>> - Why does time keep running in single-player mode when you're not
>>actually playing? In order to provide continuity of experience for
>>all the other players who aren't there?
>
>Because single-player mode isn't single-player. They decided to
>implement it as multi-player where no other players will get put into
>your instance.

Wow. That's like the lamest possible way to do that. I mean, I can see why they would have, it's probably the easiest way to do it, from a software development standpoint, but, gosh. I guess that explains why there is occasionally what seems remarkably like MMO lag for what I thought was no evident reason.

>There was a pretty big row on the forums several months ago when they
>announced that they wouldn't be doing an offline mode for the game
>which had been promised during Kickstarter.

Yeah, see, this is one of the several reasons why I don't hold with Kickstarter, particularly for big entertainment projects. With technology Kickstarters, you at least have a good idea what the thing is supposed to do before they start. Leaving aside the inevitability of delays and project creep, games and whatnot can just diverge into whatever the hell the developers happen to think of during the process, and if you don't like what their New Vision is, you're stuffed.

>>If I
>>wanted to be in a dogfight I'd go to one of the 24/7 dogfight parties
>>with which it seems like every star system is generously endowed and
>>get paid for doing it. I'm out here hauling coffee because I
>>don't want to do that. FFS.
>
>Agreed.
>
>I think their excuse is "it isn't called Elite *Dangerous* for
>nothing".

Reminds me a little bit of the Jack Emmert approach back when he was still the head honcho on City of Heroes. "If you're not playing the way I think best, you're doing it wrong and that will not be allowed." Except it's more glaringly annoying in a game that bills itself so aggressively as an Alternate World Where You Can Do As You Like.

I mean, don't get me wrong, it's not a dealbreaker yet, and the game has much else to recommend it by way of offset... but I'm starting to suspect that it's gonna get old pretty dang fast.

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