dayrth
Volunteer Moderator
There are an awful lot of threads/posts saying things like, there is nothing to do in this game, the game is shallow, I'm board, the game is just a shell....
It's been said so many times that I have no doubt that everyone knows, Elite is a sandbox game, but when I see posts like this I wonder if some don't fully understand what that means.
If you believe Elite lacks content, go and find a sandbox, (a real one), and watch the children playing there. (Preferably your own children, or at least those of a close relative. Scrutinizing random children may give the wrong impression).
You will see some kids who just don't want to be there. Some kids will play for a bit, probably with the few toys that are bound to be present, then moan about wanting an ice cream or going somewhere else. A few however will just be sat quietly pushing sand about, looking quite contented. From you point of view it may look like they are being boring, doing nothing, but that's not what it's like in their heads. What they can see is epic battles, great hero's doing daring deeds. Monsters, aliens, armies, whole new worlds laid out before them. None of these kids are 'wrong', they like different things.
Frontier have added toys to the sandbox. Lately some nice big, new shiny ones. If this isn't enough to keep you amused though, please don't just keep demanding more. More will be coming, but i hope they don't cover up all the sand. That's what some of us kids like to play with.
It's been said so many times that I have no doubt that everyone knows, Elite is a sandbox game, but when I see posts like this I wonder if some don't fully understand what that means.
If you believe Elite lacks content, go and find a sandbox, (a real one), and watch the children playing there. (Preferably your own children, or at least those of a close relative. Scrutinizing random children may give the wrong impression).
You will see some kids who just don't want to be there. Some kids will play for a bit, probably with the few toys that are bound to be present, then moan about wanting an ice cream or going somewhere else. A few however will just be sat quietly pushing sand about, looking quite contented. From you point of view it may look like they are being boring, doing nothing, but that's not what it's like in their heads. What they can see is epic battles, great hero's doing daring deeds. Monsters, aliens, armies, whole new worlds laid out before them. None of these kids are 'wrong', they like different things.
Frontier have added toys to the sandbox. Lately some nice big, new shiny ones. If this isn't enough to keep you amused though, please don't just keep demanding more. More will be coming, but i hope they don't cover up all the sand. That's what some of us kids like to play with.
