Fantastic tip @Reavs, thank you. Never even crossed my mind to do that - at EUR40 drops the price down to R575.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reavs
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Fantastic tip @Reavs, thank you. Never even crossed my mind to do that - at EUR40 drops the price down to R575.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reavs
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Originally Posted by ArchieChoke
Doesn't really bother me. If you feel like writing something lengthy I will read it, this is a game I was really anticipating. Otherwise your highlighted text will suffice ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by GregRedd
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Originally Posted by BeoTeK
It looks like it can be a truly great game, but it comes with a great deal of baggage. If you are okay with that and you are okay with the fact that the game might only be available for 6 months or a year before going F2P, and you are okay with them trying to force you into buying stuff to pay for their servers then get it and you'll enjoy the game.Quote:
Question I have now for him, and others who have more insight into the game than me, is simply this: If I do go ahead and click that "Buy Now" button, am I going to feel really, really bitter about spending GBP35/R630, or am I going to get R600's worth of entertainment out of it?
Some people don't care about the actions of the developer as long as the game is good, but to me personally I don't like it when developers do stuff that I don't agree with. They broke several promises and there are sure to be more promises broken on launch day.
Also: Not all features will be available on launch, some features will only be added later on. So make sure that you will be happy with the features available at launch because you will probably have to pay for the extra features...
Edit: Example1: One guy backed on Kickstarter for 300GBP after they had promised offline mode. They then made a creative decision to drop offline mode, not a forced decision, not a calculated decision, a creative decision. He then asked them for a refund and they offered him a refund of 70GBP. So they broke a promise and they expect him to take a 230GBP knock?
Example2: If you have played the alpha or beta at all, and you ask for a refund they subtract the cost of the alpha/beta from your refund amount even if you stopped playing the day that they announced that offline mode wouldn't be available - simply because alpha/beta was always going to be online-only... Are you happy buying from such a company?
Example3: On day 1-7 (roughly) of the kickstarter offline mode wasn't going to be included. They then noticed that they might just fall short of the goal and they added offline mode and they just made it through the funding threshold. Now if you ask for a refund, they look at when you backed the project, if you backed on day 1-7 they say offline wasn't on the table then so you can't get a refund because we dropped offline... All the while knowing that the funds only get deducted on the last day if the project is successfully funded and you can cancel your backing at any time unless it will result in them falling below the funding threshold. So somebody might have backed on day 1-7 hoping for offline (or backing so that he can comment on the kickstarter forum and ask for offline to be added), then see that offline was added and stick it out. Now he's getting punished for being an early-backer...
The launcher is annoying, patches require you to download the launcher and install and do the whole verification process.(Perhaps they will change it).I also really don't like the whole dota feel of last hit gets you the credits, Sometimes a dogfight goes for 10 minutes and you kill a target that is almost impossible to kill but an AI or human player comes through and spams all weapons and takes the kill it pisses you off.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeoTeK
The game itself is solid and actually has a steep learning curve due to the flight system concerning flight assist on/off and knowledge of dogfighting tactics (Some players are dam good). If you die and have no credits to afford the replacement ship you are stuck with the k*k sidewinder, listen its ok as a first ship but when you have done so many restarts due to lack of knowledge of how to play basics( that wasn't available earlier, but is now due to tutorial) it grinds you.
Its a heavy game to handle, every aspect from power management, heat management, bounty hunting, fleet war zones, Mining, Interdicting to pirate, Hyper jumping is a task on its on as you need to go here to get there kinda way, fuel management , trading (Trading), not getting into fights when you really cant afford to, retreating when you really have to, its truly in-depth...
But then once you have touch those aspects you feel kinda un-immersed for a moment, now this don't take it the wrong way, just you never get out of the cockpit, players I have interacted with either don't talk or talk after, you just feel alone. So im hoping that with an uptake there might be something more to it, im not sure if its dynamic as in you group up and travel together then does the bounty targets get higher, these things I don't know for sure, but if it was there and it gave a sense of Borderland like, then it would be awsum. Its got invoice chat and cool attachments for ships in its current form, it can be entertaining.
I really can't tell you its longevity, I have allowed 2 of my friends to try it out using my account and both of them didn't have the greatest time playing. Similar reasons came up like the flight system and the enemy, its honestly not for everyone.
At this point I wanna see what happens after release, who I can jam with, if it goes well then I'll pretty much play that till im sick of it or SC PU rocks up.
Thanks guys, I think you've made up my mind :(
The numbers and dwindling. My brother lost interest after recent events so i think i might join of those PvE groups on the forums.
That's a quote from the community manager... Funny how that could be if there are only a handful of refund requests as they have repeatedly hinted. Some people have been waiting for more than 3 weeks and haven't received any replies to their refund requests.Quote:
I don't think the intention was to insult anybody when David took that interview. I'm not sure which part of the interview you're referring to - could you point it out to me? Cheers!
Sorry you've been waiting a while for your refund - the support team are SWAMPED.
