Haunty

Ex-eve player here also. The more the merrier.

I think people are missing the point. Big companies wont go after creators of content in DU, they will go after NQ itself. That there is the danger for all of us....

Hi, I'm Bridget.  I've been playing comp0uter games ever since my parents brought home Wizard of Wor on the atari 800 back in the early 80's (late 70's? Getting old!)  Loved computers so much that I made them my career as an IT Infrastructure Lead Engineer specializing in providing and consuming various kinds of cloud services.
 
My workstation:  threadripper 1950 OC'd@4.4Ghz, 32GB ddr4-3600, NVMe boot, 1.5GB sata-ssd, 5TB 10Gbe-iSCSI , 2x1080ti-FTW3 SLI@2x2,090Mhz, 2x3x120mm rads in a dual loop watercool all mounted in a Coolermaster 1k tower.
Volair Sim seat and sim frame mounting, Thrustmaster FCS Warthog HOTAS, F350 wheel. dispayed on 4k 42"  8ms monitor,  stereo speakers powerd by Sony 4k AV @ 85w/chan.
 
Yes. I take my gaming seriously, but also with a very light heart.  :-D   If any other women or Enby types wish to get rolling on a loosely knit gang in game, please apply to Wolf Pack!
 
 

Just do it better than the others and suddenly you will fill that niche. Shocking isn't it.... That's like saying every business is already taken by some company in RL so making a new one will fail for sure. Which isn't the case

I see your point there but you have to keep in mind that this could easily turn into a grindfest.
 
Right now you "only" have to worry about earining money: mine the ground to get ore, sell that to earn money and buy elements to build your ship. Or craft your parts yourself. Then buy or mine enough fuel to get off planet. Since spaceflight will be "like KSP" (according to JC and the devblogs) there are orbits in space so it's already hard to navigate there. You'll travel for hours in one direction until you reach a new celestial body. Then you have to worry about getting your stuff safely on ground again.
 
If ppl now need to worry about medicine, radiation and food too before they can even start to fly to other bodies, then this will turn quickly into a tedious and unfun experience.
 
Just my 2 cents

I wanted a game like DU ever since I started playing Space Engineers, and found a link to the E3 video in the SE forums. I also played Eve for many years and was looking for the "next step" in single shard mmo evolution.
I don't really have any goals other than to have fun, and figure it out as I go.

I also want to clarify, there are things that I (and others on the Discord Staff) have been aware of in the works that we simply aren't allowed to discuss. Ie, for the Discord server, the process of making it official and handing it over to NQ has been going on for several months, it wasn't an overnight quick decision by any means. We couldn't publicly announce that for many reasons.
 
There were many questions about the auth process that I could have answered with "Well an NQ API is in the works" to assuage some fears, but I didn't want to break any confidentiality by saying that either.
 
I know there are many in the community that really don't like me at all, but I would not be where I am in my career if I made a habit of collecting data for illicit purposes or breaking confidentiality agreements openly. I'm never going to win those people over, but at least I can try to be as transparent as possible to the rest of you to show that I'm acting in good faith here with my contributions. 

Subnautica is a good single player game.

For some, the biggest disappointment about the roadmap announcement was the NDA being extended to cover all the Alphas. While it is clear that it was a difficult decision to make, could you elaborate on the reasons for extending the NDA? Could you elaborate on the galaxy that will be available in beta? How many star systems will players have access to? Will there be faster modes of travel, such as warp engines, so that players can get there? Will the star maps be implemented by this time? Will we see volumetric clouds (such as those shown in that first E3 video)? If so, will it be before release? Is there any progress on rotating planets? Are these still in the works? Where can community member send their user generated content, such as videos and screenshots? Are there any guidelines which may make it more likely for their content to be accepted and used as advertising for Dual Universe?

NQ has said something along the lines that no copyrighted works should be recreated in game, and if it was reported or a copyright owner made a complaint then it would have to be moderated. So it's probably best not to recreate them in game, at least not obvious replicas.

First, I would like to thank Novaquark for preparing the roadmap.  I have been looking forward to seeing it.  The sequence in which the features will be implemented seems very sensible.
I have two questions about the features in the roadmap.
 
1. Social Features, which mentions grouping, is under Alpha 3 and Player Nations is under Beta.  Does this mean player groups and player nations will be different kinds of entities in the game or will they still both be organizations with some features of organizations introduced later than others?
 
