\o/

2

(107 replies, posted in General discussion)

grrrr wrong tune again


DEV Zoom wrote:
Rage Blackout wrote:

Small things?  Dev Zoom, the stuff we talk about are BIG things like:

Gamma    <-- pretty big
Ewar bots and its whole profession   <--- Huge

Being worked on as you know.

Thanks

Instant travel   <--     monster big

Sorry but we refuse to see spark teleport as an issue. Or if it is, it's at least equally helping the game.

We used sparks to dominate beta last 4 months.

Massively abused missions and beacons   <----  10000x big

I might have missed this, what is this about exactly? Is this something new or are we regurgitating past issues for no reason?     This is no longer in game referring to past as you are referring to past

Knee jurk changes in mechanics that people have 1000's of hours and money invested in   <--- small?

    Old stuff bringing up, things seem better unless you overnerf Ewar on a whim

Same question.

Annihilator wrote:

wht pve content can player create?



That is a great question. I am glad you asked.

Very vague ideas here but:

Something related to NPC spawns and or roamers, - all moderated by GM onfortuntaley have no choice on this one. Placement and other stuff, can add small upgrade packs.   who knows still developing this in my head

Something related to plants and maybe small enhancements based on things that people do in the island, thinking similar to EVE systems where players use of the system enhances the content on the island.

Outposts that could offer slight slight enhncements to manufacturing thigns, enough to make in fun

Something related to ore spawns, maybe these islans start off less than people are used to and can be enhanced to something a little more than people are used to.

Cosmetics::::    lots of cosmetic stuff, this is for cash shop, interesting buldings and other structures.

Perrhaps Steam Workshop 3DS Max models ---- wooooo like that idea.  All dev/GM approved and behind the scents approval of this and that so there are not infinite ***.

Just throwing the ideas out.  Nothing is wrong answer here, I think as long as its not pay to win.

Basically:  build an Alpha island Gamma style no PvP just everuything other than that.

Sky is the limit and no idea is a bad one to add to this.

Love to hear more from people.

Think PVE, not PVP

thx

Idea:



How about a fresh idea with 3 Epsilon islands that are player built pve islands: A place that people can be a part of and parts of it call their own.

Construct outposts and station

Make and place PVE content area

Cash shop cosmetic things

Improvements to mining and harvesting

All players welcome to play there but may have to get there through one Beta island



I am spitballing here but the general idea is people being proud of a place that they built and doing stuff and it is not destroyable at all.  Grow economy there?

You name it, the content can be unlimited!


Possible GM moderation to prevent weird things.

Thanks for reading

6

(235 replies, posted in Balancing)

You should adapt and overcome.


Tux wrote:

WOW ... Really ..


So what is the time line for this zoom ... because there is little to no reason to expend more assets on gamma if your going to wipe them all.

And ill say If you make this change you better be dam sure you never have to wipe gamma again !!!

you have people piss away years of time to say you want gamma to be some thing different .. fine

Zoom one thing to need to take into consideration and make sure if is that the natural landscape of the island follows the same rules as your new terraforming scheme.  I.E a natural "cliff" should not exceed the slopes you want to be the maximum slope that you can terraform.

You guys need to communicate things like this a lot more to the players. If you knew you were going to make these changes you should have been honest with he player base and told us " guys don't put too much time into gamma because were thinking about wiping it"

I'm not talking about equipment robots buildings or other assets I'm talking about the time spent terraforming our gammas into our personal paradise.

People put faith in the devs, the game systems and devote time and effort into making the game fun and diverse ... Gamma is one of the last things that was just about limit less, its very sad to see things like this go sad


Just like the reversal of Epriton back to beta only, now that this is known you need to make it happen soon Zoom ,.... you only worsen the impact of dragging it out 6+ months .. people need to get on with their re designs and colonizations.

no one wants to play under uncertain conditions never knowing what and when the Devs are going to change core mechanics and wipe islands.

TL;DR .. hurry up already so we can get back to business.

Where is the part where I kill everything.

8

(19 replies, posted in General discussion)

None of that matters if there are people active on both sides that know what they are doing.




Homer J Simpson wrote:

Gamma PVP is fun but even so being able to wall off an island 2km out from TPs is still bad design & the longer this isnt fixed the more nerd rage the devs will cop in the future.
Since more people will have sunk time into building these kind of defenses. 

IMO better to get some kind of nerf / mechanic change with a small population & follow up later on with some further balancing.

9

(7 replies, posted in Q & A)

tmi

100%   refund

You arent even making sense.

Hunter wrote:

Needed?......

Talk about yourself buddy. If you need it - delete your charachters and create it again. Personally i don't need it. I feel fine as is.

With so many large changes to several key things, some character builds are all messed up. 

They need to at least reimburse the indy skills related to prototyping production stuff that was altered when the kernel research change came in.

Nobody can tell the future.



Burial wrote:

I don't think full EP reset is ever needed. Players make choices and they need to stick with them. If some mechanic gets changed, I agree that that affected skills should get reset and reimbused.

About the 2: You can take alternative route. Just start training something and you will be there eventually.

Nobody understands most of what you write, Hunter. Most of it is filled with attitude and negativity.


We have a saying in the Western World:

"You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar."

14

(3 replies, posted in General discussion)

like the idea, too easy to sploits though

15

(34 replies, posted in Feature discussion and requests)

Line wrote:

Why are you fools talking about ep, vets and no risks? Thread is about arena island - NOTHING to do there but fights on 2km radius arena. No resources, no factories, NOTHING - how long it will take to get completely boring for most of players?

That's for newbies mostly. But even vets may find this useful - we are at low population atm, and sometimes you want to fight without mofo grind/mine/build/2 hours roaming.



it has everything to do with risk, actually

Obi Wan Kenobi wrote:

doek runs a kb aswell. http://sequer.nl/killboard/



that kb brightness blots out the sun

17

(34 replies, posted in Feature discussion and requests)

risk free pvp island

no thanks -

18

(19 replies, posted in General discussion)

I am subbing more accounts, just to be different

19

(11 replies, posted in General discussion)

The DDOS thing is way out of control.




gl to you

I found it reading a thread in EVE around the time period of the 52 monacles craziness - 6+ months ago

sorry OP said new people but figured I would share

DEV Zoom wrote:

We have tried many times to contact them, without any response.

Hmm, sorry to hear that.  Thanks for trying, at least.

http://store.steampowered.com/










.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.



Now, imagine if this was true.

Please, Devs, consider calling Steam and making a deal with them.  Steam has made small independant game authors in to well known names.  Terraria would be a good example of this, I would say.

Imagine if 1% of 1% of 1% of 1% of the Steam members tried PO?




I absolutely love this game.  I dont know what we have to do to convince you guys (Devs) to make a marketing move.



Steam is the obvious choice, in my opinion.


Turn over a new leaf for 2012!



Thanks -