You have a point. This is the only mmo type game I own, it has a broader appeal than just the mmo aspect of the game.
Blocking feature being abused or was it intended to be this way? FDEV?
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You have a point. This is the only mmo type game I own, it has a broader appeal than just the mmo aspect of the game.
It's not, the one being blocked is hit, in this case the bounty hunter.
Test it yourself or search the many tests others have done.
I totally agree,, but it is still an mmo
I kinda wish it wasn't sometimes, but then, for those moments when one day, maybe I'll be able to take 9 of my friends and blow up a station using tactics and strategy to defeat an incredibly difficult encounter, keeps me going.
Turns out it was a whole player group, they have flagged you as a threat and are now blocking you anytime they see you until all have you locked out. Now you can't even come in to assist anyone you know, because the game won't let you instance, and if you use the hypothetical workaround that supposedly exists you are liable to be reported for exploiting, whether you did so intentionally or accidentally.
Also they hit your BGS if you have one, in Open since they know you can't do anything about it because of blocking.
The shock they will have when its time to move to another game...
Plenty of people probably are playing ED while waiting for something better to come along. But there will be some problem with any game. It'll be interesting to compare but I think you are focusing on the cloud & not seeing the silver lining.
Competition improves the breed
ok, I see what you're saying, it's just I will defend someone's right to attack you in the pvp mode of a pvp game. I'm a pve'er, so it really doesn't affect me, you could even say I'm playing devil's advocate, I had to, some of the things being said in support of blocking players was just...out there. It's cool
Open or not open, if someone decides that his choice of play style is causing grief to me for out-of-game reasons, he will instantly be added to my block list - I simply don't have time to waste with such toxic individuals.
Every MMO I have played (only a few) SWG, STO, SWTOR the DC one and the other superhero one (you can see a pattern here
) I have played in PvE mode.
ok, I see what you're saying, it's just I will defend someone's right to attack you in the pvp mode of a pvp game. I'm a pve'er, so it really doesn't affect me, you could even say I'm playing devil's advocate, I had to, some of the things being said in support of blocking players was just...out there. It's cool
I already informed you why you are wrong to say Open is PvP mode. You either missed it a few posts earlier, or you ignore it.
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Which is similar to the exact same logic one uses when leaving open to go play in solo mode...pvp ruins many aspects of the game, not just pvp.
I love pvp...not in this game but in general, I love it. Fer me however, not all pvp involves pew pew or killing or egotistical chest thumping. I consider stuff like buckyballing as pvp because its pitting players against each other in a competative way. I like playing with others and against them...why that has to begin and end in senseless pew pew is quite beyond me.
Players who do believe that pew pew is the only form of pvp that matters to them are the players I dont wanna play with...players with as much imagination as intelligence however...now thats a very different and much more appealing thought. I very much like that I can block at least some of the very worst examples in my point of view...true Ill take the hit because Ill probably need to meet them at least once, but rest assured, Ill never clog...but it would be the last time they would get to enjoy it ^
The shock they will have when its time to move to another game...
Let's see, I've played around 6 MMOs in recent years and all had PvE modes, some had player blocking features and all banned players for cheating or exploiting - real bans. I suspect a lot of players moving on to other MMOs will be pleasantly surprised how other games have sorted out all the problems Elite has with Open Mode.
Every MMO I have played (only a few) SWG, STO, SWTOR the DC one and the other superhero one (you can see a pattern here
Me too.
I was well known main tank in WoW, might have gone in the arena (in pve gear, lol) twice? 
I had a dream, a dream where there was no Open, only solo and Player Groups, and all this nonsense went away. Let's make Open go away.
Oh, wait a minute, that's never going to happen. Ah well, I was only a dream.
> Claims to not enjoy egotistical chest thumping in a video game
> Implies the intelligence and imagination of those that like direct player combat more than other modes is deficient in reality
correct on the latter, it was your post that prompted my comment about banging one's head on a wall. If you don't think that open is pvp mode, we have nothing further to discuss, because my whole point hinges on that, and well, because open is pvp mode. /shrug What you think the sefver mechanics have to do with this is beyond me. In open you can pve or you can pvp, if you pvpo, you can go anywhere you want, attack anyone you wwant. That's the nature of pvp in every mmo. To complain about that in a game that offers you private group and solo modes so you don't HAVE To expose yourself to pvp, is frankly mind-bogglng to me.
I'm gonna be honest here and say that none of this effects me, I have only said that the blocking system doesn't seem unfair (To me) .. I Don't do PvP .. I don't like it, This subject isn't just one of PvP though as the blocking system effects all modes bar solo.
But If I do decide to go into Open on one of my restarts (due to self inflicted Iron-Man mode) and I saw that CMDR H.P was sitting outside .. darn right I would block him.
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Or you could just not worry about how others play the game and worry about yourself and the way you play. Who other people block or friend is none of your concern. If you are concerned that you don't have enough seals to club because they have a way of potentially avoiding you then maybe this isn't the game for you.
Right. Because one NPC is as good as another, right? Oh, wait
But wait.... another plot twist!
...before that; after some of the kids playing with their sand castles were pulled away and were getting the living daylights kicked out of them, one was able to pull himself off the floor, and jumped over the fence to save getting bruised up, or worse, losing an eye. Since the rules of the sand pit stated clearly that the gate has to be used at all times, the unruly kids were upset that they could no longer kick and spit at the kids waiting at the gate to exit. They felt that the kids jumping over the fence and vanishing was also detrimental to their fun, so the unruly ones went to the owner and complained about the fence jumping. The owner whilst concerned that the kids were trying to escape jumping the fence and not gracefully exiting through the gate (which would subject the kids to another 15 seconds of abuse), decided that the easiest thing to do was to take steps to help the majority of the kids play happily again.
how'd I do?
I think there's another plot twist incoming soon...!
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