Well there is one (1) Youtuber that I will still watch and it isn't the OP lol Nope it is 'The Pilot' simply because his clips are not whining incessantly about FD, not trying to appease the crowd with the latest 'I Hate FD Because' mantra, his videos are about the ships and what he likes and doesn't like about them. He lets his audience form it's own opinion, he isn't telling them what they must think.Youtube gamer videos are like most other social media - they find popularity at the margins, so most tend to gravitate to being either ultra-earnest superfans, or embittered cynical moaners. Even if they don't start out that way, that's where they end up because they work out that you get more views as either of those than you do as a fairly balanced individual just playing games. Hardly a shock - after all I'm a fairly balanced individual just playing games and I've never fooled myself that anybody would be interested in watching me do that
[Video] January update, was this what we ASKED?! & Fleet carrier delay...
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I'm not a huge watcher of gaming videos in general but I agree his are decent, mainly because he's not trying to do general praise or criticism to begin with - as you say, he has a niche and he's obviously happy in it.
As someone who didn't ask anyone to speak for me.....I wanted new content and bug-fixes.
Call me greedy or unrealistic, but other games seem capable of providing this, more regularly than Elite Dangerous.
With this game its either:
Bug fixing and no new content for 18 months (and no new Interstellar Initiatives because for some reason, bug fixes prevents the writers from creating new stories for new II's!!)
OR
New content and no bug fixes.
I look at other games, look back at this game, Frontier's flagship IP, and I wonder:
Source: https://media.giphy.com/media/3o85xIO33l7RlmLR4I/giphy.gif
Call me greedy or unrealistic, but other games seem capable of providing this, more regularly than Elite Dangerous.
With this game its either:
Bug fixing and no new content for 18 months (and no new Interstellar Initiatives because for some reason, bug fixes prevents the writers from creating new stories for new II's!!)
OR
New content and no bug fixes.
I look at other games, look back at this game, Frontier's flagship IP, and I wonder:
I too have enjoyed the new content, features and bug fixes we've gained these past 18 months. More to come too
September update disaster? What are you talking about? Purchasing ARX worked right out of the gate!
Oh... you must be talking about all that other stuff having to do with being able to play the game... well who cares about that.... ARX!!!!
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FrontierPoints/ARX happened 4.5yr ago, do keep up
Personally don't care what Yamiks has to say. Constantly negative no matter what. Not watching the video.
I too have enjoyed the new content, features and bug fixes we've gained these past 18 months. More to come too
TheSisko, you are not greedy or unrealistic. Most of Development company do those at same time. I think who criticise you is blinded, and is ruining ED slowly.
Not so sure. I'm pretty sure they did releases straight off the back of betas with no extra changes, which would point the finger at issues with their build process. However, pure speculation on my part that.
I think you're missing my point. My point was betas happening and new bugs appearing regardless despite the betas.
who puts biscuits in a cookie jar?
After wading through all 14 pages of this, there were two things I wanted to comment on:
1. I have seen a few of Yamiks YouTube videos (including the one linked in the original post here) and IMO he doesn't come off as cheeky, funny, or witty; he comes off spiteful, critical for the sake of it, and disingenuous. Frontier deserve constructive criticism like any game developer, but there's a mature and--most importantly-- productive way of delivering that message. I think he fails to do that and is just interested in getting views / likes. I assume he likes Elite Dangerous to some degree, but I guess I don't understand people who seem to be insulting towards a game they like instead of trying to offer sincere criticism / commentary. But, ya know, free speech and all. Good for him if he has an audience. But that's the last vid I watch
2. I think people are forgetting that ALL games have bugs, but not all games are alike (duh!). Elite Dangerous is a MASSIVE, epic game. There are so many different layers and components to the game on such a grand scale, with interconnecting pieces, etc. I think it should definitely be held to a high standard, but it'd be unrealistic to hold Elite Dangerous to the same standards and expectations as you would a game that has a much smaller scale, less fewer pieces. I think there just needs to be some acceptance that bugs are an inherent issue with updating a game this large. The best thing to do is be a strong community that can report on the bugs asap so they can be fixed asap. Just my two cents.
1. I have seen a few of Yamiks YouTube videos (including the one linked in the original post here) and IMO he doesn't come off as cheeky, funny, or witty; he comes off spiteful, critical for the sake of it, and disingenuous. Frontier deserve constructive criticism like any game developer, but there's a mature and--most importantly-- productive way of delivering that message. I think he fails to do that and is just interested in getting views / likes. I assume he likes Elite Dangerous to some degree, but I guess I don't understand people who seem to be insulting towards a game they like instead of trying to offer sincere criticism / commentary. But, ya know, free speech and all. Good for him if he has an audience. But that's the last vid I watch
2. I think people are forgetting that ALL games have bugs, but not all games are alike (duh!). Elite Dangerous is a MASSIVE, epic game. There are so many different layers and components to the game on such a grand scale, with interconnecting pieces, etc. I think it should definitely be held to a high standard, but it'd be unrealistic to hold Elite Dangerous to the same standards and expectations as you would a game that has a much smaller scale, less fewer pieces. I think there just needs to be some acceptance that bugs are an inherent issue with updating a game this large. The best thing to do is be a strong community that can report on the bugs asap so they can be fixed asap. Just my two cents.
This patch is utter trash. I have a high end PC and never before have I EVER had issues with stuttering. Patch my game today and start playing - stuttering all over the place especially when jumping into system. This game is becoming more and more of nightmare as time goes on unfortunately which is a real shame. The whole idea of this patch was to FIX bugs not create a ton of others..............
Watch a gameplay video with the commentary turned off or try a demo, that way you can judge the game against your own subjective video gaming preferences.
In ED's case I did both.
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Source: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1189637919797104640
(the mentioned Text passage though isn't paraphrased or quoted, coming to think of it - so DB himself didn't actually say it, but the Interviewer instead? At least that's how I see it, re-reading the passage)
And here I was wondering if it's just me.
This patch is perfectly fine. I have a low end PC so I'm used to a few stutters here and there. This recent stutter could be due to the influx of players logging on to see what's new. As with all previous patches, I think it will go away as the non-hardcore players get bored and go away as well.
I couldn't care less about fleet carriers and space legs so I'm happy things are getting fixed instead.
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I couldn't care less about fleet carriers and space legs so I'm happy things are getting fixed instead.
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Frontier have already acknowledged that it's an issue on their side and a fix is incoming. So no, the patch isn't perfectly fine.