Distress beacon, visible to all. I can imagine how that'll work: You launch the beacon and everyone and their mom will arrive for an easy kill (you). Let's not give people easy kills, eh?
I'm starting to feel really guilty for reccomending this to my friends!!
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Distress beacon, visible to all. I can imagine how that'll work: You launch the beacon and everyone and their mom will arrive for an easy kill (you). Let's not give people easy kills, eh?
This is starting to go from sad to just plain funny. Half the crowd whining that they don't want the game to turn into an MMO, the other half whining that the game isn't enough of an MMO. How about stop acting like spoiled brats and take the game for what it is? The game is fantastic for what it is. If it's not for you, then there is a VERY simple thing that you can do... Go play something else. May sound harsh but it's the truth, the game is not made to please EVERYONE. The problem with many AAA-titles is that they try to target as large a demographic as they can possibly get, so they make the safest, most boring game ever. Elite targets a specific crowd, and if you're not part of the crowd, then please go play something else.
True, that CAN mean that, but it doesn't have to...
Note: They really should have more co-op utilities... I'm just pointing out that MMO doesn't require it.
I have no problem with any of ideas in this thread and many of them I suspect will come in the game.
At the moment the game is in feature freeze stage in it development cycle. Just from some of the comments, I suspect wings or at least a prototype of wing feature will probably arrive in a beta form early next year, certainly a hint or two on some of Brook post that wings were held back at the last minute.
I hope we will get announcement in the next couple of weeks on how the next phase of development will be handle.
As long as they never introduce magical take me to my friend button which transport players halfway across the galaxy and back again.
I'm hoping for random wing generation type mission will also be introduced, so that if there is a need for a team of pilots to intercept and destroy a group of ships, the game will generate a mission for players in the local areas and ask them to meet at a spot together, the first 6 players that meet at that spot will get the mission. Heavy fines impose on those that take advantage of this to grief players and a ban server side from receiving those type of missions again.
I use 6 because that what the voice comes are currently limited to.
At the moment the game is in feature freeze stage in it development cycle. Just from some of the comments, I suspect wings or at least a prototype of wing feature will probably arrive in a beta form early next year, certainly a hint or two on some of Brook post that wings were held back at the last minute.
I hope we will get announcement in the next couple of weeks on how the next phase of development will be handle.
As long as they never introduce magical take me to my friend button which transport players halfway across the galaxy and back again.
I'm hoping for random wing generation type mission will also be introduced, so that if there is a need for a team of pilots to intercept and destroy a group of ships, the game will generate a mission for players in the local areas and ask them to meet at a spot together, the first 6 players that meet at that spot will get the mission. Heavy fines impose on those that take advantage of this to grief players and a ban server side from receiving those type of missions again.
I use 6 because that what the voice comes are currently limited to.
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I wouldn't see it like that. If I were an opportunist, I'd see a distress beacon as an opportunity to claim the bounty on a pirate and maybe get a cargo drop for my troubles. Killing the interdictee would serve very little purpose; you'd incur a bounty for doing it, and you'd probably have to take on the pirate too before you could claim any cargo spillage.
[edit]That's not to say you couldn't happen upon a victim who's carrying expensive cargo which might make it worthwhile. Just that I think you'd have to be playing pirate (or sociopath) for it to make sense to jump into a distress beacon and take on both parties.[/edit]
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Just got a negative rep for defending the game a bit earlier in this thread. The rep comment said something to the effect of "the game sucks and you're stupid for not thinking so!". Honestly, what has this community come to when people get lynched for defending the game we're all here for?
I am glad. I dont think this game should be played in the fashion u suggest since its not made for platooning. U will have to much of an unfair advantage by ganging up on players in single ships.
This isn't the 80's, people like to Multiplay. The size of the game area should trump any "unfair" nonsense, go find somewhere to play how you want and those who want to "gang up" should be able to if they wish.
I don't necessarily agree with your views on the game but I sympathise with your distress on the rep issue.
The truth is the rep system is pernicious in that it encourages conformity. If we were all wise and good etc then it'd work. (But then we wouldn't need a rep system would we.)
The premiere was a bit confusing when I seen the 2 friends jump in and help the guy with the carrier. I don't think that would be possibly in a real in game situation. But I'm sure FDEV has something in the works for release.
These are some really good ideas.
Going from that, the game should actively bar any ship bigger than mine from interdicting and attacking me.
If they have upgrades it should be downgraded to what I have. Lets totally remove the "Dangerous" moniker as well.
Bah... the level if fanboy defence on this topic of a basic, and I mean basic, modern game functionality is laughable.
The game is billed as a MMO (ha!) that you can play with your friends and explore the galaxy, etc.. etc...
Ah well still a few weeks from launch but come release day and this basic functionality isn't in, the reviews will savage it and rightly so.