On 2014-07-06 04:27, TheHunter wrote:
So we need a Darkspace 2, Rebuilt from the ground up using Kickstarter with crowd funding ...

Lets see what else ... Ah yes

Graphics taken upto 2014/15 levels, Star Citizen / Elite Dangerous Type Grpahic Sexyness.



This is a game that i'd buy and pledge for, Make it happen, its in your power DEVS to make it happen.


P.s On a side note i seriously need to stop pledging to star citizen, like seriously lol.




[ This Message was edited by: TheHunter on 2014-07-06 04:32 ]

On 2014-07-10 22:22, The Phantom of Darkspace[*ROGUE*] wrote:
1.7 ruined the fun!!! why have a tier system if all the ships are balanced?....the most exciting ships to play, the dreads, are now impotent...prestige is too hard to gain, not that it matters because of the lack of dominance in higher tier ships...the map is too big, and it is too hard to find other players...way too many 'swiss army knife' type ships....I could go on and on....maybe it is time to roll back to an earlier version...DS used to be addictive, now it is not worth it to even launch the game

On 2014-07-15 10:18, Point Of No Return wrote:
Incinarator if what you have said is true then this post would not exist, and DS would be packed with RL players and not just multi-accounts using the 3-5 same type ships from each faction.

On 2014-07-15 10:56, Incinarator wrote:

Quote: On 2014-07-15 10:18, Point Of No Return wrote: Incinarator if what you have said is true then this post would not exist, and DS would be packed with RL players and not just multi-accounts using the 3-5 same type ships from each faction.

Just because a game is good does not mean it will automatically get new players. This game is old, runs on an old engine, has passable but not modern graphics, and is filled with bitter old vets that refuse to help new players. The lack of a reliable tutorial and easy to access information about how the game works certainly doesn't help. The lack of advertisement doesn't help either.

You also have to remember that the devs volunteer their time on this game. Yes, many of the problems this game has could be fixed (relatively) quickly if even just one dev could devote their full time to it, but that just isn't going to happen. The devs have lives and families too, and can't afford to just quit their jobs to volunteer full time. We certainly can't pay them to do it, and the lack of money doesn't help advertising either.

As for only using 3-5 ships per faction... that's crap. If I had the space in my garage I'd have 10+ ships in there all the time on K'luth and UGTO. I'll admit I'd only need about the standard 8 on ICC, but that's because so few players know how to use assault ships well that it'd be too dangerous for me to use them, not because they're useless.

On 2014-07-15 11:42, The_Enforcer (The Vindicator) wrote:
and maybe, just maybe help the noobies out just a lil guys?

On 2014-07-22 19:14, Princess Luna wrote:
What happened to the fun of unlocking the next class of ship: the thrill of finally going to destroyers, then cruisers at 2nd Rear Admiral, or your first dread at Vice Admiral? I mean sure, you only got the carrier dread which had roughly the same firepower as a battle cruiser… or the ICC missile dread, where if an enemy got close you were screwed, blued, and tattooed, but it was still fun using your first dreads. Now dreads are too easy to unlock. I mean honestly now, they unlock at what, Captain? It’s even less than that probably... There's no thrill in unlocking the next ship type.

So what if in the older versions were supposedly broken? There were people, there was fun. Hell, I started playing in version 1.6. I only saw a missile dread once. I think it had Ion Trackers Mk II or something... Or that UGTO dread elite Jessica Gradevor or whatever.

This game barely makes its server costs by a hair or two some months. I've logged some 80 days on my main account, and I’ll bet only one to two at most are in version 1.7. The game is still kind of fun, but I swear you people have updated it for a bigger player base because each ship has a counter. For example, if there is a missile or carrier ship it gets countered by a PD ship. What good does a dedicated PD ship do, though, if only you and one other person are there? What if there is say four ICC ships: a MD, combat dread, assault dread, and a suppy. From the UGTO standpoint you could get a PD ship to counter the MD but what about the CD and the AD? If you get a bastion dread it kind of counters both, but it will just be a snack if they tag team him, making your poor little PD ship little more than target practice.