2. When will the RDMS be introduced?  I did not see it mentioned specifically in the roadmap.  Does this mean it will be implemented gradually as the other features require it?
 
 
 

So while most people have said they will play alone at the beginning, they believe that most other people will play in groups.
 
Interesting, it seems that people are pessimistic about their own solo situations. The appearance is that most people are in groups, it could be that the exact opposite is true. 
 
My view is that we will see more organic group play situations unfold, where solo players naturally socialize and start to work together over time eventually becoming groups of their own.
 
I imagine I'll meet people in the game along the way and make some friends that way. There will be plenty of opportunity to at least. 

I think that it would be prudent to enable 2FA across our Dual Universe profiles. Our game, forum and community site profiles are all one single sign-on, and considering the NDA under effect, I think it would be very useful to allow for 2FA for those of us who want it. 
 
We don't get notifications for when we login to our accounts from new locations, so there's not really an easy way for us to tell if someone has our creds and logs into our accounts. 
 
Please give us 2FA on the websites at least
 
Invision Community even supports it as of January 2017 - https://invisioncommunity.com/news/product-updates/new-two-factor-authentication-r995/ 
 
To clarify: This isn't about forcing people to use 2FA, this is about enabling it so that those of us who want to can use it for extra security on our accounts. It's 2018 and the realities of security on the internet these days necessitate that we have the option. 
 
 

I would expect orgs/players to offer transport from the Ark zone. I have seen some orgs advertising just that on the community page.
 
Yes, this has already been shown in some released screenshots and videos
 
Yes changing colors of voxels and elements is planned according to the Trello

Also, DU, like most MMOs, would really not be suitable for the 'a few hours per month' kind of player. The expectation is, and NQ has said as much, that DU will follow the general norm in subscription fees so $15/mo is reasonable to assume to be pretty close.
 
The argument how one can spend many hours and someone else can't while paying the same amount IMO is completely bogus and irrelevant. Eve _if_ NQ would consider a solution to that which can only be a metered price and would be totally impractical, that would result in the few hours user paying a _lot_ more per hour that someone spending more time if only because the argument than can and will be made that he contributes more and thus is entitled to a discount. Even if you play 10 hours a month, your cost per hour is $1.50 and I mean seriously, how is that even an argument?
 
This is all trivial and pointless to debate though as NQ has been very clear that the subscription model is not up for discussion. So if it's something you can't live with you know what to do.

um, why? The elements in ships, and recent engine dev blog, show that all ships will be self contained in regards to fuel tanks etc. There is no need for rocket boosters, just rocket engine(s) in the ship.

Welcomes

That video is almost 2 years old, so some information is outdated, such as the expected launch date.
 
A solo player won't be able to build large ships easily, large ships will likely be built by organizations or at least a small team.

Hey all,
 
So I put together a sign for Dual Universe. I made it out of Padauk, Walnut, and Oak. These are natural wood colors, so no dying. I then traced a logo onto the wood and carved it out with my router. It isn't perfect, it is the first sign I've made, but I am really happy with it. After making the inlay i drilled holes, routed out the back of the piece, and added 24 LED diodes. Once i wired them up and everything was working, I mixed up epoxy with white pigment and poured it over the letters. After the epoxy dried, i sanded smooth, added some chamfers, and finished with Shellac. 
 
Here are some pics of me putting it together...
 
I used spray adhesive to attach the paper to the wood and then used a router to carve out.

 
What a mess? Maybe I should have used LED strips instead of this... Well, maybe next time.

 
It works!!

 
Finished Product..
I turned the lights off..

 
It is really shiny  

 

 
 
Hope you all like it!!
 

I was never really fond of what could be dubbed karma mechanics, often highly subjective or controversial to begin with.
 
Hard game mechanics like above could never fully cover all the potential justifications 'bad deeds' might have.

I'm sorry, but I strongly disagree.
I am however in favor of a reputation mechanism. which could achieve the same result without the religion overtones.

So here in this thread I am going to be posting sketched ship concepts that DSI will be producing in DU both for our Navy and public purchase once they game goes live. All concepts presented are exactly that, “Concepts” and do not reflect in game content. Each submission is basically a detailed design guideline that DSI will use for construction purposes at DSI Shipyards and outsourced work with our partners at Objective Drive Yards.
 
Thank you,
Firestorm
 

 

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