I'm surprised, since as i understand it, the number of people playing PP is pretty low. Its a really boring game mechanic when it comes down to it. A to B deliveries over and over again for many powers.
Ah, the glories of playing in PG
Is there actually PvP in Powerplay? Question from a vet cmdr thinking of taking part
- Thread starter Muzz UK
- Start date
I'm surprised, since as i understand it, the number of people playing PP is pretty low. Its a really boring game mechanic when it comes down to it. A to B deliveries over and over again for many powers.
Ah, the glories of playing in PG
![[VR] Bulbulunufus](https://forums-cdn.zaonce.net/data/avatars/m/261/261245.jpg?1671230473){kind=avatar}
Yes. You know football is kicking a ball across a bunch of static lines over and over again. Utterly tedious. And remains so if the two teams are on separate pitches (notwithstanding that it remains tedious to many even when they are on the same pitch).*
Really busy expansions are not an every week thing, but they occur reliably, and the reason they're busy is because the stakes are high - they really matter to the long term strategy of powers, and there's a struggle to decide their fate.
Curse is the word I thinkAh, the glories of playing in PG
. "Competitive multiplayer feature too hard for you? Just press the iWin button!"*To be fair, PP isn't quite as tedious as that sounds, but it's an analogy in the right direction.
Last edited:
False equivalence. Football is fast paced and playing it requires constant attention and skill.
PP just requires a Cutter and lots of spare time going for A to B over and over and over again.
It's a shame PP wasn't made Open only when it was first introduced. There were issues about doing that, but none that requires any more "honour system" than combat logging. Even if it is impossible to stop folks going solo, it would have at least set the tone of PP, and how it was intended to be played
"Intended to be played"?
That might not be the argument you think it is; given that every single core in-game mechanic for powerplay is a PvE activity, with leaderboards for showing which team is doing more of their respective PvE "stuffs", it seems likely that the original intention was for it to be available to players in all game modes, without discrimination.
I do agree though - if powerplay was originally intended by fdev to be a strict PvP activity, it should have been open-only from the start.
That might not be the argument you think it is; given that every single core in-game mechanic for powerplay is a PvE activity, with leaderboards for showing which team is doing more of their respective PvE "stuffs", it seems likely that the original intention was for it to be available to players in all game modes, without discrimination.
I do agree though - if powerplay was originally intended by fdev to be a strict PvP activity, it should have been open-only from the start.
Really? To move a ball from one side of a line to the other side of the line? Why would that require skill? And why does it even matter which side of the line it's on?
Are there any other activities in PP that you're aware of?
You're just being silly now.
For what, answering you in the first place? Are you honestly not able to answer the question?
I'm saying if you can't see playing football requires skill, i'm not even going to debate it with you.
But feel free to explain why top football players are traded for millions of pounds if not for their skill. Maybe they are traded for their looks?
Maybe you'd care why doing A to B deliveries in PP requires skill. I'm sure there are plenty of ED players who will laugh at the idea.
I'm just trying to babystep you through the analogy.
And failing at the analogy.
In honesty it really is a failure of comprehension on your part, sorry. It's like you skim what people write sometimes and assume what people mean because you think you're the only smart person in a roomful of idiots. It's no biggie but it's not a great way of learning about stuff.
It's telling that every conversation on PP you enter you seem to understand it less.
O7
It's telling that every conversation on PP you enter you seem to understand it less.
O7
You're on the PvP side though, you have a FdL presumably
Nah... Clipper for robberies and Cobra Mk III for PvP
Cobra Mk III for PvP
You... i like you.