Game needs a persistant goal.

[Marshall160]

I've posted a thread somewhat like this one in the Dangerous Discussions, however I feel this would be the better board for it.
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Killing my first anaconda with a very poorly equipped viper was exhilarating.
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Making my first million trading rare goods was satisfying.
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But now, with over 30 condas under my belt and many millions in the bank.. I ask myself, what's the point? The game is fun and quite immersive, but it just feels like a grind to...nothing? When will it end? When I have a fully decked out anaconda? To do what exactly?
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I know this is wishful thinking and it will probly never happen, but this game should be somewhat like PlanetSide. You start off choosing a faction, Empire, Federation or Alliance. Everything on the outside of the home world is a safe zone for all the explorers to go explore, traders to go trade and everything in the middle of the 3 factions is a hot zone, with every port and station attackable and available for capture. Rare goods and lucrative trade routes to be won and lost in a constant tug of war for those middle systems.
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And for the love of god, who the hell thought of letting you play solo and online with the same toon, that's the most thing I've ever heard of, you can just trade offline, and hunt online. Honestly solo mode shouldn't even exist, but if you absolutely want it, then you should have to choose when creating your CMDR and then you are locked into that world.
-I could elaborate further on this concept, however I am positive it will never come to life... I can only dream of the great MMO this game could be.
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Sincerely,
CMDR Deaves.

 

[rdizz]

Here we go again...

I agree though.

What I think is stupid is you can rank with all factions. Makes no sense to me I can basically kill and hurt everything empire yet still dock with them. There should be consequences for making certain decisions as well as rewards.

 

[nsaine]

I've posted a thread somewhat like this one in the Dangerous Discussions, however I feel this would be the better board for it.
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Killing my first anaconda with a very poorly equipped viper was exhilarating.
-
Making my first million trading rare goods was satisfying.
-
But now, with over 30 condas under my belt and many millions in the bank.. I ask myself, what's the point? The game is fun and quite immersive, but it just feels like a grind to...nothing? When will it end? When I have a fully decked out anaconda? To do what exactly?
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I know this is wishful thinking and it will probly never happen, but this game should be somewhat like PlanetSide. You start off choosing a faction, Empire, Federation or Alliance. Everything on the outside of the home world is a safe zone for all the explorers to go explore, traders to go trade and everything in the middle of the 3 factions is a hot zone, with every port and station attackable and available for capture. Rare goods and lucrative trade routes to be won and lost in a constant tug of war for those middle systems.
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And for the love of god, who the hell thought of letting you play solo and online with the same toon, that's the most thing I've ever heard of, you can just trade offline, and hunt online. Honestly solo mode shouldn't even exist, but if you absolutely want it, then you should have to choose when creating your CMDR and then you are locked into that world.
-I could elaborate further on this concept, however I am positive it will never come to life... I can only dream of the great MMO this game could be.
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Sincerely,
CMDR Deaves.

I feel ya bro.. I made a post about this kind of thing last night, it received much hate and little favor. People whine of getting killed/griefed yet cannot consistently produce circumstances where this has happened. The universe is HUGE, big enough to have millions upon millions of players and still be able to do your own thing. Sadly, we live in a world where asking for constant player interaction is about PvP....I cannot tell you how far from the case that actually is. I'm thinking of starting over and just base myself around the spawn areas. At least when I go into station i'll see a few people and that one player that doesn't request dock and gets shot at inside the station.... that'll give me some entertainment at least.

 

[Andovar]

You start off choosing a faction, Empire, Federation or Alliance. Everything on the outside of the home world is a safe zone for all the explorers to go explore, traders to go trade and everything in the middle of the 3 factions is a hot zone, with every port and station attackable and available for capture. Rare goods and lucrative trade routes to be won and lost in a constant tug of war for those middle systems.

I would like to see some of this as well (at least to some degree)
I know they're still working on the background sim, and am hoping they add more depth to it. Some large scale faction battles would be a cool start.