Yeah, a fun challenge for the players to work through.
The Open v Solo v Groups thread
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Influencing powerplay should be limited to open yes. If you disagree, then we agree to disagree.
Robert Maynard
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The game agrees with one of the points of view in play....
Indeed. Good thing the current state of the game is not the arbiter of how things should be, or balance changes and new content would never be a thing.
Well, yes. I suppose if i stalk a player out exploring and then nab an earthlike world that's in their path before they can, its also a form of PvP.
Robert Maynard
Volunteer Moderator
While it may not limit how things may develop, it may indicate what Frontier want to offer.
Removing players' ability to affect existing content from two of the three game modes does not qualify as "new content".
Indeed. But it does qualify as balance changes.
The game is fine as it is. FDev seems to think so also. If someone don't like the game as it is perhaps it is time to play something else?
If they adopted this thinking the game would've died years ago. The game is good, but has potential to be better. Fdev obviously agree or they wouldn't keep updating it with new things.
Robert Maynard
Volunteer Moderator
Not that either. Exclusion is not balance.
The core mechanics are unchanged since a decade. That alone is a statement. To hope for an alternation seems kinda desperate and unrealistic.
Powerplay isn't one of those things, and that's my main focus for this discussion.
Ahh, better. One CMDRs better may be another's worse. Views are divergent.
It absolutely is.
The logic of the comment is still sound however.
This. It's a great game; I'm completely happy with it except that I'd like more bug fixes and UI improvements. I think we can lose sight of this in long discussions.
Honestly this is probably a major crux of the issue. You're happy with it as is, and while I like it a lot, I want to see it continue to get fleshed out, grow, and become more dynamic.
Yes but with the accountability SC offers. Your flagged as a murderer, once your out of Grim hex your fair game to any passing player(s). And you can track em via bounty mission which is linked directly to the offender.
Trust me once your flagged in SC your days are numbered. In fact once your out of grim hex or any other enclave your minute by minute hehe. Course this only really applys to Stanton. PYRO is perhaps a different story.
I like the idea of Open-only Powerplay.
It would lead to awesome interactions like going to Winiama, while pledged to Mahon, to pick up the rewards of participating in the CG, on Mahon's side, and get killed while exiting the station, by a commander pledged to Mahon.
I'll be honest, I'm kind of a noob when it comes to PP, so I don't completely understand the logic behind the whole thing, but it was great, really. Very dynamic.
It would lead to awesome interactions like going to Winiama, while pledged to Mahon, to pick up the rewards of participating in the CG, on Mahon's side, and get killed while exiting the station, by a commander pledged to Mahon.
I'll be honest, I'm kind of a noob when it comes to PP, so I don't completely understand the logic behind the whole thing, but it was great, really. Very dynamic.
Robert Maynard
Volunteer Moderator
It's certainly the desire of a subset of players to characterise it as such.Others may simply look on it as PvP gating of base game content (that got warmed over last year but is still a pan-modal feature).