Source: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showth...=1#post1197992
This poor guy was only offered a 65GBP refund on his backing of 320GBP - simply despicable.
Source: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showth...=1#post1203658
So far I can confirm that at least 25 people have received partial or full refunds on the various sources that I am scraping.
I played the entire weekend of the new gamma release.
Really wanna tell people to buy it, I mean I honestly got hooked again, I ended up with 500 000 credits after this weekend and met up with a crew. I have to say it has expanded the game, we are currently trying to meet at SOL system, which is where earth as we know exist.
We wanna get all the big ships so we can atleast pull this off sometime:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TukY...Newsletter_52)
Did you buy access to the beta? If you didn't you will have to farm rep first before you can enter the SOL system. Only those who bought the beta for 15GBP are given automatic access...Quote:
Originally Posted by ArchieChoke
I got the Elite: Dangerous - Premium Beta , it is viewable on the map atm and I have the route planned to do it also got a fuel scoop for the distance incase.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wyzak
Ok, then you should just be able to fly in.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArchieChoke
Would have been nice if they let us pre-load. I'm probably gonna spend the day tomorrow downloading at terrible speeds.
Yep, preliminary planning on playing tomorrow night if we are able to download and the servers are online...Quote:
Originally Posted by Reavs
I'm in the centurion Area if you guys need the files, though I don't know if you can just do a restore.
A post from an Acc that's 2 years old with one post.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shvak
Then asks something that is unrelated. reported.
Could anyone post the current versoin please? Gamma 2.0x build xxxxx.
v 2014.12.14.53987 (2014.12.15.54062) 0.4.1765 (0.4.1755.0 SERVER) - but I'm upgrading again...Quote:
Originally Posted by Reavs
Thanks, quickly updating a download script to grab the files from their cdn without the launcher.
It's now V 2014.12.15.54062 0.4.1765.0 (0.4.1755.0 SERVER)
Cheers, went with that version. Looks like its going to take a while. I'm only on file 148 of 4241
Yeah, it does take a while. The irony is that your script will probably have better progress indication than their official launcher :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Reavs
It's slowly progressing.
http://i.imgur.com/AeQAqUF.png
Current version is now V 2014.12.15.54149 0.4.1765.0 (0.4.1755.0 SERVER)
This is a really excellent article - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...-refunds.shtml
Thanks updated the script with new version.
Reading that article now I have to somewhat agree with the first comment. I will be very hesitant to preorder/back any of FD's future games.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=75769 - The game will officially be releasing at 2PM SA time today.
Also, there will be a patch just after noon today for gamma 2.07 - https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=75904
That patch is already out. Its the one you are currently on.
Gamma 2.07 Final 2014.12.15.54149
Oh sorry I see that announcement was made last night, not this morning. My bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reavs
ARGH! Stop updating this thread, it makes me keep reading it and wanting it =P
Either this or Dragon Age Inquisition.
Dragon Age Inquisition is the safe bet.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeoTeK
Very nice, unfortunately though always-online games and mods are always a pain to deal with. Worst case they can get you banned, best case you have to update them every few patches. With a true offline mode the possibilities would have been endless.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reavs
Its standalone software that uses the windows speech engine. I'm messing around with the trial version setting up commands in some of my other games. I might get the full version with the ED voice pack later on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wyzak
http://www.voiceattack.com/
How does it hook into the game?Quote:
Originally Posted by Reavs
It doesnt actually hook into the game. It sends key presses to the active application. So for example if you configure it to set throttle to 0 it will send a keypress of x to the game. The info about the universe is just pre recorded stuff that plays back on your request. you can have notepad open and ask it about supernovas and it will still give you the info. Hope that makes somewhat sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wyzak
Having a blast in the game currently. So many things to do and i ended up trying to fuel scoop. Caused more damage to my poor eagle than the fuel is worth.
Edit: Awesome app if you plan on trading https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=53037
Damn this game. Long day ahead with minimal sleep
Anyone else having issues downloading the client? Mine keeps on bombing out with an error saying one of the data files cannot be validated. I've tried disabling firewall and antivirus, deleting and reinstalling. Nothing works. Sucks big time. So looking forward to playing this.
Any info appreciated. :)
Edit: I've also tried downloading the single player combat training first and then upgrading. No luck.
did you have it pre-installed and now your just trying to upgrade?Quote:
Originally Posted by shibobo
I had the combat training module installed and working. Then upgraded using the same launcher yesterday. That's when I got the error. I just preordered the mercenary edition.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArchieChoke
Tried reinstalling with no luck. Downloaded the client installer directly from the store as well.
Just a thought when you Un - installed it did you remove the data from your document? For some reason ed the game is stored in documents then the launcher is stored in the path you desire..Quote:
Originally Posted by shibobo
Hmm.. I did a folder search and saw a Frontier folder in "My Documents". For some reason I thought it was for save games only. I'll try that later today, thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArchieChoke
The file giving th error is under /users/appdata. I've deleted everything in there as well as in the install directory. Will just do a thorough search and delete everything.
Do I delete registry entries as well?