Posts by IainAM

Space Commanders rebel as Elite:Dangerous kills offline mode

@Tom 38

No, absolutely not. I didn't mean to give that impression.

Whilst it was essentially an added feature they took it on genuinely thinking they could deliver.

That question, amongst many others, was asked in the link I posted and is answered by the exec producer.

Whilst I understand the reasoning behind the removal of offline I think the way that they've communicated the decision is really poor. The answers in the above link should have been given in a stand alone news letter rather than teased out over a weekend of confusion.

Re: @IainAM... I'm not sure this reality can even describe the context of your post.

The second phrase, not word, was 'multiplayer online', which leaves a third choice which some people didn't know existed. I thought I'd check.

Not That Andrew himself managed to reply without being overly pedantic or aggressive, care to try again?

Re: @ IainAM

@ Not That Andrew

Fair enough, I mentioned it just in case. Genuinely sorry you're not getting offline.

As for E:D still being playable in 10 years, I hope it is but who knows :-/

I understand that from Frontier Development's perspective the game was always intended to be online, and that offline was an addition after it was requested by a vocal minority during the kickstarter. It's not that this minority don't matter but that FD have limited resources. They put time and resources into trying to make it happen but the way the online game has developed has meant that offline would need a separate development path and be a different game.

If you're looking for more factual detail the developers have answered a lot of questions over the weekend and they've been collected here:

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=59481

I do think it's a real shame there won't be an offline mode, but there's hope for those with a crap connection because solo online isn't data heavy, a dial-up connection could be enough to run it.

Re: 5,000+ people show themselves to be slightly illiterate...

@Wombling_Free - That's not right, Offline mode isn't still there! The 'connect from time to time' is every single time you dock/trade/take a mission/explore. You will need a constant, stable connection, but it doesn't have to be a fast one.

@Not That Andrew - It doesn't have to be multiplayer, there's a Solo mode as well, just no offline.

Samsung Galaxy Note

...battery life?

The review says 48 hours on the last page, but other reviews on the net say 12 hours. That's a huge difference, anyone know what the real figure is?