Well what I read on the kickstarter, also often quoted recently too. Mentioned a version like what you just mentioned.
No Single Player offline Mode then?
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Well what I read on the kickstarter, also often quoted recently too. Mentioned a version like what you just mentioned.
It is a really hard question to answer tbh. I normally play online all and because I'm lucky enough to have 67 Meg up and 18 meg down the ED severs like to make the most of it when match making. My data use is colossal when playing!
If you are on a data cap then it might be worth looking for a tool to monitor your data use. With a cap that low I am guessing you are using 3g? If so your phone will be able to give you data use stats... An android phone will have it under settings, probably under the more option then data use. There are free windows programs that will do it and most ISP's with caps give you a way to monitor your usage.
If you are using 3g and live in a country where the Three network operates they are worth looking at. Cheap and generous data allowances. I really hope you manage to sort something out mate.
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I'm not sure what they promise nor I care. All I want is the great sci-fi game to play and so far I'm quite satisfied.
I'm guessing if a promise was broken that stopped you from being able to play this great sci-fi game, you suddenly would know and you suddenly would care and that maybe you wouldn't be so satisfied?
I'm not sure what they promise nor I care. All I want is the great sci-fi game to play and so far I'm quite satisfied.
I'm guessing if a promise was broken that stopped you from being able to play this great sci-fi game, you suddenly would know and you suddenly would care and that maybe you wouldn't be so satisfied?
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The player's stats and the universe data sync between open and solo modes is the pretty insane idea to begin with. For the game's sake I'm glad they reconsidered this.
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The adaptation is the key for the survival in our Milky Way Galaxy. Tether cellular connection?
Yep, time for them to hold their hands up, say they misjudged the situation, apologise and tell people what they intend to do to rectify it.
Did you try and they refused? I think if you state the reason, especially announced feature that makes it impossible for you to play or use the product as advertised, they might be even legally obliged to offer a refund. And in any case I'd be rather sure they would comply in this case, since they clearly screwed up.
Yeah but offline couldn't sync with Online as offline used a local save and Online used on save on the server,
Erm... I think you've massively missed the point. :S
"Solo" mode as we have now will remain. Your stats in both will still be shared. Both are online all the time.
What they've broken their promise with is to provide an offline version. Where you don't need an internet connection to play.
Geez, so much angst for something rather trivial. Looking at the game and what i've played and the size of it all it was rather obvious to me that offline play was something dubious to say the least, with everything trending towards running in the cloud now a days are any of you really so surprised?
It was stated in the KS yes but when i bought the premium beta i didn't even research offline play, i bought it because it was a game that would allow me to indulge, even if virtually, my dream of seeing what's out there, getting close to a planet and the thing that really sold me on it was the future planetary landing expansion.
When PB1 came and i was able to go to planet's ring system and seamlessly go to this huge asteroid field...i didn't even watch any youtube videos prior to that so not to spoil the moment and it was so very worth it!. Just yesterday i decided to get as close as possible to a couple of planets, something i had avoided doing most of the time before due to how slow SC becomes when so close and i felt that sense of awe again, same as that first time in a ring system, it was incredible, i felt like i was almost there and it made it all worth all over again!. This is why i bought the PB access, not for offline play but for the incredible sense of awe at looking at another planet, going there and seeing it all for the first time, of going to different systems, getting close to gas giants and going into their rings, to mine them!, it is all that makes the game such an awesome experience, something can rarely be found in todays games and certainly not to the intensity of awe that i get from ED.
This, is what makes the game worth every penny i paid for it:
Specially these two:
Seeing that and knowing that there are countless others, do you really need to shout so much about offline play?, i understand that not every one has a stable online connection and those do have a valid concern but for the rest is it really that big of a deal?, you can play online solo and that barely generates any traffic so hitting a monthly cap isn't the problem there.
Some might be concerned for the longevity of the game, things like "will the servers be there in 10yrs time?", i for one am sure that if the day comes when the servers must be taken down then all who bought the game will be getting offline mode, by then computers will have advanced enough that running the server side of things on the client will no longer be such a huge task. Until then and well after you can be sure i'll be dipping under the atmospheres of gas giants to refuel and to enjoy the scenery and i will be landing on the surface of planets and doing whatever that particular expansion will enable us to do and i'm completely sure that it will be fantastic!
It was stated in the KS yes but when i bought the premium beta i didn't even research offline play, i bought it because it was a game that would allow me to indulge, even if virtually, my dream of seeing what's out there, getting close to a planet and the thing that really sold me on it was the future planetary landing expansion.
