I know you are looking at this but I am late to the party and was unable to provide input. But I have now had three incidents that just make me want to quit the game altogether. Today's issue is not the "final straw" but I am coming closer to that point. I may just bow out until your C&P updates are delivered.
First Issue
Bought myself a spanking new Type 9. Proceeded to get it stuck in the mail slot of a starport and was blown up as a result: not a problem, I get it. Although fining me on top of the 10 Mil I had to pay was just adding insult to injury. But I had no idea, after having to pay $10 Mill to rebuy my ship and whatever thousands for fines, that I now had a bounty on my head. I was 'reincarnated' back at the last base I had docked and I proceeded to launch and go back to the system where my incident occurred where I was promptly destroyed. That was the moment when I seriously considered quitting this game permanently. That is complete baloney. You made me pay a huge amount for getting my ship stuck and subsequently blown up (I am ok with that), you then made me pay fines as part of my rebuy process (fine with that too) - so why the hell should I have a bounty that leads to getting blown up again for no good cause?
Second Issue
I subsequently purchased a spanking new Anaconda. I visited a planetary base. I had heard you could exit to your SRV at a base, which I did. I drove around (how cool!). I apparently went somewhere I was not supposed to and received a fine (I never saw any 'do not enter' signs however). No worries, I'll just leave. But no! I must have then went into another area and now I have two fines. I am doing my best to get back to where I came from in my SRV but then things start shooting at me. Oh well, I can deal with that. Just drive faster. I get back to where I had come from but I don't have the option to get back in my ship. I then see that my ship must have flown away so I call it back. But then a Goliath has me cornered and is shooting at me: I shoot back to no avail. I then make a run for it to my ship. Long story short, I get to my ship and then the base blows it up costing me $20 Mil. Frak that. That is ridiculous. I get the fines (maybe I missed the no trespass signs). But to blow up a ship over this in the end is just too much. This time I REALLY considered quitting the game for good.
**I want to state that I am not against fines and punishment. But the game is taking it too far for the crime committed. Heavy fines are enough unless the action threatens gameplay (such as my ship getting stuck in the mailslot). Both of these situations were honest errors that result in obscene results. And people can argue that "them's the rules" - fine. Then I'll take my money and my time and go play a more balanced game. It's that simple. This should be fun. The obscene ends both of these scenarios came to were not fun and they were excessive in the extreme. The equivalent of execution for littering.
Third Issue
Why isn't interdicting someone who has no warrant/bounty a crime? I was just interdicted by some idiot (human, not NPC). When I came out of hyperspace in my Anaconda I exercised restraint (when I wanted to blow the idiot up), as I couldn't bring myself to shoot a sidewinder. I waited and he did not shoot. At one point I saw "hyperspace engines activated" or something like that, so I thought he was running and that was the end of that. But he did not jump and the next thing I see is he is texting me saying "Stop UR Ship". That was it, I blew the little turd up. Now *I* am the one with a huge bounty on me head that I can't seem to find a way to clear. I was peacefully participating in the Community Goal when this idiot pulled his stunt and now I can't do so any more. This sucks. Why was he not instantly placed with a bounty for having pulled an innocent out of hyperspace? Instead the victim gets the bounty for this.
Please fix this stuff - this is too much and it is killing the game for me. I love the concept of this game (I only came to know of it in the last 4 months) and i have voted with my $ by purchasing most everything in your virtual store. But these issues will be the death of my relationship with this game. Just dial it back by about 40%-60% - punish me for my stupidity but don't drive me to leave the game.
BTW, I am on the PS4 and after hundreds of hours of gameplay we have witnessed a couple of pervasive bugs. I reported one of them on your bug report board but next thing I get is they want me to prove the issue. The game is playable but, the bugs we have witnessed appear to be memory-leaks as many of them only result after extended play. We play for 3-4 hours and then exit the game and go back in to clear the symptoms. I kindly request that someone do some extended play testing on the PS4 version as the issues can't be missed.
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I know this is suggestion section so I want to bring my ranting/whining to a point:
I am not asking that the game be easy, and I do want emergent gameplay. That is why play in the Open. But until today I had no idea that pulling someone from hyperspace, who had no bounty, was not a criminal act. I believe this was likely someone young, who was looking for a friend to play with (I suspect anyway). But the way to do that is to hang out at a starport and talk to people as they arrive or leave (or via the forums), not to pull them from hyperspace. Hopefully I saved others from having to deal with such rudeness when I shot this person down. Hopefully they will think better of doing the same again in the future.
