Ignoring power play
- Thread starter Lexraider
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Powerplay can dircectly affect systems, for example opening black markets, making certain goods illegal, and presumably ultimately changing the allegiance of certain systems, so in this way Powerplay will change the galactic landscape in which a player, even one abstaining from Powerplay, is trying to ply their trade (whatever that trade might be).
My "Home" system is far outside any of the current factions so this won't be a problem for quite a while for me
Powerplay has pretty much nothing to do with Open/Solo. Ignore it if you want. As ever, the background simulation is affected by galactic politics, but you'll pick the same stuff up in Galnet as Open players do! Oh, and depending on your playstyle, it's worth getting into PowerPlay. You get additional things to do, the galaxy feels a bit more factional, and in the end if you hate it, just bin your allegiance to a Power and carry on without it.
There is really minimal impact to you in the short-run, but in the mid-long run, the faction you support or in control of your home systems/trade network would evolve, affecting trade prices et alia. It is more rewarding for immersive players rather than for grind based players. But it does make for good background stories. Personally, I relocate a few systems away from my home system, Altair, to get affiliated with Winters to do the occasional propaganda material runs while doing my trade run.
Don't really have a goal in Power play, but perhaps one day, I might assist Winters in wrestling the control of Altair away from Hudson.
Don't really have a goal in Power play, but perhaps one day, I might assist Winters in wrestling the control of Altair away from Hudson.
I play open and solo and haven't even tried powerplay. I really don't have any interest until the problems people post about here are addressed, specifically the lack of coordination and the grind fest play. At least it's pretty easy to ignore powerplay while still taking advantage of the bonuses different powers have on the prices of commodities\availability of black markets etc.
If you're an explorer, there's nothing on offer anyway that would really affect you, specifically for powerplay, not 1.3 as a whole.
Other than that, your career of choice gets some bonuses if you operate inside the appropriate power space (trade boost, piracy boost or bounty hunting boosts) without having to pick a side, and without having to Pledge to anybody, so it has the potential to be a little less grindy, but you can just continue as normal outside of "PowerSpace" which might, over a mid to long time, encroach on your preferred territory.
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I will wait a few more patches until I think about to try Powerplay. My fear is that I may not be able to anticipate the rules that will turn me hostile to most other powers and so NPCs in the known galaxy just for trying Powerplay and maybe dumping it later, but my hostile status will stay far longer and cause all sorts of trouble. I'll see how Powerplay shapes up in the next few weeks and what information or guides pop up.
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I'm strictly solo but taking part. Right now doing trade runs but can deliver some packages for the power at the same time and earn a bit whilst doing it as I don't have to go out of my way
I suspect the time when Frontier tells people they must play this way or that way, that's when people will simply leave the game! But there's no sign they're going to do that. Fortunately.
Many people have established playing styles and reasons for playing the game. Some want to try something different. Some don't. It's individual. And an individual's choice can change over time.
If you choose not to take part in Powerplay, for however long, you shouldn't really be impacted any more that you used to be. In other words, there will be effects, many the same kind as before, but now the effects will to some extent be driven by other players.
Many people have established playing styles and reasons for playing the game. Some want to try something different. Some don't. It's individual. And an individual's choice can change over time.
If you choose not to take part in Powerplay, for however long, you shouldn't really be impacted any more that you used to be. In other words, there will be effects, many the same kind as before, but now the effects will to some extent be driven by other players.
That's some pretty minor consequences really... That's probably what's missing in Powerplay, doesn't really matter who's in control since there won't be big consequences.
"Russian components, American components, all made in Taiwan". The main Galaxy consequence being that those that follow a specific power may need to change systems from time to time to maintain bonuses. Individual consequences are basically limited to not getting any merits or credits for effort. There's some minor penalty for abandoning a power, in that I was supposed to be hunted down for the next day or so, but that was just an easily escapable interdiction. Really the bigger negative comes from siding with the power and becoming automatically hostile in opposing regions of space.
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Very little. PP doesn't have any significant effect on the galaxy if you're not involved in it other than shuffling things around a little.
In fact, NOTHING has any significant effect on the galactic society really - it's all pretty static and unchanging.
The ever-looming threat of attack outside of your Power's territory simply for joining a Power is keeping me from participating. I'm of the opinion it shouldn't be like that, but some folks seem to be really taking up the challenge. All I can say presently is that Powerplay isn't for me.
There should be SOME hostility, but there should be some neutrality and even allies within the powers. The whole idea of "if you're with one person everyone else hates you" is quite simplistic and extreme.
I guess that illustrates a lot of the things that disappoint me about the game in general - when they put something in (a feature, mechanic etc) it's always black or white, there's no subtelty to it, and always at the end of the day it matters very little if you ignore the entire feature altogether. They're not building an interacting galaxy, they're building small disconnected diversions.
Yes. Because the system stat changes of Powerplay ( for example +10% for Blackmarket transitions in Pranavs exploited Systems ) apply wether or not you are member of a Power. Knowing them and incorporating them into your trade routes makes the difference between a rich and a stinking rich trader.