Open Really sucks sometimes

[LetoAtreides2]

So, I was happily farming a RES zone that was spawning wings of Dangerous ranked Pythons and Clippers and I had something like 6 mil in bounties sitting in my transactions.

I was taking a breather for 5 mins to let my shields reboot and recharge when a player FDL jumped in. (Vulture Shields take ages to reboot and recharge)

They said "Hey" then shot at me with my shields down, turning me into swiss cheese.
I was literally raising my coffee cup to my mouth as this happened so I was NOT pleased and came THIS close to needing a new keyboard.

I had been there for almost an hour and it had taken we two more to get decent spawns going.........

Losing ALL your bounties and eating a 1 mil rebuy due to players being lame and sniping you for no reason other than wanting to farm your RES is really crappy.

The planet was one of five gas giants with rings in the system and orbited the secondary star in the system too, so it not like I was easy to find....

Signed,
An exasperated CMDR.

They wanted the instance, and also probably just wanted to kill you.

It's Elite: Dangerous, not Elite: FarmAtRESorTrade

 

[stripealipe]

This.

A Shieldless ship swimming in uncached bounty-credits left in a pirate/human infested RES site unmanned for several minutes?

Sorry for the loss of your Vulture and all those credits CMDR but this is your fault, no the game's or FD's.

This exactly.... i mean really?! There you are in charge of your powerful ship, RES hunting, happy after killing many others and feeling invincible then, BAMMM.... someone takes advantage of your foolish mistake. And believe me, sitting around in a RES site rebooting your ship was a most foolish idea indeed...

Now you just have to decide whether it was you or the other player in space that was at fault. That commander could have equally have come to your help, chatted, whatever.. but it *is* a roll of the dice and i personally play it that way. Trust noone, have a plan, don't be foolish. Someone may well bite you're ass or equally surprise you with kindness. Just don't assume whilst you sip your coffee.....

 

[Genar-Hofoen]

They wanted the instance, and also probably just wanted to kill you.

It's Elite: Dangerous, not Elite: FarmAtRESorTrade

*sigh* Another one.

Read this : https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=138836&page=4&p=2124765&viewfull=1#post2124765

 

[Privata]

I think we call that imergant gameplay

 

[GunnerBill]

I feel for you but it's also pretty epic.

That feeling you get when you see the hollow target. .. whst will happen?

 

[LetoAtreides2]

*sigh* Another one.

Read this : https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=138836&page=4&p=2124765&viewfull=1#post2124765

You can take its literal name from that video, sure. But you have to consider its intended implications, too. Braben picked that name to evoke an image of a hostile, unpredictable galaxy - not a hugfest. Just look at the marketing, the trailers, even the descriptions on the site:

"Experience unpredictable encounters with players from around the world in Elite: Dangerous’ vast massively multiplayer space. Fly alone or with friends in a connected galaxy where every pilot you face could become a trusted ally or your deadliest enemy."

Also, the ranks of the original Elite were a literal kill counter.

 

[Daffan]

Glad I will never have to worry about this,, now if i could just avoid the d-bags in real life as well...

Ask frontier to make a solo mode in real life just 4 u

 

[deathmagnet]

So, I was happily farming a RES zone that was spawning wings of Dangerous ranked Pythons and Clippers and I had something like 6 mil in bounties sitting in my transactions.

I was taking a breather for 5 mins to let my shields reboot and recharge when a player FDL jumped in. (Vulture Shields take ages to reboot and recharge)

They said "Hey" then shot at me with my shields down, turning me into swiss cheese.
I was literally raising my coffee cup to my mouth as this happened so I was NOT pleased and came THIS close to needing a new keyboard.

I had been there for almost an hour and it had taken we two more to get decent spawns going.........

Losing ALL your bounties and eating a 1 mil rebuy due to players being lame and sniping you for no reason other than wanting to farm your RES is really crappy.

The planet was one of five gas giants with rings in the system and orbited the secondary star in the system too, so it not like I was easy to find....

Signed,
An exasperated CMDR.

Sorry buddy, part of the game. Imagine loosing a T9 with 462 tonnes of Imperial Slaves and have a Huge rebuy. It happens.