Not really, I have 2 ADSL connections to my house and in good days I might get 1-2 hours uninterrupted online gaming but that doesn't stop me from browsing. Online gaming is not the same as posting in a board.
No Single Player offline Mode then?
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I guess some people take comfort from the fact if they want to play a game they love 12 years from now, they can if the software allows. It seems Elite Dangerous will be history the day the servers shut down, and while all supporters may think that will be a very long way away, its worth pointing out that recently Sony shut down Resistance 3 servers and Gran Turismo 5 servers.
This idea of a patch released to make it run offline in the future seems to be wishful thinking, judging by the fragmented evidence from responses we have been given.
If the following excerpts, with original questions for context, still make you feel positive long term, then your definitely a glass half full kinda guy
I have been trying to reconcile those answers with one another, but I just cant figure it out without a full and frank explanation.
It wont affect those who move games regularly, but considering there are people who STILL play oolite versions of Elite, its more than a bit sad don't you think? Short term some people are affected to the point they cant play, long term maybe everyone will be in the same boat.
You really do love that link don't you.. Its a shame it doesn't actually provide any of the answers or certainties you seem to ascribe to it. But keep on posting it over and over if it makes you feel better. At least it keeps this thread active, not that it needs it
This now just as much about customer service as it is about loosing a third of the gameplay options for me.
You may not agree but that's your choice.
I seem to recall some people used WoW as a social experiment back when hunters could bring a contagious debuff into cities, which made some servers into 'outbreak' scenarios of how people might react in such circumstances.
So not that far fectched, really.
hacking is like tour de France. doping drug is developed > mehthod do discovedr it is developed> new doping drug is dev...
There will be bots and hacks, only a matter of time.
Once again completely ignoring the fact that offline was offered at inception, paid for by backers, re-iterated multiple times that it was included and then switched off 4 weeks from the release date after a 2 year+ development. C'mon, you can't just ignore this because, ..well, because anything, really. Because it is "indefensible" on so many levels.
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And now you label me and "the minority" as being selfish if developing an offline code post release in any way delayed your aspirations of getting planetary landings at the earliest opportunity. Hypocrisy much?
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As stated before - we are willing to wait for offline - we've waited 2 years, keep at it, it is what was offered, and re-iterated many times, after all, as part of the basic package. Planetary landings was always going to be a future update, anyway.
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There is a way for FD to save face on this:
It is clear to all and sundry that Dec 16 is a rushed release. For many reasons that we won't go into here, but it *is* rushed.
So once you make the rushed release with some of the final content missing, go ahead and work the offline mode. Static galaxy is fine, just get an offline mode launched.
All would then be well with the world, trust would be restored, and everyone has their fair and satisfactory conclusion.
This is the line I would take.
Clearly a media onslaught led by the positive news that offline is back on the agenda needs to be thrust into the spotlight without further delay. I can see the words now: "We listened to our backers and have come up with this way forward"...
This course of action makes absolute sense and may just save the day, save E: D and save FD along with it.
It would take a brave man and a forward thinking company to take that course of action, though.
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The alternative outcome is a continued loss of confidence; a loss of revenue through probable refunds; and a loss of revenue through lost sales in Dec because of bad press and damaged reputation in gaming media.
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C'mon Sir David - turn the tables, and do it quickly.
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Maybe whether they will actually give the refunds or if we have to go the legal route to get the money back?
You really do love that link don't you.. Its a shame it doesn't actually provide any of the answers or certainties you seem to ascribe to it. But keep on posting it over and over if it makes you feel better. At least it keeps this thread active, not that it needs it
It addresses a lot of the issues that people keep claiming with no basis in this thread. When people stop asking things/asserting stuff without evidence/claiming there's been no word from the devs even though it's all been covered in that thread, I'll stop linking it.
Explain how to get a refund of ~£1000 worth of Kickstarter pledges and I'd be all ears. Seriously.
Rather than speculate here, it might be better to talk to FD about a refund yes ?
However both WoW and Eve are still here 12 years later and going strong.
I'll agree they are subscription model games, and maybe 5-10 years down the line if Frontier can't support the game financially any more they may come to an already embedded community and ask for subscriptions to continue.
Or maybe they'll just continue to offer other content like skins, bobbleheads etc in lieu of subscriptions like they do now (i.e. that's basically what they are, at least we get something for it)
Towards the end of that post, there's a section titled "Questions about refunds". It answers your question.
I can do both. Also,they are not answering.
So, how do you figure they are going to write a bot that mines or trades in Elite? That would be qutie a feat. How will they hack it? And most of all, if you play Solo, and never have to actually see another human player, how is it that the knowledge that they are out there "gnawing away at your galaxy" manages to disturb you so? Doesn't it just add a litte to the background simulation of millions of NPCs going about their business. That is all you will see of it.
Doesn't that also imply that when they wrote the EULA they intended then that the game could be played offline - in other words something changed since (as thye've said at length) rather than they never intended to include offline - which is what some people seem to be trying to assert?
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