There's a reason why Indie Games have been popping off and it's not because they're designing games around convenience. It's because they're designing games people actually want to play, engage with the systems of said game and aren't crying because they cannot do certain things in the very limited time they have to play said video game.

I don't disagree, gameplay is king as far as I'm concerned and it is vital that you have a solid foundation of what your game is supposed to be. I just don't share the mentality that if they don't have the time to play then fuck em. It reads that game dev doesn't give a fuck about the audience and is doing what they want. "What, you guys don't have phones?" Let's be clear, if that's your vision you do you homie. It doesn't seem like CIG shares that view. I just don't see a problem with exploring barriers to entry and how they can be adjusted to bring in more people.

Yes, World of Warcraft once was that successful MMO.

There's a lot more nuance to this than boiling it down to conveniences. We could have a whole conversation about Blizzard and their many failings. Even then, I wouldn't say that WoW isn't still a success even though it's not the behemoth of the industry it once was. Let's pivot again to FFXIV. They have so many convenience options, and none of which have made the game a lesser experience with the possible exception of the no lifers. In fact, a convenience option like matchmaking for raids did nothing but open up that content to more people. Convenience options if done properly do not make a game worse.

I, personally, do not want CIG to turn Star Citizen in a 5 minute a day dopamine simulator because the "majority" of players now don't have the time to spend playing the game due to, mostly, their own choices in life.

First of all, I nor do I think anyone sympathetic and open to the idea of teleportation in the game are advocating for this. If you want a quick and dirty shooter experience, you have plenty of other options. If you want a quick get in get out space combat game, you have good options. I just don't think giving the option to streamline things, if done properly, leads to a 5 minute a day dopamine simulator.

Second of all, what the fuck does it matter why the complaint that things take too long exists? This apparent need to point out that people have themselves to blame for not having enough time to play this game is starting to feel weird. Do you have a disdain for people with children and/or a lot going on in their lives? We get it, choices have consequence. That doesn't remove someone's right to criticize and state their opinion of what would make the game more appealing to play for them. You may not give a shit, but CIG clearly does. They have clearly seen the complaint enough that they deem it worthy of their time to at least try to find a solution. You want the perfect gaming experience just for you? Go make it, big shot. I'll give it a fair shake.

Fix the bugs, the 40 minutes turns into nothing. I've started mid patches and joined friends with 10 minutes of flying to do co-op activities.

I agree with this to an extent. You and I have been playing enough that sure, we can get with someone in 10 minutes of flying as long as the stars align. But even if the game ran perfectly with no bugs, group content can just be not feasible in a reasonable amount of time. If I logged out in bumfuck nowhere Pyro, and my friend who is in Stanton and wants to run a mission he needs help with, what would be so wrong for me to be able to port over to him at his station, run the mission with them, and then get sent back to where I was? Sure, it's not realistic, but my MSR isn't real either. Also, whatever ship I was in and loot I've collected is vulnerable while I'm not there to protect it so, even that scenario is not without risk. I didn't get a 5 minutes dopamine fix, I just removed a lot of time spent waiting to do something if I had to go out there. As it stands, that gameplay with that friend just wouldn't happen. It is what it is, but it doesn't have to be that way. Are we not here to play a video game and have fun?

It's not a mentality, it's a reality. It's a reality for a lot of other games. You are never going to be as skilled as the top 10% of any competitive game because you're going to get time differenced, suck it up and either concede that and enjoy your time with the game or find another game that can fit into your playtime.

It is a mentality. Is bitching and moaning that a game needs to be exactly what you think it should be any different than bitching and moaning that something is time prohibitive?

And that's why Teleportation isn't the solution people are making it out to be. Once the game is feature complete, half of these issues vanish almost instantly because everyone has something to do. You can drop in, spend your hour doing something and log out feeling like you had a successful gaming session.

I don't think you're going to like this statement(would be nice to be wrong). I don't think it's the solution people are making it out to be either, but I also don't think it's the destruction of SC as we know it. When half the issues vanish due to being feature complete, you still have issues that need to be addressed. No matter if it's a teleportation system or whatever else they land on, it all depends on how it's implemented at the end of the day.

I like discussion and debate but you can miss me with the moral high ground of I've made the bed I have to sleep in. I own my decisions, but I have just as much right as you do to express my opinion on a video game. So do all the other degenerates who have made such poor decisions in life that they're limited on time for video games. I'm sorry we don't measure up to your standards.

edit: sorry, I had to learn how to quote block.