News Removal of 'UA Bombing'
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you want emergent gameplay? go into open in a shieldless T9
Lame. One step further towards Elite: World Peace.
How about changing the economics instead? Make MA much more profitable at bombed ports. Ofc ppl would bomb and then repair ports to earn money. And why not? Deal with smuggling through a real C&P system. And with "deal" I mean make it, challenging, rewarding and fun. NOT tedious, the current P&P system does.
How about changing the economics instead? Make MA much more profitable at bombed ports. Ofc ppl would bomb and then repair ports to earn money. And why not? Deal with smuggling through a real C&P system. And with "deal" I mean make it, challenging, rewarding and fun. NOT tedious, the current P&P system does.
I'm guessing that it potentially conflicts with some of the newer BGS stuff like Thargoid Incursions and they want to implement future "something bad has happened"s as local BGS states rather than economy changes. There's definitely some interesting potential there ... even for "UA" sales to continue to play a part.
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+1 need to investigate about this point
I've just sent an emergency delivery of 2 tonnes of popcorn to FDev Towers.
For a super weapon it was relatively easy for folks to get their hands on. With the current state of BGS pvp, you weren't quite sure who did what. There needs to both be accountability and difficulty in acquiring essentially in-game nukes. This is a good change that lets players focus on the new incursion state that might fulfill the same function and is largely in control of Frontier rather than players.
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About expletive time.
i've done that several times. nothing emergent about it. felt the same as trading with a shield, or trading in solo.
emergent gameplay isn't about cmdrs attacking one another, it's about the galaxy changing and responding to cmdr actions.
The BGS changes slated for Q4 are a step in the right direction, Hopefully they continue with more on that front.
Bingo. At least with cop-killing you can check the bounty board and get a name to whoever's doing it, and do useful work to counter it there and then rather than having to off to god knows where and find a barnacle forest.
Wait, I thought anyone who engaged in combat with a player was a sociopath?
Is everyone in Elite a sociopath to you?
All agreed - and I hope the new mechanics serve a similar function.
Well, welcome to how PP works. People you can't find or see damaging your stuff.
So, gathering a thargoid heart is potentially worth some change now and not a fine.
Jenner
I wish I was English like my hero Tj.
Won't miss it in the slightest.
It was trivially easy (but boring as hell) for someone to haul a bunch of UA's and shut down a station. Fixing a broken station was a complete pain in the and you either relogged at a barnacle over and over or you hoped nobody else was buying out Darnielle's Progress. It was a battle of "who can do this boring thing most".
As far as being a tool of BGS warfare, it was laughably one-sided as well. Some government types auto-close black markets so those guys were totally immune to the "tactic".
It was trivially easy (but boring as hell) for someone to haul a bunch of UA's and shut down a station. Fixing a broken station was a complete pain in the and you either relogged at a barnacle over and over or you hoped nobody else was buying out Darnielle's Progress. It was a battle of "who can do this boring thing most".
As far as being a tool of BGS warfare, it was laughably one-sided as well. Some government types auto-close black markets so those guys were totally immune to the "tactic".