Ok the answer is 'Yes', but you may not be satisfied by my answer, and I really cant be ..er.. stuffed explaining it in full detail because I too dont agree with them. But I'll give it a shot..
* The ONLY thing I have heard of or can think of that DOES affect the game of 'open' players due to 'solo/group' players is THE ECONOMY. The 'background simulation' shares trade data and statisitics amongst all games 'modes'.[/COLOR] (Although I'm told there is no 'mode', just one universe with 3 'matchmaking' options.) So by buying and selling goods in solo/group mode you do actually affect the prices and demands of goods in open mode.
Got it? cool. Yes, it does affect them. Yes, its marginal and minor (imho) but a big enough issue to them to mention it. (or a cunning ruse to cover the hidden agenda of just having more targets to kill). So, 'YES' is the answer you seek. 'HOW MUCH' is a better question to ask, and the answer is most likely to be 'VERY LITTLE' from almost everyone, except the over zealous PvP audience.
It is important to remember that there are plenty of lovely people playing in open play who are not focused on PvP, but they will participate if it comes their way. Those people are just happily playing and dont see what all the fuss is about, and they are being mis-represented by and PvP-focused minority who are intent on changing the game so everyone is in open, or that open players receive some sort of bonus. Dont tar all open players with one brush, its the PvP-focused lobby that are more intent on changing the play style of solo/group players.
Thank you for you insightful opinion on how I cause Physical pain upon somebody just because I do not play they way they want me to.
As for the Market system IMHO they have to fix the markets so they are linked together because if they do not then somebody could, in a large group, drop the cost of one set item in one mode, log out with full cargo bay of said item, log into a different mod and sell item at a nice marked up price. Linking them together stops exploitation of this easy exploit. How the Market physically hurts open/solo/group players is mind blowing. If everybody went to just one station and bought just one item then yes it will have an effect. It will run out of stock and the price will go up, a basic supply and demand system.
But still the effect was you have stated above on just one mode of play would be so small I really do not think IMO it would come to 0.001% of a problem for a player in any mode. Does the games
Economy really have that much of an effect of somebody hell bent on PVPing open to death? I think not.
They are making a complaint, just not specifically aimed at you, just more broadly aimed at solo/group players.
(I did not mean me directly, but any Solo/Group player)
Open PVP players who want to change the game to force everybody to play open are deliberately picking on/targeting Solo/Group players because they feel cheated out of the game they have paid to play. Everybody has a right to complain, but even when there is zero argument they still argue and attack a set group of players. This is called BULLYING and something only Bullies do.
TBH If these serial complainers spent more time playing the game instead of trying to force their game play (which not everyone wants) onto others they may enjoy the game more. The use of the word FORCE if fully justified because that's is their intent "Scrap the other modes and make people play in open mode only". That is also Bullying, making somebody do something they do not wish to do, and if they do not do as ordered/demanded they as punished in a way which effects them personally.
If I asked a question "Who is a bully" and "Why are you bullying me to play your game" I do not think I would get a single reply because nobody would be stupid enough to say that they are BULLIES and will openly Bully me into doing something they demand me to do.
Solo/group players on the other hand, just dont care about the plight of the PvP-focused lobby, they are too busy enjoying themselves and playing the game the way they want to. Good for them, they pay, they play, they smile, they recommend. Good for the business model, good for the community, and alot less work for the mods.
I am glad we can agree on the fact that Solo/Group players are HAPPY playing the game the way they want to play it. Not on Solo/Group player is trying to Bully anybody on this forum into playing their mode, Good for them
Hope you like my insight, you are of course welcome to disagree, I really dont mind. But the trading thing is real, and does affect them .. even if its just a little..
As you can see I have responded to your post. Even though you never actually answer the questions properly I have understood your post.
My questions were about how the PVP players were actually physically hurt by others not wanting to play their game. I did not request anything about the games mechanics or how something works, I was requestion to know in which way these people were being physically hurt and upset at me playing in either Solo/Group modes. Even though I did enjoy reading your reply you still did not answer the fundamental questions of physical pain.
Now if the pvp player had to kill a human player at least once a day because if he didn't his computer would attack him and beat him up I would be glad to jump in a Sidewinder and be his human gun fodder, but if he is only playing that mode for some kind of GRATIFICATION then clearly I do not want any part of his/her game play.
Forcing somebody to participate in an action which they do not want or have something forced upon then is illegal in real life, so why have it force in a game. people have a right to choose, taking that right away from them is morally wrong and should not be forced upon somebody. Solo/Group modes gives people that choice in a game which they want to play.
I have met many psychopaths/Sociopath's/Bullies or all shapes and sizes/serial killers and much worse. All of these people want things their way and use force. I know nobody on here has used force yet, but I have to point out that some of the things said on this post and many other posts by people who want to dictate their style of play onto others need to take note.
In life we all have "wants" and "needs". The "I wants" always make demands where as the "I needs" usually have to go without to keep the "I Wants" happy. This is a computer game where the "I wants" make demands and the "I needs" try and change their minds. If you are a "I want" then Please stop and think before you go too far and become one of the people I have met over the course of my life.
Allow people to play there game in which ever mode they want, Please stop the name calling, the complaining and upset which has infested this post and forum. Many people have left this forum because of the Bullying attitudes of people who do not want to play Elite Dangerous, but some other form of the game which was not what everybody paid for.
Take a minute to read what's been said and think to yourself before posting, Are you a
"I want" or a
"I need" person
Thank you for reading, and if I have offended anybody it was not my intention.
