[TI] Drone Disclosure

This is one of the most lame upgrades/updates to ships I've seen yet, instead of correcting
existing problems in the game such as UBA, dwindling participation in different servers through-
out the game, and other technical issue that plague this game you put on display of everyones
drone types, and level and whether they have Havocs and Hercs. There is so much technically
wrong that affects this game and is not being taken care of and is discussed every day in forum, but yet still as of date not being taken care of, you puy in a update/upgrade that has no
necessary function in this game but give away what you/or don't have to other players.

 

i agree, u might aswell put our passwords and log in information on there to all would be hackers!! the choice of displaying our equipment level surely must be ours as its our money thats been used to attain that level..what u wanna do is halve the cost of uri, then and only then will we see a return of long lost players to the game..

 

As I can fully understand your frustration with this new addition, I myself have to hope that the new addition is part of something that is yet to come for the game. As we have all been advised in the DEV Blog, there are many new things coming to the Dark Orbit community.

I do like the option of being able to see my drones and shut off everyone else's drones.

I know this is not the response you were hoping for...
Please have a bit of faith and lets hope for something great to come.

Have a nice day
Astraea

 

You have always been able to see what was available for drones with the information in the ship name system. "I", "F", "A", "Z", white (no designs), RED, and BLUE (for Havocs and Herc's) so don't understand what you created this thread about.

EDIT:
The only change discussed in the disclosure is the NEW addition of the drone LEVEL and most people have already upgraded to 16 anyways so what is the problem there?

HOWEVER, I and 4 friends have noticed that our drones are being drug around (on display) even though we have the "show drones" unchecked and still see ours but not others. As I am aware of the LAG caused by the additional items on the screen, the fact I can not stop showing what I know I have upsets me. LAG has always been an issue with most players and having 9 (don't have ZEUS's) other items on the screen is just going to cause that much more LAG to us.

 

Okay so you are probably one of those players that got upset when they gave you the CROWN showing you had completed every Galaxy Gate (except Hades) which shows that you have EITHER spent a ton of MONEY building gates OR been playing FOREVER (but since this is a NEW feature everyone knows you are a wallet). PET 10's, Zeus drones, Drone Designs, constantly changing ships, and Galaxy Gate rings have always been give a ways too how STRONG/RICH you are. To get this upset over the addition of a "NUMBER" is CRAZY. But then like was said by the OP there are more pressing issues that BP/DO should be working on fixing instead of these STUPID updates that are not desired (I would prefer to see a reminder of my DRONE DAMAGE instead of my drone level).

 

u miss understand Hades, my main objection is that there are so many other problems with this game that DO/BP should be throwing
their attention to like I mentioned in My Post, than some trivial thing as Drone Disclosure. There is a way in settings to hide ur drones
now, u also have a reminder of ur drone damage in ur hanger when u click on ur drones. and besides when u look at someone elses
drones on line under their HP/Shield strength line it shows white, not red or blue.

 

That means they don't have any Drone Designs on their Drones then.

 

I, for one, agree with the poster that stated he would rather see drone damage; however, that would be visible to other players as well. I think it would have been appropriate to at least give us a forewarning of this change. I do not like having my drone level displayed for all to see.

 

I did understand what you were saying I was just pointing out that the only change was the addition of the drone level. The nice thing about this change is it is an average so if you had to replace a destroyed drone your LEVEL would be misleading. You need to look at the drones as they do become red and blue with the designs assigned to them. Get around some UFE players wearing the crown for the KRONOS gate completion and you will see the drone indicators are these colors.

And yes I see they added another line for the show drones so you have to select 2 different items if you want to see them and don't know why with all the LAG anyone would want to clutter their graphics with these.

But this being said I also agree that stupid additions like this should be done after they FIX other problems in the game instead of working to create more problems by adding more crud to the system. I stopped using the 3D platform as I kept jumping port to have to relog to see my ship wasting too much time and allowing an almost dead enemy to escape and waste all the ammo I used to attempt to kill them.

I also notice I have 9 drones (8 Iris and 1 Apis) with 2 (Iris) at level 15 and 7 at level 16 and it shows I am level 6 so what is up with this?

ANSWER

Just figured it out the level is not the UPGRADE LEVEL but the attained experience level which would be seen when drones were displayed anyways so again not giving any NEW information away just making it easier to see instead of showing drones in display.

