What do you do when another player turns up in your home system?

I_am_Jon

I_am_Jon
What do you do when another player turns up in your home system?

So wanting to avoid PVP on launch I headed to a remote border system that I now call home. I’ve had various walkabouts throughout populated space and some long range exploration but always glad to make it back home to familiar space.

I've have had a few encounters with other cmdr’s passing through my territory. Normally send them a friendly greeting and take a note of their name encase I see them around again. A few ended up in my friends list. Just recently another cmdr started grinding the ‘seeking luxuries’ in my home system (sure it was down to all my work that it’s in boom now?), having a significant negative effect on the market prices.

Started out usual friendly towards them but not much interaction back. Then when they cut me up while I was docking, I confess I rammed them in a fit of space rage (probably hurt me more than them and felt ashamed afterwards).

So now I’m left wondering what I want out of such player interactions:
- Maybe we could be friends and co-operate on stuff together (not sure what?)
- I could harass them until they leave the system (don’t think I’m really that type of player)
- I could try out a spot of piracy on them (not nice, but want to do a bit of everything at some point)
- Could just ignore each other as though they are another npc (while they mess up the market and steal my missions)
- I could go off and do some more exploring and see if they are still around when I get back.

Are missions shared? because the number available has dropped right down since the boom started and they showed up.
 
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Shads

Shads
I have yet to meet another pilot intent on killing anyone. Everyone I have met has just said hi in chat or the obligatory O7
 

_Flin_

_Flin_
For the ones that aren't friendly:

Train Hatch Breaker Limpet Skills on them.

Then, when their cargo floods into space, run away cackling madly.
Make sure to write incoherent messages to them while interdicting / fighting.
Every once in a while interdict them, disable their thrusters, then do a flight assist off 180-degree-turn-and-release-Biowaste-on-them maneuvre.

Remember the mad cackling while doing it.


Just give a good impression of really bad diseases spreading in this system.
They will move soon, believe me.
 
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jadefriendly

jadefriendly
I usually just say hello.

Apart from when I announced on here there was a boom / luxuries in a system that sold perf. enhancers, I very rarely see anyone out where I'm based.

The few I do spot tend to be traders, and generally friendly. there's not much PvP action out on the fringe to attract gun-happy types, and that's the way I like it.

I was an offline backer, wanted a game i could pause & save, never been into pvp stuff. enjoying online so far...

If it changes though, I may well join that Mobius group.

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Shads said:
I have yet to meet another pilot intent on killing anyone. Everyone I have met has just said hi in chat or the obligatory O7
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whats the 07?
 

I_am_Jon

I_am_Jon
Shads said:
I have yet to meet another pilot intent on killing anyone. Everyone I have met has just said hi in chat or the obligatory O7
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Well they have not attacked me. Tried chatting but only got one or two words back.

Been alone out here so long I feel quite territorial now.
 

Majere

Majere
The market is still the same so the prices won't change if you are in any group.

If they are not attacking you I don't see the problem. I would say the most productive course would be to try to contact them again and see if together you can influence the system more.

or start sing 'Daisy, Daisy' at them.
 

WalterHWhite

WalterHWhite
If he's shieldless, request his entire (or your maximum) cargo hold and call it a "finders fee". Then let him do what he wants ;)
 

aeshec

aeshec
I like the options that you've listed. I'm sure you'll get a chance to approach multiple players with this issue so maybe just go down your list? Good post.
 

I_am_Jon

I_am_Jon
CATPAIN KIRK said:
I ignore them unless being hailed. It's just a stranger passing by, so why bother?

Other than that, I watch my back.
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In more populated parts of space I tend to just ignore other players unless they hail me or find ourselves fighting together at nav point etc.

But this is my home system and encounters are rare out here. Feels like a stranger sitting in my living room and just ignoring each other.
 
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Marshall...

Marshall...
I'm in pretty much the same boat op - even down to the luxury boom. I do occasionally see other cmdrs and throw them a "I don't see many cmdrs out here" line, which I occasionally get a response to. I think it spices it up a little:)
 

bamber

B
This is a question that has been taxing me for sometime
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I have a 6 system run - perhaps not the easiest to find but it still makes me 1.5M CR a turn. I have a maximum availability outfitting station and two shipyards that have all ships. at least one system has no traffic but me
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Every two days I get a 6 figure trade mission that I can cover in a normal run
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I have seen about 3 cmdrs in 3 weeks
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if someone decided to move in permanently i am unsure if I will welcome them or jump in my heavily armed Python and run them off
 

starjump

starjump
Missions not shared atm. Hopefully in "Wings" expansion that is coming (supposedly) Q1 2015 (soon! tm). I think and hope when grouping in Wings you will get shared bounty rewards and mission rewards. Possibly even money from selling commodities in some way. Thinking if you escort a trader and grab a share of the sold commodities. No info yet though so no idea.
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But so far i made friends with almost everyone i met in the game. I guess i would make a lousy pirate.
 

I_am_Jon

I_am_Jon
bamber said:
if someone decided to move in permanently i am unsure if I will welcome them or jump in my heavily armed Python and run them off
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Exactly how I feel.

Have a run of 6 systems with my well equipped home in the middle, allied with all of them.

Then I feel bad for thinking about just blowing them away, plus it would probably damage my rep. And they just spent all of yesterday grinding the same seeking luxuries route.
 
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Fia

F
If they are nearby keep an eye on them via the radar for a few seconds until it is clear they are not hostile and then get back to work.
 

Morbad

Morbad
My home system is Shinrarta, so even if I cared that it was crawling with other players (and I don't), there is very little I could about it.

Honestly, the odds of the one random person you meet in a border system looking to harm you for no reason are pretty slim...unless you start harassing them.
 

neXib

N
Nobody has ever replied to my comms yet. That said I don't talk to everyone, that's a consequence of dealing in rare goods with an exploration sidejob.
 
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