This sort of gameplay with player-driven elements will struggle to exist as it already does due to how the networking system works. It's not feasible.
There are no reliable stats because we can only create these polls on the forums. There are several other threads about clans and guilds with similar voting, support patterns. There's several posts on reddit about this with many upvotes.
saying that the forum is not used by all ED players does not disqualify the poll data as a sample set of the player base.
The fact that non-players can vote does though. Therefore it is not known how many of those voting are players and therefore how (in)significant the sample size is in relation to the number of copies sold (estimated at in excess of 1,000,000).
The fact that non-players can vote does though. Therefore it is not known how many of those voting are players and therefore how (in)significant the sample size is in relation to the number of copies sold (estimated at in excess of 1,000,000).
So what you saying is, that any kind of forum poll is essentially useless for data mining?![]()
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It doesn't matter how many of the 1,000,000 or so copies are sold. In any kind of election you never get 100% voter turn out. Does it make those results any less 'valid'? I think not. The fact is that people can vote. If they choose not to and the result is not to their liking then they only have themselves to blame.
The pattern that roughly 40-50%+ percent of people who participate in threads and posts about clans, guilds support it, is enough indication for Fdev to add it to the game. These threads keep popping up every few weeks.
Yep really complex bang bang, pew pew, your dead. next battle please.yes indeed its somewhat depressing.
I think it might be because ED has a somewhat unique demographic split between the older folks who played the original game and wanted ED to be a single player expereince and the younger folk who's gaming experience is more often a very complex multiplayer expereince.
Arma for example has realism units like this :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VH-qLt6S2I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IthKiGE8Kj8
I wish ED would one day allow that kind of large scale player organizations/activity
But then again I also wish that player owned structures/machinery/stations would be on the cards and I'm told it isnt.
So what you saying is, that any kind of forum poll is essentially useless for data mining?![]()
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Yep really complex bang bang, pew pew, your dead. next battle please.
Ah Mobius players.
Different to the deep and emergent NPC mining... How does that go again? "bang bang, pew pew, your dead. next battle please."
Or perhaps the "trade trade, ching ching, more credits, next route please."
Or better yet the exploration aspect "Wake Wake, Scan Scan, Sell Data. next trip please."
Heavens, moving this game to any direction that might give it a smidgen of depth, connection or immersion, really upsets a lot of people.
I drive a car and I feel very strongly that people who have motorbikes, shouldn't have access to any new changes that might make their motorbiking experienced better!
(I know she has blocked me because of forum griefing but hey)
Majinvash
The Voice of Open.. sorry.. Eve
Can someone please post the poll link on steam (in an unbiased fashion) so we can gather as many Elite player's input as possible? I can't because steam does strange things on my mobile.
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I voted no. Adding clans/factions would make the game unappealing to new players a la EVE.
EVE is more appealing to new players than ED BECAUSE of corps.