I agree with the desire for FOREWARNING, as with the NEW HANGAR pricing, it would have been nice to be informed that the price was going to be reduced (especially when buying 1 under the OLD price was more than buying 10 under the NEW). But then DO/BP has always worried more about their wallet than their player base.

I suggested the drone damage but did not mean for it to be a PUBLIC notification but a notification after we logged in or repaired our ship as we don't always take the time to check our HANGAR to see DRONE DAMAGE, before returning to a fight/defense of a CBS.

 

I get its an update to help future updates but I really dont like looking at my drones lol never have might just be me but they look ugly maybe with the halloween drones I might like em but I find the ship looks btter without the drones hanging around but thats just me.

 

Hello all,

Thank you for your input on this issue, I can understand fully why some are distressed at the addition of new things being added to the game before older things are actually resolved.

What I don't think you are aware of is that the Development Team is not just one group of people working on the game "DarkOrbit" itself. These people are divided up into specific groups... kinda like the in game company fractions. For example we have MMO/EIC/VRU the development teams has its own set of fractions. Examples: Game Enhancement/ Game Repair/ Game Events/ Game Testing/ Game Protection / Support. (These may not be exact, but it is to make a point.)

Each area of the Development team has its own specific duties. So if the "Game Enhancement" group completes their specific tasks... these items are introduced to the game for enhancement of your gaming experience. However current issues in the game may take longer to resolve, for a multitude of reasons we may not be unaware of. This does not mean that New things are more important. It just means that the Development team is working to offer you the players a better gaming environment by adding new things, while still working to repair the old.

In the forums there are monthly posts called Patch-notes. These can be seen in the Technical Announcement area. These are updates for items that are repaired/items removed or replaced/ in game events etc...

You can also see the "road map" for the future in the section called DEV BLOG.
Here is a quote from the most recently added Dev Blog -Insights on the current state of planning.

As you can see they are working in all areas to make the game better for all.

We always appreciate the continued support by you community, to help us recognize game issues and the willingness to help other with solutions to their in-game issue.

I have faith that things in the game will be fixed and evolve for all to enjoy.

Have a nice day and enjoy your game.
Astraea

 

that doesn't matter Astraea the amount of money pour'd into this game by it's players, the old stuff should be take'n first and the newest
taken after the first problems are taken care of it makes good business , for instance UBA has bee plague with problems since inseption
this is why players are leaving is the lack of attention to detail!

 

Problem I have to bring up is that NEW additions seem to increase the PROBLEMS instead of resolving them so, WHY introduce improvements when they generally create more problems than they correct (e.g. 3d platform created the vanishing ship using jump portal so you had to log out and back in to get back into the game). This now means if you jump to save your ship whatever ammo you used to attempt to kill an enemy was wasted as you spent too much time to get your ship back into the game to even find the target again. Event additions are the same way (remember parasite tide where game had to be reset because of problems caused after loading it into the game). I remember the first AI (May? 2011) update that chased a bunch of people out of the game as the NPC's were out of range and hitting you when you could not shoot them causing everyone to have to group up to kill anything.

So yes story line needs to be followed and new has to be added but fix what has been messed up before you decide to mess more up is all we are saying.

 

Hello,

I am not going to banter you on this topic, you are welcome to your thoughts and opinions on the things that you like and dislike about the recent additions and in game issues.

We always appreciate players letting us know what issues are occurring in the game - and we work to get these matters resolved.

I would have to say, and this is my opinion (Not that of the management) lol!
A lot of players post how much money they spend on their account, and how in the old days it wasn't so expensive to play. Yet when events and activities come out that are intended to be fun at little to no cost, those same players are never happy. Looking at the most recent Events, the Attack of the Killer PETs and the Halloween event. Both of these events have offered boxes/pumpkins with nice items contained and good uridium. The Killer PET event the value of the NPC's was great and gave players the ability to earn more for the NPC's they were killing. The Tunnel of Terror, may be difficult but the rewards - the free drone design at each new level after map 2 and the amount of uridium earned when completing it. And the missions for both events have had nice payout, which has helped the lower level players advance and the higher level players have something to change up their everyday game play.

I truly believe that players are not leaving because of the game issues or the expense. I think players like the game and are willing to work around some of the more noticeable in game issues. I think that players get discouraged at being destroyed over and over by Wallet Warrior players and Multi company clans to the point where the game is not fun. I think putting things into the game that is more readily available to lower level players / free to play player is a great thing.

