Carnage

Because early founders just don't matter.
How easy is it to find info on the founder parks?
Damn near impossible without sifting thought these forums.
Should be on your account page... But it's not.

Of course you don't.
it's already there, a prefix does not define a game, at this point I don't think you have the capability to contemplate anything outside your box of hot air.
I don't care about Ark, I don't care about Eve.
 
 
It makes his "points" if you want to call them that, logically invalid, just because someone can string words into a sentence does not mean it's a plausible point, a refutation does not address the context, and repetition does not make something possess greater value, most of it is dribble, reminds me of a particular world leader atm.
 
I didn't refute myself, I've never said anything about a fully fledged single player game, that was the assumption you've all decided to go with, I'm not the OP, I stated my own simple concept, go see my 1st post here.
And yes answer A is already planned, which is what I was basically speaking about, making Twerks entire "argument" some sort of self-indulgent delusion, because he's said that it can't happen because of specific choices and referring to such yes/no/maybe decisions as proof but as you said, there is something going on, but we''re not allowed to speak of it because "it's an MMO, it's an MMO, it's an MMO"... it's ridiculous.
 
If you want him speaking for "the community" in the self-important fashion he does, where people can't even discuss theoretical possibilities without endless posts about 'it's an MMO, therefore it's an MMO' fine, but after looking around, I can see this has been going on for some time, so thanks for helping make the DU community a crappy place to come to for new ppl, I'm sure it will serve you well in the long run, the 3-4 of you that post on 98% of threads will have a wonderful forum together. I feel sorry for NQ.

The features that will be in the game can be clearly seen on the DU info page, I can see you have no regard for other ppl, and that in your mind your own inflated ego trumps all else.
A single player instance IS a quality of life improvement for many people, as much as you seem to think you are, or that you're trying to be, you're not the centre of attention here, your ideas are not the crux of opinions. Just because you have decided that you don't like or want a test instance does not mean it's meaningless to everyone else (yes a test instance, as I stated in my posts, something akin to the current tech demo area, which IS possible because it already exists), what is 'quality of life' is relative thanks, it's not your opinion in your apparent delusion of authority. it's actually posters like you that crap all over a forum and turn others off of being here with your nonsense and hyperbole. I've learnt this in 2-3 days... I mean Jesus you even have a twitter poll for it from August... that's some serious douchebaggery you've been committing. 
 
You have all the tendencies of a narcissistic personality disorder, oh, you "proved" something by just stating the current concepts given by the developers and tossing in some "what, if, hows"... That's not how proof works kid. You think you speak for "the community", you seem to think you're the hero saving the forums from the masses when all you're doing is appearing pretentious and ridiculous given your fallacy laden statements.
 
All your "issues" are easy, they are not even issues they are details and options that could be utilised if you consider them outside your tiny box, the discussing of which hurts no one and is kind of the point of a forum existing...
 
Unlocking tech can be parallel with your MMO advancement, or not, it really does not matter because it affects nothing and most people will not be interested in a three planet area for long knowing they can enter the real universe. You seem to think this is a major issue for some reason, it's really not.
A subscription is a subscription I see no reason why a sub is not applied to the game as a whole, no1 is asking for anything free of charge.
 
And as for Lethys' third question: I would expect there not to be any NPCs, I would expect it to be a private offline segment of the game to text designs and concepts in that ultimately would work the same in the real universe.
 
I get the impression when you lot say SP, you're assuming the entire universe with NPCs a SP quest and all the other bits as is expected in Squadron 42 for SC, that was not what I stated at all.

Sure, but there is no problem having a discussion on it. I mean that's kind of the point of a forum.
Making suggestions and giving opinions (whether they would ever come true of not) then being told you don't understand what a single shard MMO is IMO just acting like a douche for the sake of being douche.
Getting close to just blocking such ppl so their eye-rolling drivel is no longer visible.

It's like talking to unimaginative robots on these forums.
So much for the 'ideas box' forums, say anything, get an automated support ticket response.

Well, maybe it's something that should be considered as an option, that's what I'm saying in my post, a single player area offline would be useful.
 
I was under the impression a forum was for constructive opinions, ideas and discussion, I feel like you're just throwing down 'dev facts' at me for the hell of it with the underlying point of 'nope it can't happen because it just can't'.
 
I mean there is no reason it can't happen, we already know a simulated game instance can be hosted on a computer, it's not a difficult task to make it an option it's entirely up to NQ's prerogative.

Welcome good sir.

Why not both?

I'm not really seeing the validity of the contraband idea, If we the players are making the universe populated, who is the law?
Will there be an empire of some type emanating from the Arkship?
Who are we avoiding with contraband, a police force or military of some sort?
 
