Like I pointed out a long time ago on the alpha forums, this game is going to suck when released due to lack of features. Today, there are several critical reviews out on the REAL internet (where this forum's moderators have no power to delete or lock reviews/topics!).
This forum is like the government in V for Vendetta - ligitimate criticisms and complaints are brutally oppressed. But the game is just so completely lacking in features that the complaints keep coming. FIX THE GAME instead of trying to "fix" the players.
One way to do that would be to get rid of the connection between solo and online gameplay. Let the solo players play without letting them impact the online world. Another way would be to let players have more control over the game world, at the least beign trading. Let it be a player controlled market - Frontier shouldn't try to be so patriarchical. That if, Frontier acts like a parent who thinks they know better than the player and thus must maintain control over our actions, lest we become "unruly" or "too independent". It's the frigging nanny state here that's really fudged up.
TRUST the players instead of making us "subordinate" to you guys. Let us control the market... it'll work out as it does in other games, or even in the real world.
Make this game a true sandbox rather than a hand held, catholic school where everyone is considered a jerk that needs to be controlled and whose actions must be "guided" by the developers. Stop developer events in the game and let players trigger them. Don't make them scripted. Don't do any more of those developer directed linear missions. Just let us play a sandbox game where *WE* make the rules - allow for emergent gameplay.
Don't be afraid of learning from better ideas like EVE.
Freedom is the best game there can be. Think about it and change your ways, Frontier!
This forum is like the government in V for Vendetta - ligitimate criticisms and complaints are brutally oppressed. But the game is just so completely lacking in features that the complaints keep coming. FIX THE GAME instead of trying to "fix" the players.
One way to do that would be to get rid of the connection between solo and online gameplay. Let the solo players play without letting them impact the online world. Another way would be to let players have more control over the game world, at the least beign trading. Let it be a player controlled market - Frontier shouldn't try to be so patriarchical. That if, Frontier acts like a parent who thinks they know better than the player and thus must maintain control over our actions, lest we become "unruly" or "too independent". It's the frigging nanny state here that's really fudged up.
TRUST the players instead of making us "subordinate" to you guys. Let us control the market... it'll work out as it does in other games, or even in the real world.
Make this game a true sandbox rather than a hand held, catholic school where everyone is considered a jerk that needs to be controlled and whose actions must be "guided" by the developers. Stop developer events in the game and let players trigger them. Don't make them scripted. Don't do any more of those developer directed linear missions. Just let us play a sandbox game where *WE* make the rules - allow for emergent gameplay.
Don't be afraid of learning from better ideas like EVE.
Freedom is the best game there can be. Think about it and change your ways, Frontier!
