Modes The Solo vs Open vs Groups Thread - Mk III

[DarkWalker]

I find the time-zone argument to be moot. You can stay up 24/7 to defend stuff - its up to you not the game blocking it.

I would love to see someone try. Boring as hell, and not efficient to boot, specially in a game with such a large play area as ED.
(Well, I did see people attempt something similar enough times. I always have a stack of books by my computer, so whenever someone decided to corpse camp my character in a MMO, I would simply pick one of the books and read it for an hour or two while moving the mouse to prevent my character from going AFK. By the time I remembered to get back to the game the would-be camper would be long gone.)

also fun read on path of least resistance

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/why-humans-like-taking-the-easy-way-out/#axzz3pYJDrF89

Yep. He is basically saying that the path of least resistance is often the right choice, that taking the harder route just for the heck of it is dumb.

BTW, path of least resistance doesn't really apply to games, because games are basically a just for fun activity; as such, the path of least resistance, when it comes to games, would be simply to not play.

 

[fademist]

I find the time-zone argument to be moot. You can stay up 24/7 to defend stuff - its up to you not the game blocking it.

so what about the ppl that have work and other responsibilities and cant stay on 24/7 ???

 

[Jockey79]

I find the time-zone argument to be moot. You can stay up 24/7 to defend stuff - its up to you not the game blocking it.

I think you'll find you cannot stay up 24/7 - not unless you plan on a longer stay in hospital or going directly to the morgue.

11 days is the record and requires chemical help to stay awake that long.
Normal people would pass out long before the 3 day mark from exhaustion.

So at best, 24/2 without any major issues. Then what? oh yeah, other people who are online will demolish whatever it was you were trying to do until you passed out.

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-11/19/videogame-marathon

Guinness World Record rules allow for players to take a ten-minute break for every hour of activity. The breaks could be accumulated, which allowed Kaya to sleep for several hours at a time. This allowance has been made to avoid having situations such as the one in Tainan, southern Taiwan, where an 18-year-old man collapsed and died during a marathon session of Diablo 3 after playing solidly for 40 hours.

 

[Seonid]

I think you'll find you cannot stay up 24/7 - not unless you plan on a longer stay in hospital or going directly to the morgue.

My record is 72 hours (Army exercise, stuff kept breaking down) and I was not a well bunny after that. Awesome hallucinations at night though.

 

[Jordan Cobalt]

I find the time-zone argument to be moot. You can stay up 24/7 to defend stuff - its up to you not the game blocking it.

also fun read on path of least resistance

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/why-humans-like-taking-the-easy-way-out/#axzz3pYJDrF89

Interesting read. As long as Solo/group, credit grinding, PP, CGs, or most non combat professions, remain easier than trying the same in open, expecting the majority to choose open is silly. Which IMO is definitely not good for an online multiplayer game.

 

[Robert Maynard]

Interesting read. As long as Solo/group, credit grinding, PP, CGs, or most non combat professions, remain easier than trying the same in open, expecting the majority to choose open is silly. Which IMO is definitely not good for an online multiplayer game.

.... except it's not just an online multi-player game - it's a game that is designed to be played solo or with friends only too.

 

[Jordan Cobalt]

.... except it's not just an online multi-player game - it's a game that is designed to be played solo or with friends only too.

Even alone the game is still multiplayer, and it's always online.

 

[Asp Explorer]

.... except it's not just an online multi-player game - it's a game that is designed to be played solo or with friends only too.

Exactly this. Play as you want to play it, how you want to play it, in the way that suits you best. The great thing about Elite is that is offers choice, and other players have absolutely no ability to affect any other player's choice as to which mode they want to play in.

 

[Robert Maynard]

Even alone the game is still multiplayer, and it's always online.

Agreed. So it doesn't matter in which mode players play in then - they're all multi-player?

 

[DarkWalker]

.... except it's not just an online multi-player game - it's a game that is designed to be played solo or with friends only too.

Very much this. I got ED specifically because it wasn't an MMO. Or at least, borrowing David Braben's words, not an MMO in the traditional sense.

I won't face other players in combat except in fully consensual scenarios, such as CQC. And I will never, ever, allow another player to pirate me; I would rather delete my game and burn my boxed copy than allow someone to steal from me.

 

[Seonid]

As long as Solo/group, credit grinding, PP, CGs, or most non combat professions, remain easier than trying the same in open, expecting the majority to choose open is silly.

People will play a game in whatever manner they can or want, which has been exactly the case for every game, ever. However, some will also choose the exact opposite of "easy" for the same reason but basic cognitive dissonance is too common for many to understand that as these forums demonstrate again and again.

 

[DarkWalker]

Even alone the game is still multiplayer, and it's always online.

Farmville is always online and, in the sense that players can influence each other, multiplayer. So was Simcity (2013) at first.

 

[Jordan Cobalt]

Agreed. So it doesn't matter in which mode players play in then - they're all multi-player?

Should players not be encouraged to play together, instead of only together with their actions?

 

[Jockey79]

Should players not be encouraged to play together?

They should be "encouraged" to do what is fun for them - even if that equals playing alone

 

[fademist]

Interesting read. As long as Solo/group, credit grinding, PP, CGs, or most non combat professions, remain easier than trying the same in open, expecting the majority to choose open is silly. Which IMO is definitely not good for an online multiplayer game.

and again u put that excuse in the table even if already have been destroyed too many times....keep going to the same loop mate ...

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Should players not be encouraged to play together, instead of only together with their actions?

players play in there they want to play ...

 

[Jordan Cobalt]

They should be "encouraged" to do what is fun for them - even if that equals playing alone

Indeed, and that means one choice should not be better than another. As it stands Solo is the better choice for income and efficiency.

 

[Jockey79]

Indeed, and that means one choice should not be better than another. As it stands Solo is the better choice for income and efficiency.

And two are better for being social and meeting people - your point?

 

[fademist]

Indeed, and that means one choice should not be better than another. As it stands Solo is the better choice for income and efficiency.

u can go and check the previous megathreads there lies ur answer on that illusion u have about solo

 

[Seonid]

As it stands Solo is the better choice for income and efficiency.

My 1300+ hours in Open would suggest otherwise, personally speaking.

 

[Jordan Cobalt]

My 1300+ hours in Open would suggest otherwise, personally speaking.

My own experience has been different.