Looks like I won't be around much either. Offline mode is a must for me, as my internet connection is crap. It's one thing to connect, and download a game, but a required connection to play won't work. Sigh...
No Single Player offline Mode then?
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"The above is the intended single player experience. However it will be possible to have a single player game without connecting to the galaxy server. You won't get the features of the evolving galaxy (although we will investigate minimising those differences) and you probably won't be able to sync between server and non-server (again we'll investigate)."
If Frontier doesn't make the game available with a true off-line solo mode, then they're deliberately breaking the promises they made during their ks campaign - and lot of backers will be royally ticked off - including me.
yes, i backed this game during the ks campaign - but i am not going to support a on-line-only or massive multiplayer on-line game. I expect Frontier to make the game both true off-line and on-line capable - else I'm going to bail and attempt to get a refund for this.
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Indeed, this was for me also the deciding factor. You have to be very careful when buying games nowadays, and this is what wanted to hear and made me pull the trigger.
I'm sitting her pondering whether I want a refund. I pledged for a game I'd be able to play if FD ever went bust. Now I'm not getting that game. This was a major factor when I decided to become a backer.
If Frontier don't make the game available with a true off-line solo mode, then they're deliberately breaking the promises they made during their ks campaign - and lot of backers will be royally ticked off - including me.
yes, i backed this game - but i am not going to support a on-line-only or massive multiplayer on-line game. I expect Frontier to make the game both true off-line and on-line capable - else I'm going to bail and attempt to get a refund for this.
"Update! The above is the intended single player experience. However it will be possible to have a single player game without connecting to the galaxy server. You won't get the features of the evolving galaxy (although we will investigate minimising those differences) and you probably won't be able to sync between server and non-server (again we'll investigate)."
I'm guessing this part is what you are talking about. It looks like it was added after the start.
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you have even freaking wiki at mcdonalds nowdays , im sure you manage to play solo on your own 99% of the time
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Even what they added after the start is still a clear promise of an totally offline game if I want to.
If you are just concerned that you will need an Internet connection to play the game your probably are right. However i believe they are using an already used model. It is practically a pseudo-online model where your game only connect to the internet to get updates of the universe so it can add stuff in your game. No exactly online play. They will just update dinamically your universe for you.
I could be wrong but i think this is it
I could be wrong but i think this is it
Yeah having the servers up 24/7 is a big ask for a game which has such limited MP aspects. Its a shame because I was hoping for SP Off-Line as a way to overcome all the graphical stuttering issues which have plagued my experience since day one. Still its DBs game and he clearly has his heart set on the online only model now.
I will not write my concerns there because I do not share almost all of the concerns that were given there.
Up until this newsletter I considered this game to be on track for almost all my expectations and was very enthusiastic about it.
It was this newsletter, and this newsletter alone, that may turn my opinion.
I wonder how it can be that developers are so completely blind to the landscape. They all get that weird kind of tunnelvision when Multiplayer comes into play and really by now, the only people who think that always online is a good idea are developers. EA saw three games in a row go under because of always online. Blizzard had their Korea offices sacked by angry korean gamers!
So here we have Frontier Development going, "You know what's a great idea? ALWAYS ONLINE!!" *Popping the corks of the champagnebottles*
Seriously... I don't get it.
To me, it is very important.
I will never again buy a game that somebody, somewhere can pull the plug on.
If I paid for it, I want to be able to play it as long as I want and not as long as some server administrator (and his superiors) lets me.
I was aware from the beginning (and from Kickstarter's FAQ) that I would not get full features. That is fine by me.
But not being able to play it at all purely offline is a no-go for me!
In the sense that a number of us backed with a lot of money on the basis that the game would be playable if the servers were ever shut down, then yes. If we were talking about a game I'd picked up for £20, then no. The off-line mode was an incentive for many of us to pledge high.
Anyone who thinks that alienating the group of players with poor/intermittent Internet connection is a good idea deserves a slap for sure.
I am definately not happy with the apparent decision to drop offline play !
Loss of ablility to save a progress point - this is for me probably the most significant loss.
Also, not being able to play without network related lag/intereference/overhead is too me a loss
I will await the final version before making any decisions regarding my continued presence in the Elite universe.
A hesitant (and if this will really be the final state, rather disappointed) customer.
Loss of ablility to save a progress point - this is for me probably the most significant loss.
Also, not being able to play without network related lag/intereference/overhead is too me a loss
I will await the final version before making any decisions regarding my continued presence in the Elite universe.
A hesitant (and if this will really be the final state, rather disappointed) customer.
If there is no fully offline mode I want my money back. The only reason I backed was the promise of a completely offline mode. Internet connections are just too unreliable (and expensive) in my country.
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