Oh my, I wonder, then, now long until calls for BGS open only.
Round Up of 3.3 Impressions - FDev Community Visit
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Hopefully never because it is time to get a message that it will never happen.
Multiplayer aspects
Was there anything in the demo that would push people to prefer playing in Open instead of Solo. I like the idea of having squadrons but was there anything more than just grouping people together in the concept of having squadrons? E.g. sharing materials, space stations (not talking about fleet careers), etc?
Was there anything in the demo that would push people to prefer playing in Open instead of Solo. I like the idea of having squadrons but was there anything more than just grouping people together in the concept of having squadrons? E.g. sharing materials, space stations (not talking about fleet careers), etc?
There is considerable visual feedback, so you should be ok.
You know salty bois just be trying to provoke a reaction - right? Best put trolls on ignore - never seen a useful post from them, so I don't think I'll be missing anything
Its the Internet. Can I not be indignant?
Hey there Alec! Was great meeting you again the other day!
So about the hyping things up - I think our conversation went something along the lines of discussing that I never actually talked that much about 2.4, and that some people seem to be remembering things incorrectly. In fact it's often forgotten that there were a number of us that visited Frontier last year (around 10) and I was only one of those. Many of the others made a number of forum posts on the visit.
At any rate, if anyone wants to take a look at my video from last year - they will specifically see that I barely discussed 2.4, aside to say that in terms of size it will be similar to the previous patches.
Also, as I mentioned in the video at the time, Frontier discussed some of the 2018 content with us - which at that point had not yet been given the name "Beyond". Interestingly (and as everyone knows), Beyond hasn't fully been released yet.
The other point I made in the video, was that Frontier appeared (in my personal opinion, although they didn't say as much), to have had a number of problems developing Elite. That's the exact opposite of hyping.
I did of course go on to say they have a large team working on the game, and that is still true today. What are they working on, and why have some of recent updates been small? Well I have no idea about that. But I do know that Chapter Four is a very large update.There's a lot of different comments on this thread about all manner of different things. It makes for some fun reading, and I'm not going to go though each post. But I did want to pick up on on the point you raised here. Whilst you and I certainly did have that conversation, I wanted to clarify that at no point do I feel that anything I had said in the 2017 visit video has overhyped anything - especially when you consider the fact that we still haven't even seen all of that stuff. Basically, I'm just echoing the point you and I made at the time - which was that some people very much mis-remember things (evidenced by the fact that some people in this thread are accusing me of being toxic and negative, whilst others are accusing me of over-hyping...and they are talking about the very same video, no less!!).
Either way, people are free to go listen to my video from last year and make up their own minds about that.
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As Stuart said, there's plenty of visual indicators to help you discover things.
It's a very impressive system and intuitive to use.
Hey there Alec! Was great meeting you again the other day!
So about the hyping things up - I think our conversation went something along the lines of discussing that I never actually talked that much about 2.4, and that some people seem to be remembering things incorrectly. In fact it's often forgotten that there were a number of us that visited Frontier last year (around 10) and I was only one of those. Many of the others made a number of forum posts on the visit.
At any rate, if anyone wants to take a look at my video from last year - they will specifically see that I barely discussed 2.4, aside to say that in terms of size it will be similar to the previous patches.
Also, as I mentioned in the video at the time, Frontier discussed some of the 2018 content with us - which at that point had not yet been given the name "Beyond". Interestingly (and as everyone knows), Beyond hasn't fully been released yet.
The other point I made in the video, was that Frontier appeared (in my personal opinion, although they didn't say as much), to have had a number of problems developing Elite. That's the exact opposite of hyping.
There's a lot of different comments on this thread about all manner of different things. It makes for some fun reading, and I'm not going to go though each post. But I did want to pick up on on the point you raised here. Whilst you and I certainly did have that conversation, I wanted to clarify that at no point do I feel that anything I had said in the 2017 visit video has overhyped anything - especially when you consider the fact that we still haven't even seen all of that stuff. Basically, I'm just echoing the point you and I made at the time - which was that some people very much mis-remember things (evidenced by the fact that some people in this thread are accusing me of being toxic and negative, whilst others are accusing me of over-hyping...and they are talking about the very same video, no less!!).
Either way, people are free to go listen to my video from last year and make up their own minds about that.
Thanks OA - apologies for slightly misrepresenting.
