Transfer Poll Results
- Thread starter Sandro Sammarco
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5-100 minutes wasn't extreme - you could have gone for infinity.
I'll let you off if you promise to include bulk freighters as in-game assets.
People are idiots and don't know what they want.
Go on! You know you want to!
Democracy brings governance to the lowest common denominator.
FD Thanks for the vote. Now... ehemm, don't forget the DDF! Exploration needs it!
Those are people who care for the game. If they have sold more than 1 million copies I wonder how many people sitll play this game.
Those are people who care for the game. If they have sold more than 1 million copies I wonder how many people sitll play this game.
You are people, no?
I'm not sure many pro delay people ever thought that, much less expected it. Thought it would be a cool idea, yes, but never banked on it.
Okay. You'll get a bounty on you for the transport, its crew, and each ship carried aboard. Also, my ship will still arrive because its replacement was put on the shipping company's insurance, not mine (they are liable for it as long as it is under their care).
I'm glad to see that FD was leaning in the same general direction as 70% of the CMDRs out there in the black. I am quite pleased with the outcome myself!
Thanks for everything you guys do Sandro!
Thanks for everything you guys do Sandro!
No worries, I figured it would've been a bit much to ask.
BUT! You could spawn an npc with my ship outside the station and have it dock just before the timer runs out. You know, should be a pretty cheap solution that lets people wait for their silly pink cobra to come through the mail slot ^^
Take this as general vote for immersion over "ease of use" and of realism over "customer satisfaction" and common sense over "user experience specialists".
I seem to remember a very nice Elite Dangerous Baseball hat too...
This was a mistake. The tiny fraction of players who spend time on the forums and reddit should not have an undue influence over development decisions. The designers should design and look at feedback after implementation.
The way I see it:
This was a significant proportion of the user base, gathered from far more than just the official forum. Almost 40,000 users from the forums, Reddit, Steam, Facebook groups, Twitter, what have you. By all accounts it seems to be as fair and inclusive as is possible on the internet.
70% is a large majority, and I have to ask myself how many of those 30% are of the "instant or " variety or if they simply preferred instant but can live with either (just as I could have lived with instant even if I preferred delay). It seems unlikely all 30% were vehemently against it.
To me this indicates that instant is not as overwhelmingly a desired feature as its proponents insisted it was, and therefore cannot be a game breaking feature that will destroy the player base as the doomsayers had said.
That's pretty much it.
This was a significant proportion of the user base, gathered from far more than just the official forum. Almost 40,000 users from the forums, Reddit, Steam, Facebook groups, Twitter, what have you. By all accounts it seems to be as fair and inclusive as is possible on the internet.
70% is a large majority, and I have to ask myself how many of those 30% are of the "instant or " variety or if they simply preferred instant but can live with either (just as I could have lived with instant even if I preferred delay). It seems unlikely all 30% were vehemently against it.
To me this indicates that instant is not as overwhelmingly a desired feature as its proponents insisted it was, and therefore cannot be a game breaking feature that will destroy the player base as the doomsayers had said.
That's pretty much it.
I'd be careful assuming that everyone voted. The abstain/don't mind folk won't show in the stats at all
I certainly didn't...and understanding the development time that would be required for design, modeling and AI implementation, it is a safe assumption that this would not be in the near-term.
Will an option of a "Premium Transport Service" (bulk freighters using Synthesis fuel) be offered at a later time, that for a considerably increased fee (5x to 10x) will transport the ship up to 100% faster, i.e. reducing delivery times by half? The minimum time should stay unaffected at 5 minutes of course.