Isabella LevineKluugYou dying so much is more indicative of not understanding the game than anything to do with FDev. Seems you do not understand what ED is about, and trying to play the game in a way that you shouldn't or like other games that are easier. The point of ED is building over time. Apparently you are engaging in things you are not ready or equipped to engage in. I have been playing for a couple of years now, and I think I have died 6 times (?) in total and I always play in "Open". I have died once since Odyssey was released. That's because I do not engage in gameplay where I cannot be competitive. It's just common sense. Sounds to me you are biting off more than you can chew, and blaming others for your poor choices in stuffing your face to the point where you choke.
There are sooo many things you can do in ED that do not involve any risk whatsoever. But apparently you want to play a POV "shootem up" or space combat game where like so many other lame games, you have infinite respawns with no consequence when you die, can get major in-game resources from completing "levels" in a preset story, and you can respawn at will without losing any. Unfortunately, if that's what you are looking for, you are playing the wrong game. Get with program. I have a full time job, but in ED I have billions in assets, all the ships I want with engineering, have Elite status, and rarely die. Now I'm working to be competitive on foot. If it takes me another year due to my RL schedule, so be it. That's the game.
ED is not about instant gratification. It's about gradual achievement based on smart choices; using in-game time wisely to make those achievements.
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In my first 3300 hours of gameplay, I died 19 times.
Since the Odyssey release I have died an additional 44 times, including 4 times today...
Does anyone else feel like this new engineer sitch is more like a job than a game? Its not fun. Even more tedious than ship engineering. The upgrades arent so bad but the fact that we cant trade for like 80% of the mod mat (data mostly) is extremely frustrating. I already have a full time job FDEV, where I get PAID for my time. I pay you to help me escape reality not to give me another JOB, and one I dont even get paid for....
I'm about this close <---> to walking away from this dumpster fire for good....
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Out of all of this. I will say that the only time I die when playing in Open is by gankers. Everything else is because I decided to do something silly. Like fly really fast in a canyon or try to dodge mountain in the last second.
I've died seven times in total, and most of those times by means of running into Thargoids dropping me out of Hyperspace. The rest, save one, was gankers. The last was wandering into a conflict zone that was much, much stiffer than I expected it to be. I suck at combat.
