jkspartan

And in true corporate fashion move in from one dumpster fire to another, nothing to see here brakes don't work, taxes too high but nothing to see here let's look at this new shiny tool.

My guess is if this goes to live server as is and these taxes are not reduced significantly or done away with all together this is the end of this game

I see others commenting on the taxes if they are that high and I have not even gotten that far yet then you can forget it you are about to loose the rest of the player base which is about 8 people

I don't have a question as much as I have an observation I have been in the PTS (amazing I could log in) for about 5 minutes and that is all it took for me to look at scans that had say T4 and T5 on them to realize this is garbage HOT garbage in fact. Some of the scans even show T5 on them in the PTS but zero L/h produced this is unacceptable and I am sure I am not the first person to see or say something about this.

So I guess they answered this question just now lol: 1. Talent points - complete refund or partial refund = They said its all or nothing on this issue so take a snap shot of your setup so you can easily get back to where your particular set up is too easy. we are getting a refund of some talents

And like I said Deckard has already said pretty emphatically that it will not happen as it is a powerful tool his words not mine so the answer to your request/question is NO.

It seems from reading the many great posts here that the community is divided on many issues that have both been presented in this looming update and some issues that have persisted from the start of this project. While I can appreciate NQ trying to save money whilst improving game play/smoothness they (NQ) also need to pay attention to what the community that makes up the game is saying about how the current state of the game is and what will happen going forward. The points I see from reading these comments: 1. Talent points - complete refund or partial refund = They said its all or nothing on this issue so take a snap shot of your setup so you can easily get back to where your particular set up is too easy. 2. Full wipe now or later at release - The community is really split on this issues I feel from the comments, my perspective as an 8 month or so player don't wipe there are literal works of art that took many hours of game play to build or code that was written. Now the code is saved and they have mentioned that you would get a "magic BP". Don't wipe don't destroy what players spent years building for the actions of a few. 3. In ground Mining - I have been playing games and MMOs my whole life on and off I am 47, I will like most play what interests me even if there is a grind to it at first or through out hard work or effort with greater or equal payoff. There is no other way to say it we live in an instant gratification society and this too is split with some wanting this and some rolling up their sleeves. I feel players are missing the forest for the trees on this issue, with some very upset that in ground mining is being taken away while others are happy to see auto mining so they can either focus on building/creating or industry etc. I welcome the auto mining for those reasons will there be pain in the markets at first yes. I think over time this will become better. 4. NQ not listening to the players - I think they (NQ) do listen to an extent but at the end of the day will make choices that benefit the company over what will benefit the majority/minority within the game. Should they listen absolutely they should take all relevant information before making decision in to account. Doing this will have a positive impact on not only the community but the game as a whole. Speaking from experience knee jerk reactions, puffed up chests, and keyboard warriors do nothing but add fuel to an already blazing fire and cause more harm than good. NQ should listen to the community take it all in and have those comments/suggestions have an impact on what is decided as a path forward. At the end of the day are you going to make everyone happy no matter which direction you choose to go NO never someone will always have a different opinion about how things should be done. That being said there are some really wicked smart people in this space and have created literal works of art or a genius piece of code within the game. I remember the last Q&A that NQ did on Oct 4th, Pann said at around the 11:15 mark she said go to the forums, I know people don't like them but that's where your voice will be heard, sorry NQ to use your words against you but if you want players in the game and not the same 5 people (being facetious) then listen to your words and listen to this community and weigh all the options. Do more Q&A videos on these issues and this looming update, allow more time to find those game breaking bugs in the PTS, test test test and then test again before just pushing content to the live server.

I believe Entropy said and I am paraphrasing here but; "If you don't have money in your account to pay the taxes then bad things will happen". This to me suggests they will (like the government) just take it from your account to pay the taxes unless there is no quanta there.

Oh for sure I have only been playing for 8 months and I have 1000s of scans as that is what we did for months on end lol

Also some things people are not asking and I didn't hear them mention are: 1. Are the current ore pools on the planets going to stay the way they are or will there be a chance for different or more rare ore to spawn in the new system. 2. In this revamp of the planets will all the ore pools be different or will all ore from T1 to T5 have the ability to spawn on any given planet. The latter would make more sense and also give new players the opportunity to have at least some of the more rare ore types.

None of that is true except that NQ is stubborn

The one thing not mentioned here though a good question is you as the tile owner pay the taxes, now if you give someone rights to mine there to help off set those costs imposed by NQ and they leave not only are you stuck with an abandoned construct on your tile you are still responsible to pay those taxes.

You obviously did not watch the video, they said that there is a new planet wide voxel system coming in this patch and that ALL land will be filled in. The only way to re-terraform the land and SirG/Deckard said it was to do the custom terraforming again by hand as the new tool they have will only cut a square in the shape of the bounding box for the construct.

I will say this SOMETHING MUST be done about the low number of asteroids in the SZ 12 to 19 per week and over 130+ in the PVP zone per week come on, mark my words there will and have been players quit already due to bugs, crashes, and now the looming update and the low asteroid count in the SZ will only add to that number of people that don't come back and quit all together.

I like the vlog info please keep that coming, this helps on many fronts to give players expectation management of what changes will be coming to the live server. The changes coming with this update I feel are going to be welcomed by new players for sure in the long run but may upset some older players. I for one welcome these changes as I have been playing for about 8 months and I do a mix of tasks over the course of my game play, I may mine for a bit then hunt for asteroids or build bases etc etc. I would welcome a talent reset as I think many would so they could re-spec into these new mining changes coming with this update. Other players may see a talent reset as a pain but over all this will benefit many players new and old. The tool talked about at the end is super nice as I know my few bases are underground and I have many friends that have constructs underground, thank you for thinking ahead to solve these issues with regards to that. We need to generate as much discussion about this prior to the update so the players and NQ can have meaningful dialogue about these changes and any issues seen or unseen can be discussed early on.

