My suggestions for making Elite greater than the rest

[John]

I was going to write this directly to David Braben, but then I noticed the forum and decided to join so that people can discuss.

Can I make a developmental suggestion? If there is to be an Elite MMORPG, then it has to outflank an established game, Eve Online, which shamelessly ripped off key concepts from the original Elite game. There are other space MMORPGs out there which means that space is a crowded place(!)

My suggestion? Allow players to join the Elite Universe via the Artemis simulator http://www.artemis.eochu.com/ where people can form virtual ship's companies, each doing a different but vital task. The ships could be based in one location or as a virtual ship's company using VOIP to communicate directly with each other.

Effectively this would make Elite into a unique cross-over between the original game and Star Trek or Star Wars-type concepts of collaboration and cooperation.

See this for a (drunken but hilarious) example: http://youtu.be/V9Q2X32hZNk

I think the Artemis engine/clients would need hacking to enable this (but it would save dev time and money), and you'd need a cloud-based backend (which is actually what I do for a living).

A cloud-based, cooperative, immersive Universe, which uses cloud and VOIP technologies would bring Elite to the technological forefront.

I now wait for others to pound this idea into the ground :S

 

[sorenbro]

old post but funny vid

would be fun if its like this when multi crew ships are added with other players able to board your ship

 

[DYSEQTA]

*pound* *pound* *pound* "Is it dead yet?" *pound*....*pound*

 

[Devil's Refugee]

When I see this, Beast Mode rises and you all don't want that again. The old phrase "if you don't have anything nice to say...." springs to mind, I think we should all remind ourselves of it with this thread since the OP is new here. Personally, I like your enthusiasm but this is not Eve, not a MMORPG game and if you knew the history of Elite, it will never evolve into that genre. David Braben isn't interested in that direction as he has stated in numerous interviews and videos that this is the version of Elite he's always wanted to make. Perhaps you should pitch this to the makers of Artemis if you're looking for that crossover, or alternatively just enjoy and accept what Elite will evolve into under its own banner of space sim game.

 

[{SAS}Stalker]

To be fair it is a 3 year old thread that's been necro'd

 

[Devil's Refugee]

To be fair it is a 3 year old thread that's been necro'd

Have not had a coffee yet to even notice the timestamp. My bad.

 

[Kotovsky]

David Braben isn't interested in that direction as he has stated in numerous interviews and videos that this is the version of Elite he's always wanted to make.

Looks to me like he always wanted to make online elite. Without player interactivity, of course.

Or was that just a cash-in on eve vets?

 

[Ian Phillips]

Necro or what?
Closing.