And finally, I am not all-knowing, and perhaps there are aspects here of which I am unaware. I welcome any insights that might help 'bring balance to the Force' for me
First Issue
Bought myself a spanking new Type 9. Proceeded to get it stuck in the mail slot of a starport and was blown up as a result: not a problem, I get it. Although fining me on top of the 10 Mil I had to pay was just adding insult to injury. But I had no idea, after having to pay $10 Mill to rebuy my ship and whatever thousands for fines, that I now had a bounty on my head. I was 'reincarnated' back at the last base I had docked and I proceeded to launch and go back to the system where my incident occurred where I was promptly destroyed. That was the moment when I seriously considered quitting this game permanently. That is complete baloney. You made me pay a huge amount for getting my ship stuck and subsequently blown up (I am ok with that), you then made me pay fines as part of my rebuy process (fine with that too) - so why the hell should I have a bounty that leads to getting blown up again for no good cause?
Second Issue
I subsequently purchased a spanking new Anaconda. I visited a planetary base. I had heard you could exit to your SRV at a base, which I did. I drove around (how cool!). I apparently went somewhere I was not supposed to and received a fine (I never saw any 'do not enter' signs however). No worries, I'll just leave. But no! I must have then went into another area and now I have two fines. I am doing my best to get back to where I came from in my SRV but then things start shooting at me. Oh well, I can deal with that. Just drive faster. I get back to where I had come from but I don't have the option to get back in my ship. I then see that my ship must have flown away so I call it back. But then a Goliath has me cornered and is shooting at me: I shoot back to no avail. I then make a run for it to my ship. Long story short, I get to my ship and then the base blows it up costing me $20 Mil. Frak that. That is ridiculous. I get the fines (maybe I missed the no trespass signs). But to blow up a ship over this in the end is just too much. This time I REALLY considered quitting the game for good.
**I want to state that I am not against fines and punishment. But the game is taking it too far for the crime committed. Heavy fines are enough unless the action threatens gameplay (such as my ship getting stuck in the mailslot). Both of these situations were honest errors that result in obscene results. And people can argue that "them's the rules" - fine. Then I'll take my money and my time and go play a more balanced game. It's that simple. This should be fun. The obscene ends both of these scenarios came to were not fun and they were excessive in the extreme. The equivalent of execution for littering.
Third Issue
Why isn't interdicting someone who has no warrant/bounty a crime? I was just interdicted by some idiot (human, not NPC). When I came out of hyperspace in my Anaconda I exercised restraint (when I wanted to blow the idiot up), as I couldn't bring myself to shoot a sidewinder. I waited and he did not shoot. At one point I saw "hyperspace engines activated" or something like that, so I thought he was running and that was the end of that. But he did not jump and the next thing I see is he is texting me saying "Stop UR Ship". That was it, I blew the little turd up. Now *I* am the one with a huge bounty on me head that I can't seem to find a way to clear. I was peacefully participating in the Community Goal when this idiot pulled his stunt and now I can't do so any more. This sucks. Why was he not instantly placed with a bounty for having pulled an innocent out of hyperspace? Instead the victim gets the bounty for this.
Please fix this stuff - this is too much and it is killing the game for me. I love the concept of this game (I only came to know of it in the last 4 months) and i have voted with my $ by purchasing most everything in your virtual store. But these issues will be the death of my relationship with this game. Just dial it back by about 40%-60% - punish me for my stupidity but don't drive me to leave the game.
BTW, I am on the PS4 and after hundreds of hours of gameplay we have witnessed a couple of pervasive bugs. I reported one of them on your bug report board but next thing I get is they want me to prove the issue. The game is playable but, the bugs we have witnessed appear to be memory-leaks as many of them only result after extended play. We play for 3-4 hours and then exit the game and go back in to clear the symptoms. I kindly request that someone do some extended play testing on the PS4 version as the issues can't be missed.
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I know this is suggestion section so I want to bring my ranting/whining to a point:
- I want actions and consequences - but currently it is heavy handed. I'd ask that you consider my words
- As for the turd who pulled me from hyperspace, it is my opinion that attempting to pull anyone from hyperspace who does not have a bounty already on their head should be a criminal act. At the very least, if you are not going to do it on the attempt, at least make the act of actually pulling it off criminal.
I am not asking that the game be easy, and I do want emergent gameplay. That is why play in the Open. But until today I had no idea that pulling someone from hyperspace, who had no bounty, was not a criminal act. I believe this was likely someone young, who was looking for a friend to play with (I suspect anyway). But the way to do that is to hang out at a starport and talk to people as they arrive or leave (or via the forums), not to pull them from hyperspace. Hopefully I saved others from having to deal with such rudeness when I shot this person down. Hopefully they will think better of doing the same again in the future.
And finally, I am not all-knowing, and perhaps there are aspects here of which I am unaware. I welcome any insights that might help 'bring balance to the Force' for me
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