If I could be guaranteed a co-op experience I'd play in Open more often if not exclusively - unfortunately, as it's a PvP-enabled game mode, there's no guarantee that one won't be attacked by another player.
Well, design it for all modes equally then. That encompasses a lot of the suggestions that have been made in here
.Can we get a "ROFLMAO" as well?
PvEer also. But I like to see the opposition too, whether they shoot at me or not. And either is good and part of the physical narrative of my game. I just like it to be an explicitly multiplayer game where anything can happen.
Wait until it happens to you, when you go out into the black for weeks or months, and you get blown up on your way back to the bubble.
That is broken mechanic in Elite. I guess OP would not disagree that it needs to be properly fixed first, to remove this barrier for explorers to come to open.
That's why I see all similar forum threads as opportunity to improve game mechanics. To make all the game modes equally enjoyable for everyone independent on playstyle.
It's the way the Elite ranks have worked in all four iterations of the game - and, given the mixed reaction to the additional "prestige" Elite rank tiers added recently, I doubt that such a change would be well received.
What constitutes an improvement for some players may be seen as a change that adversely affects other players - as we don't all want the same things.
So not actually a galaxy, but then they're diverging? And you're talking about mode-restricted content that costs dev time (including new lore content). It might not need incentive if it was only separated geographically.
That would definitely work. It would be very educational too: looks of people would expand their knowledge of router settings. There would even be more use of in-game tools found under the "Social" menu.
Credits are worthless, so what is the point of trippling rewards to a reward that is already more of less pointless? I don't think that would work, and you head down the path like previously mentioned in Elder Scrolls OL, with that PvP event, Pve folks will gritch about being "forced" into PvP. Honestly? It is a no win situation I think.
Apologies - I mixed two concepts in an attempt to put forward the idea that an Open only galaxy would be a very big playing area for fewer players than currently play the game. I have previously suggested an alternative to splitting the galaxy, i.e. the permit locked zone that it is only accessible in Open - which would be part of the same galaxy and would not then diverge.
by players who messes with their connection, making it "impossible" to instance with them, so they are still playing "solo" or with select friends...
Unless FDev invests into dedicated servers for non-peer-to-peer gameplay, that is bound to happen.
I do not follow, how would your suggestion (not bad, I have made similar suggestion in the past, it is baiscally to have the mimic what the players are doing) solve the issue with players tinkering with their network and firewall settings, that is outside of the game?
*So they announced moving to an exclusive console open only, Elite Dangerous? Getting rid of the entire pc platform.
When minor factions and their influence changes the values of PP it is a part of PP. Both PP and BGS is there for players to change outcome of how Galaxies works. And I'm pretty sure that most people that go to private/solo to push the direction of a war is very aware of what they are doing. The large number of rounds that had to be done to push stats is very targeted action. And the mechanics are designed so we should be able to stop that attack by entering the same conflict zone and fight the war.
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