Griefing?
- Thread starter Maviard
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It's generally blown out of proportion here on the forums. There's always the 1% who will be out to ruin your day but generally I've played 3-400 hours and haven't experienced any greifing myself unless you count the freeport bug back in premium beta and even then the solution was not to go to freeport
It's generally blown out of proportion here on the forums. There's always the 1% who will be out to ruin your day but generally I've played 3-400 hours and haven't experienced any greifing myself unless you count the freeport bug back in premium beta and even then the solution was not to go to freeport
This statement is moot until the game is officially released as then there will be a ton of players.
We will just have to see how bad it gets after the 16th tbh.
I have no doubt there will be a load of greifers as you get them in all online games.
[edit] Then there will be the ones that will slam into a wall while you're leaving or entering the station just for kicks.
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I have been playing for a little over a month. I have been player interdicted less than 10 times. I have never had a player mess with me more than once. Part of the game is having to worry about player pirates and killers. If it is a one off time, then it is game mechanics. If you find that moving to a different system and they follow you to keep on trying to kill you, that is griefing, and I have yet to see that happen.
I have one thing to say about this post 400 BILLION STAR SYSTEMS.
Everyone can own their own piece of the Universe and never see another living soul in game ever.
If that isn't remote enough for you play SOLO, and never see another human being forever.
Everyone can own their own piece of the Universe and never see another living soul in game ever.
If that isn't remote enough for you play SOLO, and never see another human being forever.
I've been playing for months in open, and only once has a player attempted to attack me. Even that was in Lugh, which is currently attracting a few PvP types. If you stick around normal trade routes you are unlikely to see this.
I'm pleased to say that when it happened to me, I sent the player running with his tail (and a few heat seeking missiles) between his legs.
EDIT: and if that player is reading - thanks, I enjoyed the encounter. Just sorry you weren't able to stick around for the main course.
I'm pleased to say that when it happened to me, I sent the player running with his tail (and a few heat seeking missiles) between his legs.
EDIT: and if that player is reading - thanks, I enjoyed the encounter. Just sorry you weren't able to stick around for the main course.
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Yeah I agree there but most of the forum response towards the term "greifing" is down to different people having different definitions of the term. I've seen threads where players flying in open mode with no shields in an anarchy system who got killed by not submitting to piracy claiming that being killed by another player was greifing. If you hunt a player down constantly killing them then yes that's greifing but in the game there are so many ways to avoid it, solo mode, groups and blocking that greifing is moot at this point.
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You mean are there Pirates? I sure hope so, what fun would it be without a threat?
Yarr, we look forward to making your day fun.
I only once met a stupid Cobrapilot that interdicted me and tried to kill me in my Asp. I was rigged for transport and largely unarmed. Also i had no shields and was flying around looking for a new traderoute having no cargo. There was absolutely no point in attacking me but to waste his missileammomoney or annoy me.
I escaped. Just a waste of money/Time. Only thing he proved was that he is a di**.
I escaped. Just a waste of money/Time. Only thing he proved was that he is a di**.
The only griefing I've experience is from the NPCs
I'm sorry, but flying without some defensive capability is asking for trouble - almost as bad as not keeping enough funds in reserve for insurance and cargo. This is Elite - whilst there is a "trader" role, that doesn't been you are absolved from any need to put up a defense from time to time. At the very least ensure you have the best shields and hull upgrades you can afford, so you can leg it when needed.