The Powerplay discussion thread.
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Do you count yourself amongst them?
Genius! Yes yes yes yes, me wants... just think of the paintjobs, and all the balloons...
EDIT: Just wondering what the associated ranks would be...
Village Idiot, Jester, Clown... any advances...
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Cheers. I'm happy to hear other people's opinions and that includes people who totally disagree. Other people are bound to enjoy aspects/all of PP. I just don't in it's current state.
@Alex988 I had to punch back at least for once. Now that i had my fun im done with you.
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Well I left my power as it didn't wqrk! It was futile as you say without coordination everyone does their own thing which conflicts with you so why bother, I quit Antal as it was more hassle than it was worth, I wont be bothering with Powerplay again.
Good Video, have some rep......
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And Man-o-Man...I hope ObsidianAnt does not see those rings/rock draw distances around the 7min mark.........
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I am in similar boat to you, PP does nothing for me. After a few update issues in the past I wait now, see how things are looking on the forums before I log in and update......I see nothing in PP that makes me want to pick up ED again.....as such, I have not even updated Elite since long before PP came out.......more grind.
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And Man-o-Man...I hope ObsidianAnt does not see those rings/rock draw distances around the 7min mark.........
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I am in similar boat to you, PP does nothing for me. After a few update issues in the past I wait now, see how things are looking on the forums before I log in and update......I see nothing in PP that makes me want to pick up ED again.....as such, I have not even updated Elite since long before PP came out.......more grind.
Hey he ruined TR on our server and we had to suck it up versus a huge vanu overpop for a year! Don't mention him! don't do it! (Living free in the NC)
Got a few people doing that at Archon after they got the .
I think it would be better if the PP mechanics were improved. Currently the choice is to haul stuff or fight in a resistance pocket/military strike -- I'm pretty bored of both.
I quite like the idea of a confetti launcher.
No, I'm serious. It's something a bit more good-natured and light-hearted, and adds some background colour. As henry1491 says you could have ships laying out decorations of glittering and glimmering iridescent clouds around wedding barges as they progress their stately course across space. You could perhaps combine them with low-intensity lasers which do no damage but are just there to strobe out colourful beams and play them around and caress the vessels. You could even make it a mission type where you have to help make a wedding a success by deploying confetti, fireworks etc at the right moments at the right orientation to the barge's viewports.
I think that it's a genuinely good idea.
No, I'm serious. It's something a bit more good-natured and light-hearted, and adds some background colour. As henry1491 says you could have ships laying out decorations of glittering and glimmering iridescent clouds around wedding barges as they progress their stately course across space. You could perhaps combine them with low-intensity lasers which do no damage but are just there to strobe out colourful beams and play them around and caress the vessels. You could even make it a mission type where you have to help make a wedding a success by deploying confetti, fireworks etc at the right moments at the right orientation to the barge's viewports.
I think that it's a genuinely good idea.
Cheers. Hah - I can't say I took too much care into account when I made this video. The stutters annoyed me too, and have been messing around with settings this week as my performance has been fluctuating for some reason. I wasn't in the mood for the same kind of editing I usually do - check my other videos, much better https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAZ6rBgt1zu0pVqEyJy4QXw
I also haven't made the effort to change my HUD colour since the last update lol.
Yeah PP seems to be a hollow experience. I actually enjoyed it so much more before the update because I was filling in the blanks myself. In it's current state PP goes against the nature of a sandbox.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAZ6rBgt1zu0pVqEyJy4QXwI also haven't made the effort to change my HUD colour since the last update lol.
Yeah PP seems to be a hollow experience. I actually enjoyed it so much more before the update because I was filling in the blanks myself. In it's current state PP goes against the nature of a sandbox.
my own power has a reddit group which i follow when i am in powerplay mode. its interesting to see strategy and tactics being used and to weigh up how best to use my time and money. but at the end of the day i am perfectly free to do what i want and where i want and how i want. i dont really have a prob with this and feel that the op has perhaps overstated his case or his making a mountain out of a molehill?
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Is Powerplay a trap and a money/time sink without any actual reward?
So you spend 100 Million to get level 5.
Then after a few weeks and the numbers stabilize you will be spending roughly 50 million to maintain it every week, so it cancels out the payment you get for being level 5
(x + x/2 + x/4 + x/8 = 10000 , x=5000)
So if you trade in an Anaconda with 450 slots, in a 15 minute trip, it will take 11.1 trips, and if each trip is 15 minutes that is 3 hours of mandatory weekly work in order to maintain the privileges, and if you fail to do so, you will be back to square one.
What are those privileges? modules that are mostly sidegrades at best, and the economic advantages of Rank 5, for the time invested are pretty bad for most factions, I believe the only decent one is Lavigny, and even then it is just the privilege to earn more money for sinking even more hours, but with the nerfed RES, that is barely noticeable.
I'm getting the feeling that Fdev have 0 respect for our time by implementing a system like this.
So you spend 100 Million to get level 5.
Then after a few weeks and the numbers stabilize you will be spending roughly 50 million to maintain it every week, so it cancels out the payment you get for being level 5
(x + x/2 + x/4 + x/8 = 10000 , x=5000)
So if you trade in an Anaconda with 450 slots, in a 15 minute trip, it will take 11.1 trips, and if each trip is 15 minutes that is 3 hours of mandatory weekly work in order to maintain the privileges, and if you fail to do so, you will be back to square one.
What are those privileges? modules that are mostly sidegrades at best, and the economic advantages of Rank 5, for the time invested are pretty bad for most factions, I believe the only decent one is Lavigny, and even then it is just the privilege to earn more money for sinking even more hours, but with the nerfed RES, that is barely noticeable.
I'm getting the feeling that Fdev have 0 respect for our time by implementing a system like this.
I would buy it!
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And next to that because I am pleged with the Disney princess I want a
Flower canon and a Kiss canon. The kiss Canon will cover the enemy paint with kiss-lips and the clean up has to be hella expensive!!!
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Oh and I would like some thrusters that left a blue glowing trace behind my ship so I can write in space.
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And next to that because I am pleged with the Disney princess I want a
Flower canon and a Kiss canon. The kiss Canon will cover the enemy paint with kiss-lips and the clean up has to be hella expensive!!!
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Oh and I would like some thrusters that left a blue glowing trace behind my ship so I can write in space.
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