The Hutton blockade was quite literally an off-the-cuff suggestion by me (yes, blame me for all of it, I have thick skin) as we were bored to tears in-game and were pretty mad at such a ludicrous idea for a CG already.
Kudos for trying to group togethor and do something "interesting"... The game in truth needs more of this. But it's a shame the mechanics don't support it very well, or in some areas, at all.
I'd love to see more varied and deeper mechanics in the game to allow groups to actually try and do "other things" - let's call it emergent gameplay... But I'd suggest at the moment, the mechanics are so simplistic and minimal that it looks nigh on impossible IMHO.
It would be brilliant to actually see some well thought out blockage mechanic introduced into the game, at the very least as a Community Goal. But if it proved effective it could even be used with Powerplay possibly to resolve appropriate situations.
You haven't seen us truly plan for and execute a determined operation yet. You've only seen what we can achieve with hasty 5-minute planning.
...and there lies the problem. I fear the current sandbox (mechanics) won't let you achieve anything of worth or merit; You can't change a single political outcome or even move a single CR no matter how hard you try.
It's a shame really.
And finally onto the nature of the tactics being used. While some were in keeping with the game - ie: interdiction and the like - some were, to be frank, simply "trolling" IMHO. Blocking a pad for hours simply because of a loophole in the game mechanics? It achieves nothing in truth other than annoying folks (who duck into SOLO) and wastes hours of
your time. Or ramming ships outside the platform? Again, another example of the shallow mechanics in the game which desperately need attention...
I'm sure some of the individuals were trying to "play fair," but I have to suggest some others just came across as griefers to be honest. I mean why repeatedly take down the HuttonOrbital.com live Twitch feed ship? All it achieved was grief to its CMDR, and annoyance to the dozens of people enjoying the feed from it... But that said, I actually hope, given another CG akin to this one,
you pull exactly the same (loop-hole) tricks again TBH! Because if FD don't improve these areas it would be a sad reflection IMHO.
But anyway, thanks for highlighting flaws and weakness in the current mechanics
