For me this is as much about the "science" as anything. I normally don't even do CGs, so likely after this one is over I'll clear my block list and go back to how I was playing beforehand. Especially since my experiments are not yielding the results I had hoped for.Don't go too mental with the block and i'm sure there's some fun to be had!
Oh, the DG list has a lot to do with my personal blocking protocol.
Its pinned to the wall next to my monitor. If someone whom I doesn't know interdict me, I have a look there.
I block all station rammers.
I normaly don't block interdictors.
I never block PP enemies.
If someone, whom I can't identify as a PP enemy interdicts me, I check the list.
If his name is on there, I know he travelled 1000th of lightyears out in the black to shoot at unarmed exploration vessels, and is therefore most likly just an ordinary ganker. So I block him.
With the billions people are making, who cares?
Get every person who is starving a freewinder, send them off to mine and watch them get rich. Then they can buy meat and other stuff to eat.
If they are vegan or member of PETA (People for Ethical Treament of Asteroids), then... meh... I got nothing that doesn't involve shooting them into the nearest sun.
It's MY money, and MY free time. Therefore if someone's behavior is interfering with my enjoyment of my free time and my money beyond what I consider acceptable, they will get blocked. That goes for this game, as well as every other game.
When you control my life, you can choose otherwise. Until then, your objection doesn't matter.
I've done some experiments, and I must confess, my idea sounded better on paper than it is in practice. I think I'll just wait until I'm approved for Mobius for my "community" hauling, and in the meantime I'll haul in Solo and play with gankers in unfiltered Open, saving the block for the extra-bad offenders (creeps and cheaters).
But hey, if we don't try these things, then we never learn. SCIENCE!
But hey, if we don't try these things, then we never learn. SCIENCE!
I have a list next to my monitor of all the griefers, gankers and assorted villains in the game so I can thank them for supplying a life spark to the game that Frontier has almost went out of their way to strangle. And when it comes to dealing with these people ingame rather than scuttle off to safe space or keep my space safe with the use of an exploit like the block button I got good at flying, outfitting and generally playing the game. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
Hes checking his list , hes checking it twice.
Hes gonna find out whos naughty or nice.
CG Santa
I must confess, the best moments I've had during this CG have been thanks to the gankers. Granted, this is when I go into the system looking for this sort of game play.
Even then, epic battles are somewhat few and far between and a stinking pain to jump in on.
Anyway, I'm writing off this block idea as a failure, at least for what I had envisioned. Even when I do bypass ganker alley, the station is so overcrowded that it's a mess. I'll stick to doing my hauling in Solo or PG, and use my Hauler (hehehe) for Open PvP. Don't worry, I'm giving your kind plenty of content!
You could possibly make your instance griefer free, again, if they did change the way block works. If not, then friending could make it unreliable and it would probably take a significant number of blocking CMDRs to change that.
Regardless, not everyone of your friends at a busy CG is going to be placed in your instance. There are a lot of factors and matchmaking has always been sketchy, especially in high population scenarios.
Blocking is the only exploit I can see in the above example. Ramming is a legit combat tactic and station kills besides being absolutely tactical also enjoy the added benefit of being downright hysterical. Further, how are they "cheats" and "cowards" exactly? I think the guy abusing the block function to avoid legit gameplay comes waaaaay closer to fulfilling my criteria for those two pejoratives, but I guess i'm strange that waySeparate from the OP, I just now blocked a station rammer. I have no patience for cheats and cowards and people who exploit holes in C&P. Instancing be damned. First person to "officially" (outside of experimentation) to make my permanent block list.
If you disagree, well.....
Actually, I have proof this is correct. Someone I purposefully blocked for station griefing somehow tracked me down two hyperspace jumps and minutes later and blew me up, despite being on my block list. So... Either it takes awhile for blocks to take effect, or they are cheating somehow, in which case I'll block them via my router next time I see them.
Well, at least I got some free Arx for my trouble
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Yep!but I guess i'm strange that way
I'm glad this game isn't your idea of "good", because you're [self-censored].
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Separate from the OP, I just now blocked a station rammer. I have no patience for cheats and cowards and people who exploit holes in C&P. Instancing be damned. First person to "officially" (outside of experimentation) to make my permanent block list.
If you disagree, well.....
Good man, lead from the front. Lets make ED a station griefer free zone.
Burn the heretic, kill the mutant, block the unclean.
My Kill On Sight list is long and includes generic classes.
Winters pledged CMDR sitting at an Alliance engineer?
You’re a target.
It’s simple. FDev provided a tool to choose whom you play a game with. There is no restriction on why you use it Or whom you decide you want to be excluded from your play. There is no need to justify it to anyone for any reason what-so-ever. Use it however you like to.
That's the part I'm still trying to figure out... I must admit, recent events have me considering a more aggressive use of this feature.
Aaah... the high horsed morality of most of the gitgud crowd never ceases to amaze!
Cheat this, 5c that... but on the other hand, no wrong done if they're invading private groups just to break the rules, right?
There is no such thing as "block abuse", period.
Cheat this, 5c that... but on the other hand, no wrong done if they're invading private groups just to break the rules, right?
There is no such thing as "block abuse", period.
Was anyone else around?
Likely to be equally unreliable as the game can use relays when it can't get a direct connection.
That's like saying there is no such thing as "griefing" or cheating via exploit. Just because something exists doesn't mean every use of it is valid.
Almost any feature can be used in ways contrary to it's intent to the detriment of other players.