Sitting in a USS in open : Can you be seen ?

[verminstar]

Thanks for replying Verminster, I'd rep you again but it won't let me. So virtual rep instead. 4hrs in a SRV must have been dull. Did you break rocks or just sit admiring the stars?

Honestly I just went about mining cos I was very low on vanadium anyway and set about putting some actual effort into it instead of the odd 20 minutes here and there. And no, I didnt change instance so that might have been a factor.

I actually dont mind the srv fer extended periods...helps cos I genuinely do consider driving one the more fun distractions anyway. To be fair, I dont have huge issues filling my time with non illegal activity, theres still plenty to do...its just that what I chose to do and how I did it didnt help to clear notoriety which is admitedly more me own fault that anyone elses.

But...well ye I am a bit peeved that some of these things arent better explained or clearer in the game itself, and tbh a little timer that runs down would be a most welcome and very useful little qol addition. If nothing else, it could tell ye to try jumping systems when it reaches zero and yer notoriety doesnt change cos ye need to refresh the system.

 

[Ian Doncaster]

And the lazy nature of gamers. After all, rather than complaining one can hide in a canyon one could also just play the game instead.

I know a few people who have a nice activity loop of
- do BGS murders for the faction they want to hurt
- get notoriety
- switch to an exploration ship, go honking for a while
- come back with notoriety zero, sell the data to the faction they want to help
- repeat

 

[Rafe Zetter]

Only in the convoluted and broken game world of elite is flying to the bottom of a canyon and going afk for hours on end "good info".

Frontier approved game play...

glad someone else said it.

 

[Rafe Zetter]

I know a few people who have a nice activity loop of
- do BGS murders for the faction they want to hurt
- get notoriety
- switch to an exploration ship, go honking for a while
- come back with notoriety zero, sell the data to the faction they want to help
- repeat

NEW CRIME AND PUNISHMENT SYSTEM!!!

It's amazebal... oh ... people are getting around our new sytem to make it basically pointless? Well that's.. err.. discouraging. *turns to assistant* did we know this was going to happen?

 

[Arthur Shappey]

NEW CRIME AND PUNISHMENT SYSTEM!!!

It's amazebal... oh ... people are getting around our new sytem to make it basically pointless? Well that's.. err.. discouraging. *turns to assistant* did we know this was going to happen?

Don't see the issue with what Ian Doncaster described. I always thought the main thrust of the C&P was to discourage mindless ganking of players - and I love the fact that players try and influence the BGS - bring it on! I think they were unfairly punished with notoriety ratings in this regard, so if they've found a way to make it work - good for them.