Please DO NOT create any more Elite games in the future.
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More to the point why does the OP think they have the right to tell people in employment by someone else what their bosses want them to do or not to do. (Are they some loser who got turned down for a job at FD or are they just another one of the forum's whingers with a misplaced sense of entitlement... again?)
You got that right. All the babies are coming out of the woodwork again because new content means the threat that they won't get their bottle....waaaaaaaa, waaaaaaaaa!
OP should have read:
"Here I come!"
- Wake scan mats
- USS exlusive mats
- Combat mats that disrupt gameplay
- Basically all data
The list goes on and on...
With credits becoming more available - which is good, btw, because spending 100 hours to get a ship is a bit ludicruous - it seems frontier have shifted the mindless, stupid grind elsewhere - to mats. I just want to play the game darn it, not sit in normal space/supercruise waiting for mat locations to spawn to maybe while having 99% of my time being wasted doing things nobody really likes doing (be it actually picking up the mats when you just want to shoot, or just having nothing to do but wait while not even travelling somehwere).
Quite exasperating, to say the least.
Edit: though the op's point is a bit weird and makes zero sense (understatement)
- USS exlusive mats
- Combat mats that disrupt gameplay
- Basically all data
The list goes on and on...
With credits becoming more available - which is good, btw, because spending 100 hours to get a ship is a bit ludicruous - it seems frontier have shifted the mindless, stupid grind elsewhere - to mats. I just want to play the game darn it, not sit in normal space/supercruise waiting for mat locations to spawn to maybe while having 99% of my time being wasted doing things nobody really likes doing (be it actually picking up the mats when you just want to shoot, or just having nothing to do but wait while not even travelling somehwere).
Quite exasperating, to say the least.
Edit: though the op's point is a bit weird and makes zero sense (understatement)
I'd most likely buy a sequel to ED. The way I figure it, they'll have learned that P2P isn't a good idea. Other than that, FD has done pretty well. A future release will most certainly have even better graphics, sound and flight system. By that time, 64 bit computing will have been as quaint as 16 bit is now.
But the current release isn't finished yet. It's good and getting better. I'm looking forward to playing a future Elite game in my holodeck.
But the current release isn't finished yet. It's good and getting better. I'm looking forward to playing a future Elite game in my holodeck.
It would be interesting to see how a different designer would envision the Elite franchise. I like ED, I think it's got a lot going for it & it's my kind of game, but that doesn't necessarily mean it works for everyone.
The comparison I'm making in my mind is the 1990's 'Judge Dredd' film, which I thought was awesome at the time, vs the more recent 'Dredd' film that is one of my favourite re-watchable films of recent years. Both great films (although the Stallone one hasn't aged very well) but for very different reasons & probably aimed at different audiences.
The comparison I'm making in my mind is the 1990's 'Judge Dredd' film, which I thought was awesome at the time, vs the more recent 'Dredd' film that is one of my favourite re-watchable films of recent years. Both great films (although the Stallone one hasn't aged very well) but for very different reasons & probably aimed at different audiences.
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Yeah, FD! Myah!!!!!
I personally like the game, each to their own I guess. Hope your day gets better 
I just wish FDev was less half-***ed about their work in ED. I mean, it sometimes seems like so much of what they add to the game they have to take it out and re-do it. Why is that?
Amen brother. PS4 people agree with you
No way, after all those Star Trek episodes of of the holodeck going rogue, I won't set foot in one!
But seriously, eliminating P2P would be incredible.
Eh, that's a copout answer though. A game can be great yet still not appeal to everyone, just as a game can be terrible and also not appeal to everyone. Normally though, a good game will leave players satisfied while a bad game leaves them disappointed or angry. Even a bad game which respects it's players time and efforts can garner accolades despite its shortcomings. On the other hand, a beautiful game that disrespects it's players time can leave people with a sense of bitterness or resentment.
ED does an awful lot of things very right, yet it keeps doing the same things wrong too. Mainly, failing to respect it's players time and efforts. Put another way, insisting on implementing grinding as gameplay.
A certain amount of grinding can be a useful tool in game design, but too much grind can push players away completely. Couple this with disrespectful behavior towards the players and the problem becomes compounded.
How many people feel that the large grade grind wall coming in 3.0 is a positive thing? Is anyone happy that bulk pax missions are now suddenly completely worthless? Is anyone overjoyed that the galaxy was awash in beige for over an entire year? Does anyone feel that the Feedback Forums were successful? Who really enjoys being scan rammed by NPCs? How long did the skimmer rain of death last in the game? Who truly feels that the multicrew payout nerfs made the game better in anyway? Who is really glad that fun and exciting long range smuggling missions are gone? Who enjoys grinding for naval rank? Who thinks the engineers weren't already grindy enough?
ED does a lot of things well, but respecting the players time and efforts is not one of those things.
I'm a PS4 player and I do not agree with TC at all.
Elite: Dangerous is one of the best games ever made, a more than solid continuation of the series, and is certainly worthy of a sequel.
Elite: Dangerous is one of the best games ever made, a more than solid continuation of the series, and is certainly worthy of a sequel.
You are right. They are great at that. Except they don’t seem to have any talent in solutioning or understanding player needs. Developers and artists are not Solution Engineers.
This is is like having the world’s best carpenter on staff. He might do the most beautiful finishes and elbow joints you’ve ever seen. It doesn’t mean he has any idea how to architecturally design a house.
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