General buff for Open to encourage players to use it ?

[Dragsham]

Open only discussion never had anything to do with the permutations of pp n bgs.
It was never about just pvp either.
It's about a player driven galaxy without constraints placed by devs to placate those who want a different experience.
Some wanna just haul. Others wanna solo manipulate pp & bgs for whatever ends.
But a huge player base want a galaxy that's just open. Not the open we have now. Far from it.
They want to be left alone to do whatever whenever in their own way.
Open only economy.
Open only perks to reflect the difficulty/risk.
Once again I'm not talking about the open we have now. It's a poor reflection of how some want it to be.
I won't go into detail, suffice to say the hijacked Op highlights the attitude of some folks who annihilate debate on this subject quoting fdev doctrine and current game rules.
Why can't they just let this necro subject run, which obviously has merit because its always talked about then suppressed by Benile opinions based on rhetoric

 

[tolm]

Open only discussion never had anything to do with the permutations of pp n bgs.
It was never about just pvp either.
It's about a player driven galaxy without constraints placed by devs to placate those who want a different experience.
Some wanna just haul. Others wanna solo manipulate pp & bgs for whatever ends.
But a huge player base want a galaxy that's just open. Not the open we have now. Far from it.
They want to be left alone to do whatever whenever in their own way.
Open only economy.
Open only perks to reflect the difficulty/risk.
Once again I'm not talking about the open we have now. It's a poor reflection of how some want it to be.
I won't go into detail, suffice to say the hijacked Op highlights the attitude of some folks who annihilate debate on this subject quoting fdev doctrine and current game rules.
Why can't they just let this necro subject run, which obviously has merit because its always talked about then suppressed by Benile opinions based on rhetoric

Errrr .... what?

Not entirely sure what your position is from that but suffice to say there are no “constraints” placed on the devs ... anything they code into the game is available to everyone in all game modes (or will be, allowing for the delay in Odyssey release for consoles ....)

Want to be left to your own devices in your own corner of the galaxy? You can be! In any of the three game modes.

Player Lead != All Players In Same Instance

 

[Dragsham]

Me....oh I'm fine out in the black. I'm not talking about me. I'm talking about a playerbase that wants the freedom to do whatever they want without recourse.
Law n order yes...improve it.
Pvp yes improve it.
Open economy yes improve that too.
Peer to peer no! It's crap cheap and out dated and frankly spoils the game.
Solo stays untouched.
Pg stays untouched.
I'd even go as far as to say no perks in a true open only mode. Just it's acknowledgement that the current open mode isn't up to it.
Clogging and blocking relogging for mats etc keep it in solo n pg. But open only is for those who want a more immersive realistic simulation.
Not centered around pvp or any other trait.

Just open only. How hard can it be?

 

[Robert Maynard]

Me....oh I'm fine out in the black. I'm not talking about me. I'm talking about a playerbase that wants the freedom to do whatever they want without recourse.
Law n order yes...improve it.
Pvp yes improve it.
Open economy yes improve that too.
Peer to peer no! It's crap cheap and out dated and frankly spoils the game.
Solo stays untouched.
Pg stays untouched.
I'd even go as far as to say no perks in a true open only mode. Just it's acknowledgement that the current open mode isn't up to it.
Clogging and blocking relogging for mats etc keep it in solo n pg. But open only is for those who want a more immersive realistic simulation.
Not centered around pvp or any other trait.

Just open only. How hard can it be?

If Solo and Private Groups are to remain "untouched" then they will continue to share the connected galaxy with Open.

Open only anything is, to an extent, centered around PvP, or at least the possibility of PvP.

I doubt that the network architecture will change this late, especially after Odyssey has been confirmed to use P2P.

 

[JosiahD]

Me I love open, 3000+ hours across two accounts the only time I've used anything other than open is when I'm learning how to do something and don't want to hog a Pad, or a Guardian site or whatever, or more usually when I'm doing something stupid. like jump my SRV over an antenna array and don't want to mess someone else's day around.
I know that Open is not everyone's cup of Fujian Tea. I don't want to start a OPEN vs PG screaming match we have enough of those, nor is this a one way only type thread although I have a personal preference there also.
But I got to thinking what if.. there was a risk / reward reason to play in open ? what if you got a buff 10% (or whatever) for every action positive and negative when playing in open.
The mission boards look the same the bounties REP and INF rewards etc, all look the same... but when it is calculated it is worth 10% more if you did it in open. Maybe not even the monetary side of things, no extra credit value on any activity but a BGS buff for all the activities conducted in open.
I realise there would need to be some coding behind it to stop @rseheads from taking a mission in open changing to scared-y-cat solo mode flying to dangerous-destination-station then changing back to hand it in.

Nothing fancy just a tangible bonus (not even maybe for the commander themselves) for facing the 'danger' of open mode, change the risk reward landscape of the game a little, and maybe encourage the 'one time I was attacked on the way to BGS in someone else's system, and now I only play in solo mode' types ?

Dunno just a thought
Comments ?, criticisms ? discussion ?

In short, no, not needed.