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Masta Squidge

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picommander said:
Ah, the forum PvP brigade arrives. You're late, where have you been? 🤪
Time to move on for some more fruitful things...
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Ive been lurking here for years lmao

I enjoy seeing the kind of people this stuff brings out.

The ones who directly attack me for something they simply don't like are of absolutely no value as people so it lets me get them on the ignore list so I don't need to deal with them when I'm not interested in doing so.
 

Mersozz

Mersozz
Masta Squidge said:
My point is there isn't even anything valuable for these demands to the players on that side of the argument other than their own egos.

I've been on that side. If there's no reward other than e-peen then its a waste of time.

I guess its just a good thing for me that fdev doesn't value their feelings as much as they do.
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To me, it's like whether or not you want to go to a movie with friends, or by yourself. I see no right or wrong response.

I will say that there is an additional element of excitement when you encounter another CMDR. Most of them are cool, and a handful are D-Bags.
 

Phisto Sobanii

Phisto Sobanii
Masta Squidge said:
Ive been lurking here for years lmao

I enjoy seeing the kind of people this stuff brings out.

The ones who directly attack me for something they simply don't like are of absolutely no value as people so it lets me get them on the ignore list so I don't need to deal with them when I'm not interested in doing so.
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Pfft. Can't handle a few verbal barbs? Figures you'd play in Private Group.

picommander said:
Ah, the forum PvP brigade arrives. You're late, where have you been? 🤪
Time to move on for some more fruitful things...
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Stupid threads tend to get posted in Discords for the sake of amusement. I hope this isn't a shock to you.
 

jasonbarron

jasonbarron
Masta Squidge said:
Ive been lurking here for years lmao

I enjoy seeing the kind of people this stuff brings out.

The ones who directly attack me for something they simply don't like are of absolutely no value as people so it lets me get them on the ignore list so I don't need to deal with them when I'm not interested in doing so.
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Ah, I see; one of those guys who loves stirring up the hornets nest, then goes screaming for the hall monitor when things heat up. Nice.
 

Screemonster

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Phisto Sobanii said:
Stupid threads tend to get posted in Discords for the sake of amusement. I hope this isn't a shock to you.
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I've been giving serious thought to looking for a piratey discord or something.

Thing is, I'm not exactly a ganker. Just a bit of a pot-stirrer that thinks people could stand to be a little less serious about things, especially "weeeh this is our group's territory we agreed with all the other local groups not to do anything in each other's systems" and the like.

A roaming mob that show up, spread a little chaos, then move on. Post tip-offs when they run into some fun everyone can get in on.

.... can you tell I ran with the Feral Undead back when UD was a thing?
 

monogenetic

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Masta Squidge said:
To those players who think people should play in open: What incentive do I have to do so?

If I have no interest in other players (or proving anything) outside of friends - why should I?


It's "more dangerous"? Why because I am subject to wasting 10 minutes on a rebuy, including the time to make the credits? That's not fun or engaging gameplay. Its a sigh, one click, and I make a few jumps back to where I was. Even if the fight isn't utterly one sided its still just a waste of time as neither commander gains anything of value from it, aside from salt mining (mind you, I used to engage in that myself).


So why? The game gives no compelling reason to care about open.
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So...all you have to do is play in solo. Why do we need yet another thread on this topic?
 

CMDR Cknarf

CMDR Cknarf
There OP. That’s all I got, and all you’re getting from me. I tried my best lol.

Masta Squidge said:
To those players who think people should play in open: What incentive do I have to do so?

Random encounters, whether peaceful or hostile. Interaction with something beyond NPCs. Making friends. Simply seeing another player in passing. Reading their hilariously filthy ship name that made it through the profanity filter, or showing off your own.

If I have no interest in other players (or proving anything) outside of friends - why should I?

Because it’s fun. At least, it can be, and many others think it is too. You don’t have to, you aren’t being forced.

It's "more dangerous"? Why because I am subject to wasting 10 minutes on a rebuy, including the time to make the credits? That's not fun or engaging gameplay. Its a sigh, one click, and I make a few jumps back to where I was. Even if the fight isn't utterly one sided its still just a waste of time as neither commander gains anything of value from it, aside from salt mining (mind you, I used to engage in that myself).

Again, fun. That is what people get out of engaging other players. If that isn’t your style of gameplay, and you aren’t interested in meeting people, or taking chances, then you don’t have to play in open. There are no real incentives beyond those, and I don’t expect to convince you otherwise— not that it really matters to me what mode someone else chooses to play in.

So why? The game gives no compelling reason to care about open.

It doesn’t, really, but you sure seem to care about it in some capacity, or else you wouldn’t feel compelled to start this thread, same as those before you. I wish you the best of luck in reaching 40+ pages of people saying the same thing back and forth.
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