Do you Like PvP in ED?

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

I'd have no issue with PvP Pirates.
They have to set their ship up to do that job. Which lowers it's overall PvP ability.

The main issue is how vastly different dedicated combat PvP ships are to even just PvE combat ships.

I kinda think the Attacker needs to pay the insurance of the victim, or the pilots federation, or something along those lines.
As soon as you take money out of the equation, PvP isn't so bad.
It's the massive drawbacks that come from being a victim.
Data and cargo loss are still an issue though.

But saying that, escaping most PvP(and PvE) is incredibly easy.

 

[AreZee]

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I kinda think the Attacker needs to pay the insurance of the victim, or the pilots federation, or something along those lines.
As soon as you take money out of the equation, PvP isn't so bad.
It's the massive drawbacks that come from being a victim.
Data and cargo loss are still an issue though.

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I like that idea. Let the attacker have to pay the insurance money, after all both are member of the same institution and why should the Bank of Zaonce cover that - might as well be called insurance fraud otherwise.

 

[NeilF]

PvP just isn't promoted or orchestrated in ED... So not much to love TBH.

I thought Powerplay would instill some mechanics to pitch CMDRs against each other with outcomes ideally affecting the outcome for the Powers. But that didn't really happen, and hasn't since...

And with the way weapons are going now, I fear they're going more and more Rock Paper Scissors Spock Lizard... ie: Outcomes will be more and more often decide by what you happened to outfit, rather than what you can do in an engagement.


So, to answer the question. I like the idea of what it could be...

 

[Soon(TM)]

Anaconda with max shields and hull and nothing but missiles. Now that's fun, packs a punch but can't fight for long.

Since missiles got a buff, bigger ships are more fun against smaller ones

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PvP just isn't promoted or orchestrated in ED... So not much to love TBH.

I thought Powerplay would instill some mechanics to pitch CMDRs against each other with outcomes ideally affecting the outcome for the Powers. But that didn't really happen, and hasn't since...

And with the way weapons are going now, I fear they're going more and more Rock Paper Scissors Spock Lizard... ie: Outcomes will be more and more often decide by what you happened to outfit, rather than what you can do in an engagement.


So, to answer the question. I like the idea of what it could be...

It's rock , paper, scissors, lizard , Spock

And everyone would pick Spock, because he's unbeatable... So everyone would have the same load out