This requires some serious NPC population behind it, if not that then are we talking about a player empire trying to impose laws on the universe, and on what grounds does something constitute it being contraband? Without some sort of behind the scenes enforcement, a player based empire could just say iron is contraband, and confiscate all the iron being used by other players...

I used iron as I would assume it's going to be an essential abundant resource in order to make the point that groups of people could just use it to screw everyone in the surrounding area, call anything and everything contraband, it's all illegal and they will confiscate all of it, it's no different to a bigger empire just saying they want your stuff or they will crush you, and in that case it's not law, it's just people being knobs in game, which is to be expected anyway.
Universal control I doubt would be good in the long term for the game, in it's most extreme form it could bring a halt to the game entirely, it's not like IRL where death can be a finality, we don't resurrect and remain in control IRL. If a group with enough power just decides to take control of the space outside the Arkship safe zone that could be a huge issue.
 
Well yeah I'm not saying that there cannot be a reason for a contraband to be outlawed, my comment arises from the fact that in any other game, what constitutes laws and what items are considered contraband are essentially based on a background game mechanic build into the game that the player needs to bypass as a part of the mechanic, and that is something as far as I've read, and what Warden implies in his quote above, is that what defines contraband is decided by the player base.
And in that case, two problems arise; 1) as I said above, anything can just be called contraband like basic resources, and Alpha Empire that can do anything in the game they want because essentially they are the law is never going to end well. 2) how would anyone even police it? it's not like the LUA scrips can build a police force to confiscate specific things, which means it will be players, doing it, which is no different to just anyone ripping off people under the name of this 'law empire' which in the end is not really doing anything lawful at all.
 
So while the ideas of contraband existing are fine in theory, I can't really see them actually working, being able to actually be inforced, and then not being abused to hell even if they were by miracle able to be established. In the end that just begs the question of 'what is a law' is it just a rule made by the guys with the most power? In that case, it's not law, it's tyranny, meaning you're not running a black market or illegal items, you're just moving stuff a bigger power want to own.
 
I get the idea of it, but without an underlying law mechanic, working based on the developer wishes I cannot see it ever working properly with just player input alone.

Wouldn't it depend entirely on the planet?

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Title because I live in Australia and we're currently in the middle of the longest hottest heatwave we've had for a long time, I'm sure death is imminent... I can't say I'm optimistic about my enjoyment of it for a few more days, particularly as my birthday (7th) is the mourning day for 2 historic bushfires which killed hundreds of people... but enough about how I hope Justin Bieber will leave this world.
 
Me: Carnage (Carn)... I've recently also been called 'Carnitas' by my super funny clan mates... I've been told it means 'little meat' in Mexican/Spanish... To quote an unnamed leader of the NWO on the size of things: "I guarantee you there's no problem. I guarantee.".
 
I'm head of a small clan who started in a now dead game called Firefall where we had at one stage about 110 members, well FF died due to... lets called them 'poor development decisions' and we moved onto Ark: Survival Evolved. After some unmentionable chaos in that game (as fun as it was), we moved onto Warframe, mostly staying as a core group of about 10 members, but picking up people along our journey and losing some others. Ultimately we are waiting on Star Citizen as a clan, but we play a lot of other games while we wait.
 
I'm the type of player to be dedicated to a primary game for a number of years, I like reaching an endgame type situation, then refining my skills at that level, I played UT2K4 for about 5 years so I'm very much into FPS games, but I often find myself spending my gaming hours building within a game or outside it. I've made a few Skyrim mods in the past and Am quite intrigued by possibilities of DU, I could see it being my creative outlet as opposed to the more serious nature of Star Citizen.
 
I also study Microbiology and Genetics, which are the main other parts of my life, so I'll likely have an aura of scientific scrutiny on some of my future posts...
 
I'll watch this game, try and contribute, and possibly get my core clan mates interested, but we'll need to see how alpha/betas go before I nail down a more long-term investment than the iron pledge.
 
Cheers.

Title because I live in Australia and we're currently in the middle of the longest hottest heatwave we've had for a long time, I'm sure death is imminent... I can't say I'm optimistic about my enjoyment of it for a few more days, particularly as my birthday (7th) is the mourning day for 2 historic bushfires which killed hundreds of people... but enough about how I hope Justin Bieber will leave this world.
 
Me: Carnage (Carn)... I've recently also been called 'Carnitas' by my super funny clan mates... I've been told it means 'little meat' in Mexican/Spanish... To quote an unnamed leader of the NWO on the size of things: "I guarantee you there's no problem. I guarantee.".
 
