I'm going full Charlton Heston a la Beneath the Planet of the Apes if I don't get Powerplay
"A green and insignificant game, is now dead"
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"A green and insignificant game, is now dead"
Indeed I've only knocked my Lego Helicarrier over twice now.
Ouch.
I'm not exactly sure what I'll do once its 'done'. Making large models is fun but its also a chore (especially multi level models).
Don't forget the first rule of PowerPlay.
When asked a question say i'll need to get back to you on that and never do?
I never missed a day
Good man, and ouch on knocking over the carrier too!
Viajero
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I think I will have to disagree. With all its issues (other games have their own issues) exploration in Elite is imo probably among best in class out there.
Lets pretend fdev doesn't specifically hate rubbernuke and is thus purposely shunning powerplay out of spite.
the only way powerplay is going to get meaningful attention is if it can be incorporated in on-foot gameplay.
that means creating versions of power activities that correlate to on-foot action.
Like Utopia is about convincing systems to join utopia via pamphlets and such. So on foot, this would equate to maybe running around settlements and hacking ad displays to display Utopian messages. This would be a naughty activity so you have to be sneaky about it.
Likewise, we have to truck around dissidents... On foot, this could involve using Utopian darts to shoot dissidents (who would be randomly scattered in settlements that utopia controls). The darts cause the dissident to become docile and go about their day. They will resist you upon seeing you though, since you'll be recognized as a member of the power - potentially opening fire. Killing dissidents does not get you merits. Shields must be dropped for the dart to have an effect.
PP CZ's would obviously involve killing for Utopia. Big ole settlement battles with contingents of utopian npcs storming settlements or defending them. etc.
During such events, unlike stellar events that take place in the middle of no where in a system, on-surface events occur at settlements. Interrupting any normal function during them. Alternative is that there would be special ad-hoc 'settlements' that are dynamically placed on surfaces during these events to hold the event denoting strongholds or such that disappear when the event is over.
any other powers who use a cargo hauling mechanic that doesn't translate to something like described above could utilize a material. That material would have a limit like other materials, and so you would have to turn that in periodically to regain your capacity.
undermining and such would behave as an inverse to many of the activities described above.
there would be power NPCS associated with settlements, that unlike normal guards and such, will aggressively warn and then openly attack players who are aligned with an opposing power.
the only way powerplay is going to get meaningful attention is if it can be incorporated in on-foot gameplay.
that means creating versions of power activities that correlate to on-foot action.
Like Utopia is about convincing systems to join utopia via pamphlets and such. So on foot, this would equate to maybe running around settlements and hacking ad displays to display Utopian messages. This would be a naughty activity so you have to be sneaky about it.
Likewise, we have to truck around dissidents... On foot, this could involve using Utopian darts to shoot dissidents (who would be randomly scattered in settlements that utopia controls). The darts cause the dissident to become docile and go about their day. They will resist you upon seeing you though, since you'll be recognized as a member of the power - potentially opening fire. Killing dissidents does not get you merits. Shields must be dropped for the dart to have an effect.
PP CZ's would obviously involve killing for Utopia. Big ole settlement battles with contingents of utopian npcs storming settlements or defending them. etc.
During such events, unlike stellar events that take place in the middle of no where in a system, on-surface events occur at settlements. Interrupting any normal function during them. Alternative is that there would be special ad-hoc 'settlements' that are dynamically placed on surfaces during these events to hold the event denoting strongholds or such that disappear when the event is over.
any other powers who use a cargo hauling mechanic that doesn't translate to something like described above could utilize a material. That material would have a limit like other materials, and so you would have to turn that in periodically to regain your capacity.
undermining and such would behave as an inverse to many of the activities described above.
there would be power NPCS associated with settlements, that unlike normal guards and such, will aggressively warn and then openly attack players who are aligned with an opposing power.
The main issue there is how do you scale that activity like you can scale activity in ships?
do you just make each on foot merit worth x number of ship based merits? Or do you find some way to more rapidly accumulate on foot merits without all of the time consuming travel? Either via a better way to travel surface to surface than live ship travel between locations ....or via rapid re-spawning at a single location.
of course, the idea that you would scale some activities via skill to be worth more merits per success is not in the cards.
We're talking about progress in powerplay, not something completely impossible like adding skill based mechanic scaling.
do you just make each on foot merit worth x number of ship based merits? Or do you find some way to more rapidly accumulate on foot merits without all of the time consuming travel? Either via a better way to travel surface to surface than live ship travel between locations ....or via rapid re-spawning at a single location.
of course, the idea that you would scale some activities via skill to be worth more merits per success is not in the cards.
We're talking about progress in powerplay, not something completely impossible like adding skill based mechanic scaling.
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You could smuggle quantities of gusset literature into bases.
There you go, problem solved for utopia.
There you go, problem solved for utopia.
Gusset template plans are hard to find even harder to hold.
First time I knocked it over was because I was in a rush to put my jacket on and go find my missing cat. Second time I was just an idiot not looking where I was going.
Corrected for accuracy
I like where you're going with this but I think we need to simplify it and rely on peoples innate hornyness. Integrate PP into Odyssey but also add in PP leader npc like Rubbernukes fav power leader Newton Faulkner and specifically the blue rinse bint Aisling Duval.
If they lock out people from meeting them face to face until they put in a fair few hours of powerplay the honry 14yo platers will flock to PP so they can flock to Aisling.
Something tells me, the playerbase age distribution leans way older than typical. Especially the players who are excited about a drawn portrait that shows at most, some arm skin. So lets fix that.
Somewhere in FD towers there is a list of all the Elite Dangerous Anticitizens that they throw darts at.
I know because Barreh has seen it from the air duct.
I wonder who else is up on the wall.
They've been all disappeared in accidents going from what Barreh tells me.