Given that the game requires to be able to be played alone, whether by choice of game mode or lack of other players in the vicinity to play with (plus the fact that console players without premium platform access cannot play in either of the multi-player game modes), it is unsurprising (to me at least) that Frontier made the choice they did in this regard.
The flip side of this is "able to be farmed in closed modes by players in G5 god mode ships for the purpose of acquiring a disproportionate influence over the game without any pushback". This alone has spawned many a thread (without necessarily any emphasis on mode restriction of activities).
I literally never said you were not a PvP'er in ESO.Actually, I am a rather avid PVPer in ESO, where it isn't forced on you and you know exactly what you are getting into when you enter Cyrodiil, kind of like Solo vs Open here. It also is a completely viable style of play there, offers great rewards both item wise and monetarily, and is pretty much the only thing I do in ESO anymore. That said, it took me some years to get into it, after I had done pretty much everything else there was (I cared) to do in that game, and I get rewarded for it, beyond putting another notch on my wing.
G5 god mode ships can be (and are) used in all three game modes - and Open is very nearly identical to Solo and Private Groups in terms of average player density per system....
I don't think that really follows.
It may not have been unsolvable, but that does not mean that it was fun - which may have had something to do with the changes. Having supportive players around makes things easier, for sure.
Back in the day, "git gud or go Solo" was the advice often offered to those who created threads complaining about being the target of an unprovoked attack. Unsurprisingly, some seem to have taken that advice - and selected the latter rather than the former.
That's actually quite hilarious.
For some it's more about being willing to play the way that is required to play among others - which is not required in this game.
I didn't mention PvP, though given the content of the thread it's understandable you went to that.
In my case gitgud would mean to learn to fly a ship in combat against other players FA on/off at will and not just be spinning in space or crashing into stuff. I can pilot well enough to get from point A to B and takeoff and land or fly through rings without running into anything. But pretty sure I don't have it in me (at this point), to gitgud. I actually don't find enjoyment in PVP just killing other players, that actually seems pretty pointless to me, as you are either killing those less than you, or getting killed by those better at it. It needs to have more of a point/reason/reward, so I have no motivation to gitgud in ED. In other games there is equipment and rewards you can only get by earning PVP currency, that is a motivation.
Adapatability applies in all modes if NPCs are challenging. The issue then is whether or not the strength of NPCs should reflect the skill of players. Given that endgame players are likely to do much more per player to advance powerplay or BGS campaigns than early game players, it seems sensible that NPC difficulty should scale more proportionately to the capability of players acting at different levels.
I guess for me the dicey, dangerous moments are often where the "stories" come from. They have an inconsequential cost to me because none of the things I lose have any intrinsic value, they're only important as part of the story (I'm not talking high roleplay, just the physical narrative of playing a game, projecting into a game universe). As long as "stuff happens", then a play session has value. In closed modes, for sure less happens, or less variety.
They do scale, albeit only with your combat rank. Are you suggesting sending Elite pilots after some poor Harmless smuck lumbering along in a T9 with a cargo hold full of gold or whatever? Pretty sure that Elite would tear down his shields and blow him to space dust well before he could jump out.
Well, players can take care of doing the opposing of players in open. In closed modes, it has to be NPCs (and can also be assisted by feature design).
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