Hey man, sometimes there ain't nothing of great interest going on, but you want to fly anyway. OK, I'll knock out some haulage missions... watch some Always Sunny while I'm at it, chat with some friends.
I used to be big on that on the weeknights... just relaxing and not worrying about entertaining anyone but myself.
...Because let's face it - if you expecting to have your hair blown back every time you log into this game, then you're definitely playing the wrong game
Yep.
Humans have done this since we could capture or make stuff to drag us around places. Sometimes you're not going anywhere, you're just travelling because you feel like doing so.
It's like taking a drive in the country with the radio on and the windows down; you don't need to be accomplishing anything else or have a set goal or destination. Elite can provide that vibe, probably a bit better than it does I AM OF FILL WITH ADRENALEENS though that can still be found too if you look enough.
On the main topic, I have to agree with everyone here that's saying financial disincentives don't seem like they're going to be of much deterrence if any. I also think the concepts seen here about making criminal-minded players some decent criminal gameplay would be a good direction to pursue as an additive measure instead of always trying to cut or eliminate things. I'd wager with more shady and shooty gameplay available only the truly ridiculous folks will continue to be a legitimate bother and can be dealt more easily by outgame options such as mode restrictions and bans and such.
Ingame it should include a better-functioning system authority dynamic than the current general disregard for system security levels by everybody, because honestly I would like to have more than no care at all about what system I jump through in any given ship doing anything. Better cops in systems that should have them, because playing cops and robbers without any good cops is pretty lame.
Crime has to have meaning and context within the game beyond mere finances, and I think for both sides of the law as well, or it really is kind of meh and not worthy as a Pretend Spaceman career; probably my biggest judging tool for anything in the game, How Great Is This To Pretend Spaceman With. If I was going to be chased into the space wilderness to fend for myself in the cutthroat parts of the galaxy with no insurance, no cops outside of system warlordism, and risky wildly-variegated ship RRnR and modding with chances to make a name for myself as a pirate in a piratical home region, I would want to check out that gameplay tomorrow. Sorry to any future CMDRs if this ever becomes implemented but I will try to take your stuffs. >_________>
