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is harsh criticism of E:D and FDev welcomed here? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/elitedangerous

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Ever since Update 16 gave us nothing new that isn't War-related except magnetic sippy cups at low-grav outposts, I've become disillusioned and very much disappointed in E:D and especially FDev. However, on the other site, whenever I post any comments that give any sort of criticism towards E:D or FDev, I get chastised and ridiculed. It seems that, now, the general consensus is that FDev can do no wrong and E:D is the greatest game ever. I don't agree, I think they both have a lot wrong with them, and this is coming from someone with over 800 hours put into the game and who loves it to death. I guess I was wondering if this place is as much of an echo chamber as the other place, or if I can truly freely air my opinions on certain things about E:D and FDev here

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[–] Tolstoy 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

At one point you have had seen it all, played it all, know everything about it. Sadly all games grow way slower than people playing it.

The game is almost 10 years old and is quite overwhelming to newer players, same goes for other older games like Warframe for example. I've sunk over 2000hours into Warframe but at one point it felt boring, nothing really new happens, even the annual "big updates" felt like same thing wrapped into another shell. Despite Warframe is living/earning from this updates, ED is different at this point, they already earned it and still add a little bit of content.

I would love to see another DLC, a proper one, well thought through. But at the other hand, what will it benefit ED without straying too far away?

And btw, Reddit is blind for criticism. If you want to help though, try to post at the official forum. it will get more attention then here I guess. Anyway, fly safe CMDR^^

[–] Transcendant 4 points 1 year ago

is quite overwhelming to newer players

This was me. Tried to get into it, and aside from how insanely complex it all is, the gameplay loop itself just didn't feel enticing. I do follow update announcements, so I can see the much-vaunted 'space legs' are now a thing. What is there to do in E:D for a new player in 2023?

It did make me laugh pretty hard the first time I tried to launch my ship from a hangar. Not being ready for the realistic controls, I moved the mouse slightly which sent my ship into a mad death spin, with attempts to regain control adding various different axes (axis'?) to the confusion. After a few seconds of bonking off the walls like some sort of demented metal moth, I of course exploded.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Again, with effort, they could easily make it more accessible to new players, but they just don't. The forum has also turned into an echo chamber as well, btw. Warframe is different in that the updates, at least since the last time I played it, introduced things that made the game more enjoyable and accessible to new players and generally showed that the devs actually cared, but FDev just doesn't care about E:D. Like at all. The fact they shut down the anti-aliasing support threads with zero effort into actually fixing it says it all to me. They don't care about this amazing game

[–] Tolstoy 5 points 1 year ago

I agree with you about the lack of content and care but on the other hand, we only can speculate about the why. TBH I didn't have any issues with AA on my part so I don't have any knowledge about this topic but also it's a bit disturbing to close threads without communication. But hey, the game still getting some bugs fixed and receive little updates, maybe not with the same love as from some players expected but at least it's getting some. Sadly there is a huge incomparable pile of games and Dev showing how not to keep a game alive... Maybe Frontier is just done with the game and think it's fine how it is? There's a german saying: "Alles hat ein Ende, nur die Wurst hat zwei" Everything has an end but the sausage has two... Yeah I should have head to bed... Gn8

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's exactly it. At some point people will outgrow a game. There are a million games out there, it's ok to move on to something.

Granted, FDev haven't been the best at quite a few things, but if they're doing such a terrible job, feel free to walk away.