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Pigboy

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  1. 17 hours ago, JohnnyTazer said:

    Unfortunately you won't find many fan boi's here.  I'm guessing you werent here during Alpha.  Even the most diehard people of DU who love it, have been the most critical of it.  But compared to other games *cough* scam citizen *cough* its such a low investment on a potential big reward, that we are willing to wait and give NQ some time.  A large portion of alpha backers only paid $60.  That means by release, they will have played DU probably around 2 full years (with some obvious downtimes during alpha as servers werent up 100%).  So sorry, those of us "defending" aren't fanboi's as even we have stated there is a certain expectation NQ has to meet or even we too will abandon the game.  Its just for $60 most of us are willing to give NQ at least 6 months of beta to show improvements.   Like I said, very little investment for possible big returns.  I'm gonna let me money ride and hope things improve.  If we are having these same conversations 6 months from now, even I will be playing other games than DU.  

    I am a backer of both DU and Star Citizen. To date I have paid MORE real money to be part of DU (Alhpa Backer) than I have to be part of Star Citizen. You can get a base package for SC for about £39.00 I think (about $45) and it does not have Sub model and you do not need to pay any more than that. If you do that is your decision to invest in new ships - that you can earn in game anyway.

     

    DU will cost me much more over the course of time than SC will due to the sub model.

  2. 2 minutes ago, Megabosslord said:

    This is SO annoying. 

     

    (A) The error message makes absolutely no sense and gives no indication what's really going on.

    (B) If you click the 'technical support' link it takes you to an article that tells you to go to the server status page that doesn't exist. 

     

    Just sloppy. 

    The servers are down atm.

     

    Notification went through chat in game about an hour ago - Did you not see it :D:D:D LOL

     

    They really need a server status update on the log in screen... oh and to communicate this better.

     

  3. Why is there no "Server Status" on the log in screen?

     

    The only way I knew that there was a server / game update this morning that was going to take a few hours was because I was actually in the game at the time an saw the message on the chat!

     

    I do note that under this:  Beta 1 Release Notes. Last updated on September, 4th,  there was an update from NQ-Nomad but that was 17 hours ago??!?!? - Why is this not updated??

     

    I do not follow social media, and nor should I have to when the official forum should surely be updated ASAP?

     

     

  4. 12 hours ago, Sinfil said:

    See I just love how people most likely not even in the development scene can complain about a company not fixing a server issue a week into beta. ITS BETA AND BEFORE YOU BUY IT, ITS STATES ISSUES CAN HAPPEN. There the first to create a server that can hold the amount of people it holds with the scale of the game. You cant just hear a problem and automatically know how to fix it. These things take time. So how about you stop sitting on your high horse and give them time or go make your own damn game and see how hard it is. I so tired of people bashing nq because they cant fix a problem when you want them to. 

    I gotta say that the stance you are taking here is admirable to say the least!

     

    Firstly, the current official state of the game as per NQ is BETA - which I would hope that most of the player base will agree is not the actual "current state" gameplay OR server wise.

     

    Like many before me have already said - Beta is to fine tune the game (systems, gameplay loops, markets, UI etc.) that are already in the place and this is done through increased player feedback due to more people jumping into your game when it should be close release.

     

    The Beta "Testers" need to be able to put all the current game systems through its paces - something which most definitely cannot be done right now as some are bugged, poorly explained or flat out not working at all - Hello Tutorials :)

     

    NQ may very well be the "first to create a server that can hold the amount of people it holds with the scale of the game" - but can you honestly say that this is what has been achieved?

    Part of NQs own words are "One Universe with a million people on one server" - Currently the game and the server are having a stroke with the amount of players as it is now - and I can bet my house on the fact that it will be nowhere near 1 Million at any single time. I would be surprised if it was even 5% of that figure tbh (50k).

    If anything, NQ should have been over prepared for this and then scale back the server at some point down the line. Unacceptable to be in Beta with some paying for a subscription when you cannot play due to disconnects etc. Remember these issues ARE NOT GAMEPLAY RELATED, they are the FOUNDATIONS upon which the game is built on top of!! - If this does not work, everything built on top falls down. Simples.

     

    I have been a backer for DU for the past 6 months (I know, not long enough to have an opinion) and I very much gave NQ the benefit of the doubt with bugs, servers issues and poor systems as it was in Alpha and to be expected.

    However, as soon as it went too Beta is when I started to take notice.

    I find it totally unacceptable that they now charge a subscription fee for this in its current state. Thankfully as a backer I do not have to pay the sub, but that does not mean I find this practice acceptable or agree with it in any way. I would be pissed if I was on a 3 month sub for this at the moment.

     

    12 hours ago, Sinfil said:

    imagine saying the its a failed game while the game is still being made lol. 

    I do not believe the OP was saying that the game had failed - Only that this is how you get a failed game. Big difference.

     

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