As a console player I agree with this. I'm actually going to ask the mods to lock this thread.
The Console Commanders Memorial Thread
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On the other hand, I bought Horizons and Odyssey back in 2015 as part of the LEP for 180 USD, thanks to a 15 USD discount for having previously bought Elite: Dangerous, and usually play Horizons due to Odyssey's exceptionally poor performance on my computer, so in a way, console players may have lucked out.
Sure, having the option to buy Odyssey might be nice, but console players aren't exactly losing something, since they haven't had it.
Sure, having the option to buy Odyssey might be nice, but console players aren't exactly losing something, since they haven't had it.
For me this isn't about Odyssey, it's about the way some forum members, who have every right to feel completely let down at the moment, are being treated.
FD has proved scant, little detail to the console player base about this and the yet they, and I for that matter, have to suck it up.
I have a PC copy as you know but a lot of people are dedicated console players. They have my sympathies, sincerely.
As far as my forum behaviour goes, I think that thread has crossed a line with me.
This was posted in that consle news thread.
So it pretty much about the future of the franchise, really.
FD has proved scant, little detail to the console player base about this and the yet they, and I for that matter, have to suck it up.
I have a PC copy as you know but a lot of people are dedicated console players. They have my sympathies, sincerely.
As far as my forum behaviour goes, I think that thread has crossed a line with me.
This was posted in that consle news thread.
So it pretty much about the future of the franchise, really.
Console players are losing parity with Windows players.
Unless it gets closed by the mods, I think this thread has real potential. May your post be remembered
Indeed it is, although there are better examples of clothes renting, sarcasm and wit, virtually any thread illustrates so well how the 'angry ex-boyfriends', trolls and career complainers operate here.
Perhaps the best examples could be the recurring 'Hotel California' threads, or Cobra IV ones, or even the VR campaign ones...
Shame there are no more MacOS threads, they would be sublime!
Remember a while ago, when we had that thread going about, how nice the ED community was, how more "mature" it was etc. Etc.?
But yeah, I guess showing a little bit of sympathy to console players who have been strung along for the last year is just too much....
With Odyssey though, they've never had it.
And I thought you are asking for an ingame memorial.
Like a destroyed space station somewhere in the dark named "console"
Like a destroyed space station somewhere in the dark named "console"
Don't forget the PC players who do not have a copy of the EDO expansion.... surely they are losing parity also?
Next?
(supporting your point, WR3ND, not a criticism)
Yeah, and don't get me wrong, I was hoping for Odyssey on consoles both for the players who wanted it and for the further optimization that would likely need to have been done in order for it to run acceptably.
For me as the game stands now, had I just bought Horizons for 40 USD, or whatever it was, instead of the 180 USD for the LEP, I wouldn't exactly feel put off.
For me as the game stands now, had I just bought Horizons for 40 USD, or whatever it was, instead of the 180 USD for the LEP, I wouldn't exactly feel put off.
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Someone had a good idea yesterday.
The Tionisla graveyard recreated with xbox's, playstations & Mac's.
That's exactly what they try to accomplish. Unfortunately. Troll thread until it's closed.
I saw the thread and thought it was a really nice idea; I'm not a console cmdr but if I was I'd certainly be upset. It'd be nice if they could keep the thread and just purge the trolling instead of it getting derailed into oblivion or causing it to get locked.
Edit: ninja'd ;-)
How about these apples.
I don't own a console (well i have some older ones around (PS2, Gamecube etc)) and built my current PC mainly with ED in mind, and only starting playing EDH a month back because i figured out it was probably time (original Kickstarter backer hoping Fdev had enough time to 'fix it' etc), and overall i like EDH very much at the stage i started playing it. I like it a lot.
Now i am going to be forced to play Odyssey at some point (maybe soon(tm)?) even if i have very little interest in FPS face shooting in Elite, and knowing it will likely kill my humble PC compared to the nice smooth experience i get from EDH currently.
Am i likely going to be FORCED to BUY a console just to play the kind of Elite game i (traditionally) like? So, console players with your future access to EDH all safe and secure, what about MEEEEE! I am going to be forced to play with awful GUI and performance issues unless i splash out for a console and play the game you have access to forever more!
I don't own a console (well i have some older ones around (PS2, Gamecube etc)) and built my current PC mainly with ED in mind, and only starting playing EDH a month back because i figured out it was probably time (original Kickstarter backer hoping Fdev had enough time to 'fix it' etc), and overall i like EDH very much at the stage i started playing it. I like it a lot.
Now i am going to be forced to play Odyssey at some point (maybe soon(tm)?) even if i have very little interest in FPS face shooting in Elite, and knowing it will likely kill my humble PC compared to the nice smooth experience i get from EDH currently.
Am i likely going to be FORCED to BUY a console just to play the kind of Elite game i (traditionally) like? So, console players with your future access to EDH all safe and secure, what about MEEEEE! I am going to be forced to play with awful GUI and performance issues unless i splash out for a console and play the game you have access to forever more!
Since Fdev was light in clarification, I'll try to help a bit.How about these apples.
I don't own a console (well i have some older ones around (PS2, Gamecube etc)) and built my current PC mainly with ED in mind, and only starting playing EDH a month back because i figured out it was probably time (original Kickstarter backer hoping Fdev had enough time to 'fix it' etc), and overall i like EDH very much at the stage i started playing it. I like it a lot.
Now i am going to be forced to play Odyssey at some point (maybe soon(tm)?) even if i have very little interest in FPS face shooting in Elite, and knowing it will likely kill my humble PC compared to the nice smooth experience i get from EDH currently.
Am i likely going to be FORCED to BUY a console just to play the kind of Elite game i (traditionally) like? So, console players with your future access to EDH all safe and secure, what about MEEEEE! I am going to be forced to play with awful GUI and performance issues unless i splash out for a console and play the game you have access to forever more!
You will not be forced to play Odyssey (as in, the DLC). Just like you are not forced to play Horizon (the DLC, again). You can play "vanilla" ED on PC, and you will not be able to land on any planet at all, if you do so. If you are already on a planet when you switch through the launcher, you'll get kicked in orbit.
However, while we are still waiting any confirmation on that, it seems the original Horizon client will cease to exist for PC. You'll get Odyssey client, which include new lightning, shaders, new UI, planet tech.... If you own the DLC, then you will be able to partake in foot activities and atmo landing. If you don't own said DLC, then you will not be able to do so.
If you have no issue with all the non DLC related changes Odyssey brings, then you will not have any issue with the future merge. If you do, well, I'm sorry.
I'm a lucky £80 all updates free KS backer. I assume when they merge the PC base my option to select 'EDH' will be replaced with 'Odyssey' only and as a all updates backer that is what i get, FPS face stabbing and all (plus worse GUI and performance)? I don't think i will still be able to play EDH will I?
I could maybe buy a console to ensure i can still play EDH (which i might prefer as an Elite game).
That was the point of my post, to help the console players step outside their current angst and understand the wider issues involved here
I could maybe buy a console to ensure i can still play EDH (which i might prefer as an Elite game).
That was the point of my post, to help the console players step outside their current angst and understand the wider issues involved here