DrFrigoPorco

Take care mate, hope everything works out ok for you IRL. 

Sorry to hear this, you have been a real help to everyone on the discord. hope things turn out OK.

Edition 100.pdf

yes, that's because 'leaving it up to the players' DOESN'T WORK as a strategy to build a good game. It's lazy and short sighted. Want PvP? Then STRUCTURE IT. Want 'things to do' game content? STRUCTURE IT. Until then....Dual Miner will be just that, until that goes automated and they take the only thing to do in game away, then it will just be DUAL. 

yes, that's because 'leaving it up to the players' DOESN'T WORK as a strategy to build a good game. It's lazy and short sighted. Want PvP? Then STRUCTURE IT. Want 'things to do' game content? STRUCTURE IT. Until then....Dual Miner will be just that, until that goes automated and they take the only thing to do in game away, then it will just be DUAL. 

yes, that's because 'leaving it up to the players' DOESN'T WORK as a strategy to build a good game. It's lazy and short sighted. Want PvP? Then STRUCTURE IT. Want 'things to do' game content? STRUCTURE IT. Until then....Dual Miner will be just that, until that goes automated and they take the only thing to do in game away, then it will just be DUAL. 

yes, that's because 'leaving it up to the players' DOESN'T WORK as a strategy to build a good game. It's lazy and short sighted. Want PvP? Then STRUCTURE IT. Want 'things to do' game content? STRUCTURE IT. Until then....Dual Miner will be just that, until that goes automated and they take the only thing to do in game away, then it will just be DUAL. 

The rest of them will be go mine X and deliver it to me.  The mission system won't keep people from having to mine.  It will be a lot of big guys trying to convince the small guys that mining for them at a loss is in the way to go.

Bounties might be nice when ava comes, until the average player realizes that he will spend more in ship parts, ammo, fuel and time than the bounty is worth. 

Until they fix the grind of mining and the costs of basic industry, I think this game has about had it.

I picked up an SSD, and it improved performance a ton! 

I picked up an SSD, and it improved performance a ton! 

I picked up an SSD, and it improved performance a ton! 

Because we need in game, proximity and ship to ship chat. Hail other ships! Would not that be fun? 

Every game has their own chat platform, the more SOCIAL the game, the better the platform. DU has Discord? WHAT? Can you do better? 

Quests.

Most PPL here found this "wander" moments by chance or curiosity.
NQ could make admin sponsored quests focused on PPL experiencing this moments:
 
"
Find the lost medallion
Reward 100 000 quanta
 
An Ark explorer lost the family medallion he brought from Earth, 10000 years ago in a cave complex underground.
Go to the waypoint and look for a container with the medallion side.
Bring the medallion to any market
" -> explore underground caves
 
"
Repair Freighter ship
Reward 200 000 quanta
 
We received a freighter SOS call. The captain reports that his main engine is down and he has no means to repair it.
Go to the freighter waypoint, match tier velocity.
Approach the freighter via EVA and repair their main again
" -> EVA at high speed (scary)
 
"
Urgent market resupply
Reward 50 000 quanta
 
A special package, needing a special container needs to be transported between market 5 and market 10, but the package needs to be delivered in less than 5 minutes.
Get the package at market 5
Reach orbit
Deliver the package in market 10
" -> See planet from a close orbit perspective.
 

I'm not quite sure what this means. Adding proximity VoIP in the current implementation of the game would be next to a a drop in addition of existing 3rd party tools like Vivox which would currently be free for NQ to implement as it comes at no cost up to 5000 concurrent logins which I am certain DU is well below at this time.  The separators for this would already be in place through chat which is local or construct based and could be a (closed) private chat group.
 
The benefits to the game of having proximity VoIP (as an option for those wanting to use it) have been discussed here many times over the past years but until now NQ has not ever said anything or engaged in a productive way with the community on this. The arguments used by NQ here are really not valid at all as they miss the point entirely and show a lack of basic understanding of the subject matter or how this would actually benefit the game and potentially add revenue by attracting new players and specifically the vast and mature RP community.

Chat in game is horrendous. The Queen of Madis conquers with the dictator from Alioth. 

Every game has their own chat platform, the more SOCIAL the game, the better the platform. DU has Discord? WHAT? Can you do better? 

absolutely! 

I think the solution to this should involve something like the automated mining units, right away.
 
Leaving free resources all over the ground for new players makes the planets look really messy.  And the process of picking them up is pretty tedious.
 
Add more surface resources and it's just more clutter.  Make them less common with a higher payoff and it becomes a scavenger hunt that new players will not enjoy.
 
Giving new players the means to set up a low tier mining unit, that provides a small steady flow of resources, would skip all that mess.
 

Gas clouds? Asteroid scanning? SPACE TERRITORIES!?
 
Count me in!
 
I just hope that when you mention the "rebalancing of weapons" in PvP you will balance the damage difference between core sizes, as it is way to OP right now.
 
Also, how are you going to stop haulers which are mining ore from just warping away as soon as pirates approach them?

All opinions are welcome. As has been pointed out, sometimes a new player's vision or the early game play, or understanding of the game in general, etc. There are always lots of angles   So, while I appreciate the sentiment to what you are saying, it doesn't help us design any better to only look at one segment of player. 

Everyone here has paid to be in this game one way or another and they have the right to offer feedback, post suggestions and join in on ANY conversation they like.  It is simply not your place to tell them otherwise.

Wow...this game makes people soo....EMOTIONAL! Can I have your stuff? 

So no one is talking about the elephant in the room. The money model. The 'subscription fees' model. I mean, a friend of mine said it correctly...."What if I like the game? What if I play it for 5 years, then I will have given these people a thousand bucks, to play a game...hmmm" (that's a PC upgrade, and yes, I get it.....coffee is $2 but, as far as modern gaming goes, this is an outdated model, when you need a page on your website to defend it, it's outdated NQ) . And my friend has a point. MMo's with new content every week are charging $7.99 a month.....and this is beta, and no new content. So a look at the subscription model is needed. Yes, this is the only game in town as far as voxel builders, but THINGS CHANGE and someone out there will make a voxel mmo for $39.99 flat price and sell 40 million copies on Steam. Tick tock...NQ...tick tock.