What is Happening to SC? Letter to DEVS

Game Discussion Miscellaneous
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If the game is incredibly fun to play, why not just play it? I have some T3/T4 ships but I am enjoying playing T2 matches. In fact, I spend most of my time flying T2.

 

I don’t need any advancement or reputation to do that. Just log in and start flying virtual spaceship.

 

None of this other stuff stops us from doing that.

you are already T4, therefore your opinion is not really important to any players currently leveling up. 

Leving up is the “goal”. but so far i have spent about 4 days just leveling up 1 rank for a freaking faction(contracts) and its still only at 80%!!  You can say whatever you want about you dont needing it, because I bet you already got 1 or more at lvl 12. 

Before the changes to contract only I was able t get 1 faction to 6 and another to 7. since then I haven’t been able to get any beyond 5! Do you have ANY idea how frustrating it is to be able to spend 5 hours in a game without ANY reward? AT ALL? No levels up, no good loot. NO NOTHING. 

 

Right now I have to spend AT LEAST 3 more hours to get the last 7k of loyalty(probaly 5 hours). That used to be about 30-60 minutes! And after that I am looking at ATLEAST 1-2 weeks for ANOTHER LEVEL. While that used to be about 1-2 DAYS. 

 

Yes exploding spaceships is FUN. But without ANY reward the FUN dissapears VERY quickly.

 

/rant

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you are already T4, therefore your opinion is not really important to any players currently leveling up. 

Leving up is the “goal”. but so far i have spent about 4 days just leveling up 1 rank for a freaking faction(contracts) and its still only at 80%!!  You can say whatever you want about you dont needing it, because I bet you already got 1 or more at lvl 12. 

Before the changes to contract only I was able t get 1 faction to 6 and another to 7. since then I haven’t been able to get any beyond 5! Do you have ANY idea how frustrating it is to be able to spend 5 hours in a game without ANY reward? AT ALL? No levels up, no good loot. NO NOTHING. 

 

Right now I have to spend AT LEAST 3 more hours to get the last 7k of loyalty(probaly 5 hours). That used to be about 30-60 minutes! And after that I am looking at ATLEAST 1-2 weeks for ANOTHER LEVEL. While that used to be about 1-2 DAYS. 

 

Yes exploding spaceships is FUN. But without ANY reward the FUN dissapears VERY quickly.

 

/rant

 

I don’t have anything at level 12. I don’t even have everything at level 6.

 

I just enjoy doing pew-pew against the computer and against other players. I get that every time I log on and play, regardless of my sub-faction loyalty or reputation levels. Playing is winning. It’s pretend spaceships with guns and missiles.

 

When that stops being fun - no amount of expeirence, rep, or faction will fix it and I will leave. Untill then…it’s game on!

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I’m one of the relative newbies, having signed up via Steam about two weeks ago, so only a few days before 0.7.12 release.and even in my limited time playing prior to the changes, I was able to really notice the differences.

 

I was able to advance through the three factions, purchasing the 3 base craft and advancing the synergies and then repeat with a higher level version of the craft (in the same tier) and get excited about the addition of a ‘Passive module’.  I then purchased the first craft in the T2 for the factions and went on to repeat what I had done with T1, gaining confidence in the new functionality weapons etc.

 

I’m now stuck with my 3 T2 craft and haven’t been able to afford any new craft since that change.  During my time in the T1 ranks, I had built up a nice nest egg (so I thought) of around 3 million, This disappeared buying and loading my new T2 Craft, and going into battle pulling (approx) 40K in win money, then paying out 20 -30K in repairs and re-armaments means that accumulating the 1.24 Million for the Next version of the T2 craft is taking many hours of play, which, while enjoyable, is nowhere near as much as previously.

 

I have been implanting on the occasion I got a new one, but the 4500% increase in the re-implantation cost just implemented has now made me stop adding any more (until I gain all 3 from the bracket) as it is just too much.

 

Please, get rid of the loot system if it is going to continue as it is. Truly, it’s wasting our time.

 

I am definitely glad that I went with the Free to Play “It’s free” ideology, and have not yet thrown down money on it with these changes, too much real world money would be involved where at the moment, I consider the time and experience to be a more viable alternative, but the interest is waning (sorry, but it is.)

 

I’ll love to see this get to Version 1.0 and released as a retail pack.  I’ll almost certainly pick it up if it has a Single Player Mode then, but for now, I’ll grind until I cannot be bothered anymore.

 

What does this actually mean? Before, I loudly and heartily recommended and attempted to coerce peers into joining Star Conflict.  Now, I’ll tell them the truth as it is, namely “It’s fun, but is taking a really long time to progress, and the recent changes aren’t making it better”

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I’m one of the relative newbies, having signed up via Steam about two weeks ago, so only a few days before 0.7.12 release.and even in my limited time playing prior to the changes, I was able to really notice the differences.

 

I was able to advance through the three factions, purchasing the 3 base craft and advancing the synergies and then repeat with a higher level version of the craft (in the same tier) and get excited about the addition of a ‘Passive module’.  I then purchased the first craft in the T2 for the factions and went on to repeat what I had done with T1, gaining confidence in the new functionality weapons etc.

 

I’m now stuck with my 3 T2 craft and haven’t been able to afford any new craft since that change.  During my time in the T1 ranks, I had built up a nice nest egg (so I thought) of around 3 million, This disappeared buying and loading my new T2 Craft, and going into battle pulling (approx) 40K in win money, then paying out 20 -30K in repairs and re-armaments means that accumulating the 1.24 Million for the Next version of the T2 craft is taking many hours of play, which, while enjoyable, is nowhere near as much as previously.

 

I have been implanting on the occasion I got a new one, but the 4500% increase in the re-implantation cost just implemented has now made me stop adding any more (until I gain all 3 from the bracket) as it is just too much.

 

Please, get rid of the loot system if it is going to continue as it is. Truly, it’s wasting our time.

 

I am definitely glad that I went with the Free to Play “It’s free” ideology, and have not yet thrown down money on it with these changes, too much real world money would be involved where at the moment, I consider the time and experience to be a more viable alternative, but the interest is waning (sorry, but it is.)

 

I’ll love to see this get to Version 1.0 and released as a retail pack.  I’ll almost certainly pick it up if it has a Single Player Mode then, but for now, I’ll grind until I cannot be bothered anymore.

 

What does this actually mean? Before, I loudly and heartily recommended and attempted to coerce peers into joining Star Conflict.  Now, I’ll tell them the truth as it is, namely “It’s fun, but is taking a really long time to progress, and the recent changes aren’t making it better”

you joined about the same time as me then :slight_smile: I played for about a week(maybe 2) i think before the contract changes and I LOVED the game back then, I was really hooked on this game, was about to spend money on it, and I was getting exited every time I leveled up and saw new oppertunities and possibilities. But since the changes the leveling up has simply come to a halt and the fun is just dwindling away with every battle as I am stuck at my 3 T2 ships and see no use in going up the tiers since i cant afford it nor do i feel like it anymore. And I see no reason to put money into it.

 

Before the contract changes it really felt as if you were progressing, but now, I can barely get 2k loyalty an hour, which used to be about 1 battle. I can understand why the developers felt progression was too fast, but this is just too slow to stay fun. I am just farming money and nothing else and it’s honestly getting really boring and I will probaly leave soon if it doesn’t become more progressing again :/ 

 

For my feel the game has changed from: You can play for 3 hours and progress quicker than people who only spend playing 1 hour a day to the same speed since you are depandant on contracts. I see no reason to really spend more time than just getting contracts done then logging off again since the only thing I am gaining without contracts is money and that has no use without progressing.

 

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