Robert Maynard
Volunteer Moderator
+++ even the last major CG's were focused around combat and exclusive to open, shall I start naming them all?
Which ones were exclusive to Open?
+++ even the last major CG's were focused around combat and exclusive to open, shall I start naming them all?
Which ones were exclusive to Open?
+++ even the last major CG's were focused around combat and exclusive to open, shall I start naming them all?
Half the current features wouldn't work if the game was offline, so let's be honest here... solo is holding off the full potential of this game and due to this problem we will most likely never get a true sandbox experience.
Half the current features wouldn't work if the game was offline, so let's be honest here... solo is holding off the full potential of this game and due to this problem we will most likely never get a true sandbox experience.
Well I certainly dont wanna see it fail m8...Im hanging on fer the QOL changes next year and while Im a pessimistic old sod at the best of times, they do appear to be doing something. Im a patient man, I can wait years fer something if I think its gonna be worth it...not gonna let up on the forums in the meantime though...old habits and all that.
Speaking of which, I want pvp to be improved significantly...I sure as hell hadnt planned on being an explorer and playing alone fer 2 years when I got here, and there might just be a year or two left in it yet...one never knows what the future holds but one things fer sure. Ive been a hardcore pvp player fer decades and this is the first game in a long time where I dont enjoy it...not yet anyway. I dont wanna see open die a death cos tbh, Im a social butterfly and I miss playing with people...solo mode serves a purpose but thats all thats special about it...if open were more tolerable then who knows (shrugs) Im making meself feel old fer some odd reason.
Would any of us be here if we wanted the game to fail? Ok theres always one or two but whatever...ye know what I mean jellybean ^
Love it or hate it, ED is what it is, and that's not going to change to any large degree.
+++ even the last major CG's were focused around combat and exclusive to open, shall I start naming them all?
Half the current features wouldn't work if the game was offline, so let's be honest here... solo is holding off the full potential of this game and due to this problem we will most likely never get a true sandbox experience.
Love it or hate it, ED is what it is, and that's not going to change to any large degree.
I felt like falling a sleep thats for sure...
+++ even the last major CG's were focused around combat and exclusive to open, shall I start naming them all?
How about "Love it and hate it"?![]()
"focused on combat" does not mean PvP or GSP.
As you tend to shoot NPCs in Solo while still counting for the missions.
Also, I can name all three times something was Open Only. And CGs have never been any of them.
- First to Elite / Triple Elite Cash prize when the game launched
- GPU card giveaway
- Salome (due to Drew flying in Open for the event)
Everything else that has been added to the game, was done so Solo and Private Groups could also take part.
"focused on combat" does not mean PvP or GSP.
As you tend to shoot NPCs in Solo while still counting for the missions.
Also, I can name all three times something was Open Only. And CGs have never been any of them.
- First to Elite / Triple Elite Cash prize when the game launched
- GPU card giveaway
- Salome (due to Drew flying in Open for the event)
Everything else that has been added to the game, was done so Solo and Private Groups could also take part.
The way I see It, is that we like parts of the game, what needs to be done is to make the existing way we play a lot better, not completely change the type of game it is.
So look at existing features and see how to make them better. We can't have a purely player driven economy with the size of the bubble, just not realistically possible. So pseudo one we have is what it needs to be. So let's look at ways that can be enhanced for everyone.
There is a lot that can be done with just the existing game to make it much better.
I think it's best not to talk about corporations, station control etc until the rest of the game is in a healthy state.
You forgot about the Rise to Power CGs. Some of those were open only.
This is pretty much you admitting that you just need easy victims.
Nevertheless, neither Solo nor Private Groups are going away. So, basically, you can either get over it and move on, or you can just move on.
Your call.
Any links to support that?
As the thread for it doesn't say that. It says all can get involved.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/243226-The-Dangerous-Games-The-Rise-to-Power!
I can't seem to find it, but the threads tied to the specific CGs once it got whittled down to the final five seem to have been purged.
I can tell you which one it was though: it was the final game with the puzzle and trying to grab salvaged gems, that only spawned in open (similar I'd imagine to the GPU card giveaway design, but on a much larger scale). Caused a bit of a ruckus at the time because it contradicted what they had originally said in the thread you linked.
There was another open only thing as well now I think of it... remember when there was the freighter giving out clues to the Thargoid wreck site, you could only get in open, that SDC brassed up within minutes of its appearance?
Do I have that right now?