Elite: Dangerous

[Syt]

37 days since I asked for a refund. I told them in the original ticket that while I was aware that there was an online single player mode, I wasn't interested in it, because I wanted to play offline single player.

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I'm gonna give it till end of next week, then give them a last opportunity to sort this out before going through the PayPal reclaiming process (done it before with good success).

I had planned to get back to them today, but they pre-empted me. I will receive a refund of my full purchase price "within 16 working days."

[Bluebook]

I dont get you offline fanatics. There are 200 billion stars to explore. You can find your own patch to discover, Im sure

[Syt]

I dont get you offline fanatics. There are 200 billion stars to explore. You can find your own patch to discover, Im sure

It's not about meeting other players. I know that I can avoid that. It's having your universe affected by other players' actions which kills it for me. I'm pretty much a weekend gamer, and I like to switch between games, so I might not play a title for weeks or months before returning to it. If in the meantime something happens in game, e.g. the price for a commodity crashes or skyrockets or whatever other means of influencing the 'verse will be introduced to the game that require a reaction from me it could (potentially) ruin my save game. I very much prefer games that I can pick up where I've left them off without having to worry about such things.

[The Brain]

Yeah, I probably won't be getting this one until it's $5.

[Warspite]

I dont get you offline fanatics. There are 200 billion stars to explore. You can find your own patch to discover, Im sure

It's not about meeting other players. I know that I can avoid that. It's having your universe affected by other players' actions which kills it for me. I'm pretty much a weekend gamer, and I like to switch between games, so I might not play a title for weeks or months before returning to it. If in the meantime something happens in game, e.g. the price for a commodity crashes or skyrockets or whatever other means of influencing the 'verse will be introduced to the game that require a reaction from me it could (potentially) ruin my save game. I very much prefer games that I can pick up where I've left them off without having to worry about such things.

Not sure I follow your reasoning - a single-player game like this could throw shocks at you from a non-human source quite easily. The only issue I could imagine you having is quitting a game with a cargo hold full of an expensive commodity to find it had plunged in price.

[Syt]

Exactly. Or hanging in unexplored space for a few weeks and come back to find it all explored.

[CountDeMoney]

It's not about meeting other players. I know that I can avoid that. It's having your universe affected by other players' actions which kills it for me. I'm pretty much a weekend gamer, and I like to switch between games, so I might not play a title for weeks or months before returning to it. If in the meantime something happens in game, e.g. the price for a commodity crashes or skyrockets or whatever other means of influencing the 'verse will be introduced to the game that require a reaction from me it could (potentially) ruin my save game. I very much prefer games that I can pick up where I've left them off without having to worry about such things.

So your gaming habits fit your socio-psychological profile. 

[Syt]

[Warspite]

Exactly. Or hanging in unexplored space for a few weeks and come back to find it all explored.

NPCs are generated everywhere (see the Elite forum thread on the expedition to the centre of the galaxy... they were beaten by an NPC Sidewinder spawning automatically ) but whether or not space is explored is a per-player setting - so if another CMDR comes along and scans that star system it doesn't affect you at all.

[Syt]

So, received my money back. Considering some of the hassle/complaints that others on the forum go through, I guess that it was smooth for me, even though the process took almost 7 weeks.

[Razgovory]

So, are you going to buy the game now?

[Drakken]

So, hot as the Sun or cold as space?

[Zoupa]

I dont understand how this works. Is there a SP mode where I need an active internet connection, but hte Universe is unaffected by other players or not?

[Zoupa]

And did anybody play Starpoint Gemini 2?

[Syt]

I dont understand how this works. Is there a SP mode where I need an active internet connection, but hte Universe is unaffected by other players or not?

SP means that you're not running into other players. The other players will still indirectly affect your playing, by exploring new systems, influencing prices etc. You will have to be online in order the game, no matter what.

The newsletter says that they add permanent tags to star systems as to who discovered them; also, they'll add "world events" where there may be orders for build material for capital ships, for example. Who delivers most resources for it gets naming rights for the ship. I suspect this would also be open to all players, even if they play SP.