Board Thread:Announcements/@comment-24146651-20161103212516/@comment-5585298-20161104121609

Ok, a couple of things


 * I have joined the Trello board, but I didn't understand it at all, and to be honest, it's a little out of the way, and only really usable on a desktop. I'm mainly on iPad, which is why I haven't really contributed, sorry about that.


 * Discord is also a little out of the way. If all we'd be using it for is discussing the Wiki in a more instant manner, it's still a little cumbersome. I'm talking about time zones, mainly. Still, there's an app, so push notifications are a plus. However, it means another messaging app I'd be using. I already have iMessage, Skype, Kik, Snapchat, SMS and Twitter DMs, (all for different groups of people) so for me personally, it's just another one to juggle.
 * Tobi, with all due respect, I feel the repair times shouldn't be integrated at all. I get it - a profit needs to be made. I don't mean you're greedy or anything, but it's business, so I understand. But instead of getting users to pay for more in-game currency to bypass the timers, which undoubtedly has been integrated, why not just price the entire game something like £6.99, like you did with GoF2? You got millions of downloads from that! I'd gladly pay that (and again for add-ons) than wait for timers to reset. You said it's a tough nut to crack, but I don't understand why.
 * And I know it's still in development, but I'd suggest lowering the timers at least. Concerning the recently-added free roam option, I'd just want to get out there and fly! Not wait until my favourite ship has been fixed. And as for profit - adverts, which you can pay to remove? I just fear that this is going to become another Clash of Clans or Clumsy Ninja, where the premise looks good, but is held back by timers and iAPs. I enjoyed Clumsy Ninja for a good while, but eventually got bored because I was endlessly waiting for items to be repaired, and levelling up took forever. But with GoF2, I still play it, 4 years later - because it's so open. I'm free to do what I want in the Silky Way, without waiting or paying real money.

Those are my thoughts, anyway. Of course I'll still download the game and play it, but I just needed to get those off my chest.


 * Final thing: I understood the necessity for GoF:A to act as a freemium game - structures had to be built, empires had to be born, which don't happen at the touch of a button. So waiting for materials and buildings added a sense of realism and fairness. But fixing a ship? In GoF2, your ship was healed as soon as you docked. (Not to mentioned we're 1000 years in the future, so it wouldn't be too far from realism, no?)


 * Anyway, feel free to dispute my points, I'm all ears. Wait, do Octopods have ears?

fin