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Might be an instancing thing.
Context is important — It depends where you are. I see tons of players at PowerPlay headquaters, Founders system or the starter systems around LHS 3447.
But when I'm out bounty hunting in the ass-end of empire space, I almost never see anyone.
It also might be the instancing borking out, but in reality there's no easy way to tell.
But when I'm out bounty hunting in the ass-end of empire space, I almost never see anyone.
It also might be the instancing borking out, but in reality there's no easy way to tell.
Lol come to Lave cluster, it'll be better...
That's a great idea, if they improve the AI drops for pirates these two things could improve open if done well.
Add making the Anarchys dangerous (safe for pirates) and the safer systems well, safer with better police responses, I am not a pirate and only BH AI but when I finally feel a sense of danger entering an Anarchy, I will be a happy chap.
Edit, it would seem I got ganked by ninjas, that will serve me right for being a day behind
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I feel sad now - an offline mode would surely have introduced mods as well : All those ships you wanted from the previous version : Download here and for those with ninja machines try this Hi-Res pack from here
Honestly... considering that Open Play is 90% griefers, 5% newbies and 5 roleplayers - what do you expect? With all those people grinding new players in starter systems like NPCs it is only natural for this to happen. Unless they make certain systems with INSTANT police reaction to unprovoked attacks then this is going to be an ever growing issues. Instant police that chases you to the end of the galaxy until you are destroyed. No piracy in High sec systems. Even better, limit piracy to only anarchy systems and make everything in anarchy systems more profitable so that it still interests players to go there. Low security pirating only in deep space. Med and High = pirating = insta killed by 20 anacondas.
And we will be happy
And we will be happy
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Honestly... considering that Open Play is 90% griefers, 5% newbies and 5 roleplayers - what do you expect? With all those people grinding new players in starter systems like NPCs it is only natural for this to happen. Unless they make certain systems with INSTANT police reaction to unprovoked attacks then this is going to be an ever growing issues. Instant police that chases you to the end of the galaxy until you are destroyed. No piracy in High sec systems. Even better, limit piracy to only anarchy systems and make everything in anarchy systems more profitable so that it still interests players to go there. Low security pirating only in deep space. Med and High = pirating = insta killed by 20 anacondas.
And we will be happy
FEAR MONGERER!! I WILL RAM YOU TO DEATH!!!! TOOOOOO DEAAATHHHHH!
Kidding aside..come on..90% greifers...I have only been griefed a handful of times and play in open over 95% of my time. I think so little of it I just shrug it off when it happens because they usually don't get the desired effect anyway.
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True. Always played in open, been months since I was attacked by a human player. And since launch day, been attacked 4 times only.
Thje "griefers everywhere" myth is really no more than a myth.
This is so false it's not even funny I tend to meet nice regular players on a daily basis in open. However what I don't tend to see except on rare occasions are griefers and PVPer's. But I get it false stats make you feel better about your decision of playing in a skill less galaxy. Most of the people who make these claims are either new or had one bad experience and can't stand things going backwards even for a second that they have to play it off like its such a huge deal and blow the whole situation so far out of proportion. When somethings doesn't go my way way every time I just quit because in real life everyone would be friendly................................
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I had one really bad experience that meant i played private group for a few weeks but other than that i've mainly been in open.
In the >1 year I've been playing since beta, seeing another player in most systems is not a usual occurrence.
Open play isn't dead, it's just BIG XD.
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In the >1 year I've been playing since beta, seeing another player in most systems is not a usual occurrence.
Open play isn't dead, it's just BIG XD.
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lol love how this thread is just technically about OP not being able to find anybody, but yet we are now 3 pages knee deep in yet another discussion about open vs solo/group. I don't know where OP is but I have yet to ever be in open and not see people unless I am literally in the back end of nowhere.
That post hits so many nails on so many heads you could use it to build a shed. The disconnect between David Braben's pre-launch speeches about what the game should be and how antisocial behaviour would be moderated, and the ridiculous free-for-all we got in December 2014, was staggering. Some of us warned FD that the vision was perhaps a touch naive, and that such controls would be difficult to implement, but we at least expected them to try. In the end they did nothing except fire-fight the emerging exploits one at a time with ridiculous gameplay tweaks, damaging the game for other players in the process and ensuring that the previously dismissed cries of "everyone will flee to Solo or Group" became an eventual self-fulfilling prophecy. Very disappointing.
Hahahahaha. OK
Which brings us full circle again
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At its core is the 1:1 galaxy. From that flows everything else, the PvE slant, the emphasis on player choice, the P2P networking model, the focus on the BGS to “run” the galaxy, not players who amount to no more than a speck of dust in the vast expanse of the Sahara desert.
I seem to recall some wise soul posting some time ago – “FD couldn’t have designed a game more likely to frustrate ex EvE players if they’d tried”. – or words to that effect. I don't think they did that on purpose, it's a beneficial/regrettable result of the games core design.
Territorial/Resource control – pointless. Effectively infinite territory and resources.
No Subscriptions – No real money trade, pay to win, and gold faucets to monetize the game. That it reduces the scandals and corruption, is a side benefit and means FD don’t have to employ their own form of “Internal Investigations Department” just yet.”
The ability to mode switch, simplifies the game for the many, many thousands of players who don’t play the “my gang is bigger than your gang” game. They effectively have it, hardware, software for the non tech savvy, or by simply flying somewhere else. All the mode switch does is allow them to do it without inconveniencing them further.
Unfortunately for some “Play Styles” it would seem there is a market for games which encourage player interaction without forcing it. That FD, and other games under development (Star Citizen, Shroud of the Avatar) have chosen to pursue this market would indicate from a business point of view there’s more money in player choice than forced interaction.
As FD have been around for a “couple” of years, they may just understand their market a little better than we do from our side of the monitor. After all they’re staking their jobs and livelihoods on the call they made before the kickstarter. We’re just staking a couple of quid.
Very Very good post.
I wonder how many of the people who cry "griefers everywhere in open" actually played a single minute in open...
If it weren't for the npcs, one could play in open in a shieldless and weaponless sidewinder for months before being killed a single time by another player.
Yet everyday someone repeats the fabled "griefers everywhere"...
If it weren't for the npcs, one could play in open in a shieldless and weaponless sidewinder for months before being killed a single time by another player.
Yet everyday someone repeats the fabled "griefers everywhere"...
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