About a week ago I logged back on to World of Warcraft for the first time since 2011. From 2011 until 2016 I really hadn’t been playing any games. Elite Dangerous was the first game I’d gotten into since WoW and I have gotten my monies worth out of it. I have played almost 4000 hours and have about 11 billion in assets.
Recently though I’ve been getting frustrated with the game. It’s almost a guarantee now that griefers are going to be hanging around the CG’s and Shinra. Not a big deal for me because for me they’re just a minor annoyance but I feel bad for the guy in his Type 7 who gets blown do bits because some player is bored and just wants to bring misery to other players.
The new engineering sucks for me. It might be a dream for some other players but for what I like to do it ruined the game for me.
Once you hit my level you find more than anything your bored. I’ve owned and engineered every ship Elite has to offer. It hit me this morning while I’m logging between open/solo scanning satellites to get Unexpected Emission Data that this game is boring. I spent the better part of an hour to get three UED’s. The problem is FD has no imagination. There is no story line. They’ve all but forced us to encounter Thargoids, but for what? It has no story! It’s shallow. Simulations don’t need a story, games do.
3.0 Beyond is just more of the same. Look the planets have some more texture, woohoo. Where is the story line? How about some quests that lead to some unique equipment instead of credits to buy the same old equipment.
A new ship woo.
FD built a really great space simulation. And like I said earlier I got my moneys worth playing it. Maybe it’s the engine FD uses that allows it to be a great space simulation but a poor game.
FD remove the grind and add story line. If it’s not possible at least be honest with your players. The company has been caught in so many lies it’s not even funny anymore. The game will ultimately fail because people will reach the same point as me and say “Ok now what?” There is nothing else to do.
Poon
Recently though I’ve been getting frustrated with the game. It’s almost a guarantee now that griefers are going to be hanging around the CG’s and Shinra. Not a big deal for me because for me they’re just a minor annoyance but I feel bad for the guy in his Type 7 who gets blown do bits because some player is bored and just wants to bring misery to other players.
The new engineering sucks for me. It might be a dream for some other players but for what I like to do it ruined the game for me.
Once you hit my level you find more than anything your bored. I’ve owned and engineered every ship Elite has to offer. It hit me this morning while I’m logging between open/solo scanning satellites to get Unexpected Emission Data that this game is boring. I spent the better part of an hour to get three UED’s. The problem is FD has no imagination. There is no story line. They’ve all but forced us to encounter Thargoids, but for what? It has no story! It’s shallow. Simulations don’t need a story, games do.
3.0 Beyond is just more of the same. Look the planets have some more texture, woohoo. Where is the story line? How about some quests that lead to some unique equipment instead of credits to buy the same old equipment.
A new ship woo.
FD built a really great space simulation. And like I said earlier I got my moneys worth playing it. Maybe it’s the engine FD uses that allows it to be a great space simulation but a poor game.
FD remove the grind and add story line. If it’s not possible at least be honest with your players. The company has been caught in so many lies it’s not even funny anymore. The game will ultimately fail because people will reach the same point as me and say “Ok now what?” There is nothing else to do.
Poon
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