I wonder if we could do away with the fines around Allied Stronghold Carriers/Stations? If you accidentally bump into an NPC ship (whilst defend the aforementioned) you get fined. Or perhaps an errand missle of yours hits one of the Carrier ships - again whilst defending. I went to jail twice defending the Carrier. Kinda dont really care to defend these anymore. I think it would be a better experience to get rid of these fines.
Stronghold Carrier/Station Fines
- Thread starter Pan_O_War
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I thought you only got fined for collisions in the region where you need docking permission to spend more than a few seconds in?
I can see their point of view about fining you for accidentally shooting them, nobody like receiving ‘friendly’ fire.
But that has been around for years with defend this structure missions usually resulting with the defenders joining the attackers in trying to blow your ship up though that might have been a bounty not a fine.
I can see their point of view about fining you for accidentally shooting them, nobody like receiving ‘friendly’ fire.
But that has been around for years with defend this structure missions usually resulting with the defenders joining the attackers in trying to blow your ship up though that might have been a bounty not a fine.
I've gotten fines accidentally scratching a megaship's paint without retaliation so it was probably a bounty. One annoying thing is when sys sec suddenly shows up red for no reason and you have a fighter roaming around so it begins to think of "defending" you against the cop. Uh, no, don't... nevermind, finding nearest IF after being done with the instance.
Or when you are caught in a missile turret's splash radius and those things begin shooting you when you've done nothing wrong against them.
Or it makes the gameplay more complex.
There is a lot more simulation in ED than arcade.
I gave up trying to defend the stronghold carriers because the 7 kilometre no-fire zone around them makes it impossible to deploy and fire your weapons without the allied NPC Power ships getting on your case
To be clear, if you fire within that zone for any reason and something bad happens - it's your fault.
How about this: a supporting player should be able to be forgiven for these unintentional transgressions provided he contributes a minimum of X (to be determined by FD) to the defense effort, AND the cost of repairs comes out of his merit balance, given some exchange rate that’s high enough that it makes him very careful to not have these transgressions in the first place. ?
If these are not met, then fines/bounties, etc. would apply.
If these are not met, then fines/bounties, etc. would apply.
Simulation with faster than light travel? No - gameplay again rules over sim in key areas. I mean I dont really care - I just dont engage with PP2 that much other than the once a week hit list for merits, as it's strategically and gameplay wise has holes in quite a few areas. There are much better games for MMO strategic warfare and teamwork - and the game design itself lends to it. So i switch back and forth btn games. But PP2 has potential - just depends on how or if it improves.