Something is coming !!!

[smokingrabit]

people also seem to be in denial about a lot of problems, a lot of customers aren't happy and no one wants it to get out.

ignoring issues and desires is the exact problem with game publishers, ed must adapt, purism is always a sign of losing before you stsrted.

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people also seem to be in denial about a lot of problems, a lot of customers aren't happy and no one wants it to get out.

ignoring issues and desires is the exact problem with game publishers, ed must adapt, purism is always a sign of losing before you stsrted.

 

[andyraptor]

825 is probably the entire core fanbase but hey just ignore it, the other MILLION players in your imagination LOVE Powerplay.
Steam concurrent players: average 3000 btw., niche confirmed



that´s nothing for a game that´s almost a year old, sorry. World of Tanks has 70+ million players.
even in most optimistic case FD made 35 million with it, that pays for two years of an average sized team. I doubt there is any profit left for doing big expansions, unless Microsoft paid 10-20 millions for Xbone exclusive content which can later be patched in for PC.

Yup... another doom sayer

you going to make another guess at who paid what for what?

825 is the game core fanbase ?.. wakey wakey

WoT's was supposed to have died 3 years ago... but the doom sayers got that wrong as well

 

[Deleted member 94277]

WINTER IS COMING.

Really, it's over here in the southern hemisphere, but it's definetely coming in the northern hemisphere, somewhere later this year. True story.

Joking aside, what's the point of this thread? PP is horrible? Yeah, we all know that. Even those who like it have some ideas on how to improve it. Does Frontier need to deliver on some good features soon to keep the player base consistent and ever growing (without depending on Steam sales to get new players influx)? Obviously. Planetary landings, as with mostly everything, can either be good or bad. I hope they implement it in a good way. If it's bad, then well, it will be bad. Same with FPS. If it's another "mini game" as you call it, like PP? Well it also can either be good or bad, even if it's grinding (Great rifting in Diablo 3 is basically a grind-mode and it's awesome).

My personal opinion is that is something related to NPC, wings and AI, probably hireable wingman NPCs or something on that area.

 

[OnePercent]

you kidding? power play is being played like crazy in the actual game.

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power play is certainly a relevant update, however i personally don't get involved (not yet at least) i am happy others are happy about it.

 

[jonne]

Oh crap, I think I've just had a vision of my own demise. They implement planetary landings and I, being almost half way to Sag* A, can't resist trying it and I die out there. Hopefully it will require some sort of equipment that I didn't bring with me and I can't test it until I'm back home.

 

[Herik]

Lol. Saying that because only 20% of people engage in powerplay it's a failure is like saying because only 20% of people engage in trading it's a failure, or bounty hunting, or piracy, or deep exploration, etc...
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Where did you get this idea that 100% of people play every other aspect of the game, and that power play is the exception to the rule?
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Edit: Want to label a gameplay style a failure? Look at smuggling.

Have to agree with you on this; -Its not a failure just a feature many members wont' get involved in except to the degree they have to during standard play. No different than any other feature...+1

 

[Dubber]

I've given up hoping its going to be something that I may enjoy. Now I just accept it as it is and roll with the punches and have a bit of a laugh. Lifes too short to worry about this in the big scheme of things , trivial game

 

[FredTA]

walking around where? The geometry behind the pilot´s canopy is non-existant unless they somehow managed to make all ship interiors, which is unlikely.
And even if, what to do there? Interactive stuff? What puropse?
I´d say forget it.
I think it will be some space related feature, maybe more stuff to do for Powerplay or more Xbox exclusive content.
Or it will be another low hanging fruit feature like a landing platform on an asteroid/airless moon. Can´t possibly imagine anything else.
Powerplay was hyped like crazy and look what we got, something 82% of people don´t bother to play.

You really think they would call it a "Colossal announcement" and then have it be xbox exclusive content? I really doubt FD are that naïve..

 

[Dubber]

I hope whatever it is is pretty with all nice colours and that

Great lol

 

[Lobstris]

probably why the pollsters got it so very wrong in the last UK elections.. you work for them then as well ?

But the BBC exit poll on the day did get the result pretty bang on. A better line of attack to my rebuttal would have been that a forum poll is an open, already biased method of selecting respondents, whereas as the example I gave would involve targeted stratified sampling based on selected socio-economic and demographic characteristics to gain a representative, non-biased sample.
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You know a forum poll is (apparently) only going to get the '40+ no lifers' and the 'Xbox generation' in its sample. (NB: Last comment meant jokingly before anyone starts...)

 

[Zieman]

<plot twist>Frontier announce a new Offline version for PC and XBOX One</plot twist>

Not that, but Offline version for PS4 as a (timed?) exclusive...

 

[Lobstris]

Not that, but Offline version for PS4 as a (timed?) exclusive...

That would be absolutely hilarious. The wailing and gnashing of teeth would be picked up by New Horizons out past Pluto. (If sound propagated in a vacuum)
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(looked at objectively, my dislike of powerplay is a bit irrational - I don't ever want to do mining in the game again (shudder!), but I don't object to the time spent implementing drones and whatnot, nor do I object to people who do want to mine. It's essentially just that PowerPlay feels so disconnected to the Elite architecture that was already in place).

 

[Aewarin Jameson]

Don't wish to burst anyone's bubble but the poll, whilst indicative of the mood on this forum, is not representative of the players as a whole.

Right now more than enough Commanders are using it and it's doing its job of dynamically altering human space.We just think we could improve the experience.

(emphasis mine)

Bottom line - PP is not going away.

I don't like it either but my opinion counts for squat - FD like it; plenty of other commanders like it; I have to accept that (took a while but I do now) or ignore it.

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As for the "announcement" .... we can speculate and gnash teeth in anticipation; whip each other up into a frenzy and complain .. or we could just wait.

There is NOTHING​ you can do about it so why stress ?!

What ever it's going to be, it's going to be.

 

[Lord_Crazy]

We do know that walking around is not the announcement at Gamescom 2015, but planetary landing (PL) hasn't been ruled out (unless I missed the memo) The problem I see here is that if they announce/release PL, is it only going to be rocky worlds to start with as David Braben mentioned a few times, if that is the case ... How can you possibly charge people for an expansion so that they can land on lifeless moons ?

You basically answered to your own question: that won't be planetary landing. Unless they decided to make something incredibly stupid, like allowing us to get close to planets and do absolutely nothing there. Yet another wishful thinking?

 

[Smugallo]

Think about the poll as a 'vertical slice'

 

[Kramster]

You basically answered to your own question: that won't be planetary landing. Unless they decided to make something incredibly stupid, like allowing us to get close to planets and do absolutely nothing there. Yet another wishful thinking?

My heart wants it to be special, my gut tells me it will be very similar to what we already have but in a different environment

Buy and Orca or Dropship
Enter atmosphere and land at a surface base (aka station)
Surface exploration vehicle (aka cockpit)
Scan planet (aka exploring)
Mine planet ( aka mining)

I am also unsure if we will see fps style play, the work and resource required to achieve the high standards already set would be massive
Love to be wrong though