Powerplay FDev, for God's sake, make Powerplay OPEN ONLY already!

Krakenheim

Krakenheim
Rubbernuke said:
What is happening:

So called 5th column (5C) will join the power they want to wreck and prepare a system that will lose the victim power CC (control capital). At this point the true supporters have to either consolidate and hope they outnumber the 5C, or spend huge amounts of time and money preparing other systems to push out the 5C preparation.

If the 5C get the prepared system into expansion, then the victim power has to either self turmoil or ask other powers to oppose it, wasting time again.

If the victim power expands by combat, you can make super shielded ships with healing beams to sit in CZs all day fighting while you are away from your PC. This is done in Private Group (PG) where you will not have rival players shooting at them.

There is evidence that bots have been developed for hauling merits- so, if your power expands by hauling then you are stuffed again.

Weighted merits are not an option, as the weighting would have to be at least a 90% reduction to make AFK unworkable. FD could also use the new CZ mechanics to starve AFK ships. They could also remove healing beams or nerf / change how they work.
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Ok I get it , put it on Open Only would help but not solve the problem due to other problems.

Some of them seem easy enough to fix.

But if FD can't handle the bots the system will always be flawed no matter what.
 

Eliza

Eliza
Krakenheim said:
Ok I get it , put it on Open Only would help but not solve the problem due to other problems.

Some of them seem easy enough to fix.

But if FD can't handle the bots the system will always be flawed no matter what.
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You're right in one topic...FDev is not able to handle the bot-issue...but the players can. As long as pp is OpenOnly no matter what gaming platform they are on. Botting is only an issue as long as pp remains active for all modes.
 

Rubbernuke

Rubbernuke
To stop bots: make the tasks varied and unpredictable. The new CZs are a prime example of this. If a CZ runs out of ships to fight when you win, you need to interact to move your ship away, find a new CZ and begin again and / or rearm.

Solo and PG modes bypass the most potentially lethal ships out there (players). Yes, instancing and blocking are issues but if the threat is >0% you still have to either risk it or rethink your ship and piloting. Blocking in particular needs to be reworked as this is abused.
 
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