How DANGEROUS is ELITE ?

How many times you got attacked?

  • 0 times

    Votes: 59 39.1%

  • 1-3 times

    Votes: 46 30.5%

  • 4-6 times

    Votes: 9 6.0%

  • 7-10 times

    Votes: 1 0.7%

  • 10+ times

    Votes: 16 10.6%

  • I play solo

    Votes: 20 13.2%
  • Total voters
    151

maxcorwyn

M
After reading so many comments about playing only solo because people don't want to participate in brutal pvp, I was wondering if it is all exaggerated.
Because my experience differs a lot, I think. Since Gamma I got...

...1 interdiction attempt in an anarchy system which I easily evaded. (Aim for blue circle - Evade)
...1 attack attempt at a nav beacon in an anarchy system which I easily evaded again. (Boost - Chaff - Jump away)

What is your experience?

How many times you got attacked by other players so far?
 
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DYSEQTA

DYSEQTA
Just spent a half hour or so chatting and tag-teaming pirates at a nav-beacon with a couple of CMDRs I have never met. Not everyone out there is an ass.
 

Whiterose

Whiterose
Its grossly exagerated. I get interdicted a lot, but then thats what I want, bounty credits. Never had a pvp, but they are the same as other fights, you chose when to stay and when to run.
 

Cidcaldensfey

Cidcaldensfey
This game is the most brutal PvP game I have ever played. No matter where I go there are pirates that want to steal my food cartridges!!! I'm thinking about just giving up and playing solo!
 

CMDR Bansidhe

C
Never been attacked. Never attacked anyone.

In fact, I have seen one other player since Saturday 3rd January and that was only in passing.

Elite Dangerous? Biggest misnomer since Military Intelligence.
 

CMDR Bansidhe

C
Cidcaldensfey said:
This game is the most brutal PvP game I have ever played. No matter where I go there are pirates that want to steal my food cartridges!!! I'm thinking about just giving up and playing solo!
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Please tell me where you are hanging your helmet, I would love the chance to be attacked by players.
 

Joe Spivey

Joe Spivey
This poll does not make any sense. The further away from the 'home' systems you are then the less likely you are to be attacked by other players so how is this represented in your choices?
 
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Cmdr Sharky

Cmdr Sharky
Well, according to this thread, different people will encounter more or fewer other players because of their network settings. So, I might say "no problem, never get attacked, hardly see other players", whereas someone else playing in exactly the same systems might be ganked back to the freewinder every time they launch.
 

Thermidor

Thermidor
Yup , its going to be pretty harmless if you boost away from every point of danger and avoid all interdictions.

ive had some close run ins with human cmdrs.

One thatinterdicted me in a cobra, while i was in a fairly well kitted out asp... didnt go too well for him
a load of run ins at resource zones too.

And more than i can count running into cmdrs in the docks. (all are normally polite and give a nod.

Npcs are a bit on the easy side, until you meet 3 - 5 elite pirates all together... that can really tear you up fast.


When im trading i tend to stay out of trouble mostly though ... so yeah - just like real life, its as dangerous as you make it
 

fergal

fergal
I selected 0 for number of times attacked.
I've been interdicted once, which I submitted to and willingly fought.
I organised fighting another player outside a station, who also wanted to fight.
I've fought 5 or 6 players at combat zones.

I wouldn't consider any of them being attacked.

To be honest open is just like solo for me except there are hollow rectangles on the scanner now and then, some of them say hello, some don't.

I did go up to ltt 3667 (I think thats its name) a week ago when a friend of mine bought the game and just started. I saw about 6 - 8 players flying around there in sidewinders, eagles and cobras. The system next door to that had about 4 - 6 people in supercruise usually.

I was the only player in a type 6, no-one bothered me, no-one interdicted me. No problems at the nav beacon or resource extraction site.

A few NPCs tried to interdict me, thats about it. The interdiction fsd wake is also still broke so if you enter another players you only see the player and not who he is fighting.
 

maxcorwyn

M
Joe Spivey said:
This poll does not make any sense. The further away from the 'home' systems you are then the less likely you are to be attacked by other players so how is this represented in your choices?
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I tried to keep the poll as simple as possible.
Just to give a rough idea what we are talking about.
 

Craib

Craib
I've not been attacked by other players since the Alpha builds. Well apart from my friends in Gamma when we had a free for all before the full release :)

My personal feelings is that the game is a bit too safe at the moment. Yes there is risk if attach other ships, which is only to be expected. But when I'm flying around on some trading runs it feels a bit easy. I find it very easy to evade interdictions and on the rare occasions when I don't then it's very easy to escape.
 

csrogue

C
Always play in open mode and so far only been attacked twice. Both times came off the better.

I would like to apologise to some of the folks out there that I may have attacked, having not read much and just jumping in I wasn't aware of what ships were npc or real people. I know now and don't attack real folks. I also always muck up on voice comms so if you do talk to me be patient whilst I work out my comms binding again. :)

Loving the game, though I do seem to suck at the trading side my largest profit in trading sits at about 960 credits. Making a fortune on bounty collections though.
 

purf

purf
0.

But, some further information: been playing since release but in Solo mode the first couple of days. I switched to Open Play in a system far away that has maybe 6 Commanders/day.
On the other hand, I spent the last gaming sessions in and around my old starting system LHS 3447 and the outcome was the same. Even if, with a KWS, I'm worth about 8k.
But nothing. In total two interdictions, one evaded, the other given (just to say Hello:))

Elite:Mostly Harmless, indeed
 
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Dr. Dave Bowman

Dr. Dave Bowman
Want to live on the Edge go bounty hunting in a RES in an Anarchy system. its great for combat racing round all the asteroids and untill you get friendly with every faction in that system the amount of targets will keep you more than busy, I normally rack up around 100k a trip on mine, there are two planets with multiple RES 33LS Apart, one is anarchy the other Federation and both have only platforms as bases so if ya get wanted status for any reason no danger of being scanned by Authority vessels or being blown up by a station when going back to re arm or cashing in ya vouchers. Have been interdicted many times transiting between the two if i hit someone by accident, if its an NPC Bounty Hunter or Pirate I kill em, if its the cops i just boost away then FSD. Works a treat. Just short of 1,000,000 in credits on this system alone in bounties claimed.
 

barcode

B
I always play in Open and I run into other players a lot, but it's pretty unusual to be interdicted by them. I lost one fight to a frighteningly well-armed Asp that was harassing tourists in Sol, and interdicted two or three times by players in Eagles doing some Baby's First Space Piracy.

Three, maybe four player interdictions in total. The real danger is when other players decide to play bumper cars with you in the docking bay :D
 
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