Atmosph3rik

Received a lot of help from the community today. A mysterious gentlemen by the name of ViperX somehow gifted me three million quanta.(I have no idea how it happened, cause, well, I'm dumb) It hit my bank account so hard my game crashed. Another gentlemanly scholar by the name of ArtVandelay gifted me a jazzed up f7 skirmisher. That will help a lot sir, thank you.

Deepest regards for both of you fellows. I hope some day I may be able to repay you.

As much as i enjoy pondering how someone can simp for totalitarianism while also pointing at it and screaming "that's socialism".
 
What i'd really like to know is how this thread is still up when i reported it nine hours ago?

The capitalist in me thinks this thread should stay up, because i like where it's going, and it benefits me.
 
But the socialist in me thinks it should be taken down, because it doesn't benefit all of us.

The capitalist in me thinks this thread should stay up, because i like where it's going, and it benefits me.
 
But the socialist in me thinks it should be taken down, because it doesn't benefit all of us.

Since NQ does not care, i might as well give my point of view. 
 
Pure socialism does not exist in the world, in the exact same way that pure capitalism does not exist in the world. 
 
Capitalism is the "right" extreme of the same scaled metric that socialism is the left "extreme" 
 
So countries are defined by a pseudo % of capitalism and socialism.
A raw % could even be defined by the amount of the economy that is affected by socialism compared to capitalism. 
 
One could say that Country A is 10% socialist and 90% capitalist, while Country B is 60% socialist and 40% capitalist. 
 
But trying to glue "socialism" to "dictatorship" is a childish move that may have some effect in the north american continent but not to the rest of the world. 
 
EU countries apear to be economically successful and have a much bigger % of socialism than american countries. 
 
Even in the US, states with higher % of socialism appear to have a good economy balance and still offer good living conditions to their population. 
 
This opinion does not mean im suggesting 100% socialism. 
It would suck to have 100% socialism..... 
 
I like that private companies make smartphones and computers and cars, etc. 
But i dont want private companies choosing to not cure my illness because it is more profitable to treat symptoms.
 
But leaders and politics are to be chosen democratically by the population. 
 
If the population wants to have a buffoon ripping trade agreements that represent alliances and saying that their country is N1, so be it. 
 
If the pupulation wants to make sure that there is a minimal level of education, health and culture, to point their country to a better future, so be it. 

Don't you mean......
 
Comrades?
 

Living in the US I can tell you the level of ignorance on social systems is quite impressive. The very fact that Bernie Sanders gets away with calling himself a Socialist is in itself proof that there is widespread ignorance on what Socialism is. The fact that you equate Communism with Socialism is more along the same line.
 
As the original post stated a location in Canada I (maybe mistakenly) assumed the poster was Canadian and maybe better educated on these things as Canadian politics are not just center right, right and extremely right which is the case in the US at present. In terms of overall political standings the Democrats for the most part barely register as a centrist party in most of what they do - center right if I am kind.
 
The US has many good things about it but still has a huge McCarthy chip on its shoulder when it comes to anything that would be considered even centrist anywhere else - still looking for commies under the bed. Still we are now talking about things like a livable wage instead of everything being business centric so maybe there is some hope on the horizon with respect to some sanity and moderation.
 
 

I thought you were still frozen- should check your ore on Alioth! The communist party of madis has secured most of what is left and is in the process of ferrying your ore to Madis where it will be used in our 20% less torture factories  that make the peoples ships, weapons', and red and yellow bases. 

We also stole your land mr capitalist swine- 150 tiles of it for further retaliation for the disease your people unleased upon the sovereign planet of Madis. All hail the free communistic pseudo capitalist people of madis! ALL HAIL MTI!

As much as i enjoy pondering how someone can simp for totalitarianism while also pointing at it and screaming "that's socialism".
 
What i'd really like to know is how this thread is still up when i reported it nine hours ago?

You guys don't get it...
For ppl like the OP, the word socialism is not what a definition says.
It is an insult. It is 100% synonymous of the enemy, of hell, of everything that ppl should not be.

A certain group of countries created this hate against this word to justify wars and commercial deals.
Now that the Cold War is over, a certain group of political activists use that word to fulfill their agenda.

Their agenda is simple, it is to discriminate everything associated with the word. To make any idea related to the word "undebatable" because it is evil. And everyone that does not agree that the word is evil is also evil.
In summary, the end of constructive debate...
 
