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And yes, I misspelled goodiebag. w/e...
If you read the computer requirements below that it clearly stated that an internet connection is required to play the game ....
No Single Player offline Mode then?
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If you read the computer requirements below that it clearly stated that an internet connection is required to play the game ....
They promised in the kickstarter an offline game, not that every feature in future expansion packs would be available offline. Or indeed that every feature in the online games would be available offline. Again, that same approach I described would allow features that really could only be delivered online to be excluded from the offline build. I don't think anybody would have a legitimate complaint if the ED solo online experience was somewhat richer & more dynamic than the solo offline experience, because features that genuinely did require some real multiuser functionality were excluded. Although I struggle to imagine what those features may be - you'd literally just be moving a slightly cut down build of the server with an added random number generator from a VM running on the amazon cloud to a VM running on the player's local machine. It might require an i7 to run, worst case, it might have an enormous disk footprint but that's not the same as 'it can't be done'. The procedural generation that has been done to build the entire static universe in the online version of the game could even be run one system at a time on demand in an offline version of the game because... well... single user, so the details of a system don't need to exist until the player looks at it or visits it...
I'm saying I don't _believe_ that "it just can't" be done. Because I've just described there exactly how it could be done. I can believe that they didn't have time to do it & still get v1.0 on the shelves for Christmas with their current staffing levels, but that's not the same thing at all!
I disagree
I"m sorry, the storpage for the Digital Beta Access is quite clear on the matter, Woodstock...
Now ....but before friday also offline possibility....If I ever buy again online Game directly from Developer side I will make an screenshot .....
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No, she's right. That's how they're able to deny refunds, it's very clever wording, and very weasel-esque, but it allows them to get around the fact that you're not actually pre-ordering anything. You're purchasing a beta and the full game is the "reward" on release. Yeuch.
No wonder everyone is being denied refunds with a sledgehammer, that's very slick, and ever so slightly off. Bad show :/
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I'm just worried that the game will be an 'always on', where you will need a constant stable connection to the internet for it to even work. Because I can't really think of any success stories from previous games that have gone down that route ... (excluding mmo's offcourse but Elite isn't one)
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No it has always stated an internet connection is required.
How else would you download the game?
Me too. In fact, I want to play alone. Not just "not meeting anyone", but also "no-one screwing up my favorite markets by exploiting the game". Well, except me of course.
That has been answered by Kerrash (as well as he is permitted to):
Someone as familiar with technology as yourself can extrapolate easily enough from that, as to why off-line won't work.
I"m sorry, the storpage for the Digital Beta Access is quite clear on the matter, Woodstock...
So? Just because you "also" get something, doesn't mean you didn't buy it.
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What you mean "worrried" lol, its certain now that it will be just that.
It doesn't state persistant internet access though. which is pretty much needed due to transaction frequency when playing.
If not aware and interested, I would recommend reading this review in addition to today Q&A with DB: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...cry-over-elite-dangerous-ditched-offline-mode
So you'd prefer a coded AI designed to behave like realistic market competitors...or real market competitors?
At least the Polo shirt will not go down when the servers do, better take care of the Polo shirt
I won't be getting the shirt or the box because they want £15 for "shipping" something that was in a "goodie bag". That was actually my first bad experience. No planet landings was the second. This is the third. Normally I don't allow people to disappoint me more than once.
For playing......I really check before buying...
It hasn't destroyed every game I've played or designed so far. Yes. And to be honest, real markets aren't all that much fun. If I wanted that, I'd play Microsoft Excel or that Icelandic MMOG instead.
What I have learnt from my dealings with lawyers is that what seems obvious to normal people like you and I is not always what the law thinks is obvious!
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There are some times in law where it doesn't matter what the words on the contract say, the law over rides them - an example I am familiar with is if you rent and your land lord puts some words in like "tenant agrees to give up the property with only one weeks notice" - it doesn't matter, a court will look at that and say "he can't do that - so it's invalid and the standard conditions apply" - free tip off topic, if you are on an assured short hold tenancy (as most people are) your tenancy does not end at the end of the fixed period (so no being dumped on the street), the only way your LL or agent can end your tenancy is by asking the courts to end it after following a very strict procedure called s21.
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Other times it doesn't matter what you think you are signing up for or what's implied, what's in the contract is what you get.
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You are right that the upgrade to beta implies that the cost of the launch game is £35 and beta is £15. but it may well be (and I'm pretty sure FD's legal team went over this a long time ago) that that's irrelevant. If you signed up for beta you were buying beta at £50 and getting the game for free.
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