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This tho creates new assumptions, about how NQ resources used between DU and this "new project". Major point of concern.

The only way I could see the 90 days shrinking is if there were some kind of auction system in place where players bid on the plot and all proceeds go to the player/org who lost the tile, or something.
 
It IS kind of annoying seeing a nice plot with virtually nothing on it sit there counting down from 90 days. I don’t care about your M container and two basic mining units, I just want your sweet ass plot.

No one likes having to eat something every 5 minutes. Having to eat food in games is annoying.  And pretty hard to balance between hardcore and casual players.  Creating more of a job in game. (although many of the changes in the last year have created that job like gameplay, so what would one more thing like food be?) 
 
Alternatively I do think there is a chance for NQ to make money here.  Vending machines that use real money, and are paid for by real sponsors.  You know go buy yourself a Mountain Dew from the vending machine and get a max speed boost for 24 hours. 
 
Beyond that I have suggested food before. But not as an item that players consume. As a commodity that players grow to sell to markets. With only certain foods being grown on certain planets. And players grow those foods and sell them at markets on other planets. Which can be a good new player activity, all the way up to food baron activity.  Taking this further, By players meeting all the requirements of a local market. that market or that planet would receive some sort of boost. 
 

Got it. So you're yet another boring "I don't have anything to say about the topic, so I'll presume things about people I don't know and imply they are the ones being toxic". 
 
If you aren't interested in engaging further with the topic of the post in a civilized manner, you're the one that is bringing this to some weird personal level and should go. 
 
Criticism is not the same thing as toxicity -- you aren't obligated to agree with my opinions just as I'm not obligated to agree with yours...but you are obligated to stay on topic, remain civilized, and not resort to calling people "toxic" just because they express opinions you don't like.
 
You asked for actual criticism of your "idea" of a hunger meter...instead of engaging with that criticism (which again...you asked for) you're ranting about how "toxic" I am...? 🤷‍♂️

The game is tedious enough for me without adding survival elements to it.
 
However, boosters and stims would be very useful and relevant if they add player HP for AvA. Consumables crafted by players that give avatar physical trait boosts, “focus” boosts that up hit % using weapons/weapon elements, first aid kits (duh), HP buffs, xp boosts, etc - pretty standard fare.
 
Could even add a fallout like withdrawal system, with detox consumables. Or hell , make it to where it wears off after resting in a bed x amount of time.

A little late for that, IMO. That’s a lot of builds that would be borked overnight, and obstruction is wonky enough as it is. I’d rather they leave it be and focus on other things.

Wow an update by NQ-Deckard. 

…on the forums not on Twitter or Discord. 
 
let’s see how many of the points on the list are minimum viable alpha product placeholders and how much actually gets fleshed out to a post-alpha level. 
 
there are a lot of nice things in the list. Top being PVE combat. And finally a construct disassembly option. And for me, at least, HOTAS support, since I’ve been wanting to put this to good use since neither DU nor NMS support it and I no longer play Elite Dangerous. 
 

 

While it is nice to actually hear a member of NQ say something, anything, it is going to take more than a single happy new year post to convince this player that the game is turning around. 

If I’ve learned anything over the last 7 or so years, it’s that NQ prefers to do things without lube. I’m afraid it could never be.

If I’ve learned anything over the last 7 or so years, it’s that NQ prefers to do things without lube. I’m afraid it could never be.

I said "the one person that bothers to DM you...", not that one person will view the content. Perhaps you should double check what I'm saying before you guess. 
 
But that's not really the point, I don't care one way or the other about this person's content or if it's good or bad or if it has a few thousand views or a few million.
 
What I have an issue with is coming into a forum and demanding that people only DM you and declaring you'll ignore comments...in a forum.
 
So it clearly wasn't about discussion at all for the OP, it was about everyone else doing stuff for the sake of this person's YouTube channel. 
 
I think it's arrogant to do a "survey" that was never going to have enough replies to mean jack anyway in this sort of way...again, don't care about this person's youtube channel or if it's good or bad because that isn't the point. 

If I’ve learned anything over the last 7 or so years, it’s that NQ prefers to do things without lube. I’m afraid it could never be.

If I’ve learned anything over the last 7 or so years, it’s that NQ prefers to do things without lube. I’m afraid it could never be.

I used to be in NovaX during alpha, but I left because I just didn’t have time to play and didn’t feel I was able to be very helpful with how sporadic my DU presence had become. I remember the discord only having half a dozen or so people, but optimism was abound.
 
