No, but it will (hopefully) mean they get real consequences for doing so, rather than a highly exploitable and broken bounty system.
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ok i have to admit, there may be a problem
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No, but it will (hopefully) mean they get real consequences for doing so, rather than a highly exploitable and broken bounty system.
Neither is it called Scumbags: Dangerous.
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He also said "A man who chases two rabbits will catch neither."
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That doesn't have anything to do with this conversation, but I heard it the other day and I thought it was cool.
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and you don't have another way? just cry about it in the forum?
it happens, get used to it, it's valid gameplay, move along
As a clinical neuropsychologist I can tell you that 'this behavior' (meaning: shooting at people in a computer game) is in no way symptomatic of any disorder or psychiatric illness. You also may want to withhold judgement of others when you know nothing about them. Maybe this Python guy is a five-year old Hungarian girl who cannot chat in English and doesnt see the game as anything but a fancy space invaders pew-pew fest, for example. Would you call her 'insane'? You are ofcourse entitled to your opinion, but in this case you'd be wrong.
You may want to think this through a bit more as well.
Hint: ask yourself what you'd rather have: a friend being shot in Call of Duty, or your friend being shot IRL. The difference is not 'just legal'. I doubt you'd think the guy playing Call of Duty is morally equivalent to the real-life murderer. The difference between ED and COD is that ED allows for more diverse playstyles, meaning that people can encounter each other while having very different ideas about what ED is. It can lead to situations where someone may feel a great injustice has been done whereas the other person thinks it was a great session. But calling someone who pew-pews your little spaceship with his little spaceship a real-life psychopathic insane murderer is... a little bit off. IMHO!And if one day Open is deserted because of the jerks, they'll come and complain that the game is dead
Oh yeah, they've already made several attempts to either close down solo/group, or stop people mode switching because they are running out of soft targets.
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He also said "A man who chases two rabbits will catch neither."
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That doesn't have anything to do with this conversation, but I heard it the other day and I thought it was cool.
He may (or may not) have also said.
"Man who goes to bed with an itchy arsehole wakes up with a smelly finger!"
As to the OP - whilst it seems like a very cheesy cheap kill it is allowed - though should be dealt with in game more effectively.
And on a side note - you did sort of drop the ball - leaving a rookie on his own in supercruise in bandit country..
Valid gameplay true, but without the appropriate consequences implemented yet. Amplifies why Frontier need to address the consequences for crimes, particularly the serious crimes like murder of a clean CMDR, sooner rather than later. Once those are in, there will still be scumbags out there as the gameplay allows, but at least then there'd be consequences for them to deal with afterward, unlike the present situation. I sometimes doubt these sort of players are really roleplaying as they claim though - more like they're scumbags anyway and just hiding behind the anonymity the internet provides - or compensating for something......
That's what I mean, and the victim can take comfort in knowing that the agressor is suitably punished, and we can all get on with enojying the game in all it's many different flavours, including the I-want-to-play-as-a-complete-scumbag flavour.
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Actually, while I really appreciate you being on the same page as me, that's not quite what I said. You can't call someone a psychopath in real life (or even infer that they probably have psychiatric disorders etc) from the way they play a game. The behaviour in question is disturbing but a single instance isn't even enough to say it's a an ongoing behaviour. It MAY be an aberration, mistaken identity, etc. I personally think (based on experience) that it was probably an intentional act but that's only an opinion and based solely on one person's description and previous experience here.
Either way though, as an in game behaviour it's fair to say the player was acting like a jerk and that their behaviour caused someone else's game to be less fun. A selfish act, at the very least.
I understand it can frustrating, but the thing is an NPC could have done the exact same thing.
Infact, when I first started playing I got interdicted by an NPC Anaconda.
I escaped, but still.
This will never end, stuff like this happens in real life. You don't know what someone feels/thinks/believes.
The world is a cruel and dangerous place, just like this game.
You can complain and be disgusted all you want, but the sad truth is there's nothing to be done.
Maybe if you remember the Commamders name you and your buddy might strike lucky in the future and you can enact your revenge
Infact, when I first started playing I got interdicted by an NPC Anaconda.
I escaped, but still.
This will never end, stuff like this happens in real life. You don't know what someone feels/thinks/believes.
The world is a cruel and dangerous place, just like this game.
You can complain and be disgusted all you want, but the sad truth is there's nothing to be done.
Maybe if you remember the Commamders name you and your buddy might strike lucky in the future and you can enact your revenge
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It's not Frontier's or Elites fault some people don't have the same concept of fair play as you.
It's better to have this happen while your friend is in a free ship with a free replacement, than later when he's worked up to a Lakon 6 and stands to lose 1M CR ship with cargo.
I would suggest using a private group until your friend has learned the ropes. Move out of heavily populated areas before moving back to open play.
It's better to have this happen while your friend is in a free ship with a free replacement, than later when he's worked up to a Lakon 6 and stands to lose 1M CR ship with cargo.
I would suggest using a private group until your friend has learned the ropes. Move out of heavily populated areas before moving back to open play.
That's pathetic, he's not crying about it he's raising an important point about things that could potentially drive much needed players (more importantly customers) away from the game !
Well hopefully it'll have the desired effect and reduce the number of people playing "I want to play a scumbag" since they'll actually lose out significantly by doing so for any length of time. It's the whole pavlovian conditioning thing, let's see if roleplayed scumbags are at least as smart as russian dogs.
I was fixing it to the correct terminology.
But sure if you want to call PvPers as griefers thats your prerogative (IMO, its wrong though), but that's based on your mental perspective/perception of video games and gameplay.
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NPC'S do the exact same thing, the only difference here is because it's a player and apparently they should have morals.
Unfortunately some people don't.
This weeks dev update should be discussing these changes. We shall see what they are soon!
You could counter this by setting up traps.
I don't mean the people kind but you know. Let your friend do it again but this time you can set it up to help him faster, maybe bring another friend or so. Then bully the bully.
That was some great times in eve where people set up bait, it worked great. It should be here too.
I don't mean the people kind but you know. Let your friend do it again but this time you can set it up to help him faster, maybe bring another friend or so. Then bully the bully.
That was some great times in eve where people set up bait, it worked great. It should be here too.