Vehicles .... or not?

Discussion in 'The Black Hole' started by Lykke TheNun, Jun 22, 2010.

  1. 200 cars???

    Shit, i would've happily paid TT if that's the problem...

    Marco, you owe us an apology, your bullshit post states nowhere that you feel sorry for pissing off 799.800 players (well, not really that many, but still way too many - in any case the 200 happy players do not outweight those you pissed off severely)

    Funny tho that you got "so excited" over a measly 340 US$ (200*17 PED !) promotional giveaways (i mean, really, if i open a new free bank account i will receive a freebie worth 150 US$ here... and it doesnt take 3 hours of my life, and i know for sure that i will receive it...).

    Will you guys ever grow up? That's no way to run a company, seriously - you act as if you're selling stolen goods from daddys backyard garage...
     
  2. MistressArwen

    MistressArwen Smile, makes someones day

    Something else regarding estetics. Whats the deal with fossilfuel cars in a space age society? Wheels are prehistoric and so passe. Shouldve been antigrav cars that can fly through the air bein a nice frequent addition to the skyline of the hi tech planet.:dunno:

    It just does not fit the decor of calypso, mabe Rocktropia yes, but not Calypso.

    Mmmm, mabe admin should change the words "Black Hole"to "Marcos rectum". Anyway who is this guys Marco anyway, he sounds extremelly arrogant and smug? and does he and his possy read these threads and take heed?
     
  3. Atlan Leticron

    Atlan Leticron Postmoderna pixel pusher

    I gues I am entitled to something like a FV721 Fox Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Wheeled); 30mm main gun, 4x4 armored scout car. Powered by a Jaguar 4.2L in a special multifuel/military configuration. It's amphibious, air-transportable and with a 65mph top speed is one of the fastest scout cars ever produced. And it'll go damn near anywhere.

    [​IMG]

    Or maybe a FUCHS

    [​IMG]


    :rofl:

    Regards.
    Ion
     
  4. narfi

    narfi Lost

    The update happened around 3am alaska time (where i live) my wife was so excited she stayed up all night, got my computer updated(her game wont auto update so she has to wait for wizz to give the proper dl links (thanks wizz much appreciated)) and spent till morning tp hopping and trying to get a car. When I woke up she was very tired, frustrated, and cranky.

    Last night during the end of the "usa" giveaway she continued to jump tp to tp and had a network of friends trying to find the guides and get their first. I went to a couple but the chaos and rendering time was more frustrating that I liked so I went mining instead.

    She continued doing this and when I was out in the middle of nowhere (two lesser jumps from a tp) I get a message in pm "come to eos immediately" to which I respond "is it pressing? im out mining" his answer got me moving, "Ive got emma here and no one is around" By the time me and my wife got there were a half dozen people there but the chaos hadnt started yet. We quietly said "hi" and stood in line and each received a car.

    Was this fair? no
    Did the fact that we each got a car remove all our frustrations? no (though it was nice to get)

    There were several people in my society that had also spent the entire day chasing the carrot and got nothing, and were understandably pissed off and frustrated.

    I am a budget player and have always played with the style that for me to play on my budget I cant follow the crowd. When missions are here and everyone is hunting hardcore I switch to mining. When blazers first started dropping I camped merp because they were the most markup per ped spent. When gazz is high i camp drones, etc... Yesterday morning I looted 5 (L) car component bps and auctioned them immediately assuming the drop rate had increased and the price would drop, it did and I profited nicely before the crash.

    Using this strategy I wanted to sell my car as soon as possible, I know they will become more common and cheaper, If I want to play with one later I can purchase it. But I let my wife and soc guilt me into keeping it because I was one of the "lucky ones' in the whole mess, and it would be wrong to sell. :(

    My idea for a solution/different way of distribution,

    We know that they wanted to hand out 200cars.
    They know how many players log on per day. (for something like this they would need to multiply by 150-200%)

    Suppose that there are 2000people logging on a day and double that for an event to 4000. (random numbers, I honestly have no clue)

    4000/200 = 1 car per 20 players

    Make 20 unique parts for the "gift car" that require no bp to piece together, just drag and drop like amps on a gun.

    Each person that logs on that day would get 1 piece in a "gift window"

    Do a rotation through the pieces as each person logs in to prevent the "rare item" that could be created by a random system.

    This would make everyone happy, they each received a part of the car.

    It would encourage the RCE aspect of the game as those with cash can buy parts and those with out will get some free peds to play with.

    win/win

    those are my thoughts anyways.

    gl and have fun,

    narfi
     
  5. Atlan Leticron

    Atlan Leticron Postmoderna pixel pusher

    Sorry to say, but this go's for a majority of players as well.
    I play PE for a fair amount of time now, and anyone who do's just knows how these things go.

    I didnt even bother to log in on that day, simply becouse I knew how it would go and my chances to realy get something where incredibly slim.

    It's the same for years now and I dont expect it to change.
    So I save myself the frustration and go do something fun instead ;)

    Regards.
    Ion
     
  6. MistressArwen

    MistressArwen Smile, makes someones day



    I may not be very lady-like sayin it, but the FPC design team has to be a bunch of morons if they cant come up with something like this.:nana:
     
  7. Neuromancer

    Neuromancer Brainstormers Official Brain Glue

    or not

    I was out mining, but spent 30 minutes or so at PA. It was pretty bad.
    This might help.

