Wouldn't it be incredible if the Universe of Elite Dangerous started to have more distinctions for both players and the systems you visit. Wouldn't it be great if there was a genuinely massive difference between Federation systems and Imperial ones? With the Imperials being so fashionable in their clothing and their ships, why are their stations the same looking ones seen throughout the galaxy? Where are the jaw dropping space palaces that make people say "Wow, I'm in Imperial space"? And likewise the Federation could have some really scary stations that look like the Tet from Oblivion... Lol. Wouldn't it be great if there was a distinct feeling of uniqueness between the main 3 super powers?
I truly hope that one day Frontier helps to add more distinctions to Elite so that each system, or at least some major systems, have more feeling of uniqueness, as sadly sometimes after extensive play I find myself feeling that most of the systems have the same feeling from one to the other and really could do with more unique distinctions, which leads me to my next question...
Wouldn't it be great if factions mattered more? So you have a preferred system, a home system perhaps, a base of operations of sorts. Wouldn't it be great if faction rep and influence mattered more to you than mostly principle alone? Wouldn't it be great if dedication rewarded the player with more services, discounts, perhaps special commodities or modules, or even promotions much like how powerplay has some perks? Wouldn't it be great if it felt like doing missions mattered more to you more than gaining credits and influencing your faction in terms of the back ground simulation. Imagine being able to appoint players with distinctions, such a medals and titles for battling it out for hours in combat zones or carrying out other vital tasks for the factions in power.
I think it would just be great if it felt more involving so that the systems you devote most of your time to recognised your efforts more and encouraged you further than merely gaining credit or upkeeing the system faction influence at their end.
I remember a video with David Braben speaking of how he didn't just want planetary landings to be the same experience time and again only against a different background of visuals. He wanted uniqueness. Well I do think some small changes to the Fed/Imperial systems especially along with some deeper aspects to involvement with factions could broaden the overall experience.
Anyways. I haven't thought this out too much, but what do you guys want to see in future?
I truly hope that one day Frontier helps to add more distinctions to Elite so that each system, or at least some major systems, have more feeling of uniqueness, as sadly sometimes after extensive play I find myself feeling that most of the systems have the same feeling from one to the other and really could do with more unique distinctions, which leads me to my next question...
Wouldn't it be great if factions mattered more? So you have a preferred system, a home system perhaps, a base of operations of sorts. Wouldn't it be great if faction rep and influence mattered more to you than mostly principle alone? Wouldn't it be great if dedication rewarded the player with more services, discounts, perhaps special commodities or modules, or even promotions much like how powerplay has some perks? Wouldn't it be great if it felt like doing missions mattered more to you more than gaining credits and influencing your faction in terms of the back ground simulation. Imagine being able to appoint players with distinctions, such a medals and titles for battling it out for hours in combat zones or carrying out other vital tasks for the factions in power.
I think it would just be great if it felt more involving so that the systems you devote most of your time to recognised your efforts more and encouraged you further than merely gaining credit or upkeeing the system faction influence at their end.
I remember a video with David Braben speaking of how he didn't just want planetary landings to be the same experience time and again only against a different background of visuals. He wanted uniqueness. Well I do think some small changes to the Fed/Imperial systems especially along with some deeper aspects to involvement with factions could broaden the overall experience.
Anyways. I haven't thought this out too much, but what do you guys want to see in future?
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