*** OPEN BETA UPDATES & DISCUSSION/BUG REPORTS VII ***

Hi ves - I entered a map and noticed there was no 'points' bar across the top.
Also - if your AI has dma2 as an upgrade - why would the ship need to go to the edge to leave the map?





Sector is 1512 ves

 

S 1714, S 1404 and S 1405 seems bugged no AI ships spawning for Sol when Genari attacks

 

@Vesuvius_SWIE - Monetizing the game / changes for casual players
My impression so far is, that there doesnt seem to be a clear path for the future of the game with regards to earning money for the developers.

I think we can all agree, that a game usually needs to make money in the long run or it will get canned, which would be an absolute shame in this case. In this case i also think the game wont get a huge player base, so therefore it needs continous funding and not be bought and done for - or at least a combination of both. On the other hand nobody wants a game where u pay to win.

Therefore i would suggest that the stuff u can buy goes along the line of making it easier for the player for a certain amount of time. Lets say that somebody has a decent job and some social life so u can only pay a couple evenings and maybe a few hours on the weekend (like me obviously). Therefore my playtime is restricted in comparison to other people. To make up for that it would be helpful to make the most of my playtime.
To help with i see a few options like getting a xp boost for a certain amount of time or reducing or negating the cooldown time of a specific or all ships.
All things which help in the moment without giving a decisive advantage in battle with other players per se.

Also there should be more vanity items if u want to monetize the game somewhat.

Please discuss.

Cheers Baal

P.S.: Maybe there should be no cooldown on ships for new players for the first week or something like that, to keep them trying longer and not get frustrated that much if they die often in the beginning.

 

A "grace period" for new players doesn't sound half bad, if we're not gonna bring back permadeath. hell, even if you do bring it back.

 

This can be cool. Yes.

But I think the prob goes deeper. I think it's not one prob of expérience of game. The unbalance between 2 ships with the same class is due to the captain point and officers. It is creating the opportunity for chain killing newbies, and create frustration cause one feeling of powerlessness for this news players.
The old players will never want to lose their advantages ( maybe by fear to fight on an equal footing, or because farm and progress on his ship are too important for players. We can maybe envisage of unlocking trades of weapons on his ships, or advantages with a compromise for spécialize its ship. But this option removes the strategic capacity of a good captain (player) to know the capacities of the opposite ships and plan a strategy by basing itself above ).

I love the potential of this game, but I told to my friends not to come at present. Because I don't want that they are disgusted by the game.

 

@biscrash:
I think older players should have same advantage over new players otherwise whats the point of progression? How far that is gonna carry you is a whole different question. Also in the beginning it is very hard to differentiate between expertise and skill of older players and the advantage u get from skills.
Chain killing newbies ist not fun and not remotely fair. But as far as i could see, newbies are mostly given the chance to leave on their own. If they dont read the chat or dont know when they are outclassed, then the will be killed. No other way to capture a sector otherwise which is the whole point of the game.

Quick Question: Is there a specific reason for not allowing more than 2 Captain respeccs?

 

Not really, actually very often it is easy to identify that one ship of the same class is more powerful by its simple advantages, and not because the captain (player) makes a technical exploit.

 

You're a beast Ves, one of the best updates to date.