Kosumo posted:

That's the ultimate problem, if Star Citizen is to work as a good MMO, it needs a player base, yet the whole time Chris has said it would be bleeding edge game, which means that only a minority could run it, which is not enough to support a MMO type game. What is the point if it's an empty universe?

Just Whales?

Mirificus posted:

https://twitter.com/TheRealGremlich/status/832221141376831489
https://twitter.com/TheRealGremlich/status/832356059507462146

aleksendr posted:

Not quite sure yet. A good exploration sandbox on a big map would be the perfect illusion of progress and is relatively easy to make. Look how fast Ubisoft was able to turn Farcry 3 into Blood Dragon. Backer will proclaim "See ! the game is progressing !" and if done well it could still bring more $$$ to the furnace and even get some new cash from the few people that like sci-fi but not space ships.

I still think the whole mess wont go belly up completely untill they release either a chapter of SQ42 or soon after you can buy ships with in game money


Ohh more technical debt ! I cant think of a (PC or console)game that has got away with selling "class" for money yet. Heroes with completely new playstyle and powers, yes, but the "norm" for class kits is unlocks from experience or "mission budget" from previous rounds played in a match.

Cant wait to have them try balancing classes...

alf_pogs posted:

one trillion NPCs, all as smart as Deep Blue, all chasing down a lonely and confused B'Tak

Kosumo posted:

But (not but, but WHEN) the NPC are in game, they will be super smart (like Deep Blue, only smarter) and some will pity B'Tak as we do and not chase him down, ergo, you are wrong Goonie, like all Goons, you said 'all chasing down' but are WRONG, some wont!, you are only keen to spread FUD (and maybe provide negative air flow over he who cant be mentioned, personal organs, for the satisfaction of your overload?)

You and your pogs are nothing but an in for those who wish to eat the cattes! (We are on to you!)

alf_pogs posted:

please, gentle sir, i'm naught but a twelve year old sociopath

Kosumo posted:

Fair enough, who am I to hold anything against a twelve year old, I am not Fuzzy Modem.

Go with (not Fuzzy Modem) love, may your verse be at lest 8-bit.

alf_pogs posted:

psyche it's me dr derek smart

bamboozled again!!!

Roflan posted:

'Sunk cost fallacy' can apply to virtually all human endeavors. For example, have you ever kept playing a game you hated or weren't having fun with because you were near the end or a major mile-stone?

Mirificus posted:

trucutru posted:

They are onto us. Please keep the leaks contained in the other thread you idiots.

e: Wait, it was Derek all along!

TheAgent posted:

Crunch has already been over a full year at this point, with zero chance of it stopping.

Mirificus posted:

The Titanic posted:

What about your opinion on art theft?

Would you show the same leniency towards people who downloaded stock imagery and photoshopped the copy protection logos off?

What about taking characters like the Halo guy and editing it?

I'm curious because you mentioned that everybody is involved in something like this, which I can see, and no doubt corners are being cut at this point because of it all. At what point do you stop and rub your chin and say that these actions have gone a little too far?

Kosumo posted:

That's the ultimate problem, if Star Citizen is to work as a good MMO, it needs a player base, yet the whole time Chris has said it would be bleeding edge game, which means that only a minority could run it, which is not enough to support a MMO type game. What is the point if it's an empty universe?

Just Whales?

Mirificus posted:

https://twitter.com/TheRealGremlich/status/832221141376831489

Xaerael posted:

Pretty much just Pilot/gunner/snub fighter. They said "we just want to get these roles working and in the game, other roles may come later". So anyone with dreams of being Forward Toilet Scrubber First Class will have to wait.

alf_pogs posted:

if i wanted to watch rape i'd just get hbo

Bofast posted:

Let's call it "doing the Wilco", in honor of past Sierra glories.

spacetoaster posted:

Every time I see these two on AtV they look like they know this game is never coming out.



Here they are 6 months ago.



Working at CIG is aging them terribly.

Tijuana Bibliophile posted:

Hello doctor I think I need some counseling for my sociopathy

Mangoose posted:

I'll not have the Wilco name soiled by being associated with this train wreck, thank you very much.

E: Call it "doing the Sandy" in honor of her past career

Mu77ley posted:

Nope. Can't say I have.

Roflan posted:

'Sunk cost fallacy' can apply to virtually all human endeavors. For example, have you ever kept playing a game you hated or weren't having fun with because you were near the end or a major mile-stone?

Streetroller posted:

No because I realized a long time ago that wasting energy trying to fix something that's broken is far more energy-consuming than simply moving on.
It sucks at first to get into the mindset, but begins to quickly feel great once you apply the idea to everything.

A friend doesn't something very "unfriend-worthy"? I don't argue, I don't try to fix it, I just cut them off and move on.
After awhile, it feels pretty liberating to simply drop what no longer offers you a quantifiable gain.

What the shitizens don't get is that if SC does come out, all the goons are just going to free-fly troll the living poo poo out of the game just for lols. (I'll be there too).... (It's not coming out, though)

Tijuana Bibliophile posted:

Talking about friendships in terms of "quantifiable gain" is pretty weird though. I mean I'd agree with a lot of that mindset regarding most other 'ships

Streetroller posted:

Someone constantly dragging you down when you try to build them up would be a pretty good example of an unbalanced friendship, and one of the most common.

Pretty weird vocabulary in terms of friendship, I think...
but even if you just gave money to someone because it made you feel good is still a "gain", yeah?

Sandweed posted:

I had a friend that i considered a good friend, but the moment I wasn't in a position to dogsit for them anymore I never saw them again. It was weird.