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Lol. Someone arguing against using RL ethics in a debate about video game morality, becomes offended by a hypothetical suggestion on a forum. Absurdity at it's finest.
One is the game, one is not.
My CMDR once shot another CMDR down because it was the only way to get that phone to stop ringing.
If you're flying around Engineering a Beluga, there is no reason not to have every optional internal that isn't a shield generator and one large MRP be anything other than HRPs.
It's not!
The entire purpose of an ambush is to ensure the opposition has as little time to react as possible, so that they are destroyed as quickly as possible, with as little risk to the ambushers as possible.
The 'game' is in setting up the ambush. Pilots that know what they are doing are not easy to ambush, and an ambush with overwhelming force against someone caught momentarily off guard is often the only vaguely plausible chance one has of downing someone inclined to escape, even if they are sticklers for the rules. Against vaguely worthy foes (at least non-suicidal ones) the game makes kills difficult to achieve, escape easy, and pursuit impossible.
As for the reason behind the ambush, it could be anything. There are certainly cases where my CMDR was out for revenge, or seeking to fulfil another entirely legitimate in-game goal, where he's laid ambushes for other CMDRs, because any other form of attack would likely not have achieved the desired results (and even ambushes are not easy to pull off).
Since I strive to play a character in this game who has plausible motivations, the overwhelming majority of his use of violence, outside of the friendly testing and sparring scenarios required to maintain proficiency in it, are to advance my CMDR's in-game goals...which rarely include self-aggrandizing vanity. Violence is just a tool, and the destruction of hostile CMDRs merely a means to an end.
Anyway, if you are so certain ambushes don't involve skill, feel free to have your CMDR attempt to down mine, under any set of circumstances. When and if you've finally done it, come back and say it didn't require work and was not a challenge. As a player, I do pride myself in being able to convincingly portray a CMDR that has a clue, who is not prone to major lapses in situational awareness, who can put up a fight when required to, and who is not afraid to make a run for it if the going gets tough. If you think you can catch him with his pants down or provoke a string of mistakes that will get him sent to the rebuy screen, I welcome the challenge.
This thread shows that the balance in E: D is badly off. I guess irredeemable off
In which direction?
The same mechanisms that allow for an oblivious CMDR in a deathtrap to be annihilated in seconds with high-alpha attacks from a single opponent also allow CMDR who are paying attention and in moderately capable vessels to be virtually guaranteed escape against any two wings of hostile CMDRs.
Deleted member 110222
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Cute.
I don't tolerate violence against animals, and I don't tolerate people using it as a casual pawn in a bloody video game debate.
There is nothing I care more about than animals. Why? Because I'm trained in animal husbandry, specifically day-to-day care.
The Replicated Man
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You are still alive?
He clearly mentioned "small dog" so none of the normal rules about doggies apply. If it looks like a rat, walks like a rat and squeaks like a rat, its probably a rat. Put some traps down.
That doesn't really suggest that your sensitivity means that what was posted deserved being reported, and certainly doesn't make the complaint any less laugh worthy.
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The Replicated Man
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He took it way out of context. It was used as an example (Although graphic).
Just because someone uses an example, doesn't make them a murderer. I guarantee if a human was in the place of "small doggo" the outcry would not be there
Its strange how people are. They can watch graphic things happen to fellow humans without batting an eye, but throw an animal in there and it causes an uproar
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Bob Lighthouse
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I tend to think a false equivalence of that magnitude is ban worthy!
"Think of the puppies!"
Just get out and grow up, hahahaha...
Ok. .... I have people on my block list & blocked on PSN, and I still see them ALL THE Time, nearly daily. I would LIVE to see the FDEV post saying this is not supposed to happen, lol
Deleted member 110222
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Laugh if you will. I really don't care what you think on this matter.
Ask yourself this and you will answer your own question : Why do you play in mobius PG instead of Open mode ruled by Fdev ? Like you said, it's not because you can that you should.
Bob Lighthouse
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It doesn't stop them from instancing with you at all on PSN, afaik.
It just blocks comms.
The Replicated Man
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Goes to open in unengineered ship, gets killed due to lack of engineering and pure stupidity. Cries on forums about griefers and how Horizons is Pay to win.
Rinse and repeat. Seen it many times. It will never end. Sigh
Deleted member 110222
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Blocking on Xbox at least, only blocks comms'.
Not sure if the same is true on PSN, but your description suggests it is.
If that's the case, it's working as intended.
Bob Lighthouse
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Coming back to this, it sure seems they had some foresight, given what some in this thread are suggesting, and how some people act in game.
Cant fi d the like button on mobile so there you go for that snarky but good response.
Might be some religious discrimination /s
Bob Lighthouse
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Destruction reconstruction.
Sounds like something from a Dr Suess book.
Sounds like something from a Dr Suess book.
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