In fact, my first time leaving alioth was with NovaX; we crashed on Madis at the base of the canyon and had a hell of time getting to the surface. It was grueling, but somehow hilarious at the same time. Good times, somehow. Most of my nostalgia is from that period, really.
 
Even if my time with them was limited, they were a great bunch. I’m sorry to hear so few of you remain.

They fixed ore drops and digging. 
 
man!!! now I lose 1/3 of all my ore calibrations and every time I try and dig I get internal server errors every few seconds. 
 
Great fixes NQ. 
 
He doesn’t read this, anyway.  

In retrospect: I miss Tabula Rasa! I only started playing when it was too late to save it, but I had fun in there while it lasted!
 
TR was active for over a year before it closed down, but that was at the start of 2009, developers where trying to make the next WoW and had totally unrealistic expectations. I feel TR lacked exposure and accessibility...

agree, it was a really fun game, aion followed and i got it free then and played it till it almost killed me
 

i didnt even hae trouble with ore dropping from calibrations till they "fixed" it now im having all kinds of issues with it 

I mean...this is actually true. 
 
NQ doesn't engage meaningfully with any ideas or discussions here.
 
They really don't want any idea, suggestions, or feedback unless it is "balanced" with compliments and praise, too. 
 
Maybe NQ would disagree, but this is a lesson NQ has taught the community many, many times over the past 8 years. It's demonstrated over and over with their actions over the almost-decade it's taken them to publish a vastly unfinished "game". 
 
So no, they really don't want your ideas. You're free to post ideas in the general forum...but they will not be read, they will not be considered, they will not be acknowledged. 

Alt Universe, mirite?
 
But yeah, sometimes I forget my erratic playing habits cover up for charge deficiencies. I’ll play 2-3 days and then take a day off to recharge, literally and figuratively. I’m honestly surprised I play that much, all things considered…

That's basically what I've been doing.
I only have one tile with 8 small miners (400L/h coal) and 1 chromite miner (23 L/h), and getting 35-40KL coal + ~3kl chromite per day.
I use the chromite for fuel, and the coal pays the week's taxes in 2 days.

This!

I've said this before, but the biggest sink in any MMO is player churn.
 
What percent of WoW items and gold are just sitting on inactive accounts collecting dust? Likely the vast majority of all the money and items ever "printed" into the game. 
 
Honestly, I'm not sure I much care about the "economy" of any MMO, overall...I'm just not the sort of player that cares to "play the markets" as a facet of gameplay.
 
What matters to me is that earning money is fun and that it is motivating because there's stuff I want to buy.  
 
In games, that is the primary driver of a good economy in my opinion -- actual interest in wanting to earn and spend money because it drives engagement with the game, overall. 
 
Earning money just to pay taxes is an objectively stupid design idea that undermines the whole point of having a currency system in games to begin with! it isn't to create a fake economy just for the sake of having an economy. 
 
This isn't complicated stuff; it's like they put quanta into the game without understanding why currency exists in video games. Game economies are not at all like real world economies.
 
NQ needs to step back and think about how to make their game fun; the state of the economy really doesn't matter if there's nothing fun to do with it.

A month or so ago, I said that deflation is the path to the abyss for the game.
They twisted me at the temple and said that I did not understand anything in economy games and was generally stupid.
Although any market economy is essentially inflationary.
What. Less than 3 months later to see where the deflation in ore prices has led. I did not expect such a sad outcome.
It seems that one of the guys will be able to write a dissertation on the topic "How to kill the economy in 3 months. A quick guide for gamedev."
I don't even know how to fix the situation without another erasure...

Despite what NQ would like, people want to be self sufficient. So if a stable source of T2 is unavailable for most, they will use T1 instead regardless of price.

The problem is not having dedicated scanning orgs, but that they are able to effectively scan entire planets and by that gain a disproportional large control over the game.
 
And again, not the scanner orgs fault since they are just "making their own game" in one of the sadly few ways possible right now.
 
And no NQ, the solution is not to increase tax, or to time gate scanning even more, or to make scanning units even heavier and more expensive or any such limitations. That would just make the game even more unplayable for beginners and solo players so that orgs would dominate even more, just like with every other &#*! feature where you have 'balanced' creatives and solo players out of the game.
 
The solution is to fix the fundamental issues in the game (will never happen, so all this is just hypothetical) and then enable mining and distribute A LOT more ore, so that we can have access to resources and actually be creative and "make our own game" again.
 
In other words turn back the clock to how it was earlier, and then start working from there to give us the game you said you would make.