After Weeks Trapped In Solo...

[Agony_Aunt]

I'd say neither are praiseworthy. People think saying that people like safety and less challenge is an insult but its true, alot of people on the forums openly admit it. Why should it be an insult though? If that's how a player has fun, go for it.

I don't think people are saying some people don't like safety or don't want a challenge. The issue i think is when it appears you are trying to paint all players within certain modes with the same brush.

I mainly play PG or Solo and I do enjoy a challenge. Today i was flying my Beluga in a Combat Zone. Had to bug out when got double teamed by a pair of Anacondas. Was good fun.

 

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, god, i just created a 'Open Vs Solo' thread by accident. Lol

I have nothing against anyone picking any mode they chose, for whatever reason.
I just prefer Open for the unexpected.
NPC's, which are largely my only encounters anyway, even in Open, are still no problem. But I just loving not knowing the intentions of that hollow square.
Admittedly, i rarely see any due to my odd gaming hours. Lol

I've only ever 'unintentionally' lost a ship to another CMDR, once. And it was hilarious, eventhough it cost me 6,900,000cr. Lol

All my thread is about, is i really miss that feeling, and I cant wait to be back.

 

[Noctover]

you are missing the point.... it is your assumption that "players in open are up for a challenge, players not in open want easy mode with no challenge"..... What about those in open who go out of their way to avoid contact, or those in open who solely play in wing of 4 and prey only on weak ships with no backup, or those in solo who desperately pine for the chance to meet some really tough npcs.

i am not on about the bugged npc weapins (the beam plasma was especially terrifying!) but it would be cool to get some pretty well modded up elite npcs imo (just not the lame invincible player builds which some have, that i simply refuse to do myself, so would NOT want npcs getting )

my hope is thargoids scratches my itch. if they are weak, then i will be v dissaponted. Tough BUT not invincilbe is what i hope for . a tough balancing act considering so many different builds in the game, some with and some without access to eng mods.

Everyone has their reasons for different modes, some play in Solo because Open is too unstable, some switch depending on mood, you can only generalise on a forum, and i was responding in an appropriate manner to how the OP thinks that Solo is boring due to the lack of risk. Its the same for Open really, some play the same way they play in Solo only to enjoy the risk of encountering others. I find many people who only want a form of social interaction without the risk of being ganked for no reason choose Mobius but again its a generalisation.

NPCs do need marking up heavily, and so do interdictions, at least to the point where beating an interdiction is 50/50 not a given.

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I don't think people are saying some people don't like safety or don't want a challenge. The issue i think is when it appears you are trying to paint all players within certain modes with the same brush.

I mainly play PG or Solo and I do enjoy a challenge. Today i was flying my Beluga in a Combat Zone. Had to bug out when got double teamed by a pair of Anacondas. Was good fun.

I tend to like both, some days i cannot be bothered wondering, other days i quite like the chance that my Clipper gets to use those thrusters with purpose.