Were we not supposed to get Big unfolding story missions at Release???
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Well, it is Bulleting Board System.
So is this forum, yet we have pictures and video here, don't we?
Kudos! Well said! Thats what I actually expected!
Really I wish FD would have concentrated on procedurally generated content like no mans sky rather than trying to be games master to a galaxy.
The problem with being games master to a galaxy is most people are not going to be in the relevant part of the galaxy where the stuff is happening.
The problem with being games master to a galaxy is most people are not going to be in the relevant part of the galaxy where the stuff is happening.
Avril Lavigne will be next to lead the Empire, folks.
The imagination argument always bothers me a bit. As fairly frequent roleplayer (D20 mostly) its not remotely your job as individuals to imagine everything. The campaign setting is 90% set for you. The lore is fixed before you even start. The history is inplace. "big events" are then handled by the DM.
Imagination comes into play only so far as your characters back-story and then your characters actions going forward.
If Frontier adds more story elements, it doesn't (or at least should not) remove your scope to roleplay *you* in the universe.
That said, there was a increase in news a bit recently, so I think (hope) Frontier is slowly building it up.
For my taste they just need too add more flavour related stuff, and possibly an in-game encyclopaedia that expands as you explore and scan stuff.
It doesn't seem much, but a little more backstory here and there can help everything seem more real. Also, Bonus; Something to read in SC
Very much true.
(unless, again, they at least put a few wormholes spread over the galaxy back to near the core systems)
Procedural storytelling is hard, but possible - they experimented with it with "The Outsider" which was cancelled.
Imagination comes into play only so far as your characters back-story and then your characters actions going forward.
If Frontier adds more story elements, it doesn't (or at least should not) remove your scope to roleplay *you* in the universe.
That said, there was a increase in news a bit recently, so I think (hope) Frontier is slowly building it up.
For my taste they just need too add more flavour related stuff, and possibly an in-game encyclopaedia that expands as you explore and scan stuff.
It doesn't seem much, but a little more backstory here and there can help everything seem more real. Also, Bonus; Something to read in SC
Very much true.
(unless, again, they at least put a few wormholes spread over the galaxy back to near the core systems)
Procedural storytelling is hard, but possible - they experimented with it with "The Outsider" which was cancelled.
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The story in EDnis a warzone where you take a side and then pew pew until your daft. You can also get a mission "related to the story" which says to kill 10 ships. So you go and pew pew some more. Then rinse and repeat. It's quite a "story" ... But you may be 3 hours away from the system where the "story" is taking place so you are pretty much Not gonna participate in that story then other than reading some newsfeed. Granted they've added some more posts and now post almost every day even though it's just a fluff which is still makes it more fun than having one post a week.
ok so nearly 14 months later and ED has improved next to nothing, Power play was a fail and the planetary landings expansion is all well and good but is still basically fail. the infinite fur balls are the same. For those of you who don't see why I'm ranting here go back to Mr. Brabens original YouTube videos where he discusses his vision for what the game should be and then you will realise that none of this has happened. This game is a lifeless shell still and I don't think it will improve unless there are changes 1. shrink the universe I rarely meet other players in open as the universe is just to damn big make it smaller and bring players together 2. make pvp missions player A. must defend carrier player B. Must destroy it. 3. make these missions instanced with a clear conclusion nothing worse than going into a carrier battle where the fight never ends there is no winner no loser NO POINT (infinite furball).
CONCLUSION :- Broken game that has so much potential to be great but just isn't Maybe in another 2 years. (grab your popcorn I'm waiting for the famboys to pipe up and defend the terrible game design. Should be fun.)
CONCLUSION :- Broken game that has so much potential to be great but just isn't Maybe in another 2 years. (grab your popcorn I'm waiting for the famboys to pipe up and defend the terrible game design. Should be fun.)
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Not a fanboy by any means but shouldnt you be addressing issues with examples of solutions? For example Thargoids are planned (if not already in via barnacles) what if they used the invasion to shrink the bubble down to increase player encounters.
Though it sounds more like you just want to watch the forums burn so scooch over and pass the popcorn
Though it sounds more like you just want to watch the forums burn so scooch over and pass the popcorn
Holy necro batman - dont confuse me like that lol, I`m reading the OP and think - what "Release"? What did I miss?
Huh? Closer to 24 months, but who is counting.
It's a shame, isn't it. And, unfortunately, I suspect WYSIWYG and there won't be big battles, a living universe and amazing new content. IMO FDev's self-lauded "Cobra engine" is likely to blame. It's likely severely limited and can only create games as complex as what we see now in Elite and FDev's simple roller coaster titles. Speculation, yes, but only FDev know the facts and I suspect if it could do more it would by now.
If it's not the game engine to blame then it's the talent (or lack of talent) working on the game. It's certainly not from needing more time or more funding; they've had enough resources and far more than smaller studios that have produced AAA titles.
Let's see if this thread get's necro'd in another 12 months!
Edit: regarding the video, sad isn't it when things that are mentioned even within the first minute haven't been implemented! What a farce this game has turned out to be compared to what was sold to the backers. DB should be ashamed when looking back at the Kickstarter promises and statements like those made in videos such as this.
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