Modes The Solo vs Open vs Groups Thread - Part the Second [Now With Added Platforms].

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Arioch

Arioch
LordRed said:
This is exactly correct. Please do take it as a compliment, I do want to play with you nice folk. That's all I'm askin. I hear that you all say you want to play alone(Mobius?) or that you're really REALLY not scared of player-pirates (comes up a lot with soloers.....odd). I also hear you don't like candy, but you love vinegar. You like taking people to the water and hope they drink to koolaid.... I mean.... punch.... er.... (its safe I promise).

So let me sum up my debate, and only my debate. I just want to play nice with you nice folk. I'm the kid outside on the warm summer day, knocking on your door wanting to play at the park, but the park is empty so I came here to 'your house' to see if you wanted to play. That is all. I'll go play in the park by myself. maybe another day(update) we'll play together, at the park, in the sun, nice like....
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Personally, I'm not going to the park anymore until there's more stuff to play on, so you might be waiting a while for me. The park is always there, perhaps you're just going in the middle of the night?

I think you may have the wrong idea about Mobius' group and you keep bringing up the fear thing...odd.

You may enjoy the game more if you stop worrying about what other people selected on the matchmaking screen. If it helps, try to think of all those other instances as just Open players you've not been matched with. Some people who selected Open will be in an instance of 1, just like you. Just how the game works.
 

Jockey79

Jockey79
LordRed said:
So let me sum up my debate, and only my debate. I just want to play nice with you nice folk. I'm the kid outside on the warm summer day, knocking on your door wanting to play at the park, but the park is empty so I came here to 'your house' to see if you wanted to play. That is all. I'll go play in the park by myself. maybe another day(update) we'll play together, at the park, in the sun, nice like....
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Oh, I play in private groups. I have used Solo and Open, but I bought this game to play with friends from real life and from my gaming community.
(Some of them play in Mobius, so I do jump in there from time to time when the need arises).

So, sorry man, but your pew pew games do not interest me. My gaming community has a private group for us to do our own pew pew games when we see fit.
 

Faded Glory

Faded Glory
Cowboy Bats said:
Simple. Many of us researched it beforehand and bought a single player game instead of an MMO. A fantastic single player I might add. Save for Thargoids, it replicates the original game with advanced graphics and sound perfectly, which is exactly what I wanted.

Now about those thargoids....
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Do you think perhaps the Thargoids are playing... Solo!
 

Distance

Distance
Jorlin said:
I'm with you on this one.
But there are many players in the game (and here in the thread) that wouldn't even bother with NPC piracy.
They want PvP piracy (and like i said before, i can even understand that).
I just wanted to say that this won't work as a profession.
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I don't think there's any profession that could subsidise it's self if it was purely pvp based.

SteveLaw said:
Some have Hafnium, some have Unknown Artefacts. :) But yes, more and better NPCs of all types/roles is something for everyone.
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They're few and far between unfortunately and noone wants to spend hours dropping in an out of signal sources in sc for little reward. This is one of the major failing of the current missions system.

WlLL0W said:
maybe FD could create NPC convoys?.

4 vultures 2 anaconda's 2 FDL's and a type 9... (or variants)

get stuck into that instead of a wing of 4 going after 1 ship
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They're already in the game but not in sc and they don't carry much. If you saw them in sc it would be a different matter but they would have to be persistent and you'd have to be able to track them through several systems.

Jockey79 said:
This ^^

I did try piracy vs NPCs for a few days and made nothing until I found a "Seeking Luxuries" with 3 Type 9s that had some half decent stuff in them.
Also, the prices for black market goods is awful ( <- forums won't let me use the words I want to here).

As far as I can see, piracy is the only profession in ED that cannot be subsidised via NPC interactions between PvP encounters.

It is a shame though, that some open advocates feel the need to come here and be insulting and name calling, as it is drowning out your points and hard work here Distance.
(and I know some Solo/Group advocates are no better, but they seem to have gotten bored of the discussion and left from what I can see - thankfully)
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It can be subsidised through npcs but it's harder work than mining for less reward although it can be a lot of fun :)

CMDR Derrida said:
I remember you distinguishing between 'real' pirates, as those who don't pay their fines, and the type who pay their fines but still call themselves pirates (forgive me if I've misquoted, it was a while back) - disregarding how difficult it is to be a pirate for a moment, do you think it would work if there was some kind of, three strikes and out system? I.e., if you kill three clean players you remain wanted, so that you either continue your career as a fugitive (with say, a starting bounty of 20,000, which would remain when you respawn after dying) or if you feel that passionately about being a 'clean' player, you 'clear save' and start again. Might seem a bit harsh, but it would make people think carefully before shooting that third 'clean' ship. I say this with view to making piracy viable in the game - making improvements to the pirate role (perhaps better cargo scoops, rewards for shooting down 'security' ships that match the equivalent bounties on pirates, buy yeah, tricky stuff I know :) )
Oh, this was the solo v open thread? Er...Napoloeon Solo?...Han Solo?...I'll get my coat :/
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Well the new changes mean you won't be able to pay off bounties for atleast a week and a pirate will always have to pay it off upon death in a station owned by the faction so that's a step in the right direction. There should be a ways to distinguish between player kills (6k for killing a T9 filled with palladium . . .) and general npc or combat kills.
 

Phosphora

Phosphora
LordRed said:
This is exactly correct. Please do take it as a compliment, I do want to play with you nice folk. That's all I'm askin. I hear that you all say you want to play alone(Mobius?) or that you're really REALLY not scared of player-pirates (comes up a lot with soloers.....odd). I also hear you don't like candy, but you love vinegar. You like taking people to the water and hope they drink to koolaid.... I mean.... punch.... er.... (its safe I promise).

So let me sum up my debate, and only my debate. I just want to play nice with you nice folk. I'm the kid outside on the warm summer day, knocking on your door wanting to play at the park, but the park is empty so I came here to 'your house' to see if you wanted to play. That is all. I'll go play in the park by myself. maybe another day(update) we'll play together, at the park, in the sun, nice like....
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Thanks, but no thanks. Your definition of play may differ from mine. Think marmite.

Cheers, Phos.
 

Arioch

Arioch
My daughter has vegetarian bacon (or as I like to call it, Soylent Brownish). I think that equates to being a very select Group...
 

Jorlin

Jorlin
Arioch said:
My daughter has vegetarian bacon (or as I like to call it, Soylent Brownish). I think that equates to being a very select Group...
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Soylent brown is...

wait if it's vegetarian it can't be.
although i've seen people that seemed to be plants somehow...
 
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