DrFrigoPorco

Honestly, NQ would need to work really hard to go FTP because micro-transactions require a carefully considered game design to balance properly.
 
It's important to have a great hook that invests the player and pulls them toward a MT -- right now, FTP players would follow the same pattern as paid beta subs. They'd stay long enough to litter their speeder somewhere. 
 
"Getting more players" isn't the only concern, it's keeping them. They got a lot of new players during beta's initial launch, but they couldn't retain them. Some paid for months or even a year and didn't play for more than a day or two. They'd rather throw away their money than keep trying; that says something about new player UX. 
 
If they went free-to-play tomorrow, they'd get many new players...but only to lose money and clutter the servers. There's nothing compelling new players to stick around -- this game's new player UX gets worse over time, not better. Their MT conversion rate would be abysmal -- they'd have players, but not revenue. 
 
DU doesn't actually need new players right now. It needs a solid new player UX and a way to retain those players. You can't monetize players (FTP or subs) if they can't get past the early stages of the game.

Doing updates is fine but we need CONTENT like asap. We need new solar systems places to explore etc a actual working market without Ore bots etc, working mission system, NPC's to fight etc the list goes on. On most days you can go into the discord and listen to conversation happening in the voice chats about the state of the game whats missing etc and we all have different opinions but the game in general is missing so much that it is hard to see the game finished. There is so many problems that we currently face along with WE NEED A WIPE as ore bots that keep getting reset has destroyed everything.

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Frigo just wants to make cement monoliths and randomly plant them everywhere...

A way to save voxel constructs with more than just copy paste...something like Landmark had. A list of constructs that you saved that you can pull up anytime. I'm in game now and I'm finding it hard to build without this feature. Also, copy paste of voxel constructs should allow for props too with a checkbox. Just my 2 sense worth!
 

In game, when you run into another player, it sort of feels like you both don't speak the same language.  You might hop around a little, wave your arms, make a few gestures, but no one knows what channel anyone else is in, and when i do send a message to the local channel it seems like people don't usually see it.  Maybe they're talking to me too, but if they are, i'm not seeing that either.  If it's someone from my Org i'll just talk to them on Discord.  But otherwise we usually just go our separate ways, without actually communicating.
 
Proximity voice chat would be cool too.  But we really just need a simple chat system that works at least as well as MMOs from the 90's 
 
 
 
 
 
 

As president, I'm gonna start a new initiative called the 'Disgraziato' program so when people quit all their belongings can go to needy noobs instead of already rich multi billion dollar corporations...it will be NON PROFIT!

As president, I'm gonna start a new initiative called the 'Disgraziato' program so when people quit all their belongings can go to needy noobs instead of already rich multi billion dollar corporations...it will be NON PROFIT!

As president, I'm gonna start a new initiative called the 'Disgraziato' program so when people quit all their belongings can go to needy noobs instead of already rich multi billion dollar corporations...it will be NON PROFIT!

I will personally NEVER give those people another red cent. I gave them $40 a few years ago for Star Citizen, and regretted it ever since. Worst money ever spent. NOPE! I'll stick with Dual Miner.....much better game. 
 

also....STARBASE....is just another Space Engineers/Empyrion clone, no VOXEL BUILDING, so nope....I'll go play Empyrion if I want that experience. As it stands, THIS IS THE ONLY DANCE IN TOWN.....this is the only voxel game out there (perhaps we should be encouraging game companies to make more voxel games, because....you know....Minecraft was a pretty popular game....

Im pretty sure thats why they have not been sweating. But at the same time... The tech debt is insane.

and the ONLY true voxel builder out there....they have ZERO competition atm. 

also....STARBASE....is just another Space Engineers/Empyrion clone, no VOXEL BUILDING, so nope....I'll go play Empyrion if I want that experience. As it stands, THIS IS THE ONLY DANCE IN TOWN.....this is the only voxel game out there (perhaps we should be encouraging game companies to make more voxel games, because....you know....Minecraft was a pretty popular game....

This game needs PVE. Empyrion has PVE, and the PVE rocks. SC has PVE, and its the backbone of the game. Even Space Engineers, has PVE. PVE...is the backbone of ALL MMORPGs. This is pretty simple. PUT PVE IN! Pirates, monsters, bugs, aliens!!! Because this game otherwise, is a BUILDING GAME...nothing more. PVP does not exist, at all. Mining is boring. 

It's a beautiful 'P'... I 'P' on Market 18! 

So all I've seen is people bitching in forums, bitching in Discord...about the status of the game....and hey, if you're not having fun, bitching about stuff is not very useful, so......use your 'IMAGINATION'!!! You have a building game, where you can build anything you want....so build a giant middle finger L core ship if you're mad, huge tile sized billboards, giant ass to moon the planet with, get creative! This can all be done in game, and you can have fun doing it, instead of bitching.GO BUILD SOMETHING....and express yourself. Remember you have Reddit, Twitter, Forums, Discord....all to post screens of your 'PROTEST' so go get creative, because the bitching is monotonous and boring!
 
Sincerely, 
 
President Porco 

Solo.  Occasionally I venture to alioth market 18 to hawk some wares and look at the big P on the hilltop.  Then it's back home to continue work on an adversary for those Starfleet boys next to the market.

I'm very sensitive, and yes....my feelings were hurt! APOLOGY NEEDED!!! (written, official apology, not just some 'I'm sorry'...I am the president after all!)
 

build because you like it, because you are having fun....Landmark ended on us, and we had fun until the last second, and we can go back to Twitter and see all the shenanigans we pulled there...same with this. Just have fun man!