    Gary Numan--(guess the tittle)

    David Lindley - Mercury Blues
    maybe the best version of this song

    Some cars singing The Cars "Just what I needed".

    "I don't mind you coming here, wasting all my time"
    "Cause when you're standing oh so near, I kind of lose my mind, yeah"
    This nicely sums up the situation at PA
    Background sort of looks like the Ashi desert
     
  8. Dragon Moon

    Dragon Moon ...ya, that too...

    Somebody on EF suggested that the Emma & Simon avatars were run by Marco & Frank. Now wouldn't that explain favoritism and desaster?
     
  9. I got a car, drove around with it some.
    Then sold in on auction for 600ped.

    It was sold in 30 seconds.
     
  10. Yes, by saying that you lost your boob-privileges!
    xD
     
  11. Lykke TheNun

    Lykke TheNun In Loot We Trust

    Rofl! I don't believe that's so though ;) ...

    Anyway, Narfi I admire your patience and your car seems well deserved.

    No more ranting from me on this subject, as I said; it's not the cars I'm 'after' (well I am :D) but the ways it was handed out!

    And Atlan, you're so right. I should have known - and actually Peter knew and asked me why I even bothered logging in ... but at a moment I just hoped ... and the day we looses hope, we looses everything :dodge:
     
  12. NotAdmin

    NotAdmin Administrator

    Same here. I didn't even bother coming down from CND. I collected some TPs up there while Lykke was running around, then logged off and spent some time on the tracker code.

    As frustrating as running into walls with that at times gets, I somehow get more enjoyment from that than the actual game. Also, it costs me less. Go figure.
     
  13. Dragon Moon

    Dragon Moon ...ya, that too...

    Exactly! I logged in to watch the crowd, not to chase a free car. Crowd watching is very entertaining for me (in rl too), but the entertainment turned into disgust pretty soon. What a pathetic "virtual reality show" that whole event was. :disgust:
     
  14. Tass

    Tass Administrator

    A positive outlook: ROCKtropia did better than Calypso on this matter. And in future other planets might do better too on other matters. Competition! Calypso will have to adapt and in the end we'll get a better universe.

    (Hope dies last)
     
  15. I find that Vehicles are just another thing to suck Peds from us.

    the community had a out cry that ppl wanted Vehicles -- they got them.
    But what about our Pets. over a Year now and still my pets sit in storage (most likey starving :( ) this makes me very unhappy. Why??? well my thoughts (or ideas) are here ............


    1. pets can be also a mode of transportation

    2. Pets can be tamed yes, and what about when they reach lvl 3 - yes they can be named. So why can't FPC ppl look at having the pets gain lvls right along side there owners and be there to carry some of the loot; be a Mode of transportation or even have the ablitily once they reach a (lets say lvl of experience lvl 10 or higher) to be right besided the owner in battle. MmM

    ****** if they want this game to be as mush like all the other MMO games or like earth, well then pets should also be a part of the development of our Online Universe ******

    SO answer me this FPC or who ever is in charge. WHY did you not bring Back the pets before introducing vehicles, or even bring back the space ships that pilots need. as they still have the deeds to their ships. MM.. Why go and introduce new stuff??? it only causes the long time players to be upset and fustrated with you all.

    YOU ppl at FPC and MA - 1. need to stop thinking about what will bring in new players, becuase for one .. even new players still will not be able to handle all the crap you have introduced. they still have to sweat or depo to get anywhere.
    2. you should be thinking about your old players the ones that have put up with all your mistakes and who have been your loyal gamers.
    3. with vehicles in this game.. well you are no longer a unique game.. you are just like everyone else out there.. nothing that sets you apart as different when it comes to the game play.
     
  16. MistressArwen

    MistressArwen Smile, makes someones day

    Do you have a problem with my two galls??? There is a reason why I wear wings in-game you know, cos my back hurts and the wings brings back some kinda balance and relief. Its not my fault they are so big, I am my mommys girl.:spank:
     
  17. MistressArwen

    MistressArwen Smile, makes someones day

    I agree with my Mom and she is absolutelly right about FPC neglecting stuff and focussing on the wrong stuff. I may be a blond Missisippi gall but I aint stupid. I would rather ride on a big daiki than ride these silly little cars that dont fit their surroundings.
     
  18. Screw vehicles. I wanna know why my gun was lagging like hell earlier when I was trying to hunt Atrox.
     

  19. Calm down here, the thought of boob-priveleges just ran through my head and I thought it sounded too funny not to post!
    Nothing personal love! <3

    Just a silly goose having his little fun.
     
  20. Atlan Leticron

    Atlan Leticron Postmoderna pixel pusher


    I can understand your frustrations, however...

    It is also possible that the vehicle system had to be up and running first before they can redo and adapt the pet/hangar systems.
    Its very possible that thats the next step that gets reimplemented and will be adapted to the vehicle system.
    In the release notes its already mentioned that planes/spaceships will be introduced to go to other planets and places in space.

    And it all costs more ped.
    Well honestly I didn't expect it the other way.
    Actually I dont want to see it the other way to be honest.
    Creating more opportunities for players etc.
    Besides its a choice to pay and use them, its not that you have to to play.
    Its all about options, and the more the better to keep things interesting.

    Now that would be something.
    To be honest, I don't see it happen though.
    I already started a thread on this once and you can imagine the outcry from the community :dodge:

    If your fellow Calypsonians dont like it, than for sure dont expect that from MA or FPC.

    Just my dos pecos.

    Kind regards.
    Ion
     
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