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Seems easily on target considering there is usually a huge push toward the end of a kickstarter.
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i really like the penalty for attacking and killing lower players than yourself, It reminds me abit of the mmo Silkroad in that if you murdered somebody you became free game for anyone, People would be messaging other players "High level murderer at blah blah location", Many players would then rush to that location looking to kill the murderer and steel there goods once they had been killed, I see it being very much the same for Elite, Same concept, You just swap the murderer for a Space ship Murderer instead.
Expanding on that you could have "triangulation" gameplay which consists of 3 different players which have a Job title.
Hunter (Trader protector)
Trader (Obviously trader)
Thief (Space Pirate who commits Robbery and Murder of traders and Hunters)
You could have an online global ranking for each of these, Top 100 in each class in the world.
The more a trader trades the more his/her ranking goes up and more money he makes.
The more a hunter protects a trader and kills thiefs the more his/her ranking goes up.
The more a thief commits robbery and murder of trader/hunter his/her ranking goes up.
Once you have the biggest ship and all the upgrades i feel this would keep people playing longer with something actually to do, Will you be a Thief and Hunter or a Trader, You could be all three but only at one time.
And you could only change from one to another while at a specific Station, Real Ingame trading players would then offer high level Hunters money to escort them safely to there destination, The further they go the more money the trader makes, The more risk of being attacked by a Thief but the hunter is there to protect the trader,
What happens if 10 low level thiefs come to try to kill the high level hunter and trader?
What happens if a hunter calls his friend for backup against the thieves?
What happens if the Thieves are too strong and kill and take all, Then lots of hunter arrive and kill all of those and take back the plundered cargo?
Possibiltys are endless......Just an idea!
Expanding on that you could have "triangulation" gameplay which consists of 3 different players which have a Job title.
Hunter (Trader protector)
Trader (Obviously trader)
Thief (Space Pirate who commits Robbery and Murder of traders and Hunters)
You could have an online global ranking for each of these, Top 100 in each class in the world.
The more a trader trades the more his/her ranking goes up and more money he makes.
The more a hunter protects a trader and kills thiefs the more his/her ranking goes up.
The more a thief commits robbery and murder of trader/hunter his/her ranking goes up.
Once you have the biggest ship and all the upgrades i feel this would keep people playing longer with something actually to do, Will you be a Thief and Hunter or a Trader, You could be all three but only at one time.
And you could only change from one to another while at a specific Station, Real Ingame trading players would then offer high level Hunters money to escort them safely to there destination, The further they go the more money the trader makes, The more risk of being attacked by a Thief but the hunter is there to protect the trader,
What happens if 10 low level thiefs come to try to kill the high level hunter and trader?
What happens if a hunter calls his friend for backup against the thieves?
What happens if the Thieves are too strong and kill and take all, Then lots of hunter arrive and kill all of those and take back the plundered cargo?
Possibiltys are endless......Just an idea!
Where's these new updates?
Can only see the few in FAQ. Like multiplayer and drm.
Or is that all the updates.
He certainly doesn't have kickstarter knowledge.
And after all my bullish bluster early on. These not enough of us oldies and the sale pitch all though improved is still lacking compared to some.
Can only see the few in FAQ. Like multiplayer and drm.
Or is that all the updates.
He certainly doesn't have kickstarter knowledge.
And after all my bullish bluster early on. These not enough of us oldies and the sale pitch all though improved is still lacking compared to some.
I think the faq is the updates, One of the Devs John Kelly said much earlier today in one of his posts to "Trust him and FD as they have a lot of updates coming soon, a lot of content" He also went along to say that this is like "Calm before the storm" and "there will be more devs providing more information on new game features very soon and a lot more content will be shown shortly"
Fingers crossed this makes it. I have invested quit a fair bit of cash into this, because I have been waiting for it for 20+ years, and you only live once
Dare we ask how much
Don
Well, after watching that vid, my pledge is safe.
As I was afraid would happen a bit over 400K and it looks like its run out of old fans and doesn't yet have enough of an impact in the mainstream gaming scene to pull in new people. As I pledged more on the basis of the games heritage than with the hope of seeing a new game I will probably up my pledge a bit if convincing new media/publicity comes to light but I can see it struggling to top the 1million mark.
I'd be surprised if it wasn't developed in house.
Watched it, not that impressed the background reminds me of stuff I was playing with almost 10 years ago (granted I fully understand that the artwork in it is place holder stuff but thats not a good way to show it to the general public) and the explanation of procedural generation was somewhat rough.
One thing that is somewhat more reassuring, tho also a reason its not having the impact on the mainstream gaming scene it could, is that David doesn't promise the earth or hype up features he has no realistic chance of delivering. reading between the lines hes convinced he can live upto the promises of what hes saying hes going to deliver.
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