Just another Open/Private/Solo thread

[Han_Zen]

http://i.imgur.com/WTDnnwE.gif

 

[babelfisch]

Jockey79 as far as I can say I'm doing MANY missions in an anarchy controlled system which is LARGELY undermined, never seen a player, and it's like 10 days I'm there playing. You are asking for sources. I would LOVE to have some official data, trust me, I can only speak about my first hand experience, and it's a ' desert. And my network settings are good, trust me, and trust the 4 cmdrs wing I flew from in a conflict zone last week. (Very dangerous, very funny, had to do my merits somewhere else).

And speaking of myself I'm NOT a PvP maniac, I like to interact with other players, greeting them, I despise the KOS behaviour of many cmdrs, it's immersion breaking to kill someone just because it's a hollow signal. And about the chess example dude you choose the wrong example, because chess is played against other people, and what you are talking about is more like playing chess against an AI that emulates your gaming behaviour. (Or maybe a chrono-puzzle race competition, the fastest the better against a passive game).

Anyway: I can't see anyone who's open to talk about good rules as they should be, what I see is people trying to defend the "good rules for themselves". It's understandable, but I still find illogical that game mechanics in which player interactions should be a crucial factor can be exploited simply being sure to not cross other players. But: if "things are the way they are"... (and I can understand now why Frontier simply cannot afford to make such a change because the majority of its clientle would simply not tolerate it)

Yes, as said above, you thought the game is something it isn't. It's just like complaining about the lack of soccer or pink dragons, there aren't any in ED.

 

[Fracktal]

Are we talking about offline mode yet?

Apparently, as OP feels that current system is unfair. I tried to come up with the most balanced possible solution

 

[Zieman]

but I still find illogical that game mechanics in which player interactions should be a crucial factor can be exploited simply being sure to not cross other players. But: if "things are the way they are"... (and I can understand now why Frontier simply cannot afford to make such a change because the majority of its clientle would simply not tolerate it)

Instancing, timezones. You will never be able to interact with all other players directly even if everyone played in Open.

 

[Robert Maynard]

Instancing, timezones. You will never be able to interact with all other players directly even if everyone played in Open.

.... plus the inability for PC/Mac players to be instanced with XB1 players (and soon™, PS4 players too).

 

[Jenner]

Please see this thread for Open/Solo/Groups debate:

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...en-v-Solo-v-Groups-thread-IV-Hotel-California

Thanks.