Seriously, what's the point in open play?

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DjVortex

DjVortex
Ian Doncaster said:
Even with the relatively thin rewards for direct cooperation in Elite Dangerous I've made in quantitative terms far more on things like wing mission rewards, shared bounties, wing dividends (ha ha), shared exploration data, etc. than I've lost from PvP rebuys (and that's counting the PvP rebuys where I was also in a PvP-fit ship and expecting a fight) - and I'm generally pretty unsociable in-game.
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I have never participated in a wing mission. How do I get into those? There don't seem to be any sort of in-game boards with "looking for commanders to participate in a mission" announcements or anything of the sort. Even chat seems to be limited to your current system only, and Duamta is pretty much the only system I have ever seen any chatter in so far (and, rather obviously, that's going to stop once the CG is over).
 

Old Duck

Old Duck
Scoob said:
Anyway, that's my ramble on the topic, performance issues - which I assume are directly linked to network / PC performance - were the thing that finally put me off Open though.
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Performance was always the "griefer" that would force me into Solo, too, especially at CGs. Which is a shame, because I mostly participated in CGs because it brought CMDRs from around the galaxy together.

I never understood why my framerate was tied to the netcode... It's one thing to see a ship or two rubber-band, it's quite another for my own view of the world to stutter and lag.. This should not be!
 

Helmut Grokenberger

Helmut Grokenberger
DjVortex said:
I have never participated in a wing mission. How do I get into those? There don't seem to be any sort of in-game boards with "looking for commanders to participate in a mission" announcements or anything of the sort. Even chat seems to be limited to your current system only, and Duamta is pretty much the only system I have ever seen any chatter in so far (and, rather obviously, that's going to stop once the CG is over).
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The thing is, it works more the other way around. Wing missions offer the ability to be shared amongst a team; so if you are in a team and accept a wing mission from the mission board, you can share that mission with your team. Or a team member can share his mission with you. There is no real in-game way to make a date for any kind of wing gameplay other than system chat or DMs.
 

DjVortex

DjVortex
Helmut Grokenberger said:
The thing is, it works more the other way around. Wing missions offer the ability to be shared amongst a team; so if you are in a team and accept a wing mission from the mission board, you can share that mission with your team. Or a team member can share his mission with you. There is no real in-game way to make a date for any kind of wing gameplay other than system chat or DMs.
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I suppose that means I won't be participating in any wing missions (or other type of group activity).
 

Rat Catcher

Rat Catcher
DjVortex said:
I suppose that means I won't be participating in any wing missions (or other type of group activity).
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You'd be welcome to fly along with me, probably other members of the squadron, doing missions, murder or mayhem. Just for the experience rather than be expected to join the squadron (which is by invitation only) and if we are a little too exuberant for your style, nothing but a little of your time is wasted.
 

Rat Catcher

Rat Catcher
Helmut Grokenberger said:
Where is the Homer Simpson couch patting gif when you need it...
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