30 / €40 / $40, those who remain disenchanted are unlikely to put their hands in their pockets, but does it really matter? Frontier will produce further expansions if they believe the sales revenue will cover the development cost, if they don't - they won't. That doesn't really matter much either, in truth.
Dunno like, I accidentally lolled myself on the bus home from work reading that. Silliness is a good medicine I say.
1. Release Oddity on last-gen consoles right meow, or preferably yesterday, regardless of performance because I simply can’t wait to melt my antiquated PS4 into beautiful slag.
Question 1: That is a good question.
Hindsight is a bother.Dear Frontier,
My background in relation to this game. I've owned the game for a very long time, ever since 2016. I've done everything there is to do in the game with the exception of a few milestones, like visiting beagle point. I've done combat, exploration, trade, mining, anti xeno, pirating, did a little bgs, powerplay, started my own squadron, applied for a player made faction etc. I've obtained a fleet carrier, purchased every ship in the game including multiple cutters, engineered multiple ships, etc. I spend a significant time in the Elite Dangerous Community helping people learn the game, rescue a couple people out in the black, and overall trying to help people make money in the game and enjoy it. I've spent over $500 on not just cosmetics, but also purchasing both horizons AND odyssey for multiple people because I love this game and want more people to play it.
My message to you frontier is that I, as someone who's spent multiple years playing this game and hundreds of dollars on this game, I feel very insulted and backhanded by you all calling odyssey a release when it clearly wasn't finished. You all have left MANY bugs in this game for YEARS, dropped the potential for an AMAZING experience for fleet carriers + squadrons, and have missed so many opportunities to really make this game into something great. So much so that you have caused people with this release to jump ship to no mans sky and star citizen. STAR CITIZEN, the glorified tech demo which has been in development for a decade and HASN'T EVEN COME OUT WITH A RELEASE DATE FOR JUST THEIR ALPHA.
Despite me feeling like I've been insulted and backhanded, I will applaud you for what you have done after you have hopefully learned your lesson with odyssey. You all have stepped up with your promise to be more open, you have made significant performance progress with odyssey, I like what you do with the spacecruise news. SallyMorganMoore was an AMAZING addition to your staff and you people better give her a raise. She has done more for your company in the past few months that I've seen her than you people have been able to pull off in the past 4 years on the community side.
So with this next update, update 7, I hope...nay pray that this update solves the performance issues many people have and hopefully as time goes and you guys add more stuff to odyssey, and HOPEFULLY merge horizons and odyssey player base WITHOUT BREAKING STUFF, that you all continue your promise to be more open with your player base. Also I hope that some significant changes happened with management because this extremely botched release is on your guys heads. I wish you luck, and I hope you continue to give me a reason to encourage people to play this game and I hope this game comes back from the dead with a much larger player base someday.
Also side note: Please start development again on vr. I love playing this game in vr and I would absolutely love to play the on foot stuff in vr too without this silly flatscreen.
Responding to different posts not all quoted here, yes it is a game, it is not life or death. FDEV CANNOT respond to each individual or small vocal groups. They MUST look at the bigger picture which WE as outsiders cannot see. I do not claim to see the bigger picture. For instance I give you building and vehicle schematics; a seemingly pointless mat but probably meant for future expansions. Which appears to be a good sign they are thinking long term. But, and you knew this was coming... FDEV admits EDO is not where they want it to be. So I pose this question. Do you really believe FDEV did not know of the plethora of issues before release? Bugs and such are to be expected. I understand that. But this was such a cluster, IMO someone would have to be a sycophant to think this was all by accident.