That news was already "leaked" on Reddit (Ollo is obsessed about the BGS)And so the news continues to seep out
I'm intrigued. Looking forward to seeing the changes.
TL;DR: Obsidian Ant is a toxic game-hating shill fanboyHey there Alec! Was great meeting you again the other day!
So about the hyping things up - I think our conversation went something along the lines of discussing that I never actually talked that much about 2.4, and that some people seem to be remembering things incorrectly. In fact it's often forgotten that there were a number of us that visited Frontier last year (around 10) and I was only one of those. Many of the others made a number of forum posts on the visit.
At any rate, if anyone wants to take a look at my video from last year - they will specifically see that I barely discussed 2.4, aside to say that in terms of size it will be similar to the previous patches.
Also, as I mentioned in the video at the time, Frontier discussed some of the 2018 content with us - which at that point had not yet been given the name "Beyond". Interestingly (and as everyone knows), Beyond hasn't fully been released yet.
The other point I made in the video, was that Frontier appeared (in my personal opinion, although they didn't say as much), to have had a number of problems developing Elite. That's the exact opposite of hyping.
There's a lot of different comments on this thread about all manner of different things. It makes for some fun reading, and I'm not going to go though each post. But I did want to pick up on on the point you raised here. Whilst you and I certainly did have that conversation, I wanted to clarify that at no point do I feel that anything I had said in the 2017 visit video has overhyped anything - especially when you consider the fact that we still haven't even seen all of that stuff. Basically, I'm just echoing the point you and I made at the time - which was that some people very much mis-remember things (evidenced by the fact that some people in this thread are accusing me of being toxic and negative, whilst others are accusing me of over-hyping...and they are talking about the very same video, no less!!).
Either way, people are free to go listen to my video from last year and make up their own minds about that.
Hey there Alec! Was great meeting you again the other day!
So about the hyping things up - I think our conversation went something along the lines of discussing that I never actually talked that much about 2.4, and that some people seem to be remembering things incorrectly. In fact it's often forgotten that there were a number of us that visited Frontier last year (around 10) and I was only one of those. Many of the others made a number of forum posts on the visit.
At any rate, if anyone wants to take a look at my video from last year - they will specifically see that I barely discussed 2.4, aside to say that in terms of size it will be similar to the previous patches.
Also, as I mentioned in the video at the time, Frontier discussed some of the 2018 content with us - which at that point had not yet been given the name "Beyond". Interestingly (and as everyone knows), Beyond hasn't fully been released yet.
The other point I made in the video, was that Frontier appeared (in my personal opinion, although they didn't say as much), to have had a number of problems developing Elite. That's the exact opposite of hyping.
There's a lot of different comments on this thread about all manner of different things. It makes for some fun reading, and I'm not going to go though each post. But I did want to pick up on on the point you raised here. Whilst you and I certainly did have that conversation, I wanted to clarify that at no point do I feel that anything I had said in the 2017 visit video has overhyped anything - especially when you consider the fact that we still haven't even seen all of that stuff. Basically, I'm just echoing the point you and I made at the time - which was that some people very much mis-remember things (evidenced by the fact that some people in this thread are accusing me of being toxic and negative, whilst others are accusing me of over-hyping...and they are talking about the very same video, no less!!).
Either way, people are free to go listen to my video from last year and make up their own minds about that.
Don't worry, there shoul be many of us, that are both critics with what should be criticized, and also enjoy with the really good aspects of the game. That we perfectly understand your point of view.
Me too. BGS as player toy, I think is a very needed playground to be developped, so be it little or much, it's interesting to see what possible changes happens, in any case
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Completely agree. The BGS is what should be giving some purpose to all the different activities. It does currently, but no very well. I am really hoping the new update helps solve some of these things. I am still hoping something like this:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/292205-Idea-for-more-dynamic-systems?highlight=
Maybe with a bit more visual flair like the Evacuate & Repair stations scenarios we get at the moment after a thargoid attack.
You've become an easy target for some of the haters I think partly because you're pleasant and respectful, and because you ARE popular. You're doing a grand job [up]Either way, people are free to go listen to my video from last year and make up their own minds about that.
At least four of us openly discussed with FDev how the hardcore PvP community largely feels "forgotten", and that the popular requests for improved piracy, C&P, player-bounty-hunting, and Open-focused Powerplay, would all massively improve the game for them.
Networking and instancing improvements were a given, of course.