The way it is is already harming ship sales...sure, they sell a few of the bigger items to the orgs and the whaley boi completionists who must have everything..but even the orgs pool resources and buy ships in game to give to their members..and all for nothing at every patch wipe. It's hurting orgs more than Joe casuals like me with a few bits and pieces. They can gift a Caterpillar to some org Joe-Schmoe but they won't ever see the return for doing it.Sure. I'd say it's 50 they fear it'll harm ship sales, 50 they don't have the server, database, [insert whatever fancy named - but actually pretty common in most multiplayer based devs - tech] backbones ready.
They have to know how far behind the competition they are,they are failing to overcome the technical issues involved in making this sort of game,they even admitted they couldn’t add any more assets as the engine is at its limits.
CR is awol with accusations of poor management and a tendency to pay himself too much.
If you’re in the business of making games you have to at some point deliver a game.
Currently any game ever released.Who are they behind?
A few randoms on a quiet server made up a sort of HH crew last night. One Portugese, 2 UK, a Norwegian, an Orkney Islander and a Berliner...sounds like the beginning of a joke somehow...We did a few escorts for a guy in a Caterpillar...attacked a drug den...killed some pirates and some UEE navy ships at Kareah..then a bit of random flying around Hurston in the Valkyrie. A good night on the SC servers as things go and made some new friends for the contacts list. I was in the rear turret in case you were wondering why the pics are upside down, just had to get that screenie of the HH shadow over the drug den...
Who are they behind?
Just my honest experience in the PU generally. With the live chat going, folks asking questions, others giving advice and help, very little in the way of gameplay loops to offer distraction, it leaves it up to players to invent their own gameplay to a large extent...it also offers a more inclusive style of play than would be expected.Gotta say you do paint a picture of a generally coop gameplay when you meet randoms. Unlike ED where 90% of people in open run away screaming ganker if you open coms with them.
Or is it just misery loves a friend to convince each other that there is gameplay
"How about you add some gameplay and persistence instead of ships?..."
...very little in the way of gameplay loops to offer distraction, it leaves it up to players to invent their own gameplay to a large extent...it also offers a more inclusive style of play than would be expected.
No..it's not. Making money for Chris Roberts is the priority. On that we can agreeCIG's answer to this question was hilarious:
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wENuiIcPK10&feature=youtu.be&t=564
Sounds like gameplay is definitelly a priority...
When everything you try in game has no point due to patch wipes, basic mission systems are broken beyond any sense in trying them...folks improvise. There are some regular inhabitants...and we all have to be a bit cracked to join in this project in the first place...but in a general sense again...if it wasn't that much fun or engaging to any extent, we wouldn't be there doing it most nights.You seem to be saying that SC's best gameplay feature is it's lack of gameplay. You're not selling it to me.
If they could just concentrate on getting it to run smoothly it would be fun to play it as a sandbox game.CIG's answer to this question was hilarious:
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wENuiIcPK10&feature=youtu.be&t=564
Sounds like gameplay is definitelly a priority...
I find that I’m always on chat, teaming up doing missions and such! Yesterday we teamed up to do the FPS missions. We loaded the gray cat onto my titan and landed 1K away, took the Gray cat in and cleared the area. We did this for a bit, then some Bounty Hunting!
The titan is a fun little ship, I changed from the 300 series.
Tonight I think I’m going to run cargo in the 600i.
jmp!
You keeping jumping past my posts :/
Have you managed to get that 890J hangar to play nice? Used it for any co-op play?
Inquiring minds want to know like
I’m sorry, I don’t mean too. The best I could do was in the PTU. I used the 325a as a run about and kept it at an OM. It worked 100% of the time.