Elite: Game talk

Kowgan
18 Jun 2018, 5:26am
Phelbore I've heard sending a quick message while destroying a dev during a live stream works well

"Works well" as in "they will actually consider what you have to say" or will they just get embarassed in front of the camera trying to change subjects?

All hail page 666.
Michael Wolfe
18 Jun 2018, 5:32am
Kowgan
Phelbore I've heard sending a quick message while destroying a dev during a live stream works well


"Works well" as in "they will actually consider what you have to say" or will they just get embarassed in front of the camera trying to change subjects?

All hail page 666.
[img=160x160]http://puu.sh/AGPX8/5d1f9718d6.gif[/img]


I'm usually embarrassed for the devs when they play their own game.

Just once I want Ed to just lose it and say something like "No! No space legs because it's a bloody nightmare to code and network and integrate with the rest of the game and we just don't have the resources to make it anything except a boondoggle that you use once and forget about!"
R0S3GU4RD5399
18 Jun 2018, 7:25am
M. Lehman
Kowgan
Phelbore I've heard sending a quick message while destroying a dev during a live stream works well



"Works well" as in "they will actually consider what you have to say" or will they just get embarassed in front of the camera trying to change subjects?

All hail page 666.
[img=160x160]http://puu.sh/AGPX8/5d1f9718d6.gif[/img]



I'm usually embarrassed for the devs when they play their own game.

Just once I want Ed to just lose it and say something like "No! No space legs because it's a bloody nightmare to code and network and integrate with the rest of the game and we just don't have the resources to make it anything except a boondoggle that you use once and forget about!"

I would use space legs like all the time actually.
Michael Wolfe
18 Jun 2018, 7:36am
Vix Nixis
I would use space legs like all the time actually.


I would too, if Frontier implemented them in a way where they're worth using. But my confidence in their ability to do so is... hand wobbles
LordPsymon
18 Jun 2018, 7:41am
I'd be content if they released a small Space Legs segment as a proof of concept before making gameplay around it. Show us it works first, then flesh it out. I can think of plenty of uses for it, my favourite idea being performing heists aboard cruise ships or freighters. That could even be combined with multi-crew when a pilot provides the getaway ship, and the boarding party has to fend off pursuers as they make their escape.
User1355
18 Jun 2018, 7:56am
LordPsymonI'd be content if they released a small Space Legs segment as a proof of concept before making gameplay around it. Show us it works first, then flesh it out. I can think of plenty of uses for it, my favourite idea being performing heists aboard cruise ships or freighters. That could even be combined with multi-crew when a pilot provides the getaway ship, and the boarding party has to fend off pursuers as they make their escape.


CCP tried this approach with EVE - it looked spectacular, but didn't move past the PoC stage, unfortunately.
LordPsymon
18 Jun 2018, 8:04am
Yeah. It's a shame really because it could have been awesome. I remember being blown away with the quality of the character creator, which very much holds up today in my opinion.

Unfortunately CQ was riddled with performance issues and caused graphics cards to get very hot for a lot of people. I, personally, wanted to see it expanded upon. I don't want to be a space ship, I want to be a guy in a space ship.
Stryker Aune
18 Jun 2018, 8:09am
LordPsymon[...] I don't want to be a space ship, I want to be a guy in a space ship.


+1
Edwardo
18 Jun 2018, 9:35am
Act of gross stupidity!!!!
I was playing last night and was getting tired. I must have dozed off as I clicked launch to leave a planetary base. I woke up just in time to see my A rated Cutter explode and ended up with a 38M credit insurance bill, two 100K plus fines and the loss of rep with two of my allied factions! I also had almost a million in bounty vouchers that have disappeared in to the ether.

Dozing off whilst pad loitering is NOT a good idea - that’s going to take a few delivery missions (or some skimmer missions) to get all those credits back - oh well, at least it wasn’t real money.

On the bright side, I have now found out that the insurance claim still preserves all of your materials AND my engineered enhancements - been collecting materials for ages.
User78245
18 Jun 2018, 10:27am
Wait...

Phelbore
Brynhild HervorsdottirThe situation in Ling Deti and Cardea is a blessing in disguise, because you can match influence with the appropriate factions to grab the last assets in those system on the way back to the top



If you own everything in a system and get locked down you have no services, no stations to turn in bounties to fix it.


That's incorrect, recent personal experience has shown that Contacts, especially for bounties, and Universal Cartographics remain open during a Lockdown. Mission Boards and Outfitting definitely not. My memory is hazy on Shipyards though. Lockdowns certainly limit your options but do not leave you completely helpless to retaliate.
Kowgan
18 Jun 2018, 12:02pm
Edwardo-snip-
oh well, at least it wasn’t real money.
-snip-


Though the time spent on it is very real - And space-time has this "no refunds" politics, afaik.
User1355
18 Jun 2018, 12:10pm
Brynhild Hervorsdottir
That's incorrect, recent personal experience has shown that Contacts, especially for bounties, and Universal Cartographics remain open during a Lockdown. Mission Boards and Outfitting definitely not. My memory is hazy on Shipyards though. Lockdowns certainly limit your options but do not leave you completely helpless to retaliate.


Commodity Market, Mission Board and Outfitting services are closed in Lockdowns.

Which is enough to cause significant limitations to the affected faction if they've pursued a strategy of talking over all assets in a system. Cashing in bounty claims and selling exploration data are their only options.
Phelbore
18 Jun 2018, 2:27pm
Brynhild HervorsdottirWait...

Phelbore
Brynhild HervorsdottirThe situation in Ling Deti and Cardea is a blessing in disguise, because you can match influence with the appropriate factions to grab the last assets in those system on the way back to the top




If you own everything in a system and get locked down you have no services, no stations to turn in bounties to fix it.



That's incorrect, recent personal experience has shown that Contacts, especially for bounties, and Universal Cartographics remain open during a Lockdown. Mission Boards and Outfitting definitely not. My memory is hazy on Shipyards though. Lockdowns certainly limit your options but do not leave you completely helpless to retaliate.


I stand corrected then, but my point still stands, it's still crippling.
User78245
18 Jun 2018, 4:08pm
Phelbore
Brynhild HervorsdottirWait...

Phelbore
Brynhild HervorsdottirThe situation in Ling Deti and Cardea is a blessing in disguise, because you can match influence with the appropriate factions to grab the last assets in those system on the way back to the top





If you own everything in a system and get locked down you have no services, no stations to turn in bounties to fix it.




That's incorrect, recent personal experience has shown that Contacts, especially for bounties, and Universal Cartographics remain open during a Lockdown. Mission Boards and Outfitting definitely not. My memory is hazy on Shipyards though. Lockdowns certainly limit your options but do not leave you completely helpless to retaliate.



I stand corrected then, but my point still stands, it's still crippling.


It is if you have a group that sits on their hands and says "Oh noes, my faction is in lockdown!"
Happy Daze
18 Jun 2018, 4:20pm
Vix NixisHello I have a question for you guys. You'll have more experience with it than me. What's the best way to get ahold of Frontier directly without creating a support ticket.


You could try the Business Contact

I used it to comment to them on their merchandise. No idea if anyone read it.

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