My classification of Griefing, "Anything that causes me grief."
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And that's a pretty narrow subset of people, even among those who are perfectly accepting of such encounters when they occur.
Having to deal with the occasional individual who feels entitled to treat Open as something else is a small price to pay for as complete an experience as possible with as many potential encounters as possible.
If I had to switch to a different PG every time I felt like a different experience, I'd rarely encounter anyone at all. So, I always choose Open, no matter what it is I have planned for my CMDR, if I even have anything for my CMDR.
Hell, I've been testing shadow tables for the last three day...still doing it in Open, because an encounter, friendly or otherwise, could be an interesting respite.
Except, that they. both the pirate and the trader, can change their minds at any time.
And if they do, how do they go about making that known through action?
Not to mention the delta between a pirate ship and a minmaxed pure-combat ship that doesn't have to worry about limpets or cargo space.
Disappear. Duh.
Because bringing up combat logging when it isn't really pertinent to the discussion is better?
Actually you should be just as likely to be pirated in any mode since NPCs are pirates as well. The difference then is the minigame and the ship and player abilities. So you might be consenting to be successfully pirated, which a good portion of the time can equate to being ganked without being asked for anything, and that's something you only get in other modes if you are, like me, persona non grata.
Why are we talking about modes and combat logging?
We're talking about the PvP pirate experience and why doing it organically in Open Play wipes the floor with the PG idea Brrock endorses in terms of fun, immersion, and all the things people look for when they engage in PvP piracy.
C'mon, people. Get with it.
We're talking about the PvP pirate experience and why doing it organically in Open Play wipes the floor with the PG idea Brrock endorses in terms of fun, immersion, and all the things people look for when they engage in PvP piracy.
C'mon, people. Get with it.
Boring is, as boring does. If a conversation needs a cheerleader, well.....
What does that make you? Just another washed up old hack (er) peddling some Pro combat logging agenda?
LOL
Apparently. Especially the 'washed up' part.
But why promote cheating? Why even play the game if you don't enjoy the content? And if there are parts of the content you do enjoy and parts you don't enjoy why not avoid them completely by remaining in the mode which suits your gameplay best?
So why do you promote cheating?
If the conversation doesn't interest you take a hike.
Or, I can make of it what I want. How about that?
Which I can't imagine will be much.
Anyway, to bring it back in, I'd like to address one more bit about Brrock's PG idea.
I've not done it much, but on the occasion I have undertaken activities where it was likely I could be attacked or pirated in Open Play (Void Opal mining or hauling CGs, to name two) the fact that I didn't know what to expect was a huge part of the reason why I had fun doing it.
There's a thrill, an essence, to the unknown. You lose that when one side runs off while the other counts to 10.
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