Frontier Should Abandon "OPEN" Mode to Save Elite

Zieman

Zieman
For balance:

Modes - The Solo vs Open vs Groups Thread [See new thread]

There have been several threads on the topic of switching between solo/private groups/open. This thread is going to be the merge target for all other threads on the topic, no matter how 'unique' the thread creator may think their thread is. Creating a poll is not unique. Posting in here has...
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Modes - The Solo vs Open vs Groups Thread - Part the Second [Now With Added Platforms].

Elite Dangerous is an online game that allows players to play in three potential 'modes': Online ALL group (called open play) where the player is in the same universe as all other players and can see and be seen by all others in open play Online PRIVATE GROUP play where the player is online in...
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Modes - The Solo vs Open vs Groups Thread - Mk III

Elite Dangerous is an online game that allows players to play in three potential 'modes': Online ALL group (called open play) where the player is in the same universe as all other players and can see and be seen by all others in open play Online PRIVATE GROUP play where the player is online in...
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Modes - The Open v Solo v Groups thread IV - Hotel California

Elite Dangerous is an online game that allows players to play in three potential 'modes': Online ALL group (called open play) where the player is in the same universe as all other players and can see and be seen by all others in open play Online PRIVATE GROUP play where the player is online in...
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Zieman

Zieman
ethelred said:
Mods, lock now please!
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Not until page 50, and even then only if the same thread started the other way around gets locked immediately:

General - Remove private Lobby and single Player

As the title says: Remove private Lobby and single Player. Why? Because right now people are having influences on the galaxy and you can't stop them from having it. Best examples are Community events and Powerplay. My power was expanding into a system and I sat there for over an hour and...
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Rebel Yell

Rebel Yell
Zieman said:
Not until page 50, and even then only if the same thread started the other way around gets locked immediately:

General - Remove private Lobby and single Player

As the title says: Remove private Lobby and single Player. Why? Because right now people are having influences on the galaxy and you can't stop them from having it. Best examples are Community events and Powerplay. My power was expanding into a system and I sat there for over an hour and...
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I left the thread, next time will wait until page 100. I am even wondering why this sub has the "PvP" flair in the "gaming modes" section. No one here cares about PvP, neither PvPers care about this community.
 

Dillon Fallon

Dillon Fallon
Wait, wait, wait!

There's been a discussion about getting rid of every mode except one and I don't think we can truly say this has been discussed in a balanced way if we leave it out.

So, I propose removing training mode as it provides no progress in the main game and it is independent of the BGS, so all your actions have no meaning.
 

Redrick Schuhart

Redrick Schuhart
Larry B Baker said:
Ganking is destroying Elite. Players quit in frustration after all their exploration data is lost or they are sent back to a Sidewinder because a ganker was "just having fun".
Solution is simple.
Make the game modes just "SOLO" and "Private Group" because this will permanently end ganking. Players can still play with friends for PvP but the toxic ganking culture will be wiped out. If players try ganking inside a Private Group they can be expelled immediately.
No more blocking required
Chat is restricted to inside the Private Group only so no more external harassment from the toxic gankers.
This is easy to do.
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Don't play in Open. Problem solved, roll the credits
 

enonymous

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Dillon Fallon said:
Wait, wait, wait!

There's been a discussion about getting rid of every mode except one and I don't think we can truly say this has been discussed in a balanced way if we leave it out.

So, I propose removing training mode as it provides no progress in the main game and it is independent of the BGS, so all your actions have no meaning.
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But the training mode is the only truly offline mode. I used to redo the advanced combat training when the servers were down (...and I've had several opportunities to do it). Those two eagle keep trying to gank my sidewinder. Criminal scum will eat my missiles.

I vote to get rid of everything but the training mode.
 

Cmdr Andrew Johnson

Cmdr Andrew Johnson
I would love to see more Cmdr with Cmdr interaction but my personal feeling is that unless it is in a CZ then traditional PVP should be locked off. That said a way to play the pirate needs to be added - maybe increase the delay to the FSD, destroy point defence and use hatch breakers.

Only my view as with a play time of 2 hours max a day, I would love to interact but not spend loads of time having to get money for rebuys etc. This would persuade me back in to Open.
 

Cdr Voorheez

Cdr Voorheez
Larry B Baker said:
Ganking is destroying Elite. Players quit in frustration after all their exploration data is lost or they are sent back to a Sidewinder because a ganker was "just having fun".
Solution is simple.
Make the game modes just "SOLO" and "Private Group" because this will permanently end ganking. Players can still play with friends for PvP but the toxic ganking culture will be wiped out. If players try ganking inside a Private Group they can be expelled immediately.
No more blocking required
Chat is restricted to inside the Private Group only so no more external harassment from the toxic gankers.
This is easy to do.
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Just don't play in Open.
Problem solved.
 

FrankXjr[G911]

FrankXjr[G911]
Larry B Baker said:
Ganking is destroying Elite. Players quit in frustration after all their exploration data is lost or they are sent back to a Sidewinder because a ganker was "just having fun".
Solution is simple.
Make the game modes just "SOLO" and "Private Group" because this will permanently end ganking. Players can still play with friends for PvP but the toxic ganking culture will be wiped out. If players try ganking inside a Private Group they can be expelled immediately.
No more blocking required
Chat is restricted to inside the Private Group only so no more external harassment from the toxic gankers.
This is easy to do.
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Ask your friends for an escort, play in a squadron, it's dangerous, I love it like that.
 
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