No offense, but the only useful stations are the LS, BS, and the Nest. The support stations and command stations are useless. They used to be semi-useful, but now you've dumbed them down to the point that I NEVER see a BS, SS, CS, SCB, Hive, or Colony. The Nest is only used on rare occasions to fight the MI and the BS has a huge dead zone of about 400 GU which makes it worthless against the ICC because they can just sit and pelt you from outside of the range of your torpedoes or missiles.

\What happened to the idea of a five minute JD and a one minute WH? Yes you could chase escaping players through wormholes, but they were still useful. Back in 1.6 if you wanted to sneak around you would use two or three WHs to sneak though towards another faction’s home system.

Ah, the fun days. It’s too bad those are impossible to find anymore. It’s depressing really. I'd give a lot for the 1.6 map. In my opinion 1.6 was far more fun and balanced then this stupid ass 1.7. I think 80 days of playtime speaks for itself.

There are CMs with 200+ days of playtime who NEVER even long on any more. That should be a sign the game was once loved and fun and now it’s just a dying game. I know of games like Battlefield 1942 that get better server life than this game. I still try to play DS, but every time one person gets on and is ganged up on by another faction, gets pissed and leaves for the rest of the day or just switches to the faction that killed them. For example, 2007mage left the ICC to join the K’luth a few days ago... and then another ICC joined... by the end I think we had seven or so people. THAT is the most people I've seen online at the same time since 1.7 came out.

There is a form thread five pages long complaining about the map being too big and other reasons why this version sucks. Most of the players posting are veterans who have 100+ days playtime, but I guess opinions don't matter if they’re not for the game balance.

Fluttershy has a point about this not being an MMO; it’s just a privately hosted game with biweekly gatherings, and even those gatherings are small. A common example is two UGTO vs four ICC. The ICC would be in two LSs, one line dread, and a combat dread. That isn’t exactly fair for the UGTO, especially considering that there is no counter for those two UGTO against the ICC. The game is balanced if teams are even, but that rarely happens. Everyone flocks to one faction, making it impossible for the other faction to counter everything, causing the smaller faction to just get farmed for prestige while trying to defend. This game is all about numerical advantage and always has been, but since EVERYONE HAS QUIT THE GAME IT IS NOT BALLANCING THE WAY THE DEVS WANT IT TO.

I’ll end my rant because it’s just going to get read by a few of the players and ignored by everyone else. I love the game and some of the community should be nicer, but we need to find a way to please what few people are here, and bring back the older players, AND get newer players. I love the fact that you guys are still working on the game, and I understand that you don't want to make the map smaller, but where is the fun in logging in and clicking EVERY system in the hopes of seeing an ENEMYPLAYER appear on the navigation screen. It’s kind of difficult to do seeing as how many systems there are in the central cluster. Oh look, I said I would end my rant, but here I still go… I think I’ll stop typing now. Here's a book. Read it, like it, hate it, do what you will, but please listen to the players for the love of all that is holy.

On 2014-07-24 06:21, Fluttershy wrote:
Autopilot is suicidal

On 2014-07-24 06:21, Fluttershy wrote:
AI always get stuck in 'Fall back' mode due to evasive override

On 2014-07-24 06:21, Fluttershy wrote:
Community is in many cases kinda rude and snarky and aggressive to new ideas

On 2014-07-24 06:21, Fluttershy wrote:
Too few players and specialization makes it necessary to keep swapping between ships

On 2014-07-24 06:21, Fluttershy wrote:
Development is closed source and not actively worked on

On 2014-07-24 06:21, Fluttershy wrote:
I wonder. How hard would it be to remake this game in Unity? Would it even be worth it? Would there be advantages that outweigh the disadvantages?