The curse of Elite as Online game

ralf_maeder

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Elite Dangerous is an online game. As such it depends on the servers that provide Frontier. We read a lot of announcements that Frontier has plans for it to grow in certain aspects. Now lets face it, Elite Dangerous depends on sales to be commercially sustainable, so it needs to grow its customer base constantly. But here is the question: Will it be profitable in 5 years, 10 years, you name it? At a given moment Frontier will just pull the plug and we won't play Elite Dangerous ever more. This is the curse of an online-game, whereas the original Elite we can still play long after it was discontinued. Makes me think if Braben/Frontier would provide a offline version before this should happen? I guess not. :(
 

whipdiddywhip

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don't think there'll be enough ppl still playing when they end it to warrant making an offline mode, not if current content is anything to go by
 

777Driver

777Driver
As bad as it may sound, and no disrespect to the great job FDEV are doing.. I am actually looking forward to the day the devs pull the plug (or at least provide an offline mode) All you have to do is take a look at what modding community's have done with far inferior platforms.

This game would reach a whole new level if modders had access to this game.. Ships would actually evolve into a hardcore sim, textures would have a massive make over. Modders don't have the same constraints as the devs, cmdr's can pick and choose what they add to the game according to their PC's grunt, no dumbing things down trying to make things work for the lowest hardware.
 
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ralf_maeder

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whipdiddywhip said:
don't think there'll be enough ppl still playing when they end it to warrant making an offline mode, not if current content is anything to go by
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Good point. The roadmap that Frontier set in the past with Wings and Powerplay was not what I desired. Now what is to come is planetary landing and copilots and/or walking around. But what is really needed is to fill the vast galaxy with content, adventure, surprises, science fiction, non-linear entertainment, unlimited variety of stellar objects and vistas, life, aliens etc. etc. etc.
 

ralf_maeder

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777Driver said:
As bad as it may sound, and no disrespect to the great job FDEV are doing.. I am actually looking forward to the day the devs pull the plug (or at least provide an offline mode) All you have to do is take a look at what modding community's have done with far inferior platforms.

This game would reach a whole new level if modders had access to this game.. Ships would actually evolve into a hardcore sim, textures would have a massive make over. Modders don't have the same constraints as the devs, cmdr's can pick and choose what they add to the game according to their PC's grunt, no dumbing things down trying to make things work for the lowest hardware.
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That surely would be great. Just look at what modders did with the X3 games, or Elder Scrolls, or Stalker Series. Yesterday I tried SweetFX in order to improve the rather bland vistas of Elite Dangerous, but I got many crashes and the asteroid fields still look boring and faded. Let's hope the best is still to come, and if not, there will be other games that may fill the spot.
 

smiths121

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Bit early to talk of its demise, the numbers playing are still increasing, despite powerplay.

They did promise in the KS to release the server side when they turn the servers off so people could carry on playing privately.

Simon
 

DirkLarien

DirkLarien
777Driver said:
As bad as it may sound, and no disrespect to the great job FDEV are doing.. I am actually looking forward to the day the devs pull the plug (or at least provide an offline mode) All you have to do is take a look at what modding community's have done with far inferior platforms.

This game would reach a whole new level if modders had access to this game.. Ships would actually evolve into a hardcore sim, textures would have a massive make over. Modders don't have the same constraints as the devs, cmdr's can pick and choose what they add to the game according to their PC's grunt, no dumbing things down trying to make things work for the lowest hardware.
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I cant agree more and give more rep :)

We just need to look at games that are mod-able.

Half life, Doom, Duke 3D,TES series, Neverwinter nights series ....and many more. - These games are eternal.
 
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Hagledesperado

Hagledesperado
As the transaction server just went down yet again, an offline mode would be acceptable. In contrast with the current state of affairs.
 

Alex Brentnall

Alex Brentnall
This doesn't worry me. I don't think its happening anytime soon. If it does theres a good chance a third party may keep the servers open, even a player led group that function off donations. Then theres other companies that could buy the franchise.
Failing everything if the game becomes totally unplayable I imagine the shady side of pc gaming will whip up a fix fairly quickly, probably will restrict you to solo, maybe local lan but I somehow can't see the game being restricted entirely if servers go offline.
 
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ralf_maeder

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smiths121 said:
Bit early to talk of its demise, the numbers playing are still increasing, despite powerplay.

They did promise in the KS to release the server side when they turn the servers off so people could carry on playing privately.

Simon
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I didn't know that. If this comment is still supported by Frontier/Braben, we all could be happy without worrying too much about its ongoing commercial success. Let's hope they spare a few pennies in the end to make the offline version possible. :D
 

ralf_maeder

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Alex Brentnall said:
This doesn't worry me. I don't think its happening anytime soon. If it does theres a good chance a third party may keep the servers open, even a player led group that function off donations. Then theres other companies that could buy the franchise.
Failing everything if the game becomes totally unplayable I imagine the shady side of pc gaming will whip up a fix fairly quickly, probably will restrict you to solo but I somehow can't see the game being restricted entirely if servers go offline.
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I assume this would require that Frontier sells the franchise in the end. Personally I hope Frontier will go on improving the many aspects of the game and adding seemlessly new content that improves the now lifeless and predictable galaxy.
 

Asp Explorer

Asp Explorer
FD Dev 1: "Lets add oodles of new content to Elite, give the players a bit of a surprise and reward for sticking with us through the teething problems."
FD Dev 2: "Sure - I don't see why not. Could be a lot of fun, and this new content is extremely enjoyable!"
FD Dev 3: "Ok - injecting code now"
FD Server: "Transaction server says no."
FD Devs: "oops"
 

Executive

Executive
777Driver said:
As bad as it may sound, and no disrespect to the great job FDEV are doing.. I am actually looking forward to the day the devs pull the plug (or at least provide an offline mode) All you have to do is take a look at what modding community's have done with far inferior platforms.

This game would reach a whole new level if modders had access to this game.. Ships would actually evolve into a hardcore sim, textures would have a massive make over. Modders don't have the same constraints as the devs, cmdr's can pick and choose what they add to the game according to their PC's grunt, no dumbing things down trying to make things work for the lowest hardware.
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What happened to you?
So far, all the posts of you I read said basically the opposite/have been full of praises.
Seems like more and more people start to realize some things...
 
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