Oops! My bad will revisit, still getting over an early morning Skype session with my son who lives in Ottowa YAWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNN
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No Single Player offline Mode then?
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- wish there was a bleary eyed smiley.Again FD should have thought about this before spitting in the face of their supporters and then refusing to issue refunds. Do I believe it would be classless for people to make issues there YES but it is no less classless what FD is doing right now!!!! With the back to the wall approach you NEVER know what peeps will do!
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LT was my "wildcard" punt, as it took funding at around the same time as E: D and SC.
I really wish I'd put more into it than E: D but I trusted David Braben to deliver over an unknown. You live and learn.
Josh Parnell has shown himself to be a very impressive & talented young man, and I'm now looking forward to his game far more than I was previously. Before Friday I wasn't sure if I'd even have time to play it with Elite coming out. What a difference a few days makes.
The development updates (on youtube) are well worth a watch. Also his daily dev logs on the forums. This is how you communicate with backers. Take heed Frontier!
This is total
You can still play solo, just need an online connection from time to time to sync up to.
You will never see another player.
Thx Broadie yes I loved Freelancer and played it through a number of times so its an option I'll certainly explore.
I dont think the sky is falling down.
we are 100K players.. and a small fraction is on the forums, and a small fraction of those is angry anmd a small fraction of those want a refund and a small fraction of those actually get a refund...
There was AMA interview with David Braben on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/15od2s/i_am_david_braben_cocreator_of_elite_creator_of/
Here are some quotes from there:
Q: After numerous mishaps and false starts, I have grown extremely averse to multiplayer as a whole, outside of a private LAN. In my current situation, such LAN parties are out of the question, unless it's Starcraft... which I detest. I realize that Multiplayer is a big financial incentive, but do you intend to apply the same amount of effort and energy into the Singleplayer experience?
A: (David Braben, Dec 31 2012) A hard one to answer. Almost all of the game world work applies to both single and multiplayer. Exploration is very nearly a single player experience, though much of the fun comes from the fact of the multiplayer world. We do not see these as separate experiences.
Q: Will the evolving universe that Elite: Dangerous is set in make it less enjoyable to play in say 20 years time? As minable resources become more scarce and inflation makes it harder for newcomers to the game. Or will there to be a static non-evolving universe for the single-player mode that will live on?
A: (Michael Brookes, Dec 30 2012) Space is big
Q: I still play the original Elite on my laptop on the way to work. Will I be able to play 'Elite: Dangerous' in a single player mode without any connection to the net? Thanks.
A: (David Braben, Dec 30 2012) Yes, though you will lose the richness of multiplayer.
I cut'n pasted the same text amongst others when i reported Frontier to Kickstarter. It probably won't provide any pressure at all, but might help Kickstarter prevent companies deliberately misleading the backers with false promises - like in this case.
Everybody who feels this is not the game they have backed anymore should get the refund. that woul'd also benefit the FDs as they'll be known as a honest and friendly company that treats their (dissappointed) customers well.
Not in the slightest.
I alreqady told him this.
I am wondering how many people confuse no-offline with no single player?
quite an amount I suppose.
Worry not, he has not updated his page with the latest updates is all, the last update I received from him (with a dev video) was dated October.
Ok after doing the math so far.....Individually there are 1054 individual posters on this thread.....
Assuming they are all unhappy ( although they are not all )
That would be 1054 unhappy backers against 24,000 happy ones.....Big thread but not really so many people
Assuming they are all unhappy ( although they are not all )
That would be 1054 unhappy backers against 24,000 happy ones.....Big thread but not really so many people
Please go back and reread the last 500 post if you feel the need to add anything to this discussion !
so why are you all so angry and nervous about minor fraction of backers that do not want to harm neither you or FDs?
Let's clarify then shall we? offline = no connection required to play and no DRM.
Single player = You can play by yourself, BUT....are still tied to, and influenced by, all the other stuff going on in the "cloud" world.
I dunno about you, but when someone tells me I can play single player, I think that means I am the ONLY person interacting with the game world. Is your definition different?
Whilst I cant agree with you about this...
This is about as true as a statement can get, the kid has massive skills, hell Chris Roberts tried to hire him and lol Josh turned him down!
Because many out there know about "offline" being taken away. Wait for 16th December when requests get in on how to enable the "offline-mode". This thread may be getting even bigger.
He's probably due another one, but I assume you missed the last one on the 6th October.
Give the guy a break though. He's doing it all single handed, and basically been working 7 days a week, 12+ hours a day on this, with only a couple of weeks off last August. I think he's doing an amazing job with the updates all things considered.
Anyway, yes, back to WW3 and the four horsemen...
Ironically, that actually benefits Frontier.
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