Well, even when this has told again and again.
If there was an agenda (production targets FD would wanted to reach on all cost), then they should only have included this points as the will made features. For the offline mode, they stated aswell it will be made and answered this to many customers. Becasue of this, the offline mode should have been included in this agenda aswell. When it wasn't important for them, what we actually had to witness, it should have only been written as an might be feature or completly cut from the feature list.
But having the vision and writing features who aren't in the vision and would only made, if it literaly falls into place is absolutly wrong.
I aswell have written an mail for a parcial refund, if the game wouldn't include an offline mode after all, even not in the future. If they develop one, even as an priced addon, i wouldn't want an refund, because for my case, i would get it with my lifetime. But it wouldn't be okay for peoples not having one. So if such peoples want a full refund, even when they have beta they should get one.
Actually a very bad situation, because we don't know if there would be one. If i get the refund and after an year the offline mode would show up then, i would be most likely not very happy about the refund. But if i don't get an refund and the mode wouldn't ever get developed, i would feel betrayed.
Of course i would still hope, that FD would change their mind. Because a offline game and an online game are real large differences and not some minor differences. Beeing able to pause, save do what i want with the gameworld, possible mod the gameworld and be able to test around in it, without interference with an online world and doesn't have affected other player or beeing affected by other player are large differences for me. One of the reason i was looking for an offline mode.
I am actually have an internet, who is most time stable and working fine (even when there are some days from time to time, where it makes problem from time to time). But there are how mentioned peoples with bad intenet and even no internet and they pledged for it, to get a game they can play offline. We don't know exactly how large the number is. Many think its a minority, but we should take into account that peoples who don't want to be part of an internet community and want to play offline, or only can play offline wouldn't be in a forum like this with a way higher probability, as peoples wo enjoy and bought Elite only for the online mode. So if we have way more votes for "its okay how it is" as "we want the offline mode back", then it doesn't automaticly means, that there are more peoples out there who are okay with it, as peoples wanting an offline mode.
It was similar for me aswell. I am not native english and aswell i am more the introverted guy. For some time, i was so shy even regarding forums, that i never posted there and only read, even when it was an german (my motherlanguage) forum. A english forum, where i have to write, like in this forum would be a complete no go for me.
I remember, that i have read in the first forum for month, until i finally got so much courage together to finally write there. Ok, i became a part of the community then very fast. For the english forum, it was way more difficult. Got into a community where german speaking and peoples with other languages where together and tried to avoid the other languages and peoples how much as possible because i feared to write in this languages. But after i got some times directly into english speaking peoples and some of them even tried to become friends with me lead, that i slowly lost my fear about english languages and that finally lead aswell to the point, where i joined even english forums like this.
This story is not to entertain peoples, but it should show the situation some peoples are in. Yes it aswell shows, that aswell introverted peoples can become part of an online community. But many peoples who actually prefer offline and are introvertated and shy would make a large bow around this forum. And i am in doubt, that such peoples would be happy with an single player online mode, where their actions will interference with the online world. How written, you are still a part of it, even when you don't see other player. You have your own instance, but you are still part of the online world. And thats another problem. And such peoples aren't here in the forum. (No, i am not anymore one of this peoples
)
Another problem is, peoples with bad internet can't post very often here, if they only have one by friends or have to drive long ways to get online, they can't write every few minutes.
The conclusion is, that many peoples hoping for an offline mode or don't want to take part in the online mode, wouldn't be here in the forum after all.
If there was an agenda (production targets FD would wanted to reach on all cost), then they should only have included this points as the will made features. For the offline mode, they stated aswell it will be made and answered this to many customers. Becasue of this, the offline mode should have been included in this agenda aswell. When it wasn't important for them, what we actually had to witness, it should have only been written as an might be feature or completly cut from the feature list.
But having the vision and writing features who aren't in the vision and would only made, if it literaly falls into place is absolutly wrong.
I aswell have written an mail for a parcial refund, if the game wouldn't include an offline mode after all, even not in the future. If they develop one, even as an priced addon, i wouldn't want an refund, because for my case, i would get it with my lifetime. But it wouldn't be okay for peoples not having one. So if such peoples want a full refund, even when they have beta they should get one.
Actually a very bad situation, because we don't know if there would be one. If i get the refund and after an year the offline mode would show up then, i would be most likely not very happy about the refund. But if i don't get an refund and the mode wouldn't ever get developed, i would feel betrayed.
Of course i would still hope, that FD would change their mind. Because a offline game and an online game are real large differences and not some minor differences. Beeing able to pause, save do what i want with the gameworld, possible mod the gameworld and be able to test around in it, without interference with an online world and doesn't have affected other player or beeing affected by other player are large differences for me. One of the reason i was looking for an offline mode.
I am actually have an internet, who is most time stable and working fine (even when there are some days from time to time, where it makes problem from time to time). But there are how mentioned peoples with bad intenet and even no internet and they pledged for it, to get a game they can play offline. We don't know exactly how large the number is. Many think its a minority, but we should take into account that peoples who don't want to be part of an internet community and want to play offline, or only can play offline wouldn't be in a forum like this with a way higher probability, as peoples wo enjoy and bought Elite only for the online mode. So if we have way more votes for "its okay how it is" as "we want the offline mode back", then it doesn't automaticly means, that there are more peoples out there who are okay with it, as peoples wanting an offline mode.
It was similar for me aswell. I am not native english and aswell i am more the introverted guy. For some time, i was so shy even regarding forums, that i never posted there and only read, even when it was an german (my motherlanguage) forum. A english forum, where i have to write, like in this forum would be a complete no go for me.
I remember, that i have read in the first forum for month, until i finally got so much courage together to finally write there. Ok, i became a part of the community then very fast. For the english forum, it was way more difficult. Got into a community where german speaking and peoples with other languages where together and tried to avoid the other languages and peoples how much as possible because i feared to write in this languages. But after i got some times directly into english speaking peoples and some of them even tried to become friends with me lead, that i slowly lost my fear about english languages and that finally lead aswell to the point, where i joined even english forums like this.
This story is not to entertain peoples, but it should show the situation some peoples are in. Yes it aswell shows, that aswell introverted peoples can become part of an online community. But many peoples who actually prefer offline and are introvertated and shy would make a large bow around this forum. And i am in doubt, that such peoples would be happy with an single player online mode, where their actions will interference with the online world. How written, you are still a part of it, even when you don't see other player. You have your own instance, but you are still part of the online world. And thats another problem. And such peoples aren't here in the forum. (No, i am not anymore one of this peoples
)Another problem is, peoples with bad internet can't post very often here, if they only have one by friends or have to drive long ways to get online, they can't write every few minutes.
The conclusion is, that many peoples hoping for an offline mode or don't want to take part in the online mode, wouldn't be here in the forum after all.
