Serious question time. Perhaps I'm a little dull, or being thick, or something. But here's the thing, every time people find a way to earn credits quickly FD nerf it. Fine, it's their game they can do what they like.
But, and without inciting a flame war or similar, why? Why is earning credits quickly a bad thing? Sure you get a big ship easier, although by big we obviously stop at the T9/Conda because others are rank locked. Perhaps it enables you to get a FdL or something too fast and thus splatter new pilots? But only a third of people play open and your starter Sidey will get splattered by almost anything. If everyone can get credits quickly, who cares who has the most, or fewest or anything? We can't do anything with them other than buy ships. And Engineers > regular parts, so money doesn't adjust that either.
Now I understand that if we do randomly discover some method to earn creds fast that skips a bit of the middle game, but I played regular Elite and Frontier for months without feeling like I achieved anything, whereas with this I was quickly up and running. I have enjoyed the game much more.
BUT, and this I guess is my point, is that I love playing games without the limits of credits or power or whatever so I can focus on the game bit. That's my choice. Just like if you want to roleplay a pilot who only owns an shieldless Adder and trades only in Water, nobody stops you doing that. So, again I ask, factually, in a basically SP game where you can only buy and fly a single ship, what is the problem with people earning credits easily when it doesn't affect anyone else at all?
But, and without inciting a flame war or similar, why? Why is earning credits quickly a bad thing? Sure you get a big ship easier, although by big we obviously stop at the T9/Conda because others are rank locked. Perhaps it enables you to get a FdL or something too fast and thus splatter new pilots? But only a third of people play open and your starter Sidey will get splattered by almost anything. If everyone can get credits quickly, who cares who has the most, or fewest or anything? We can't do anything with them other than buy ships. And Engineers > regular parts, so money doesn't adjust that either.
Now I understand that if we do randomly discover some method to earn creds fast that skips a bit of the middle game, but I played regular Elite and Frontier for months without feeling like I achieved anything, whereas with this I was quickly up and running. I have enjoyed the game much more.
BUT, and this I guess is my point, is that I love playing games without the limits of credits or power or whatever so I can focus on the game bit. That's my choice. Just like if you want to roleplay a pilot who only owns an shieldless Adder and trades only in Water, nobody stops you doing that. So, again I ask, factually, in a basically SP game where you can only buy and fly a single ship, what is the problem with people earning credits easily when it doesn't affect anyone else at all?
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