I like the vlog info please keep that coming, this helps on many fronts to give players expectation management of what changes will be coming to the live server. The changes coming with this update I feel are going to be welcomed by new players for sure in the long run but may upset some older players. I for one welcome these changes as I have been playing for about 8 months and I do a mix of tasks over the course of my game play, I may mine for a bit then hunt for asteroids or build bases etc etc. I would welcome a talent reset as I think many would so they could re-spec into these new mining changes coming with this update. Other players may see a talent reset as a pain but over all this will benefit many players new and old. The tool talked about at the end is super nice as I know my few bases are underground and I have many friends that have constructs underground, thank you for thinking ahead to solve these issues with regards to that. We need to generate as much discussion about this prior to the update so the players and NQ can have meaningful dialogue about these changes and any issues seen or unseen can be discussed early on.

Also something I have asked and had hoped to see in this Q&A was about asteroids and how come so few spawn in the safe zone as opposed to the PVP zone? Last week there were 12 to fight over in the SZ and this week only 17 while the PVP area had some 196 and honestly not sure about this week but I will be tracking it and making a spreadsheet to do so. Once again we are back to the forced PVP scenario/argument no one wants to be FORCED to do ANYTHING let alone PVP against overwhelming odds (Legion), as mentioned in the Q&A regarding the economy its inflated at the moment and as such no one wants to lose a ship to PVP as it would take time to get those resources back. This needs to be addressed and may even help the economy a bit in the short to long term. Also another point is that it would be nice to occasionally have an advanced asteroid spawn in the SZ just a thought.

I apologize this is going to be kinda long so strap into the command seat for the ride. So I did watch the Q&A yesterday and found it both refreshing and interesting on several fronts, the refreshing part is that NQ seems to be getting back to what I had only heard they use to do by interacting with the community in this fashion more often. I think we all in this community hope they keep these types of video interaction or at least this type of format coming in the near to long term future. The first interesting thing I saw was that so few people tuned into the Q&A when I looked up and saw only six views about half way through was very surprised. The second surprise was how few questions were either submitted or answered, I have a feeling that with all that has gone on since the last two updates there are a lot more questions than what was submitted or read. Also to note some of the questions had already been answered by a fix that was implemented shortly after the patch was released. The third and maybe the most surprising is how few comments are here after the Q&A, I have read them all and given myself some time to digest what others have said in order to make some comments and share my point of view on the topics discussed. Let me start off by saying I have only been in the space (haha) for about 7 to 8 months, as such I have not been here as long as some others that have been in this game from the beginning, that is not to say that I have not noticed a great deal since only being here for a short time. Some of the questions in the feedback from the Q&A are good and deserve an answer for sure, Lethys brings forth some great points. For example: 4. Will NQ be more honest on what the games outlook is rather than watching players argue in the discord due to the lack of communication provided by the Devs? This is a great question every time I go to the discord it’s the same hmm let me be nice umm people yeah saying the same stuff or as they said arguing about this or that. Also not helpful at all I as many others have turned to discord looking for help only to find smart comments, again not helpful. 3. Salvage wrecks seem like a complete waste of time for anyone who has moved beyond Tier 2. Can they be scaled to planets difficulty? and once their picked clean somehow respawn(maybe that's already in game)? I will say this about Salvage wrecks I have yet to see the first one I have heard they exist but yeah. #3 What is the vision for PVP and why do I feel more and more forced into a 1 man per ship meta? Will M cores and smaller ever get a place in combat? Addressing all PVP and after talking with many people in the game NO one WANTS to be FORCED to PVP if it happens as a result of players wandering off to hunt asteroids or slowboating large cargo from planet to planet then so be it. Finally in regards to the wipe topic again I do not have as much time accumulated in the game as others; however I am a one game kinda guy so I do have several hours of playing this game under the belt so to speak. On this I can see both sides and NQ’s position as well. I can see why some would be upset for this to happen and why some would see it as a welcome opportunity to start over fresh. All I can see for this is if it is done right and with advanced notice it can accommodate all players without turning the community on its head.

Well we will very soon see if it is an Intel vs AMD issue as I am building a beast rig on intel platform and other Org mates that run Intel are now more frequent crashes so I dont believe its a intel or AMD issue as some would lead us or want us to believe.

So even though I have done everything but buy an Intel rig (which I am actually building now) on my end to mitigate this serious bug which NQ can not seem to fix the game still crashes a few seconds into loading. AS of this morning the game is completely unplayable for me at least, I can now no longer log in where before this morning I could get in sometimes. But hey thanks for the nonfix right NQ.

First off those assholes in the DU discussion on discord need to be hung up by their balls, I posted in there looking for help getting in touch with the devs about helping to show them what settings and things I have done to mitigate the crashing and all I got from Carter and those dicks was a load of crap. I also tried to @GM in game and got no where I really do tihnk I have some insight on this issue to help. All I got from them was, "Oh its fixed on PTS he is talking about a non issue" well folks mama was wrong again No its not fixed on PTS as I still cant and have not been able to log into the PTS since before .26 patch. So if a Dev wants to hear how I have managed to stay in game for more than 2 seconds please fell free to contact me on discord at BlackBeardActul#8635. Thanks!!