I'm head of a small clan who started in a now dead game called Firefall where we had at one stage about 110 members, well FF died due to... lets called them 'poor development decisions' and we moved onto Ark: Survival Evolved. After some unmentionable chaos in that game (as fun as it was), we moved onto Warframe, mostly staying as a core group of about 10 members, but picking up people along our journey and losing some others. Ultimately we are waiting on Star Citizen as a clan, but we play a lot of other games while we wait.
 
I'm the type of player to be dedicated to a primary game for a number of years, I like reaching an endgame type situation, then refining my skills at that level, I played UT2K4 for about 5 years so I'm very much into FPS games, but I often find myself spending my gaming hours building within a game or outside it. I've made a few Skyrim mods in the past and Am quite intrigued by possibilities of DU, I could see it being my creative outlet as opposed to the more serious nature of Star Citizen.
 
I also study Microbiology and Genetics, which are the main other parts of my life, so I'll likely have an aura of scientific scrutiny on some of my future posts...
 
I'll watch this game, try and contribute, and possibly get my core clan mates interested, but we'll need to see how alpha/betas go before I nail down a more long-term investment than the iron pledge.
 
Cheers.

Title because I live in Australia and we're currently in the middle of the longest hottest heatwave we've had for a long time, I'm sure death is imminent... I can't say I'm optimistic about my enjoyment of it for a few more days, particularly as my birthday (7th) is the mourning day for 2 historic bushfires which killed hundreds of people... but enough about how I hope Justin Bieber will leave this world.
 
Me: Carnage (Carn)... I've recently also been called 'Carnitas' by my super funny clan mates... I've been told it means 'little meat' in Mexican/Spanish... To quote an unnamed leader of the NWO on the size of things: "I guarantee you there's no problem. I guarantee.".
 
I'm head of a small clan who started in a now dead game called Firefall where we had at one stage about 110 members, well FF died due to... lets called them 'poor development decisions' and we moved onto Ark: Survival Evolved. After some unmentionable chaos in that game (as fun as it was), we moved onto Warframe, mostly staying as a core group of about 10 members, but picking up people along our journey and losing some others. Ultimately we are waiting on Star Citizen as a clan, but we play a lot of other games while we wait.
 
I'm the type of player to be dedicated to a primary game for a number of years, I like reaching an endgame type situation, then refining my skills at that level, I played UT2K4 for about 5 years so I'm very much into FPS games, but I often find myself spending my gaming hours building within a game or outside it. I've made a few Skyrim mods in the past and Am quite intrigued by possibilities of DU, I could see it being my creative outlet as opposed to the more serious nature of Star Citizen.
 
I also study Microbiology and Genetics, which are the main other parts of my life, so I'll likely have an aura of scientific scrutiny on some of my future posts...
 
I'll watch this game, try and contribute, and possibly get my core clan mates interested, but we'll need to see how alpha/betas go before I nail down a more long-term investment than the iron pledge.
 
Cheers.

Title because I live in Australia and we're currently in the middle of the longest hottest heatwave we've had for a long time, I'm sure death is imminent... I can't say I'm optimistic about my enjoyment of it for a few more days, particularly as my birthday (7th) is the mourning day for 2 historic bushfires which killed hundreds of people... but enough about how I hope Justin Bieber will leave this world.
 
Me: Carnage (Carn)... I've recently also been called 'Carnitas' by my super funny clan mates... I've been told it means 'little meat' in Mexican/Spanish... To quote an unnamed leader of the NWO on the size of things: "I guarantee you there's no problem. I guarantee.".
 
I'm head of a small clan who started in a now dead game called Firefall where we had at one stage about 110 members, well FF died due to... lets called them 'poor development decisions' and we moved onto Ark: Survival Evolved. After some unmentionable chaos in that game (as fun as it was), we moved onto Warframe, mostly staying as a core group of about 10 members, but picking up people along our journey and losing some others. Ultimately we are waiting on Star Citizen as a clan, but we play a lot of other games while we wait.
 
I'm the type of player to be dedicated to a primary game for a number of years, I like reaching an endgame type situation, then refining my skills at that level, I played UT2K4 for about 5 years so I'm very much into FPS games, but I often find myself spending my gaming hours building within a game or outside it. I've made a few Skyrim mods in the past and Am quite intrigued by possibilities of DU, I could see it being my creative outlet as opposed to the more serious nature of Star Citizen.
 
I also study Microbiology and Genetics, which are the main other parts of my life, so I'll likely have an aura of scientific scrutiny on some of my future posts...
 
I'll watch this game, try and contribute, and possibly get my core clan mates interested, but we'll need to see how alpha/betas go before I nail down a more long-term investment than the iron pledge.
 
Cheers.