So what? If they decide to pull the plug, they don't want to interact with you. What you are asking for in that they be forced to interact with you.
Elite not very dangerous ?
- Thread starter Zeke Drexel
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So what? If they decide to pull the plug, they don't want to interact with you. What you are asking for in that they be forced to interact with you.
I've met two in five years, they both kicked my bottom and ended up in my friends list afterwards. Sadly neither have logged in for years.
That's the basic truth. If interdicted, I'd never dream of stopping to type "OK, what do you want?"
I don't want to block people- I want to have a basic set rule that if you win an encounter against someone fairly that they have to stick around until its over. If everything is down to 15 seconds it makes any hostile interaction pointless.
Indeed! They did find ways out. Which is what you are complaining about? If you interdict me, and I immediately submit and then hit menu/logout, that's a valid method of me escaping. What you are fighting for is to deny me that option. So if I submit, I either give you what you want or you s'plode me..
Because effective escape strategies require no hesitation to work.
Because you are then using that log to escape the games consequences. Its this part that needs fixing- if you lose, you can't log your way out.
And is why it should be that with a hostile ship in that instance you can't log out, or if you do you have a penalty. Otherwise, whats the point of the pirate interdicting anyone?
That's perfectly sane. And I'd even support you.
But we both know, players will then just ignore open when they find out they'll be forced to do your bidding, if they lose the interdiction. So what you'd end up with is you floating around space in your tin can with no-one to play with.
I'll find you one day, make sure to keep your hold full of juicy cargo so I don't have to leave you with an insult and nothing more though.
Robert Maynard
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The OP want their game to be made more dangerous - however doing so would change it for all players as we all play the same game.
There are rules and there are consequences - that some don't like them is obvious.
And if they don't stop you shot them until they do stop, or explode. Most often people simply vanish.
By blocking people you are basically popping them into solo from your perspective, which is where you say you want them. Problem solved, if you use the fix.
"Forced to do your bidding!" LOL! Thats the game part.
Cooldown on its use.
Like I said above, I'd bet my pay cheque that if open became a non-menu log type mode, it'd become a waste-space. With no-one playing it. And I'm guessing you know this too.
It should be. People playing in Solo using G5 god ships (which to them is a mandatory requirement) wondering why there is nobody to challenge them, that's what this thread is about.
But if everyone decides to block each other, then it makes things pointless as its a chain reaction.
I rarely run poop I'm afraid, I don't clog either though.