Please... no probe references here!!!!
Why doesn't Frontier invest in dedicated servers?
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Please... no probe references here!!!!
It is a bit of oxymoron the way you put it. Otherwise, they absolutely have dedicated servers supporting their p2p infrastructure and they are even adding a new one specifically for missions in 3.3.
So if everyone who only wants to play in PG Solo go to X4 can we make ED Open only? 
I'd pay a subscription
I'd pay a subscription
So if everyone who only wants to play in PG Solo go to X4 can we make ED Open only?
Perhaps the Open only crowd could go play Eve online
Does that sound stupid to you
So if everyone who only wants to play in PG Solo go to X4 can we make ED Open only?
No.
[video=youtube;EvJPyjmfdz0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvJPyjmfdz0[/video]
glad someone posted this video ^^
Its a single player game with a multiplayer plugin.
So why don't they use supercruise?
I'm pretty sure the "Solo players are taking over the BGS" conspiracy theory is a myth, with the possible exception of bots. Now the "PS4 players are taking over the BGS" theory has some merit, since we have at least one platform-specific player faction that you can't touch via traditional PvP means on your PC or XBox
Spot on.
Our little group recently had an Xbox group introduced very close by. Never gonna get attack/defend PvP scenarios as we are all PC. Tactical choices are removed.
However the same operational (BGS) choices are still there, as are the strategic options - i.e. compete or come to terms with each other.
Simon
^ I'm afraid this is spot on. I would love to see 50-100 player battles - full on wars. Unfortunately, this will never be the game for that.
They can't afford the millions of credits that such data deliveries cost.
To be fair, no game can do that. Even EVE, which is known for enormous battles, only manages by slowing down time to let the servers catch up with all the activity.
Actually Time Dialation occurs only when the players are overloding a node, and at the time, it took CCP to manually assign a space region to a dedicated node to run the hairball of a fleet engagement.
CCP has since then developed an automated system that after a certain period moves the battle from the populated system nodes to their own node.
from the clients point of view Time Dialation starts, gets heavy for a while, then suddenly stops and things go back to normal flow.
Now if the hair ball gets even bigger then TD comes back after a fashion, but from what I hear CCP has been pondering not only making more dedicated node spaces, but even creating a multi-node situation for really large fleet battles, but these are edge cases and there haven't yet been a reason to create them.
Of course all of this is based on the extent of the hardware, and the fact that with the advent of the 7mm and even 5mm processes that server technology may advance again before CCP even needs such dedicated multi node network connectivity.
But to go with Commander Danicus's desire, I would say EvE is the ONLY game capable of the space battles that he's looking for.
That being said, my opinion is that EvE's battles are TOO big, but that's just me. But their wars are historic, both in a lore sense and in a video game history sense.
The Fountain War being made into a book for god's sake. I wish Elite was capable of even a tenth of that.
You prepared to pay extra for the privilege ? (I'm not)
I'm pretty sure the "Solo players are taking over the BGS" conspiracy theory is a myth, with the possible exception of bots. Now the "PS4 players are taking over the BGS" theory has some merit, since we have at least one platform-specific player faction that you can't touch via traditional PvP means on your PC or XBox
Never realised that the different platforms shared the same BGS. Didn't occur to me.
Unicorns?
Elite is Multi-player Solitaire.
Wait, you're not familiar with Multiplayer Solitaire and don't understand how that works? It's simple.
Fire up a game of Solitaire on your PC in a room with a spouse, significant other or child/children and try to play.
They will be drawn to your side, and point out moves you either don't want to make, or haven't seen yet the entire time.
You are now playing Multiplayer Solitaire.
Elite is like that too.
You try to do what it says on the website, and "Play your own way", and along comes the community to tell you you're doing it wrong, "exploiting", or otherwise not playing how They play, and Bob's your uncle.
GW2 Managed it just fine in wvw battles with crazy particle effects, twitch combat, and aoe interactions involving combination layered effects.