I am seriously concerned that I made a poor choice when I decided to invest money in EU and purchased a Mothership. I am increasingly aware that MA see space as the poor relation...
They really don't seem to know what to do with this 'waste of space' between planets. Every VU we live in hope of something new to help revitalise it.. do they even read the suggestions made by players?
Now we have the roadmap.. 2 years of what is to come (yay ..surely something for us spacers)
I scoured it.. every word..several times.. but nothing for space ..again
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Is my frustration showing... hell I hope so.
and btw MA can we fix seating on the motherships so it works.. seems you busted even the few that did, as well as screwing up how people sit in vehicles, beauty chairs etc.. It is the stupid little things that really get to us..
Oh Granny
I had so hoped with you it wouldn't come to this. That fire of enthusiasm, optimism and hope that new investors in space bring is so often ebbed and eroded away. I loved your passion coming into this when you first bought Kronan
( a ship which I have always had fond feelings for from the very early days when Normandie and Kronan would dance for hours with Jetsina and I at the wheel... I digress... ).
It was great to see Kronan in the hands of someone who was really becoming immersed in space and all that that is.
However, it's almost like the elephant in the room. Or like when a new inmate joins the asylum
Its great to see such new fresh enthusiasm, but get that sinking feeling in the back of my mind that its only a matter of time before the disillusion begins, the shine wears off, and we can only but hope that there is still something about those twinkly stars that keep you here, and not for the cycle to begin again.
And the hardest part? That all of that is so easily prevented. If only space was seen as something worthy of some developer time.
People even mock now when the space goers question why nothing in being said on the road map about space, possibly unaware that such lack of enthusiasm for the space they created, or even a hint of whats to come, causes such disillusion.
As you know, I'm a major space fangirl and have over the years stuck up for it tooth and nail! But after the years and years of promises, failed promises and then no promises, it does make you wonder why MA give it so little love, and I can completely see where you are coming from.
So many people have sent such great innovating ideas over the years regarding space, some pants, but some that would really actually make such a huge difference. Sometimes they do listen, and after many months or sometimes years - dire needed suggestions will be implemented - eg rear gun turrets. Fabulous!
But there comes a point of wondering how much is too little too late. How often can ships change hands to new fresh faced eager investors, ready to experience all that space is, if space itself won’t live up to the promises.
This is the first time I have saw a thread where more people an interest in actually wanting space to become more dangerous.
Imagine a space that’s vastly huge, with warping ships cutting tracks across the stars, while small ships battle their way across jump gates and zones to safety. Choosing black holes to disappear down, not knowing where you may re-appear, could be a short cut, could be dangerous. Imagine jump gates like forts, can be fought over and won, by pirates where “none shall pass” or by the good guys, securing trade routes.
Imagine asteroids for hunting, imagine player owned “space areas”.
Imagine space instances, where you take your ship through a galaxy of challenges, dodging the asteroid field, the locusta swarm, before finally meeting the space boss mob.
Space could be so much more than that bit between the planets; we all know there are enough of us up there who truly love to be in space, even in its current form!
Space could be so many wonderful things for the game, not only providing the platform for planets to grown and thrive with their own economy, but a fabulous hub in its own right, to be explored and enjoyed.
Space has come a long way since the start ( remember when it was small and pink!?!
) and I think it was always supposed to be awesome - its just lost its way. That its potential has always been there, just never been given the time that it really needs to become all that it possibly can.
As others have said, having its own team of developers who work purely with space would be ideal, but I guess currently not economically viable. Instead of space being its own profitable business, its that bit on the side, or as granny put it - the poor relation.
Sorry, I went on a bit there. Home made cookies if you got this far
I will always love space and all that it is, even in its current form, hanging onto that glimmer of hope that one day MA will make space all that it should and could be