Is there incentive to open play?

[Messaline]

I don't have any incentive to play open--it doesn't really fit in well with my time, life constraints, or personality, but many people do enjoy it. I'd say try it--if you like it, keep on playing it, if you don't there are always solo and private groups. That's the great thing about this game. Just go out and have fun.

 

[Drunk Si]

Even the "bad" stuff can be good. You get shot down in your space truck a few times by the same CMDR. You make a note of their name and so begins a rivalry, a vendetta that spans the stars. A humble trader by day, pushed too far by one man he snaps, and embarks on a bloody crusade for vengeance! It's like your own personal storyline unfolding around you. Or you hear about all the stuff going on in Lave or whatever and you have to alter your route in response. It's organic, it shakes things up. You get NPCs at USS talking about "Thank god I escaped from that terrorist, GEEZER MATEY", well having an imperial clipper sniping people at a station could have the same sort of context but it's real player generated content.

 

[Zeeman]

I don't have any incentive to play open--it doesn't really fit in well with my time, life constraints, or personality, but many people do enjoy it. I'd say try it--if you like it, keep on playing it, if you don't there are always solo and private groups. That's the great thing about this game. Just go out and have fun.

Nice to see a sensible post from the offline side. You give me hope that we can all live together in peace and harmony!

Z...

 

[CMDR Carbo]

I don't know, there really isn't much incentive as a trader to play in open right now.

I met maybe 3 dozens CMDRs in open and politely greeted them (often glad to see a living soul), but only maybe 2 of them have responded back by comm.
Most of them were just busy entering/leaving SC or stations.

I play more and more often in solo mode recently, mostly bc I'm short on time and l don't want to annoy people when I walk away from my computer while docked etc.

 

[Sandmann]

Always be weary of people who say things like "everyone else is bad", which is all Sandman is saying really. They lack accountability and as a result end up blaming/hating everyone else.

Anyone with even minimal experience knows open is not all overpowered manics and helpless victims, no matter what some on the forum would have you believe. It's important for them to paint themselves as victims for whatever reason.

The real reward for playing open is a more dynamic universe with more challenge. Solo mode is dreadfully easy and other players help spice things up. Just don't get all emotionally devastated if you get killed and start thinking about it like some real life injustice. It's bizarre, but all too common around here.

Funniest part is, you'll hardly ever get attacked in open. It's really is funny how uninformed some of these pve guys are when they talk about Elite.

Everything I spoke about was a complaint various players made about open in the forums in ONE day. It's all there, go have a look if you can open your one eye far enough to see beyond your own point of view.