 
But back to this topic.
The op lives in this environment where "socialism" is evil.
And tried to associate some DU mechanic with "evil" to make it "undebatable"
I don't believe the OP knows what "socialism" is in any definition, and I don't think the OP actually thinks his complaint is about socialism.
 
He just used the word to have an "impact" tittle and some "support" from similar players.

It is impressive to see what “anti-red” or “fear of communism” propaganda has done in the minds of some people.
 
Rest in peace free will, it is something that is lost ... Or educational problems ...
 
It is funny to see that you accuse an entirely capitalist game following very closely the ultra liberal political movements.
JC did not hide it. He even tweeted a month ago praising the "creatoreconomy" ...
And it is in France the dominant polithic current of the moment.
We also call that a "start up nation" polith
 
For JC (and NQ?) The organizational system is a multitude of micro enterprises and you have to work for each other. Each service will have to be paid and pay to another player.
 
In short, it is a political choice that dictates this organizational gameplay.
This is nonsense because over several millennia of history (the one with a capital H), we have seen that empires and society worthy of the name are developing thanks to state institutions possessing inalienable goods regardless of the people. at the head of the institution.
 
This is what is missing in DU so that we can really create organizations (see the current drama with the core limit).
 
We are therefore not at all in a socialist model. But beautiful and good in a few things that are 100% capitalist. In an organization you work for a boss (or a group of bosses) => You give him all what you produce and in exchange he will have to give you a salary / asset (or benefits in kind).
And you should do the same with your micro business / organization.
 
In conclusion:
You name some things that you do not know by some things that you are afraid of but that you do not know either.
You don't know what socialism is.
You also don't know what neoliberal capitalism is.

I think you need to educate yourself on what socialism actually is before making oddball suggestions like this.

What you describe here is capitalism, not socialism. what that American told you is incorrect, stop listening to Americans, and educate yourself on the topic by doing your own research, you can literally google this. but I'll try and put it as simply as I can.
 
CAPITALISM: is when a "capitalist" owns and controls the resources and means of production, an can decide what to do with those resources.
 
So in an org, the Legate/ Capitalist takes ownership of the "Members/ Workers" resources, and they alone have the power to decide what to do with those resources.
 
 
 
SOCIALISM: is when the "workers" own and control the resources and means of production. an can decide what to do with those resources.
 
if Orgs where socialist, there would be NO "Legate/ Capitalist" , because "Members/ Workers" would own and control the resources and means of production, and they would collectively decide what to do with those resources.
 
 
That's the basics... you can research and learn more on your on. which I highly recommend.
 
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so·cial·ism /ˈsōSHəˌlizəm/   noun noun: socialism a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.  
 
 
 
 

In general, the arm/hand tool is way to prominent and takes up a massive amount of your FOV. The way Space engineers does this is so much better and more efficient. It seems to me it should be just as easy to have a non intrusive glove visible with a small screen on the back showing the active tool and a design implying the nano former is emitting whatever is does from the finger tops of the glove or .. maybe.. ..even better.. have an Iron man style emitter in the inside of the hand.
 
It's not that hard to actually come up with a better solution, provided you actually understand what you are designing and have the creativity to make that work. 

 

Yeah the CEO wouldn't get involved with game design details unless the CEO is also the game designer. Overall I think they've been going in the right direction this year by optimizing and unraveling past mistakes before adding major content. I don't think I'd change anything other than promoting the game with gameplay footage only, no scripted scenes. And maybe more regular status updates.

I don't know your reply seems contradictory. But I understand it the way, that you actually agree with the author: which is damage and collision system is broken, at least unreasonable

If you're going to say "Answer seriously" you might not want to have all the answers sarcastically skewed towards one conclusion. 
 
 

I’m all for third person camera elements placed on the outside of the ship that relay information inside. 
 
And As the elements are damaged, you lose 3rd person visibility externally. 
 
for example guns /radars could still come with cameras which could be used in lieu of free 3rd person camera. You could choose any such camera equipped system to be your external vantage point from a list of ship elements. 
 
Free 3rd person camera view should be for cinematic use only, recording fights and making trailers etc, it should lose all the cockpit/LUA access. 

Or... Just saying... OR...
 
