To be honest, my experience since gamma/launch has been that for me there's scarcely any difference between the modes. Maybe it's because of when I usually play or where I am in the galaxy, but I've hardly seen anyone. It was a pleasant surprise to see 5 other CMDRs in a system, not that much happened. Someone (not sure if human or NPC) tried to interdict me and by the time I'd broken free most of the other players were just FSD wakes.
Flying Solo is cheating?
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^^ This. I only fly open myself. But I dont see how solo can be cheat in any way or unfair what so ever.
Playing solo isn't very different. You will be interdicted by NPCs. At RES or Nav points there will be security and NPC bounty hunters fighting for a kill as well.
I got pretty lucky. I was getting between 10k to 100k+ in my early bounty kills as an assist so I moved onto Viper in my first day of playing.
If you think its too crowded go somewhere else. It's a HUGE galaxy.
I got pretty lucky. I was getting between 10k to 100k+ in my early bounty kills as an assist so I moved onto Viper in my first day of playing.
If you think its too crowded go somewhere else. It's a HUGE galaxy.
daan2002
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this very much ^^^^^^^
Heh, yeah, I read a couple of those threads and was wondering how that worked.
You guys did however make me want to go back to open play again *Tips hat* just have to mosey around the galaxy a bit to get out of the core galaxies. I'll see how much an improved FSD costs tonight so I can cover some distance. The standard kit doesn't give you many options.
Fly safe or die trying!
Dr. Stardust.
I only play open and I don't think I've ever been interdicted by a player. Had it happen a few times with NPC's. Some of them suicidally brave, but no players. Now watch me get on and have it happen.
Anyway, if you want to play in Solo, go for it. I don't because I see no need for it. But it's not cheating. Cheating is what the server operators say it is. Since they created this game with that mode included, it can't be cheating.
Anyway, if you want to play in Solo, go for it. I don't because I see no need for it. But it's not cheating. Cheating is what the server operators say it is. Since they created this game with that mode included, it can't be cheating.
Nah, not cheating.
I did my first open world play in the last couple days and my experience was very positive.
I seemed to get interdicted less often than in solo, and only ran into stations a few times. I was fun watching others having trouble docking.
But, there were some outposts where I flat out couldn't dock because the queue of players waiting for a slot was too deep.
I did my first open world play in the last couple days and my experience was very positive.
I seemed to get interdicted less often than in solo, and only ran into stations a few times. I was fun watching others having trouble docking.
But, there were some outposts where I flat out couldn't dock because the queue of players waiting for a slot was too deep.
Love open play too.
There is only one thing i use solo for : "Docking request denied" [repeat that phrase until you go mad] but i switch back to open play after docking.
There is only one thing i use solo for : "Docking request denied" [repeat that phrase until you go mad] but i switch back to open play after docking.
I play Solo when I am trading. There is no commensurate reward for the risks of open play. All you get for your trouble is the opportunity to provide fun for other people and loiter at stations waiting for your turn. No player trading. No value to reaching stations in "risky" waters. Not sufficient deterrence in "safe" systems.
If there is some way that a player is rewarded for the elevated danger and reduced profit than yeah, it would make sense to play open. There is NO interaction with other players that doesn't involved being F#%$ed right now. There is nobody on my team. Nobody to trade with. No reason to interact. All there is is C*&^ in A##.
Because of the way interdiction works there is not even the chance a good Samaritan will happen by and help me out.
I do keep an Eagle ready to go when I want something more interesting and then I will play open although I still don't get my jollies pretending I am some kind of bad ass pirate.
If there is some way that a player is rewarded for the elevated danger and reduced profit than yeah, it would make sense to play open. There is NO interaction with other players that doesn't involved being F#%$ed right now. There is nobody on my team. Nobody to trade with. No reason to interact. All there is is C*&^ in A##.
Because of the way interdiction works there is not even the chance a good Samaritan will happen by and help me out.
I do keep an Eagle ready to go when I want something more interesting and then I will play open although I still don't get my jollies pretending I am some kind of bad ass pirate.
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It's not cheating at all. However you want to play the game is fine. If you find yourself not enjoying open play for a bit, dive into solo, why not? At the end of the day, you've paid for a game to entertain you, for enjoyment. However you get that enjoyment is fine. The thing is, people will whine about how unfair it is for other players to not put themselves in the line of fire, but at the end of the day, what does it matter? If a player in solo was forced into getting blown up repeatedly, chances are they'd just not play at all, so them playing solo instead is no big deal.
That said, I generally play in open because I prefer seeing other people flying about doing their thing, and knowing they might try to attack me at any moment. The only time I drop to solo is if I really need to dock (mission timer going and need to go out IRL for example) and the station is packed. Then I'll drop to solo so I can get a bay. They *really* need to put in a docking queue to eliminate that need.
That said, I generally play in open because I prefer seeing other people flying about doing their thing, and knowing they might try to attack me at any moment. The only time I drop to solo is if I really need to dock (mission timer going and need to go out IRL for example) and the station is packed. Then I'll drop to solo so I can get a bay. They *really* need to put in a docking queue to eliminate that need.
Same here but there's no shame in going solo if that's what you want. I like the small additional risk in open and seeing the odd other human.
Same for me here, I use it to avoid queues at outposts.
If you really, really think this is cheating (technically I am trying to complete a mission on a timer - so there is an argument) I think if you log out of open play - to the main menu, give it a minute and log back into open play, you log back into your own island. But then that would be cheating just the same, but avoid solo mode for the purist, and one set of spinning orange ship when docked.
Simon
If you really, really think this is cheating (technically I am trying to complete a mission on a timer - so there is an argument) I think if you log out of open play - to the main menu, give it a minute and log back into open play, you log back into your own island. But then that would be cheating just the same, but avoid solo mode for the purist, and one set of spinning orange ship when docked.
Simon
I normally play open even though I tend towards trading and trading missions as I like the idea of other people out there and I seem to see plenty of them. I've only had one player try to interdict me and I got away via the escape vector - running out of time on a mission and my Sidewinder was a bit underwhelming then. Satisfying indeed.
Having said that, as others have commented, going solo seems only reasonable when my connection is dodgy, as it was this afternoon. Seems fine now so I'm back in open. Cheating doesn't come into it.
Having said that, as others have commented, going solo seems only reasonable when my connection is dodgy, as it was this afternoon. Seems fine now so I'm back in open. Cheating doesn't come into it.
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