[POLL] Release the "Single Player Combat Training" for potential buyers. Yes/No ?

[NEUTRAL]

Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere already but,
do you guys agree that potential buyers should be allowed to download and play the
"Single Player Combat Training" for Elite Dangerous?

They need to have a demo to have some feel for the game before they make a decision.

Thanks for your participation

 

[DraigUK]

Don't see a poll, but I don't see why not anyway.

 

[darkcyd]

Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere already but,
do you guys agree that potential buyers should be allowed to download and play the
"Single Player Combat Training" for Elite Dangerous?

They need to have a demo to have some feel for the game before they make a decision.

Thanks for your participation

Why release single player combat when the game is 99% of the game is spent trading? Why not a single player trade mission.

 

[Daeron]

I was thinking of this earlier when we talked about the game to some potential "initiates". Seems like a fine way to show them how it works.

 

[Cmdr Thrudd]

I was talking to friends about this a few days ago and thought that it may be why they set up the launcher like that in the first place as they had this in mind for the future.

 

[NEUTRAL]

Don't see a poll, but I don't see why not anyway.

Poll is up now.

Sorry took a bit of time writing the poll.
The post gets posted first before the poll can be made.
Its a forum issue

 

[Sanderson]

Release it as an "Offline Trial" and you've got marketing gold. FD, you reading this?

 

[NEUTRAL]

Release it as an "Offline Trial" and you've got marketing gold. FD, you reading this?

agreed

 

[Bambi]

Technically it already is, as the launcher lets you download and play it without logging in. Just need to make the launcher available as a download somewhere.

 

[Myspace Kaitsu80]

Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere already but,
do you guys agree that potential buyers should be allowed to download and play the
"Single Player Combat Training" for Elite Dangerous?

They need to have a demo to have some feel for the game before they make a decision.

Thanks for your participation

Think I suggested this in Alpha or Beta forums, and as I recall poll were clearly for it.

Giving "a free taste" has hooked thousands to EvE for years (and made them pay every month of it 15 $/euro from each account, including me of past), why not for ED?

Naturally it should be clearly and visible announced that this is just a one small part from whole Milky Way to roam free in.

 

[Steve50]

Why release single player combat when the game is 99% of the game is spent trading? Why not a single player trade mission.

99% is spent trading?

How odd.. I've not done any trading in the last 2-3 months or so.

 

[Myspace Kaitsu80]

Oh and lets not forget all free publicity (=advertisement) following announcement of this. Hope the game "feels ready" to FD by then.

Technically it already is, as the launcher lets you download and play it without logging in. Just need to make the launcher available as a download somewhere.

Not exactly, one needs to log in to play even training. But there is "Tutorial-link" into a web page, in launcher withouth logging in, though.

 

[heartorhead]

I think making ONE from the training scenarios available as a demo would be good marketing move.

 

[Sker]

Doesnt have to be just the combat, it can be all tutorials this gives the player a chance to try the game and its mechanics and maybe buy it aswell.

 

[Myspace Kaitsu80]

Why release single player combat when the game is 99% of the game is spent trading? Why not a single player trade mission.

Think almost all possible players know how trading, exploration and even mining works somewhat (and can search information on how profitable each is), but think most are interested on how combat is modelled (in Youtube this has been number 1 issue most SC-fanboys have for long been attacking ED about, "not realistic enough/whatever" like they already have flown a spaceship...)