You could be a double retiree middle age guy who is physically disabled and now get's to enjoy some time for himself where his "day job" is to have fun here on DU... 

Yeah I've made some money doing exactly what SillyBilly is crying about... But oh well, he profited off the backs of new players scamming them... So yeah "he's a moral compass of society"... in the waste bucket. 

He has the same opportunity to make money.. but he doesn't put the effort in... except constantly banter in general chat like 9 year old schoolchildren... 

Now to address you Cheith, Could I go to other games? Yes... I come from EFT / Star Citizen... Star Citizen I have pretty much every ship in the game and then some.. Am I in massive debt cause of this? No, I manage my finances and don't really have any hobbies outside of PC gaming due to my disabilities...  The game is soo underpriced for it's current value that honestly... NQ if you are reading this... up your price... 15$ a month! (I'll still be subbed with all my accounts). 

Let's be clear here, it is no secret that I have been a HUGE advocate of this game. I love playing it.

But I am now, at least partially, on Hiatus until we have the ability to turn off the hand tool graphic effects while in build mode (and frankly the hand and tool themselves would be nice too.)

The constantly bobbing hand and gun that takes up a third of the space is bad enough while building, but adding strobing, rippling, distortion causing effects that bleed even further into the build space is absurd. 
 
Dear devs, Imagine you're at your desk, you're trying to program, concentrating hard, and someone comes along, sticks his hand over your shoulder and starts waving around a LED strobing nerf gun covering up a substantial portion of your work space. Would you be happy?

Please, pretty please, add a checkbox to settings YESTERDAY to turn this obnoxious bit of useless silliness off. I really want to be able to continue building and designing, doing the Voxelmancy that I love so much. Right now, it is impossible for me.

Thank you.
Tordan

Oh they are still interested.  They're so interested that they're lashing out emotionally because they can't have it yet.
 
I think we're all a little frustrated that we can't have the finished game when we want it.  Some people just handle disappointment a little less gracefully then others.
 
Back on topic, I very much agree with everyone else saying that the colors of the engines, and the stats, should be a separate choice.  Being able to have engines with colors that match your ship would be great.  But being forced to match the color scheme of your ship, to the type of elements you choose, would be no fun at all.
 
I already try to hide the red part of the space engines with voxels whenever i can, so i don't have to match it to the other colors i choose for the ship.
 
 
 

I think these should be skins/colour schemes, I dont know why they should restrict these things to a single unit. With a colour scheme/skin it could be applied to much more elements
I have some designs that look good because of the red space engines. They would look totally diffrent when upgrading engines, I whould want freedom of choice in this. that way i can make the same colour ship with diffrent colour/wings/engines etc
Maybe even choose my own line, like orange engines are upgraded to lvl4 or something.
 
Which leads me to my next suggestion: applying talents to elements by a menu, so you can choose the lvl of upgrade the element has
 

The problem i have with this line of thought is that if everyone followed it, we just get the same boring game over and over again.
 
At some point someone has to take a risk and try something new.
 
The only reason we are all here is because JC decided he had an idea and he wanted to make it a reality.
 
You don't get new exiting things without someone taking a risk, and trying something new.
 
Maybe it will fail.  But your options are JC's game.  Or someone else's game. 
 
Looking back with hindsight and saying you want JC to make a game, but you just want him to make a different better one, is pretty ridiculous isn't it?
 
I just want a sci fi MMO where i can build stuff that looks cool.
 
If you all have all the answers, can't one of you just knock that out real quick?
 
If i had all the answers i would have made the game by now.  So it seems like you guys are the ones who are really at fault here.
 
 
 
 

This video actually gets into the reason you need P2W and F2P together. Just thought it was interesting as if NQ is having problems more than likely that is due to needing more revenue. 
 
 

I was thinking about this the other day.  I think one of the reasons they might be hesitant to give us actual building tools for terraforming, is that the faster or more powerful the tools are, the faster and easier it is to grief and cause problems with them.  
 
I think they should add some improved building tools for terrain, like the ones we have for constructs.  But put them behind some talents, and only allow them to be used on a hex that you own, or is owned and you have permission to dig, not on unowned hexes at all.
 
I think that would slow people down enough that it wouldn't be any worse then any other way someone can cause mischief in a game like this.
 
Terraforming with the current system is just awful.  Most importantly we need a heal/restore tool, that puts the terrain back to the way it was originally.