Now available: Ironman mode!

[Toumal]

...except it's in the game "Pulsar: Lost Colony"

[video=youtube;pVUI2FKydA8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVUI2FKydA8[/video]


Why don't we have this in Elite already again?

 

[Pendra]

Ironman mode is in already. When you die, go to the options and clear your save. Pretty simple I think.

 

[Toumal]

Ironman mode is in already. When you die, go to the options and clear your save. Pretty simple I think.

If this was the only thing, then sure. But part of ironman mode was that there'd be specific instances, so ironman commanders would meet only other ironman commanders. That way, both sides in a fight would be playing with high stakes. Can't do that if you just play with people who have infinite lives.

 

[Cody]

<nods sagely>

 

[Pendra]

You are describing a Closed group for Ironman players. Why not create a Closed group then? ED supports this feature, too.

 

[[VR] Mad Mike]

Ironman mode is in already. When you die, go to the options and clear your save. Pretty simple I think.

not really. in Ironman you would still have escape pods, its just we would have to manually make the call on when to use them.

+ what Toumal said.

Ironman can not really work when the people who may be attacking you do not have anything to lose. I would imagine outside of a small number of twonks, most people in a genuine ironman would be far more respectful of their fellow player when they know what is at stake (possible major nievate on show there!). (in ironman if a player got a rep for murderous behaviour (murder would be a legitimate tag here)) then I am sure you would see a whole bunch of players gang up and force them out for ever.

 

[Cody]

To do Ironman properly, the game mechanic must force it on the player - and we need an eject function too.

 

[Vasious]

If this was the only thing, then sure. But part of ironman mode was that there'd be specific instances, so ironman commanders would meet only other ironman commanders. That way, both sides in a fight would be playing with high stakes. Can't do that if you just play with people who have infinite lives.

Plus the opportunity to manually eject then you see the ground crumble beneath you're feet.

That said as much as I would like Iron man mode, I would loathe to leave Open to do so

 

[Zephyriel]

Cool game. I can't believe how many space games are in development after like a decade of absence. Elite and Star Citizen really stirred things up!

 

[Philip Coutts]

Moved to Space / SciFi games

 

[[VR] Mad Mike]

as a whole Pulsar looks good, but taken individually, each component of the game is no where near the quality of where ED is now, or where i hope it goes in the future imo,.


not knocking the game at all, I feel the same way about no mans skies and I am super looking forward to that too.

 

[Cody]

Deleted!

 

[Winterwalker]

THIS ..

To do Ironman properly, the game mechanic must force it on the player - and we need an eject function too.

"hmmm" .......

Moved to Space / SciFi games

But yes, death / no death dice roll + eject function required
(plus possible scoop, live capture of ejecting NPC's?).

And "play in" (in order of increasing PvP type danger) : Solo - Private Group - Open Play - Iron Man