Don't play in Open, problem solved 
Odyssey Ganks
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Robert Maynard
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If gankers in Open become so prevalent that they aren't fun to play among when on foot then, I suspect, at least some players won't tend to play among them.
Game features don't care which game mode a player is in - it's up to each player to decide who they want to play among, or not, as the case may be, at the beginning of each game session.
Game features don't care which game mode a player is in - it's up to each player to decide who they want to play among, or not, as the case may be, at the beginning of each game session.
Try hunting SRV on planet surface and tell me if that's easy.
I had one guy trying to kill me amongst guardian ruins once. It was actually fun. He tried really hard, couldn't do it and I managed to eventually slip away, watching later from distance how he was searching for me.
I imagine players in ships might have hard time spotting on-foot players, let alone hit them with anything.
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They'll probably massively reduce the damage ship-fired weapons do to players, probably so you can tank 4-5 salvos of dumbfires, and cap the render distance on players at something like less than 100m if you're in a ship.
some sheilding near instelations, and for outside, have players equip a range-finder / designator in a free equipment slot (like planetary landing module) Target and 'paint' a ship with this, a massive Surface to air cruise missile is launched from nearest bit of civilisation that does 50K raw damage and does not sucumb to point defence.
The reason these are not used in space, by ships etc. is they are just too massive, and need to be hooked up to a power plant at all times to prevent detonation
The reason these are not used in space, by ships etc. is they are just too massive, and need to be hooked up to a power plant at all times to prevent detonation
No, again, I'm asking how a ganker would find anyone to kill in the middle of nowhere. They will find people at ssettlements potentially, where missions etc are going on, but there is cover there ie buildings. The other locations players will be out and about will be randomly generated poi's or mission related poi's, and the player will be in the middle of nowhere. How would a ganker toodling around a system looking for someone to squish find them, other than by interdicting in space? The likelihood of stumbling on them on a planet is small.
That is fine but don't you have to die first?? I can't afford that, it will cost too much in lost data (assuming the same rules will apply as to the ship with unsold exploration data)...
Blocking is easy, every few minutes while playing, go to the comm menu, scroll over to history and block everyone listed. A dozen to day, another dozen tomorrow, repeat every day until eventually you'll be in open but it will seem like solo.
I get that but by the time you know who to block you will be more than likely dead... And it sounds like you need to die few times... Wouldn't solo sort out that problem once and for good??
One can block every single person who happens to enter the same instance another is in, and for no other reason but their own. Though it can and would take a significant amount of time to block every single player. Most choose to play in solo and not be bothered with the blocking process. However, one can't play with selected friends in solo, thus one can join or create a private game. there are hundreds to join and creating one of your own is very easily done.
AWESOME!!! Extra points for mining salt before the game is released...
Seriously, a T-10 with with dumb fires for ground attack...
Source: https://youtu.be/40YNZ2kbT50
Seriously, a T-10 with with dumb fires for ground attack...
I'm not certain block will work the same way in Odyssey. It's clear they want to increase player numbers by going after some of that lucrative FPS segment, and to be able to block other players in what is essentially a tactical FPS would completely break any direct competitive elements, and risk seriously crapping up co-op play.
If it does work the same way, it will seriously limit the appeal of the first paid expansion in five years.
It may very well work the same way, but that would largely limit the appeal to a modest subset of the current player base.
I wouldn't be surprised about the latter, but the former doesn't make much sense, since even SRVs can be one-shot by a variety of ship mounted weapons...mines most notably.
Imagine this foot as a T-10.
I'm expecting much hilarity.
Only if the game plays the correct "squelch" sound to match!
I wouldn't have it any other way.