It might help you avoid buying games that "dismantle, alienate, frustrate and abuse their costumers" in your opinion.
For example I dislike 3rd person games, I deal with this world shattering issue by not buying them.
Why not just close open play fdev?
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It might help you avoid buying games that "dismantle, alienate, frustrate and abuse their costumers" in your opinion.
For example I dislike 3rd person games, I deal with this world shattering issue by not buying them.
I'm bemused by the idea that not letting someone explode others counts as "abuse". And if anyone is getting dismantled by this game I wonder what fearsome computer peripherals they have?
Have you considered the possibility that a lot of people consider the choice is the game's best point?
(As "a lot" is a throwaway term and actually useless, I'm certain you could't possibly object to my retierating the useless term to reinforce how weak the statement was.)
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This is all dumb anyway. The modes are staying the way they are.
That's the whole point - if I wanted an MMO exclusive experience from this game, I wouldn't have bought it because that is not what it offers. It's never been what it offers and the best information we have from the developers is that it never will be.
Which begs the question 'why do people get so exercised about me and others playing the game in a way that was specifically intended from day one?'
Irrelevant.
E: D would not have gone past Kickstarter if it was pitched as open only game.
More people would've bought and played ED if it offered a true deep sandbox, massively multiplayer experience. So the loss of a few players would not be a big deal.
I'm certain it would, because people like MMOs its a very popular genre.
Areas of the game world can be solo-player friendly. That doesn't require them to play in a separate mode from other players.
Anyway, it is what it is. They have enough feedback about it.
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It does sound a bit like that bit in Tron.
Really?
Robert Maynard
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If the game hadn't contained the three game modes then it might not have achieved its funding target - in which case there'd be no game to be discussing.
.... and alternative timelines can only be speculated on - with all of the assumptions (and pitfalls of making assumptions) that that entails
It's not a big deal anyway, to me at least. That's also the point. I didn't sign anything making me responsible for someone else's gameplay experience when I bought the game. To me (and I suspect others who play predominantly in solo) I bought a game that can be played as a solo experience and I got exactly what it said on the tin. Lucky me eh?
We're approaching six years after release, over 3 million accounts sold across three platforms, with a major update planned for next year, so it seems to be struggling along OK.
The necro on this thread has provided me with a huge amount of fun - I'm glad it came back from the hinterlands 
As an aside, the game provides huge entertainment for me too, but then - I am in Colonia and in the middle of some of the best player created entertainment to come this way for well over a year!
As an aside, the game provides huge entertainment for me too, but then - I am in Colonia and in the middle of some of the best player created entertainment to come this way for well over a year!
Out of curiosity, do these threads not just get merged into the famous hotel any more? I seem to be seeing more and more of them recently.
Not as bad as Edinburgh. I was there on holiday once (yeah, I must sound crazy now), and literally 99% were rushing around like it was their last day on earth or something. Nearly as bad as London (that one I can say wasn't my idea though).
How do you abuse someone who wears costumes?
I think you may have issues with the acting unions, especially when making such ludicrous unfounded claims...
Robert Maynard
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They don't need defending in this discussion - they consciously chose not to make their game revolve around PvP and have stuck to that premise for over seven years.
Some people certainly think that solo mode is not good - as has been obvious for years. What proportion of the player-base that represents is unknown.
Good spot.
Just making a note to visit Glasgow when I get the chance (my mouth is now drooling).....
Indeed so - and the opportunity for excellent cooperative gameplay within a closed group isn't to be sneered at either
