Modes No longer playing open

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Arindor

Arindor
Candy Man said:
Not so.
I'm leaving Open in protest at FD's proposal and that if a small minority od PvPers
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I was referring to this being yet another thread among dozens about leaving open.

My ethos is live and let live and play your own way. So yes, good on you, I respect your reasons why you've chosen to leave open.

Fly safe commander! :)
 
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seko

seko
All this PP nonesense, when I first read it, reminded me of David Cameron declaring the EU referendum vote. Opens Pandoras box, lights blue touchpaper and retires :D
 

kofeyh

kofeyh
Hooplah said:
I wonder what is the percentage of Open players who don't really care about Power Play but instead want more live players to kill.
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Speaking of obsessional behaviour. Powerplay is designed to be counter-able because Sandy and the team figured that was a good idea. Needs work? But still actually a cool idea. Provides context to combat; which was sort of the point. They then shoved it in solo, despite that not being the purpose, because commanders essentially demanding "modes must be the same" and damn any consequences. Frontier are potentially seeking to correct that decision.

Meanwhile, the OP is registering their disquiet by continuing to play. So not exactly the most catastrophic outcome for the developer, then. This change has nothing to do with "more players to kill". It's correcting mechanics that are presently broken. Something I'll always encourage the developer to do. Because that's a fairly sane thing to ask for. Improvements.

Lastly: it's actually remarkably simple to opt out of a personally untenable outcome. Stop playing. Uninstall. Move on. And yet; are endless droves doing that? Apparently not. So just how cripplingly bad is this change, when the most action it's getting so far - is just endless hot air?

And the broader community? Seem to understand the point of the change just fine (with some concern, which of course is perfectly normal).

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My previous comment still stands; the more Frontier ignores this place (with it's endless intolerance, infinite capacity for personal-slight and limitless recalcitrance) and embraces the input from the broader community, whom have a far less extreme viewpoint due to simply strength of number moderating general views, the better the game will get. Long may that continue.

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Candy Man

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You could very easily move the trade element to Open and retain the combat element for all formats
Not ideal but a better workaround.
Moving PP to Open only would clearly weaken the game for all PvE players.
I've decided not to log in until there is some clarity. After which I choose to play or uninstall.
Clearly after 3 years I would prefer to continue but if FD direction leads them to go back on all modes being equal then I'll have no part of that
 

Bob Lighthouse

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Bob Lighthouse
Shar said:
Mobius probably has more players than open anyway, its just open minus the trolls and 12 year old's. Welcome...... Excuse me while i just keep stirring this pot.
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A fairly large survey suggested open has around as many players as all PGs and solo combined.
 

Candy Man

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Bob Lighthouse said:
A fairly large survey suggested open has around as many players as all PGs and solo combined.
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Thank you. So why on Earth would FD even consider radically reducing game play options for half it's player's?
Whatever happens FD will p-off one half of it's player base. Hense the question should never have been even considered let alone asked.
 

Bigmaec

Bigmaec
Candy Man said:
Thank you. So why on Earth would FD even consider radically reducing game play options for half it's player's?
Whatever happens FD will p-off one half of it's player base. Hense the question should never have been even considered let alone asked.
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Radically reducing game play options my rearside.

What do you miss out if you have to do powerplay in open? Hauling merits-stuff you have to fasttrack for half-an-hour with pointless clicking
for what?

Your modules? Do that once in open and you're set up for PvE. Really. Tell me what you're missing out so that I can understand it.

As it is now I touched powerplay only to get the modules. For me, it's boring and annoying. If it gets revitalized and there are 'real' player interactions/organizations to haul/protect/interdict it's a thousand percent better in my view then what we have now.

Again, tell me what you will miss, please.
 

Electric Kite

Electric Kite
Candy Man said:
I hereby declare, assuming I can be bothered to boot up the game, that I Candy-man will stop playing open.
The reason for this change is because of Frontier's seemingly endless efforts to favour Open over other game modes.
Until FD provide a definitive statement clearly stating they treat all modes equally and that PP and bonuses will not be available in Open only, I will play solely in the Mobius or similar group environment.

Note: I have played 100 percent of my time in OPEN barring 5 minutes in Maia.
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Who are you? And why should i care?
Annnnnd go....
 

Bob Lighthouse

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Bob Lighthouse
Candy Man said:
Thank you. So why on Earth would FD even consider radically reducing game play options for half it's player's?
Whatever happens FD will p-off one half of it's player base. Hense the question should never have been even considered let alone asked.
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Lol, I don't think it's fair to suggest half of the player base even cares about PP!

Radically?
I don't think that's the least bit accurate.

You're being hyperbolic.



God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
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EdzUp

EdzUp
Conch said:
If you value PP even a tiny bit, you understand that Open-only is the only option.

If not, they you dont get PP. or love to 5c while safely in a safe space.

And im a mobius player myself...
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Utter twaddle, Open PP is never going to work. To put it plainly all I have to do is block the other side so I'm never instances with them and there ya go undermining without consequence.

For all those that think PP Open only is a good thing think what PG and Solo are really. Solo is Open without players instances and PG is instances with just your list, with this in mind blocking loads of cmdrs in open will give the same result so NOTHING get changed by making it open only.
 

Marra Morgan

Marra Morgan
EdzUp said:
Utter twaddle, Open PP is never going to work. To put it plainly all I have to do is block the other side so I'm never instances with them and there ya go undermining without consequence.

For all those that think PP Open only is a good thing think what PG and Solo are really. Solo is Open without players instances and PG is instances with just your list, with this in mind blocking loads of cmdrs in open will give the same result so NOTHING get changed by making it open only.
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Great, maybe you could tell the hysterical hand-wringers that they have nothing to worry about, then?
 

EdzUp

EdzUp
Marra Morgan said:
Great, maybe you could tell the hysterical hand-wringers that they have nothing to worry about, then?
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it's basically a cosmetic change to appease the masses it won't change sod all really unless they change the instancing mechanic and blocking list mechanics as well.
 

Marra Morgan

Marra Morgan
EdzUp said:
it's basically a cosmetic change to appease the masses it won't change sod all really unless they change the instancing mechanic and blocking list mechanics as well.
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All good then!

Mind if I quote you on this to reassure anyone worried about these proposals for reasons they've made up in their own heads?
 

Candy Man

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Bigmaec said:
But nothing rootsrat says has anything to do with your reason to leave Elite, namely open only power play. So stop implying he is on your side.
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It absolutely does!
Quite simply FD's decision making has been down right abysmal, they cannot mess with the gameplay of 50 percent of it's players thereby making it more threadbare than it already is.
The thought processes exhibited by FD are fundamentally flawed.
 

Bigmaec

Bigmaec
The more people shout about 'blocking' powerplay enemies the more I think FD should change the block function to text/communication block only (gladly for pledged CMDRs only)
 
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