Ever since Update 16 gave us nothing new that isn’t War-related except magnetic sippy cups at low-grav outposts, I’ve become disillusioned and very much disappointed in E:D and especially FDev. However, on the other site, whenever I post any comments that give any sort of criticism towards E:D or FDev, I get chastised and ridiculed. It seems that, now, the general consensus is that FDev can do no wrong and E:D is the greatest game ever. I don’t agree, I think they both have a lot wrong with them, and this is coming from someone with over 800 hours put into the game and who loves it to death. I guess I was wondering if this place is as much of an echo chamber as the other place, or if I can truly freely air my opinions on certain things about E:D and FDev here
This was me. Tried to get into it, and aside from how insanely complex it all is, the gameplay loop itself just didn’t feel enticing. I do follow update announcements, so I can see the much-vaunted ‘space legs’ are now a thing. What is there to do in E:D for a new player in 2023?
It did make me laugh pretty hard the first time I tried to launch my ship from a hangar. Not being ready for the realistic controls, I moved the mouse slightly which sent my ship into a mad death spin, with attempts to regain control adding various different axes (axis’?) to the confusion. After a few seconds of bonking off the walls like some sort of demented metal moth, I of course exploded.