yea, what a surprise though. those who like it, play the game. those who don't, don't. give it two more weeks and we'll be back to the old average players numbers. so, the same people who did enjoy the game before odyssey just keep playing the game. good for them. but where's the expansion of the game? odyssey was THE big opportunity. it failed and i have my doubts elite can have a "no man's sky" return.
Who is Odyssey for?
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I reckon the player base took a hit.
EDO isn't a finished product in its current state, it's a beta. The real deal will come when it releases to consoles.
If they'd have marketed as such to the players, it would all be hunky dory. But the share holders wanted to see sales numbers and $$$, so it got sold as a finished product, and the backlash shows.
But FDEV can't admit this now, as it would cause an even bigger fallout than it already has, and that's a risk they can't take.
EDO brought some players back, my guess is, more left in disappointment than came on board.
Personally, I'm shelving it for the time being, too many issues to deal with and not enough to get me going.
Because you don't have to shoot guns. It's as much a FPS as elite is a space shoot-em-up game..
In FPS games, you have no choice but to fire your weapons to make it to the next part of the game. ED:Odyssey is not like that. Shooting is entirely optional. So I have done about three on foot missions and haven't gotten a gun out yet apart from the tutorial. Doesn't seem like a FPS to me so far.
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This is exactly how I play, and I love the game for it. Sure it's far from perfect, but it's still great fun. And yes, I believe this is the best way to play the game.
Clearly It’s been designed for those who (horrors of horrors) might not want to use spaceships at all!
I think space legs will die for me once I've fully upgraded my kit. There seems no point in the looting/shooting gameplay loop if there is no progression.
You said ship combat was great implying there are no issues, not that is has the same issues. Why is it more of a problem? Because of all the added parts about landing, getting out, and getting back in.
I know it has it's own issues, but the shooter part is far better than Odyssey. No, it's not all "hitscan" weapons. Granted in close range battles it might seem like that. There are very few weapons that are actually hit scan, but that's more obvious at long range.
One has to enjoy combat & illegal activity to upgrade suits, even scavenger & Bio suits. Otherwise it's not for other genre players. I've already stopped playing and will not return until there are other was to upgrade my non-combat suits.
Same with building loops for me. Cant find motivation to build unless I have a need.
One doesn't have to upgrade their suit if you are not doing combat.
People are still out in the black getting First Footfall in their flight suits. Upgrades are niceties, not necessities.
I paid good money for my ascendant suit, and I'm damned if I'm gona stick some generic garbage over it.
There are plenty of ways to collect what you need for upgrades & mods that do not involve FPS or 'illegal stuff'.
If you're going to collect the 40opinion polls without doing illegal stuff, you're in for a rough time. The only way to do it would be to go to an abandoned outpost, reactivate it and look for the polls.
Some guys on reddit said earlier today that it took him more than a hundred "relog" to get it (it's supercruise for ground mat). And he was farming a settlement with quite a lot of dataport. And that's by targeting a specific settlement in a "tourist" economy. A regular one have next to no chance to have the polls, and very few dataport, if any.
I shudder to think how many months or even years it would take "the normal" way.
And you are not restricted to having to fight scavengers on foot currently . A SRV is extremely useful in cleaning out an outpost of scavengers . Just remember to keep at distance and move around . I am happily clearing entire sites of up 20 plus scavengers with a SRV and then going in to do my mission . Once Frontier add some anti-vehicle tactics to the Scavengers toolkit then this may be less of a good strategy - but right now it is an almost guareented clean out method if you know how to drive an SRV well .
Will incur a fine for "firing in a no fire zone" though. So it's illegal.
Explain how in more detail, please. Especially Suit Schematics.
I wish I could be that optimistic. But the reality is, they banked on the mess, and moved onto another fish to drown and make money off it.
That's the thing with parasites and virus. Even when the host die, they are still winning.
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