I'll give you an example- 5C (and sometimes powers) have been known to AFK T-10s in wings. Its a nested exploit (engineering + old style CZs + 2015 NPCs).
And what if it is the right time of day? Or someone logs on at the wrong time? Can you honestly say a mode thats called Open where anyone pledged and unpledged can attack has the same level of risk as Private Groups, where its you and close knit groups?
AFK anything should be nuked from orbit - as it is a blight on the game.
If there is an actual encounter then see the edit to the quoted post. The statement was not that the risk was the same - just that the perceived risk/difficulty of Open is very often much greater than the actual risk/difficulty, i.e. while hazardous situations (for one side of the encounter anyway) do occur they don't occur as often as some make out.
I know people who have been attacked and killed in Mobius.
But this illustrates the problem with Private Groups with Powerplay- you have the advantage of player ships without having to face rival players. PGs in Powerplay are not massive, and are often formed for 'reasons'- that being rapid collection of merits.
But again- its because you don't place restrictions on who you meet with its 'more'. Powerplay had capitals, expansions, inbound fort directions which funneled players. V2 has systems that act as support for others and will be targets, not to mention the plethora of hostile PMFs dotted about.
Like I answered before, PGs in Powerplay are not the same. They are not trying to replicate a mode within a group, while PP PGs are there for the sole purpose of racking up merits between pledges.
Well then it's much simpler, you need to make that PP2 worked only in the single game.
Why? Then you make two modes pointless and causes an imbalance with the wider game.
I don't get it. That all those who now play in the open game they all necessarily participate in the PP ? (also PG)
While some consider choosing not to present oneself as a target for PvP to be a problem, the same cannot be said for all players - even while engaged in Powerplay.
Any opponent encountered, or if the CMDR name is known, can be blocked - so the "you don't place restrictions on who you meet" statement is not accurate. We'll see in time how concentrated / dispersed Powerplay 2.0 ends up being.
The aggressor is then banned from Mobius . The rules are really simple NO PVP at all .
If open is to be a valid choice (and PG for that matter) its got to have something going for them.
Open has always been a valid choice - especially for those who enjoy the frisson of the possibility of / actually engaging in PvP. It does not make the mode any more or less special than the other two modes.
I'm not against wing merits as they are in the wider game, because the wider game does not have the underlying explicit rivalry Powerplay has.
Thats true- and its something FD should look at, given that Powerplay is a feature with an actual focus on competition. Regards dispersion, all powers will have systems that act as anchors for other systems (its explained in the second deep dive), and that since UM does not have a cap you can't simply fort to 100% and consider it done- you'll have to keep going to keep it safe.
I think this is irrelevant or inconsequential if we are talking about all three modes being in PP V2. In the context here you can go to solo or PG- its only if its Open Only where a flag would be of benefit- people can't argue for all modes in PP V2 and then debate about Open when these people won't be using it.
And thats the paradox- its a valid choice for (as Sandro pointed out) direct action against other players, but, if players have the equal choice of solo or PG from an efficiency standpoint (since PP has actual explicit goals each week) some will choose solo or PG as it removes that threat of direct action (since NPCs are lamentably weak).
Some pain is needed for higher pleasure.
Wing multipliers should be removed from Powerplay altogether, regardless of game mode, as force of numbers is one factor that affects the risk/difficulty of an encounter.
I have my doubts that blocking would be changed just because of Powerplay, noting that it was introduced to the game before launch at Frontier's behest, i.e. without it being asked for by players, and has only been strengthened and made easier to use as Frontier gain more experience of player behaviour in their multi-player game.
Given the reasons for the block feature, I doubt that Frontier would effectively tell those who are prone to be blocked that all they need to do is pledge / engage in Powerplay to be able to instance with players who would otherwise block them.
If players could only play in one game mode, I'd agree - however the choice of each player at the start of each game session is which mode to play in - so all players have a stake in how Open works.
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If everyone enjoyed PvP then I'd agree, however the fact that PvP is an optional extra in this game as it is not a required part of any in-game feature means that there's no need for any player who buys the game to even tolerate PvP much less engage in it.
