You would probably have to pay for that, since it would require a whole new server, and I think you'd find it far more empty than Open is, but I suppose that could be a possibility.
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You would probably have to pay for that, since it would require a whole new server, and I think you'd find it far more empty than Open is, but I suppose that could be a possibility.
I think you were missing my point. Look to what I responded, please.
I still think FD and the community at large would benefit from an official statement, because fewer players would be holding out false hopes about change, and Kickstarter backers and other supporters would be spending less time trying to defend the design. It's not good to let this continue festering as a cause of friction between players in the forum (IMO).
Probably true, followed by statements of doom and gloom if FD doesn't see the light. EvE Valkyrie and Star Citizen are on the horizon, and that should take some pressure off ED to make fundamental changes.
The choice is in that they can (if they are able) play in any mode they like. As for a mode for the players where switching is not possible... that choice may be available in some other game, but it is not one of the choices on offer in ED, sorry. The game is what it is and you can either accept that or not but there is no evidence forthcoming from FD that this core aspect is going to change.
I doubt it. That is just speculation, not backed by any evidence. We have hundreds of groups now. Do they all have their own servers?
Robert Maynard
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There is not "no difference". The difference between solo and open is that the former guarantees that the player will meet no other players.
I know from your previous posts on the topic that you would like a closed play-mode with a dedicated commander - why not create a suggestion thread putting forward a compelling case for it to be added to the game design? Bear in mind though that, in a recent poll, only 42% of players indicated that they would play on open only - such a mode would guarantee that you would play in a mode with a lower proportion of the population than open can currently have.
Ha! No we're talking! And I want a server that guarantees that the risk of 'unwanted' player-interaction is allways there. Hey, Joe Spivey: Look at this!
Robert Maynard
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You can do that in open at the moment - you just have to find the other players.
.... or create a private group and have at it with the other group members.
If, you can find players that want to attack you, of course - not all players want that as we have all been told to "play the game how you want to".
They do not, it is just one game. Everyone in Solo, Open, and Private group are all playing the same game, with the same servers, the same data set, the same save info, and the same background sim. Open / Solo / Private group is simply a matchmaking choice that lets you choose who you get paired with when you play, but in all other respects its the same game on the same server.
Having an entirely separate group that cannot migrate its save, would have its own background sim that the other groups wouldnt effect and would only have the Open matchmaking option available to them would require a whole new server set.
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So such players cannot choose the mode they like. I hope this is going to change someday.
The game won't change anymore? Really?
That is the reason why I suggested this idea.
Well, test the water, start a private group, your rules, be that about 'no switching', a 200ly radius, an ironman element, whatever floats your boat. If your idea is popular and your group size will be a great indicator of that, then Frontier will probably listen.
So another mode won't need another server.
Robert Maynard
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It would not - it would be (as mentioned above) a matchmaking system setting, just like the other three modes (well, solo, open and unknown numbers of private groups).
No, I have too much to do in real life. I hope they listen because it makes sense to them.
It takes 2 minutes to form a group and post the rules up, show them it makes sense, you want change? - pursue it.
Yeah, but that is exactly what I am suggesting. One mode you can't change back from, like the hardcore mode in Diablo 3 (without permadeath).
In the sense you are suggesting it would actually because you aren't simply asking for a new matchmaking option, youre asking for a whole new server where you can only play Open and the other groups aren't effecting or able to enter your world, but its pretty clear you don't and are not going to understand how the servers work in this game so its pointless trying to argue this with you.
No, I find the idea pointless too. How would one control that no one switches?
Then it really cannot be that important to you if you are unwilling to give your preferred gameplay style a go in a readily-testable environment that you can implement right now?
And as for control over switchers, that is out of your control - as it is in any game environment.
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You seem reasonable, I think you are in the wrong place.
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