passenger8 said:
-what was wrong with the ships showing?!?
coz ppl change ships so much that means a lot of data traffic as the shipchange has to be sent to all buddies..
imagine this web of data traffic.. + it is a load on on consumers <players> end cpu..
i was fine with the ships.. i could see where buddies n clanmembers were n by seeing the ship o could what they were doing.. now u have to ask every clanmember what they doing..
cutting down on the information flow is making things harder for clans who dont use TS or Ventrillo..
but i get the feeling they dont care.. they want everybody all day in chat to ask what ppl are doing..
also when u were podded u could see which engi was close <if not on same planet a planet closeby> and u could ask them to come n mat u.. now u have to remember who has an engi n then ask all this ppl individual if they are in an engi..
avatars werent really thought thru imo and the game experience didnt improve by replacing the shipspictures with avatars.
but how to explain this to the staff?