Yes the game has some old issues... but the issues would be far worse if new things did not come into the game to help lower level and free to play players. Because those players do grow and become fighting adversaries, if they leave the game you have the same old Wallet Warriors complaining about the same old things and the game will die.

This is my thought on this...
Have a nice day
Astraea

 

Astraea;
The issue that has occurred recently, and is causing the NEW player to leave the game is, the lack of protection from the UFE (WALLETS) players looking for the EASY kills. I used to be able to call out an enemy in a lower map and get a dozen protectors to respond, now if you get one response you got lucky. The fact there is no way to protect the maps (because of jump chips) from enemy entry has also made it harder for the NEW players to advance. These players who have chosen to NOT PAY TO PLAY, and get popped every time they enter into a map (leave a portal), find they can not advance their ship as they are spending everything they earn in repairing their ship and drones. The improvements of the BOT elimination has helped the players who want to stay in x-2 to get items there but then they get looked at being a BOT themselves. The removal of the Lordakia and Struener from the Rank points is another reason for the decline as they are the only things in a "PROTECTED" map to kill. It used to be very easy to get a group together to do quests and now you fight tooth and nail to get any assistance at all, even in clans it is difficult to get assistance from them. So if a player has not got their ship FE they have no chance to do the quests or events and with the glitches being developed faster than repaired it just creates more issues than a new player wants to deal with.

I find most of the NEW accounts coming into the game are BORED WALLETS that are building a new account to get the fun back into the game. They have completed all of the quests they can and are bored searching for new people to kill as they see the same people all the time and worry about the anti-pushing rules. The lag issues, which have never been addressed, still exist and even with lower numbers in the maps still cause issues. A friend can not get past the Melters in the Halloween Gate as he lags out and freezes when trying to lock a new target and of course gets popped by the Melter. This is frustrating to all players and as there are so many UBERS in the gate most players are not even attempting the gate, UFE and WALLETS excluded. Yes it is nice that it is so hard as a change but if you can not deal with the Ubers in the 4-5 map how are you supposed to deal with them in a SOLO Gate? If these NPC's were to spawn and act like normal maps (you have to search for them not swarm on you) it would be a better situation, yes moving into their range they would be attracted to you as in any map but then you would have to deal with a few not the entire batch of waves like now.

So in closing even though the REWARDS have been increased for the EVENTS it is NOT the new player benefiting from them but the WALLETS who are not having to spend as much during the EVENTS as they are getting the stuff for free. Thus not attracting NEW players just NEW accounts owned by the WALLETS to make the game enjoyable for them. And as the events have more people trying to advance their status have more UFE's hunting in GANGS to kill the NEWBS. Sorry if I offended anyone but this is what I have seen and dealt with for 5 years of playing OFF and on as a Play For Free player for the first 2 years. The addition of UPGRADES, P.E.T. 10, Extra Hangars, and Booty Chests, I finally started paying a little but quickly found these to be a waste of money and have only paid for Premium to save Uridium from being used to repair ship, drones, and P.E.T. 10 from being shot down all the time, even being FE I am unable to stay in a fight long enough to do any good it seems.

 

dont waste ya breath players always want something to moan about

havocs/hrucs has been showing since they came out , the level for your drones was put into play for the simple reason the new drones design you can get have 1 base level they don't change look at lower level and its to let you know more then other players or you more upset when someone pops you ya cant moan and lol saying you only have lvl 5 or lvl 4 drones and if you can do a better job send an app into the dev team because you seem to think the bugs can be fixed in mins.

 

I do not know exactly who you are trying to berate with your comments, but I know one of the people who were upset about the levels was thinking it was the UPGRADE LEVEL not the EXPERIENCE Level (which is what is being shown). Most people have level 5 or 6 drones anyway, unless they have failed to repair them before popping and then you have had to replace them with NEW ones, or your a noob who is just starting to get them.

The biggest issue is there are issues in the game that have NEVER been fixed and we are just asking to have some of these taken care of before adding more problems (as it seems every change has another batch that need addressed). Parasite Tide had to be reloaded as there were too many problems to be addressed while it was LIVE. I don't think anyone thinks the problems are simple fixes but I do know we would like to see some of the existing ones taken care of. Biggest problem (even with LOW activity) is the lag on the servers, it seems every one is seeing it and it is getting to be TOO annoying for a lot of us to play. Being popped as our screen froze is getting annoying. Jumping through a portal and not having your ship populate is even worse (caused with the 3D system) so I stopped playing 3D.