Modes The Solo vs Open vs Groups Thread [See new thread]

Robert Maynard · May 9, 2015

atak2 said:
You should call yourselves The Forum Griefers.

Surely, if it's not against the forum rules then it's not forum griefing? Forum members who transgress the rules are dealt with accordingly.

atak2 · May 9, 2015

Robert Maynard said:
Surely, if it's not against the forum rules then it's not forum griefing? Forum members who transgress the rules are dealt with accordingly.

Its a joke, more accurately they would be The Forum Gankers.

Robert Maynard · May 9, 2015

atak2 said:
Its a joke, more accurately they would be The Forum Gankers.

More even handedly, they would be one of the Forum Powers....

atak2 · May 9, 2015

Robert Maynard said:
More even handedly, they would be one of the Forum Powers....

The Forum Powers would do something constructive...

SteveLaw · May 9, 2015

atak2 said:
The Forum Powers would do something constructive...

We fight off the evil Changoids.

(Have you listened to them?)

Joe Spivey · May 9, 2015

I had changeoids once. The doctor gave me some ointment, cleared 'em up no problem.

Robert Maynard · May 9, 2015

atak2 said:
The Forum Powers would do something constructive...

Whether a group of forum users is being constructive (or not) is, of course, a matter of opinion.

atak2 · May 9, 2015

SteveLaw said:
(Have you listened to them?)

Yes. I think the whale noises bring more intelligent discussion to the forum than The Forum Gankers can ever manage.

Cody · May 9, 2015

SteveLaw · May 9, 2015

atak2 said:
Yes. I think the whale noises bring more intelligent discussion to the forum than The Forum Gankers can ever manage.

It's just slowed down whining.

Robert Maynard · May 9, 2015

atak2 said:
Yes. I think the whale noises bring more intelligent discussion to the forum than The Forum Gankers can ever manage.

.... and you are perfectly entitled to hold that opinion, just as others are entitled to hold different ones.

Jordan Cobalt · May 9, 2015

SteveLaw said:
You also have players on your side who have an invisibility cloak. Balance restored.

I'd rather not have them. and who said each side will attract the same amount of player for each game mode.

atak2 · May 9, 2015

Robert Maynard said:
.... and you are perfectly entitled to hold that opinion, just as others are entitled to hold different ones.

Call it forum feedback.

SteveLaw · May 9, 2015

Jordan Cobalt said:
and who said each side will attract the same amount of player for each game mode.

And there you have it. That's why it's called Power Play and not Whitewash. If your Power doesn't get enough followers or attracts more opposition, they will struggle to flourish. It's politics, that's how it works.

(The same could happen if it was all in the same mode.)

Jordan Cobalt · May 9, 2015

Snakebite said:
Many of the most interesting discussion get dumped in this thread because The solo mode swapping exploit is the white elephant that FD don't want to have to deal with.

This is a case of 'hear no evil see no evil' or sticking ones collective heads in the sand. But it aint gonna go away and they will have to address it eventually.

Here here, plenty of good threads, with merit get thrown into here, only to get drown out by the solo defense force.

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SteveLaw said:
And there you have it. That's why it's called Power Play and not Whitewash. If your Power doesn't get enough followers or attracts more opposition, they will struggle to flourish. It's politics, that's how it works.

(The same could happen if it was all in the same mode.)

"Quick guys we have a goal to complete. Everyone switch to solo".

SteveLaw · May 9, 2015

Jordan Cobalt said:
Quick guys we have a goal to complete. Everyone switch to solo.

How is that even relevant? And going back over what we previously discussed, how does that make any difference? Your actions for or against Powers have the same value in any mode.

atak2 · May 9, 2015

Jordan Cobalt said:
Here here, plenty of good threads get thrown into here, only to get drown up by the solo defense force.

Exactly. Same thing is going on with the Guilds thread. The Forum Gankers are doing their best to derail and drown it.

Bomba Luigi · May 9, 2015

Jordan Cobalt said:
"Quick guys we have a goal to complete. Everyone switch to solo".

Always tought thats funny, without any numbers or evidence that you need to go to Solo in order for Goal to be completed People just go to solo for doing it and saying then "look we all did it in Solo and we reached the Goal!" A nice little self-fulfilling prophecy.

SteveLaw · May 9, 2015

atak2 said:
Exactly. Same thing is going on with the Guilds thread. The Forum Gankers are doing their best to derail and drown it.

Here's an idea. If these debates are so one-sided and unfair, what you should do is join in and present your side of the argument.

Jordan Cobalt · May 9, 2015

SteveLaw said:
How is that even relevant? And going back over what we previously discussed, how does that make any difference? Your actions for or against Powers have the same value in any mode.

No they do not. A 4 player wing in a cz in open will not make the same as 4 players in solo. 1 trader in open will not make the same as 1 trader in solo. Solo is the correct metagame mode to win a goal in. A single solo mode player is worth double what an open mode player is worth.