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#support3rdparty - Why we temporarily shut down our sites.
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You cant be serious, Parasites?
I cant speak for the other devs but my donations dont even cover the £40 a month hosting cost. I made my trade site in alpha to help players with a better trading ui while the in game UI game improved (it never did).
I've spent 1000's of hours working on the site and supporting the players and you think thats parasitic?
What have you done to help the community?
Even though I used EDDB instead of your site, thank you for your hardwork and support of the community. I don't know what some of these posters are on, thinking the 3rd party sites owners are making a profit off of ED, when I doubt donations even cover the cost (as is the case for your site). The word "entitled" comes to mind for some and "curmudgeon" for others.
Again, thank you to you, and the other 3rd party site authors, for all your volunteer work.
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The Companion API is already there. They just need to make sure to restart the server when they do a major update. I know the developers would like to have additional features but I think given the constraints, that we can live with the actual one. WHAT IS NOT OK IS TO TAKE TIME TO TAKE CONTENT OFF THE API!
Plus, I think it's naive to think that if they don't support it, they will put more time into developing more depth and complexity in the game. They had their chance but they keep adding new features. If you don't know why, then it's easy: new features bring new players which brings new money to Frontier. That's plain and simple.
FD's plans for the future ED may well render all of these web resources irrelevant in one update.
If this is the case,then they are wise to not get on board with these sites.
If this is the case,then they are wise to not get on board with these sites.
Come on Monk, I don't use these tools but many do, unlike some I have no problem with that. The event this weekend would/will have seen many folks using these tools for various reasons to interact with the Salome story. If folks can't or won't play without these tools that could impact participation numbers, any news will be diluted with news of this 'uproar' and more besides.
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I full support the 3rd-party developers in this event and after reading the ungrateful replies in this thread that these developers get I propose to prolong the event for duration of the whole month of May. 
Thanks to every third-party developer for their voluntary work to make ED a great game.
Thanks to every third-party developer for their voluntary work to make ED a great game.
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You're welcome to use notepads and pencils but since I'm on a computer, I prefer using intelligent tools. I already don't have too much time to give the game and I won't spend half my time updating my spreadsheets in Excel, thank you very much!
I support the 3rd party devs. FDEV need to realise that their monetary intake is not solely based on their own code, but also, on the code and utilities that build up around their product.
Some of the largest game companies recognised long ago, that allowing and indeed supporting, 3rd party devs, adds numerous benefits to their product/game. It adds to the game play and enhances the longevity of the product.
I read a post here about someone whois organising stuff for the 29th event, and how now, without the 3rd party tools, they're in hell. Well, to me, that speaks volumes, about how necessary these tools are. Lets not forget, that without these events and tools, people would just see ED as another space game, where-as, with them [the tools], it's a whole different world of sim and not just 'game'.
Some of the largest game companies recognised long ago, that allowing and indeed supporting, 3rd party devs, adds numerous benefits to their product/game. It adds to the game play and enhances the longevity of the product.
I read a post here about someone whois organising stuff for the 29th event, and how now, without the 3rd party tools, they're in hell. Well, to me, that speaks volumes, about how necessary these tools are. Lets not forget, that without these events and tools, people would just see ED as another space game, where-as, with them [the tools], it's a whole different world of sim and not just 'game'.
I'm gladdened to know age and wisdom don't go hand in hand, though.
Even FDev can't work properly without the 3rd party tools.
Bloody hell...work what? properly? Ask the entity of the BGS if their handy work was --proper. Bob the entry level butcher would offer more refined work.
Their haughtiness will indeed fall...twill be done either the hard way...or the easy way, but fall it will
You didn't.
And yet you did.
Thanks for the input. Next!
While a do agree that 3rd Party Creators need easyer acces to .. everything really, i totaly dont agree that you are harming YOURSELF and almost all of the Player base with shutting down your service - and i even more disagree that you are doing it on a weekend, the days where players play that need to work or dont have much time in the week.
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So you are all happy for 3.x to be delayed in favour of tool support then? Cool... cool.
No, we'd like them to pool more devs to work on it rather than take the one guy away who's working on it now to make API's
All true. I'm superhardcore, I have a pointed stick on all my FDL hardpoints.
I could live far easier without 2.3 than without tools, for example.
I might be willing to play without either but if I had to choose I would keep tools. The quality of life they offer is far more valuable to me than anything provided in 2.3.
I hope Frontier support these guys. They add a layer of gameplay that needs proper support. It's a shame they've had to suspend the web sites to get people to notice.
The western human race?
Won't rep you, but you did make me laugh. [yesnod]
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