Open play is the Mode in Eite Dangerous that allows players the greatest degree of agency.
This mode is the one with no restrictions on player activity. People are able to fire shots at, or defend players or even coopoerate with players depending on how they veiw the situation.
DO NOT join this mode if you don't want direct competition with other players. In the minds of most, if you join Open, you have willfully ticked the "I'm ok without handholding" box. That means outside of the space police, there is nothing else to help you when it comes to direct contact with hostile players other than your wits.
The reason I feel I had to make this post is that there are a certain group of players who do not seem to understand that this mode might not be for them and as a result have become far to vocal regarding the state of it. Seemingly mostly through personal beefs these same voices are arguing to remove player agency from the one mode that still has it.
It's a simple choice. There are two modes, one of which is like a mock open when done right, that cater to your desires. If you choose to ignore this infomation, that is clearly labelled by the developers as to make the choice crystal clear, and yet still advocate for removal of players choices, I feel as though you are playing the wrong game as do many of the players you are targeting with your arguments.
Gankers or not, Open is for everyone to play the game in the way they so desire, together. If you chose to join this mode, get killed and complain about griefers, (This is going to be super blunt because I'm not good at sugar coating things) You're cutting your nose off despite your face and then expecting people to feel sorry for you. That is why the majority of ideas that try to limit open are met with nothing but ridicule and mockery by the playerbase that inhabits it.
Sure the C&P could work for both sides a little better and there could be more persistence, not to mention a clearer label on wha this mode entails. But at the end of the day, it is widely known and freedom of choice in this mode should not be restricted due to a small group of players who chose to ignore the writing on the mode choice menu.
This is supposed to be educational incase some newer players are unsure of the deal. If you join Open, you might get killed, you might also do the killing your choice. Choice is the operative word here, because when people advocate to remove that when they already have things that suit them, it is vindictive. Far more vindictive in my mind than getting your pixel spaceship blown up. Sorry, there I go being blunt again.
To summarise, in Open we WANT you to come and play, we WANT players in a living and breathing galaxy. You're gonna die, you're gonna get killed, sure, but Open is for EVERYONE and we all go through the same experiences, we all die, we all make stupid mistakes, but at least in Open we are all doing it together an without restriction. Join it at your own peril but I assure you there is more in the way of fun content and more to enjoy and learn from simply because it allows you your choice. If you're not into that, thats fine, most won't judge you for it. But when you judge us for using the mode, is its not us who is playing the wrong game, or causing problems for the game. Think that through.
o7 cmdrs, I hope to see you in the black be it friend or foe.
This mode is the one with no restrictions on player activity. People are able to fire shots at, or defend players or even coopoerate with players depending on how they veiw the situation.
DO NOT join this mode if you don't want direct competition with other players. In the minds of most, if you join Open, you have willfully ticked the "I'm ok without handholding" box. That means outside of the space police, there is nothing else to help you when it comes to direct contact with hostile players other than your wits.
The reason I feel I had to make this post is that there are a certain group of players who do not seem to understand that this mode might not be for them and as a result have become far to vocal regarding the state of it. Seemingly mostly through personal beefs these same voices are arguing to remove player agency from the one mode that still has it.
It's a simple choice. There are two modes, one of which is like a mock open when done right, that cater to your desires. If you choose to ignore this infomation, that is clearly labelled by the developers as to make the choice crystal clear, and yet still advocate for removal of players choices, I feel as though you are playing the wrong game as do many of the players you are targeting with your arguments.
Gankers or not, Open is for everyone to play the game in the way they so desire, together. If you chose to join this mode, get killed and complain about griefers, (This is going to be super blunt because I'm not good at sugar coating things) You're cutting your nose off despite your face and then expecting people to feel sorry for you. That is why the majority of ideas that try to limit open are met with nothing but ridicule and mockery by the playerbase that inhabits it.
Sure the C&P could work for both sides a little better and there could be more persistence, not to mention a clearer label on wha this mode entails. But at the end of the day, it is widely known and freedom of choice in this mode should not be restricted due to a small group of players who chose to ignore the writing on the mode choice menu.
This is supposed to be educational incase some newer players are unsure of the deal. If you join Open, you might get killed, you might also do the killing your choice. Choice is the operative word here, because when people advocate to remove that when they already have things that suit them, it is vindictive. Far more vindictive in my mind than getting your pixel spaceship blown up. Sorry, there I go being blunt again.
To summarise, in Open we WANT you to come and play, we WANT players in a living and breathing galaxy. You're gonna die, you're gonna get killed, sure, but Open is for EVERYONE and we all go through the same experiences, we all die, we all make stupid mistakes, but at least in Open we are all doing it together an without restriction. Join it at your own peril but I assure you there is more in the way of fun content and more to enjoy and learn from simply because it allows you your choice. If you're not into that, thats fine, most won't judge you for it. But when you judge us for using the mode, is its not us who is playing the wrong game, or causing problems for the game. Think that through.
o7 cmdrs, I hope to see you in the black be it friend or foe.
