POLL: Should ED have an Auto Pilot?

Should Elite Dangerous have an autopilot that can only be used for jumping to systems (and be able t

  • YES

    Votes: 242 30.6%

  • NO

    Votes: 550 69.4%
  • Total voters
    792
  • Poll closed .
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Artemis Zodiac

Banned
A
id go for it myself.....whats the difference between sitting there and watching netflix....and then watching netflix whilst occasionaly pointing and clicking every jump.....because thats all it is.

hell id go to jaques then at last....just leave my pc on whilst i go to bed.

like the good old days of farming;)
 

Panticus

Banned
Panticus
Artemis Zodiac said:
id go for it myself.....whats the difference between sitting there and watching netflix....and then watching netflix whilst occasionaly pointing and clicking every jump.....because thats all it is.

hell id go to jaques then at last....just leave my pc on whilst i go to bed.

like the good old days of farming;)
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.... and at least you don't have to stare at the crops while they are growing
 

Adhock

A
NO.

What the HELL possessed you to asking this question about something that's a basic fundamental aspect of the game which is 'FLYING YOUR SHIP'?

Is it a mindflayer? Are you a prisoner of a squidlike object attached to your head and need me to come shoot it off or something?

1. Buy Cargo
2. Plot Course
3. Press Autopilot
4. ???
5. Profit

Have you not seen Elder Scolls Online and how that game was ruined due to all the automated bots running around? Seriously. Were you not aware the game has had to relaunch to combat the bots that were so bad people couldn't progress in game due to the sea of automated bots clustering around important quest hubs?

And you want to add a feature to bring this problem to Elite?

Good Day Sir!

*slams door shut on thread*
 

Artemis Zodiac

Banned
A
Adhock said:
NO.

What the HELL possessed you to asking this question about something that's a basic fundamental aspect of the game which is 'FLYING YOUR SHIP'?

Is it a mindflayer? Are you a prisoner of a squidlike object attached to your head and need me to come shoot it off or something?

1. Buy Cargo
2. Plot Course
3. Press Autopilot
4. ???
5. Profit

Have you not seen Elder Scolls Online and how that game was ruined due to all the automated bots running around? Seriously. Were you not aware the game has had to relaunch to combat the bots that were so bad people couldn't progress in game due to the sea of automated bots clustering around important quest hubs?

And you want to add a feature to bring this problem to Elite?

Good Day Sir!

*slams door shut on thread*
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mate ED has already had trade bot scripts
 

Zambrick

Zambrick
Ziggy Stardust said:
Poll is posted, anticipating a result.

Result is not what was anticipated.

"The results of this poll is useless!"

Gawd I love this forum :)
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Its silly that the Poll peeps dont know their audience. You know for a fact that which ever is the most boring or cause something that might make the game unapproachable for new players will always be what people will vote for. We have people that twitch voted no and then backtracked on that statement in less than 3 posts.

Its awesome!
 
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Mohrgan

Mohrgan
Panticus said:
Why?

If the game were about flying passenger aircraft, or piloting container vessels, even in this age, you would not be piloting it in empty navigable space - that would be unrealistic.

Which element of either:

1) boredom

or

2) realism

do you fail to understand?
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What I don't understand is your imposing what real life, or other games do on Elite. That sort of argument is regularly rebutted with a reminder that this is not either real life, nor another game. The idea of an AP was denounced in the design phase of the game. Has been rejected by these forums on a number of occasions, and is presently being voted down in this very poll.

Something new is not always an improvement. The benefit of the proposed AP, just to line up and press [J], has a dubious benefit. How much would it really save? A couple of key presses? Just so you can get a few extra seconds of continuous Netflix time in? If the thing was included it would immediately be panned for lack of utility and another poll for advanced features would appear.
 

Leo Sagan

Leo Sagan
Panticus said:
1) boredom

or

2) realism

do you fail to understand?
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Current poll results : 30.48% for an autopilot / 69.52% against it

Which number do you fail to understand ?

Now please write a few lines telling us how such a poll doesn't represent your opin ... errrrr I mean "the player base". So maybe FD will make an official one and the autopilot crowd will be stomped as the instant phunphunphun was like 2 weeks ago (which I suspect are pretty much the same guys).

Please, do it : the sodium explosion was so yummy last time, I crave for more.
 

Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust
Leo Sagan said:
Current poll results : 30.48% for an autopilot / 69.52% against it

Which number do you fail to understand ?

Now please write a few lines telling us how such a poll doesn't represent your opin ... errrrr I mean "the player base". So maybe FD will make an official one and the autopilot crowd will be stomped as the instant phunphunphun was like 2 weeks ago (which I suspect are pretty much the same guys).

Please, do it : the sodium explosion was so yummy last time, I crave for more.
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And don't forget to insult the game's daddy, the game's head developer and be very negative towards the game itself. Because that's the only way to make these people listen to you :)

But, don't go to the dark side and talk about sodium. [mad]
 

Panticus

Banned
Panticus
Adhock said:
NO.

What the HELL possessed you to asking this question about something that's a basic fundamental aspect of the game which is 'FLYING YOUR SHIP'?

Is it a mindflayer? Are you a prisoner of a squidlike object attached to your head and need me to come shoot it off or something?

1. Buy Cargo
2. Plot Course
3. Press Autopilot
4. ???
5. Profit

Have you not seen Elder Scolls Online and how that game was ruined due to all the automated bots running around? Seriously. Were you not aware the game has had to relaunch to combat the bots that were so bad people couldn't progress in game due to the sea of automated bots clustering around important quest hubs?

And you want to add a feature to bring this problem to Elite?

Good Day Sir!

*slams door shut on thread*
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This:

1. Buy Cargo
2. Plot Course
3. Press Autopilot
4. ???
5. Profit

Was essentially how the original, and hugely successful and groundbreaking Elite worked. When you got to the system, you might have to fight. Have you ever had a fight outside a station in ED? - no, of course not, you have to re-instance and go to some crappy arbitrary 'conflict zone'.

The difference between the original Elite and this crappy but beautiful effort is that the original wasn't purely a vanity astrophysics project for David Braben
 
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Zambrick

Zambrick
Ziggy Stardust said:
And don't forget to insult the game's daddy, the game's head developer and be very negative towards the game itself. Because that's the only way to make these people listen to you :)

But, don't go to the dark side and talk about sodium. [mad]
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Lol that person thinks Sodium is Salt. I see what he attempted there.

Its awesome that <just anyone is> allowed to post in the forum every now and again.
 
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lysan

lysan
Brian of Ardagh said:
I think you mentioned something like this in the other thread. Do you have a reference for this statement?
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well, there are several, but i posted some in the other thread.

its in the DDF, its in the game mechanics description first art book, some of the news letters if remember correct NL #15 however can't check it right now.
 
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