Robigo smuggling IS the soul of Elite '84

[GunnerBill]

"Robigo smuggling IS the soul of Elite '84"

Perhaps controversial? But wait...

I've done maybe 30 Robigo missions now and it's getting pretty intense as I haven't used my Suicidewinder in a while and am wanted everywhere I go. Every jump I'm interdicted, every step of the way I am hunted. I kill security and Kill any one I can. Or I run.

...and I make lots of money.

So suddenly it struck me that this is pretty much how it was waaaay back in '84!

Am I imagining this ?

P.S. So don't nerf it too much [up]

 

[777Driver]

It's not just Robigo, smuggling anywhere is great fun. The whole mechanic just needs fine tuning, Robigo itself is rediculous, plus the whole NPC spamming.

Dev's just need to make it more challenging, and I don't mean throwing more NPC spamming into the equation. Keep extremely high profit routes in game, but make it more dynamic, various anarchy regions will be go to areas for smuggling until police crackdowns.. Make cops a lot harder, no cheating just an actual challenge.

 

[xondk]

"Robigo smuggling IS the soul of Elite '84"

Perhaps controversial? But wait...

I've done maybe 30 Robigo missions now and it's getting pretty intense as I haven't used my Suicidewinder in a while and am wanted everywhere I go. Every jump I'm interdicted, every step of the way I am hunted. I kill security and Kill any one I can. Or I run.

...and I make lots of money.

So suddenly it struck me that this is pretty much how it was waaaay back in '84!

Am I imagining this ?

P.S. So don't nerf it too much [up]

Not 'really' true if you ask me, I would say it is part of min/maxer's, finding the 'best' thing and just going with it purely on mechanics and payout, and ignoring lore/consequences and such.

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It's not just Robigo, smuggling anywhere is great fun. The whole mechanic just needs fine tuning, Robigo itself is rediculous, plus the whole NPC spamming.

Have to ask, how is smuggling fun, but transportation is not, because someone is hunting you? because you need to avoid scan? once you learn to do that easily isn't it just the same thing more or less?

 

[777Driver]

Actually I find haulage (short & Long range) A lot of fun, but mainly because I enjoy the flying to different surface ports. I enjoy smuggling because you are hunted, it's also a lot of fun in Open when you get interdicted by a cmdr whilst on a tight schedule.

I get a rush out of it, primarily do it in a T9 so I can't use speed, it's all about stealth, dropping out early and flying long silent runs into starports, also being quick with destroying cops & NPC's in deep space (often multiple cops interdicting you)

Have done runs in a Cobra, yeah sure you can do that in your sleep, although it is still fun, kinda like flying the Millenium Falcon.

 

[shreddog]

Please no nerf till I have saved up for an exploraConda