Posts by i.a.m

Elite: Dangerous 'billionaire' gamers are being 'antisocial', moan players

Question for Simon Sharwood

Did you, or someone close to you, request a refund as a result of the offline mode removal?

Elite:Dangerous goes TITSUP

Now that's a lazy answer.

You're not reporting what's going on, you're reporting what you choose to focus on from a particular perspective. Normally I find that entertaining and informative, the ED articles are just misleading. You're not even taking the piss.

I've read El Reg for years and I've come to expect better.

I wish they would.

People who never, or barely, played online seem to be getting their money back. Those who played online quite happily before release aren't (for the most part.) FD's perspective seems to be that if you played online before you still can now, even if it's in solo, so you don't get a refund despite the forum anger and publicity it's generating.

No I don't and I didn't say that, but please point me at the article talking about the games positives?

There have been 4 articles recently headlining or mentioning offline and refunds:

Number of people requesting refunds = 100s

Number of people playing and, for most part, enjoying the game = 100,000+

There's your bias, where's your perspective?

Try listening to it. Yes they're a fansite but they're a lot more balanced than El Reg. They don't sidestep the negatives, unlike El Reg which seems incapable of talking about the positives.

Yes, I and lots of others that I speak to are having a good experience. I played with no issues during the supposed down time as did others I was speaking to, it depended on the server you were on. There are always going to be problems with software, but compared to other mmo's they are relatively minor.

Regurgitating the forums is not balanced reporting. People are going to shout loudest when they're unhappy with something, doesn't mean it's representative of the experience for most.

Here's an idea, how about actually contacting FD? Gets some figures on numbers affected vs the userbase? Same for offline. Speaking of which how about listening to this for a more balanced perspective that el reg's reporting so far.

http://laveradio.com/2014/12/episode-42-offline-no-more/