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Ship Transfer Poll Results

Postby Xebeth » Mon Sep 12, 2016 5:02 pm

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Default Transfer Poll Results

Hello Commanders!

We have the results from the ship transfer poll.

For reference, we posed a simple, two option question:


POLL: Should transferring ships and modules to your location take time?

OPTION 1: No, the transfer should be instant.

OPTION 2: Yes there should be a delay of 5 minutes minimum, 100 minutes to cross the human bubble, edge to edge.


As I stated in the initial post, we were already leaning fairly strongly towards having delivery times, but we wanted to get a snapshot of player sentiment to help us with our final deliberations.

39,902 people voted, of which 38,045 have validated Elite Dangerous accounts. We’d like to thank you for your participation.

Seventy percent of the vote was in favour of having delivery times.

This result has helped us confirm our decision to move away from having instant ship transfer, which we arrived at after much internal discussion, helped in part by vigorous debate on our forums, Reddit, etc.

It’s always great to be able to include feedback from you, the Commanders who play Elite: Dangerous, and we feel this has been a positive experience.


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Re: Ship Transfer Poll Results

Postby TorTorden » Mon Sep 12, 2016 5:07 pm

And 70% are wrong.

Like usual.
But honestly this has been a non issue blown out of proportions, hardly a difference between the two.
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Re: Ship Transfer Poll Results

Postby Cmdr Kharma » Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:26 pm

Yes there is.......

Delayed transfer was cheaper.......

That's why I voted for that......

Gotta look after the pennies......

I Need to curb expenditure......

Seeing as my ships are getting blown to shit by the AI......

Hmmmm......Then again.....Because of that......

I don't think I've got any fecking ships left to transfer.....

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Re: Ship Transfer Poll Results

Postby tinnitus » Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:44 pm

A commander still has to own the Ship first correct? Not like ordering a Pizza.

Oh well missed an opportunity to start a Hertz Space Ship Rental Business, affordable daily rates, Austin Sidewinder Mini to Rolls Cutter Royce, not forgetting the Rent-A-HAS-RES Wreck cheap rates.
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Postby JustSomeGuy » Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:03 pm

I voted for instant, but at least we do get the transfers..

Is the slow method noticeably cheaper, or just pennies?
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Postby Darr Valen » Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:06 pm

I voted delay, and I stand by that.. until it turns out it's terrible, at which point I was always against it.

Glad we're getting this much needed feature.
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Re: Ship Transfer Poll Results

Postby smartroad » Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:26 pm

Whats interesting with this for me is that it seems people want realism/immersion/believability (delete as appropriate!) over gameplay for gameplays sake. Personally I wanted beliveability, I could have gone with instant if it weren't for the whole 3D print thing. There was a post on the forums where someone said what FDev should have explained was "yes it does take time, we just arent making you wait for it - same as loading/unloading cargo". I could have got behind that, but FDev went for a silly explanation that broke the whole thing of shipyards and outfitting not selling everything.
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Re: Ship Transfer Poll Results

Postby Xebeth » Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:54 pm

smartroad wrote:.... Personally I wanted believability....


I tend to agree, now don't get me wrong I could have lived with 'instant' and in the end forgotten all the debate, but I do believe there needs to be some defence of the credible.

It's like Sci-fi and fantasy movies, if there is a logical (in lore) reason for something then you are able to suspend disbelief, but if stuff makes no sense and stands out as obviously out of place, then it takes you out of the moment and you start to question everything you see, ruining the whole experience.
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Re: Ship Transfer Poll Results

Postby IronDuke » Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:26 pm

I voted for instant, but can live with the delay.. although I don't see it adding any realism/immersion/believability/whatever; Just another irritating time-sync is all :roll:
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Re: Ship Transfer Poll Results

Postby Phillipus » Tue Sep 13, 2016 9:27 am

Voted for instant.

WTF is "immersion"? This is a computer game that involves doing a lot of tedious time-wasting activities that necessitate Alt-Tabbing to watch YouTube at the same time. Activities such as moving ships around. Now with added delay.

Immersion. Right.


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