No Single Player offline Mode then?

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Titus Balls

Titus Balls
kenny_brocklestein said:
Looks like a few more places have picked this up. Apologies if these links have already been posted.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/elite-dangerous-drops-its-promised-offline-mode/1100-6423629/
http://www.polygon.com/2014/11/16/7230453/elite-dangerous-offline-mode-dropped
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They really need to stop saying it was promised.

It wasn't, it was a design goal - and sadly that goal hasn't been able to be met.

A game is still being released though, it's just missing a feature - and will continue to be supported for many years - and many people are happy.
 

xxThe_Dice_manxx

xxThe_Dice_manxx
light487 said:
Simply untrue. I came into this thread later than others and have discussed the issue I have with the decision and the feeling that I am not completely mortified by always online but instead that there won't be a way to not have data synced from the multiplayer. I've been reasonable in my expectations, mature in my comments and open to counter arguments.

If anyone is trolling it is you, based on the last few comments you've made in this thread.
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Perhaps you should have been here from the start to get a real idea of what has been said, threats of legal action,ddos attacks ,people posting with glee that the press are on to the story etc etc, If you want this game to have a future show it some support instead of moaning about data sync.
 

mbpoblet

mbpoblet
Titus Balls said:
They really need to stop saying it was promised.

It wasn't, it was a design goal - and sadly that goal hasn't been able to be met.

A game is still being released though, it's just missing a feature - and will continue to be supported for many years - and many people are happy.
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Regardless of wording, people still were told they'd be able to play offline (as late as last week), and bought the game under that assumption (and under that assumption many of us, myself included, misled people into buying a game they won't be able to play, which at least makes me feel like a bit of a [redacted]). :(

Heck, it's even on the EULA, three days after the newsletter: :mad:

Diziet Sma said:
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From the ED Eula:

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8. In-Game Advertising
The Game may incorporate technology (which may be provided by Frontier or third party service providers engaged by Frontier (each a “Dynamic Advertising Provider”)) which enables advertising to be uploaded into the Game on your PC, and changed while the Game is being played on-line. In order that the Dynamic Advertising Provider is able to direct advertising appropriate to your Game and geographic region, as well as to the correct location within the computer game, certain non-personally identifiable data and information may be retrieved and retained by the Dynamic Advertising Provider including your I.P. address, geographic location, in-game position, and information concerning the appearance of advertising visible during your gameplay (for example, the length of time an item of advertising was visible, the dimensions of the advertisements). In addition, the Dynamic Advertising Provider may assign a unique identification number which is stored on your PC and which is used to monitor and calculate the number of views of dynamic advertising during gameplay. None of the information collected for this purpose including the identification number can be used to identify you.

The technology employed by Dynamic Advertising Providers may be located outside your country of residence (including outside of the European Union).

Where a Game incorporates dynamic advertising technology, the technology which serves the provision of dynamic in-game advertising is integrated within the Game. This means that if you do not want to receive dynamic advertising, you should only play the game when you are not connected to the Internet.
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Isn't that just peachy? Targeted advertising, in your game! Is that an immersion-breaker, or what?

The bit I've highlighted at the very end is especially rich..

Because now, if you unplug, the game won't even work.. So you'll basically be forced to watch any advertising that FD care to sell to third parties. You can't even opt out... can you say "captive audience"? I knew you could!

Maybe it's not the whole reason for pulling offline play, but who's to say it wasn't a factor in the decision? If people can play offline, how can FD push advertising content to their game? And after all, we have no idea just who the anonymous investors that FD partnered with are.. (and please don't insult my intelligence by claiming there aren't any, everyone.. it's pretty clear the KS on its own wasn't sufficient to fund the game - that was about testing the waters.. seeing if sufficient demand was there - someone, or several someones, ponied up a big chunk of cash to help get ED made.)

(And it seem to me rather likely that the same anonymous investors could be behind the push to rush this game to market before it's truly ready)
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enbeekay

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Jason S said:
Its an amazing universe that a game could take place in with a certain amount of extra coding and it currently works offline.
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because a grape is the same as a grapefruit?

if it isnt a game does it matter if it works online where it doesnt have player driven events or economy?
minesweeper works offline too you know
 

xxThe_Dice_manxx

xxThe_Dice_manxx
Titus Balls said:
They really need to stop saying it was promised.

It wasn't, it was a design goal - and sadly that goal hasn't been able to be met.

A game is still being released though, it's just missing a feature - and will continue to be supported for many years - and many people are happy.
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They didn't even try to get a comment from Braben or Brooks they just quoted what they read on the forum, what sort of mickey mouse "journalism" is that.
 

mbpoblet

mbpoblet
fireFly1000 said:
It's just a nice galaxy simulator.
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Universe, not galaxy. That thing simulates galaxies like Elite: Dangerous simulates stars.

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xxThe_Dice_manxx said:
They didn't even try to get a comment from Braben or Brooks they just quoted what they read on the forum, what sort of mickey mouse "journalism" is that.
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Welcome to modern game journalism. Have you heard the term "gamergate"?
 

ThatFuzzyTiger

ThatFuzzyTiger
kenny_brocklestein said:
Looks like a few more places have picked this up. Apologies if these links have already been posted.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/elite-dangerous-drops-its-promised-offline-mode/1100-6423629/
http://www.polygon.com/2014/11/16/7230453/elite-dangerous-offline-mode-dropped
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I hate to say this but...

Called it. Smaller sites reported, 48 hours later, Polygon and Gamespot, expect Eurogamer, RPS and Kotaku to follow. This is going to get real, and it's going to get ugly >.<
 

gravityztr

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gravityztr
come on guys, it only been the weekend and already posting negatives articles...

ED is almost going to launch, and its in developpement still. there are still nice things that will be there, and id say not to worry....
 

Iede

Iede
ThatFuzzyTiger said:
I hate to say this but...

Called it. Smaller sites reported, 48 hours later, Polygon and Gamespot, expect Eurogamer, RPS and Kotaku to follow. This is going to get real, and it's going to get ugly >.<
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It shall get ugly. That's the price for such decisions. We users had learned our lesson, now it's their authors turn to learn theirs.
 
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