When PB1 came and i was able to go to planet's ring system and seamlessly go to this huge asteroid field...i didn't even watch any youtube videos prior to that so not to spoil the moment and it was so very worth it!. Just yesterday i decided to get as close as possible to a couple of planets, something i had avoided doing most of the time before due to how slow SC becomes when so close and i felt that sense of awe again, same as that first time in a ring system, it was incredible, i felt like i was almost there and it made it all worth all over again!. This is why i bought the PB access, not for offline play but for the incredible sense of awe at looking at another planet, going there and seeing it all for the first time, of going to different systems, getting close to gas giants and going into their rings, to mine them!, it is all that makes the game such an awesome experience, something can rarely be found in todays games and certainly not to the intensity of awe that i get from ED.
This, is what makes the game worth every penny i paid for it:
Specially these two:
Seeing that and knowing that there are countless others, do you really need to shout so much about offline play?, i understand that not every one has a stable online connection and those do have a valid concern but for the rest is it really that big of a deal?, you can play online solo and that barely generates any traffic so hitting a monthly cap isn't the problem there.
Some might be concerned for the longevity of the game, things like "will the servers be there in 10yrs time?", i for one am sure that if the day comes when the servers must be taken down then all who bought the game will be getting offline mode, by then computers will have advanced enough that running the server side of things on the client will no longer be such a huge task. Until then and well after you can be sure i'll be dipping under the atmospheres of gas giants to refuel and to enjoy the scenery and i will be landing on the surface of planets and doing whatever that particular expansion will enable us to do and i'm completely sure that it will be fantastic!
You'd think that saying Solo =\= Offline enough that people would catch on, if they didn't realise from the get go.Erm... I think you've massively missed the point. :S
"Solo" mode as we have now will remain. Your stats in both will still be shared. Both are online all the time.
What they've broken their promise with is to provide an offline version. Where you don't need an internet connection to play.
Umm.. If Hello Games can make a game larger (world wise) than ED and have it offline. Then why cant FD? And I mean a static lifeless version.
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You are confusing solo online with offline. Solo online remains. The issue is that FD promised a version that could run with no internet connection and have pulled out of that promise at the last possible minute with no warning.
Easy to spout when you're the one not having to adapt.
Eight to nine months of each year I have no access to any type of internet due to work.
Erm... I think you've massively missed the point. :S
"Solo" mode as we have now will remain. Your stats in both will still be shared. Both are online all the time.
What they've broken their promise with is to provide an offline version. Where you don't need an internet connection to play.
You're correct. I've never seen the 100% offline mode in the Beta and this sort of invalidates the rage of many here.
I think that to enrich the game, server side GalNet will feature more prominently ingame. The absence of this in offline mode will be pretty much what we've been playing in beta, and they don't people to play that. ? Seems silly that they can't reach a compromise which allows for a different separate experience in solo offline mode, which pulls updates when it can. Still looking forward to it though :-D
Even truckers have downtime to rest on the road, and for many companies it's regulated. If Camino is a trucker in the USA, then steady 'Net access is far from guaranteed.
I live 100 miles from the tech hub of Seattle, home of Amazon and Microsoft. But because I'm on the other side of Puget sound, in a small town, my 'Net connections suck. I had to downgrade to DSL because the local cable TV 'Net provider was so unreliable that I was using Steam in offline mode, most of the time.
This news doesn't affect me because my DSL, though slow, is reliable. But I can remember what it's like to have a flaky connection, and know people in professions like sailboat charter or the military where they're frequently offline for extended periods. So I sympathize with those who bought into the Beta (and earlier) based on the offline promise.
I think it's also clear that FD could have handled this better. Earlier notice for one thing, so it wouldn't look like they waited til the last minute to maximize Beta sales. And less market-speak in the latest Newsletter, which was obviously intended to soften the blow, but just looks like defensiveness. I want this game to succeed, and poor P.R. moves like this don't help. I can guarantee that the news from this Friday isn't going to be about those 5 new ships.
So if only things seen so far make it into the game at all you rage will be invalid?
How? because it never existed in Beta people were to already know it wasn't EVER going to exist? I atleast was under the guise the online requirement was necessary as for data gathering to improve and continue development of ED. Which is why I never questioned the offlines existence.
Maybe we thought it was hidden in one of those mystical vertical slices.
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