"We haven't gone away, ya know!"... Wee Irish Quote lol
(oh, and it is quiet... Too quiet)
The famous Last words of many good Cmdr
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(oh, and it is quiet... Too quiet)
The famous Last words of many good Cmdr
o7
Meltdown eh? More like a slow and steady erosion of people quietly realizing the game seems to be in maintenance mode. Haven't heard much noise about it compared to how many people pm me to say "see you in late 2020, maybe".If they release things slightly buggy there's a meltdown. If they delay stuff to avoid slightly buggy releases there's a meltdown. If they release a season in advance there's a meltdown. If they prepare a season behind closed doors to release in one there's a meltdown. Announce anything there's a meltdown. Don't announce anything there's a meltdown.
Anyone else starting to see a pattern ?.
No wonder they don't bother wasting their time talking to us anymore.
The decisions Frontier are making, are leading to disengagement.
The days of Braben and Brookes and Dav and Ed and Zac are done.
Will and Dav are alright, but Brett C and Braben are not engaged anymore, Paige doesn’t seem to get what’s going on and just does what she’s told. I never really understood what that social media personality with all the tatts was doing. The narrative lead is an awful gatekeeper, I think it’s just a day job for him these days.
The code has gotten unwieldy, and both bugs and workarounds re-appear during minor patches.
There’s still a lot of potential - we see elements from their other games that we hope can come in.
The creatures from Planet Zoo and Jurassic World, the base building from Planet Coaster and Jurassic.
But we’re not seeing that in game.
I think ELITE became very content dependent; where it should have relied more on inter group and inter player rivalry. That would have been better for maintenance mode.
With PowerPlay untended, BGS nerfed, and no support or publicity for groups; the only excitement comes with new content. All the work has to be done by Frontier and it’s just not enough. Maybe it could never be enough.
They don’t trust players with their precious product, but they can’t keep up the pace of change, so the whole thing is withering on the vine.
HR would have something to do with it. Poor quality hires.
We need a few more rock stars.
Even Zac (who made some awful awful decisions) was a presence. These days it feels like everything is run past a committee.
The decisions Frontier are making, are leading to disengagement.
The days of Braben and Brookes and Dav and Ed and Zac are done.
Will and Dav are alright, but Brett C and Braben are not engaged anymore, Paige doesn’t seem to get what’s going on and just does what she’s told. I never really understood what that social media personality with all the tatts was doing. The narrative lead is an awful gatekeeper, I think it’s just a day job for him these days.
The code has gotten unwieldy, and both bugs and workarounds re-appear during minor patches.
There’s still a lot of potential - we see elements from their other games that we hope can come in.
The creatures from Planet Zoo and Jurassic World, the base building from Planet Coaster and Jurassic.
But we’re not seeing that in game.
I think ELITE became very content dependent; where it should have relied more on inter group and inter player rivalry. That would have been better for maintenance mode.
With PowerPlay untended, BGS nerfed, and no support or publicity for groups; the only excitement comes with new content. All the work has to be done by Frontier and it’s just not enough. Maybe it could never be enough.
They don’t trust players with their precious product, but they can’t keep up the pace of change, so the whole thing is withering on the vine.
HR would have something to do with it. Poor quality hires.
We need a few more rock stars.
Even Zac (who made some awful awful decisions) was a presence. These days it feels like everything is run past a committee.
Brett C has gone .... i.e to another job. Not sure about Braben, I think he's still around .... he is reported as saying something about 'refreshing the code' in ED recently, at a shareholder meetingWill and Dav are alright, but Brett C and Braben are not engaged anymore ......
It is very much like middle age, where after a fun single life ED settled into paying the mortgage and taking out the bins while the kids get all the attention.
2020 has to be the equivalent of a month long pub bender with all the trimmings- pints, crazy cocktails, dubious top shelf liqueurs, table dancing, the lot.
Don't get me wrong, I'm still rooting for Frontier to succeed and deliver anything remotely close to what we hope. I'm an evidence based believer though.
Or maybe a second honeymoon? Either way, quietude is pretty typical when approaching mid-life of a game title. Also, holidays are coming up and southern hemisphere summer is approaching. Mum says we should play outside, but the sun glare makes it hard to see the screen.
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Table dancing, tequila and dodgy kebabs or its a bust.
I’m waiting for the big update.For the mythical bug fixes...
Would be nice if everyone behaved like civilised hunan beings, not rage-filled scum bags. Being anonymous allows sociopaths to write some dreadful stuff. Best not to read forums without very proactive mods!Yes we should feel sorry for those buisness owners, it's like we forced them to do it with a gun at their heads and never pay.
This place is lunacy.
Most of the open letter people left after seeing the fruits of their labor (fleet carriers delayed)
I wish Frontier would just include the community in on the plans for the game's future.
Would be nice if everyone behaved like civilised hunan beings, not rage-filled scum bags. Being anonymous allows sociopaths to write some dreadful stuff. Best not to read forums without very proactive mods!