Seeing a lot of threads and posts about people getting killed, with no regard for bounties or cargo, on the forums. Could this be because of the race to elite contest? If I cared about that, I would kill everyone I see.
Random CMDR killings caused by "race to elite" contest?
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You are so naive, young man!
Not likely. It's also worth noting that the majority of the threads about players killing players aren't started by players killed by other players BUT players speculating what damage PvP could do based on their experiences of other games.
couple of polls in the forums show the vast majority of players have had limited player interaction let alone been in combat or been killed by other players (outside combat zones that is)
but hey let's put that aside , get the pitchforks out and lynch the first 'guilty' pirate-looking player we find arrrrrrrrr
They need to fix this with Bounties then...
Hmm this is true.
Maybe a player killer bounty? And not one that goes when you die or one you can go pay off yourself either.
If everyone acted/reacted in the same way it'd be pointless including other people. I'm all for psychopaths destroying everything they see.
farming players skyrockets the combat status especially if victims are in combat capable ships.
It's based on a sorta ELO system.
So if a player is Harmless (which most are) and you are say Novice, then you will get basically nothing for killing said players.
In order to obtain higher ranks, then you need to be killing those with higher ranks than yourself.
Players killing other players for the sake of the race to Elite is pretty pointless, as it doesn't actually help them obtain the rank of elite.
So if a player is Harmless (which most are) and you are say Novice, then you will get basically nothing for killing said players.
In order to obtain higher ranks, then you need to be killing those with higher ranks than yourself.
Players killing other players for the sake of the race to Elite is pretty pointless, as it doesn't actually help them obtain the rank of elite.
Not sure if serious (because it does).
High levels of salt detected lol
Only if the players in question have bounties: "The 'Elite' rating is a combat rating based on the number of successful pirate kills by a pilot." https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6279
On edit: Although that was from the design archive. Has this changed?
Combat rating increases only look at the ranks of the ships involved.
ie if you are wantonly murdering Harmless traders then you are not increasing your combat rank. If you "murder" someone that is also ranking up their combat rating, chances are they are equally excited about their opportunity to murder you and do the same, so game on.
ie if you are wantonly murdering Harmless traders then you are not increasing your combat rank. If you "murder" someone that is also ranking up their combat rating, chances are they are equally excited about their opportunity to murder you and do the same, so game on.
No, its the griefers that PVP and pirate fans claim don't exist.
I can guarantee that splatting an Elite Conda NPC is doing way more for your rating than a Harmless Player in a hauler.
I agree with your conclusion.