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DF Elite To Play or Wait? 9 years 8 months ago #315369

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Would like to start this thread to hear players reasons for playing elite or not playing elite.
I personally want to start spending more time on elite and begin levelling up and help Zup fix any lingering Bugs and game glitches. I no many players like myself have purchased Elite but are not spending much time there. I am as guilty as the next person to do a quick game search, find no active pilots and then switching back to original DF. I would like to hear The DF communities thoughts, expectations and constructive criticisms regarding DF Elite. Welcome all input, Please be respectful of Zup and his hard work. I am sure this is a huge undertaking making a game compatible with so many devices and platforms. So lets help the almighty Zup out. Cypher out Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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DF Elite To Play or Wait? 9 years 8 months ago #315377

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Good thread!

I currently downloaded, paid and can't log on. I'd like to play Elite soon. I'm hoping Zup gets back to the email I sent and fixes the issue.

Zup has worked hard and I've really enjoyed this game. I'm not sure I'd want to start all over from the beginning in Elite...ugh! But I am looking forward to new features and hopefully some better control over team killers etc.
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DF Elite To Play or Wait? 9 years 8 months ago #315382

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i've been popping on to Elite periodically, it works fine for me (Win 10) with a little lag being the only noticeable issue. however since so few are over there, it's not much fun. sure i can get points logging in to a capture the carrier game and taking both the carriers... unopposed, or bomb the hangars... unopposed, but if i want to do that i might as well redo the practice missions.

i too hope to see more players on Elite before long, but the year is still very young.
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DF Elite To Play or Wait? 9 years 8 months ago #315383

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Thanks for the post brother. As far as starting all over that wont be the case. I am level 11 on elite. And still have all my Planes that I earned in DF. I am sure Zup will get back to you and get you sorted.
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DF Elite To Play or Wait? 9 years 8 months ago #315384

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Good to see your Post AirWolf. Love playing with and against you. Your a great pilot and look forward to seeing you in the air. Yes the year is young and Im sure Elite will pick up momentum.

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DF Elite To Play or Wait? 9 years 8 months ago #315422

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I’m really enjoying playing in Elite. The graphics are much better, the thicker woods make tanks more useful, the trees also make nap-of-earth flying much more challenging (thus more enjoyable), and the more realistic ballistics force us to do more actual dogfighting . . . a plus in my book. Sure it has some bugs (the nametag thing being the most annoying for me), but it is a “testing phase” not a finished game.

I’ve done alpha and beta testing on MMOs before, and this one is a dream compared to some of them. As far as I know, we haven’t had the game go completely down for hours or days at a time yet (common in the testing phase), and if that does happen, we can always get our game on in DF1 while we wait.

Internet consumers can tend to be demanding jerks, or at least they can come across that way through their emails/post. Zup made a business decision to charge for the beta download. I doubt that was motivated by greed; it’s far more likely that his budget to get Elite launched is tight enough that he didn’t have much choice.

That having been said, I don’t recall paying up front to get in on the MMOs that I’ve alpha/beta tested in the past . . . I’m guessing they started with a much bigger development budget, they eventually made big bucks off of hardcopies sold in stores, and they definitely charged a lot more for monthly subscriptions once they went live.

Unfortunately, charging up front arouses an unrealistic expectation for a more finished playing experience. That’s an erroneous assumption many players seem to me making, but [even when they’re wrong] the customer is always right. ;)
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DF Elite To Play or Wait? 9 years 8 months ago #315469

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I have enjoyed the time spent on elite so far. Cyper is correct in that there aren't many opponents in any of the games but the graphics are nice and I cannot help but feel it will be worth my while to learn the new bullet trajectories now rather than later. Personally I plan to subscribe and play both games but will spend the majority of my time in legacy for now so I can play against more folks.








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DF Elite To Play or Wait? 9 years 8 months ago #315603

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Ok I downloaded dfe for winphone but it kept crashing when I started a flight please fix
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DF Elite To Play or Wait? 9 years 8 months ago #315638

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I will be on elite as soon as Apple has released it!I will be playing Lots on elite when I get a chance to play.
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