Okay, so... I'm not a new player. I've been playing the game since the Alpha phase last year, and I've built up quite the sum of ships and credits since launch. I know how the game works, and I understand the mechanics of Powerplay. I just don't understand the point of it.
To me, Powerplay seems like nothing more than a superficial way of getting the player community to interact with one another. To encourage both camaraderie and PvP. But beyond that, there isn't enough readily available information or lore in the game for me to make an informed decision on "why" I'd pick one political faction over another. If anything, I'd pick Archon Delaine for NO other reason than to keep the chaos going and the prices of goods up to prevent the bigger political powers from attaining a monopoly on certain goods in the long game. I can't see a long term reason I'd support a major faction if it ultimately leads to a total dominion over the others.
In a similar vein, the rep gains and bonuses for choosing one are almost meaningless to me at this point in my Elite "career". I've already got all of the ships I want, and have a surplus to do whatever with that comes up in the future.
So in the end, it seems like the biggest draw to Powerplay as a whole is just to give the community a common drive to engage with each other, but... Why? Sure, engaging with other players is great fun in and of itself, but I need a deeper story or lore reason before I go and pick one.
Keep in mind, I'm "mostly" a solo player anyway. It's mainly because my internet isn't good enough to bother with PvP, but even if it was, I'm perfectly happy sitting in my little corner of the galaxy, and basically ignoring all of the political mudslinging going on. I'll defend my homeworld and all that, and I love bounty hunting and combat, but I enjoy the fact that I can sit on the outskirts of populated space and engage only on my terms.
Why should I care about any of these characters? Give me a lore reason.
To me, Powerplay seems like nothing more than a superficial way of getting the player community to interact with one another. To encourage both camaraderie and PvP. But beyond that, there isn't enough readily available information or lore in the game for me to make an informed decision on "why" I'd pick one political faction over another. If anything, I'd pick Archon Delaine for NO other reason than to keep the chaos going and the prices of goods up to prevent the bigger political powers from attaining a monopoly on certain goods in the long game. I can't see a long term reason I'd support a major faction if it ultimately leads to a total dominion over the others.
In a similar vein, the rep gains and bonuses for choosing one are almost meaningless to me at this point in my Elite "career". I've already got all of the ships I want, and have a surplus to do whatever with that comes up in the future.
So in the end, it seems like the biggest draw to Powerplay as a whole is just to give the community a common drive to engage with each other, but... Why? Sure, engaging with other players is great fun in and of itself, but I need a deeper story or lore reason before I go and pick one.
Keep in mind, I'm "mostly" a solo player anyway. It's mainly because my internet isn't good enough to bother with PvP, but even if it was, I'm perfectly happy sitting in my little corner of the galaxy, and basically ignoring all of the political mudslinging going on. I'll defend my homeworld and all that, and I love bounty hunting and combat, but I enjoy the fact that I can sit on the outskirts of populated space and engage only on my terms.
Why should I care about any of these characters? Give me a lore reason.
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