If it got that bad, I'd simply turn off my computer and come back another day. I certainly wouldn't let it spoil my game! It's not like these people can camp 24hrs a day 7 days a week.
Ever played EVE at a high level? 24hrs a day 7 days a week camping is something that is the
norm to alliances or large group warfare. the point is, it's a numbers game, if I have the team covering all timezones and the motivation (for whatever reason) we can make your life hell in the "All Pilots" group by gank popping your ship/ships time and time again and stealing your stuff. If I get a bounty, its honour points for myself and the crew I run with. Plus, we can just blue on blue pop our ships and keep the bounties ourselves.
Now, of course you could drop down to another level of the game, a lower more base level, a basic carebear level of the game in other words, but if you do, I've won, we've won. I've/we've deprived you of being able to play the game how you wanted to play it ... you know ... in an open all player dynamic universe.
Now, some might say, "sure I can go elsewhere, ED's a big place". Well, my team and I will laugh at that because you are failing to realise the majority of pilots will hang out in core space systems "thinking" they are in someway safe! The reality is, their innocent thinking will mean they are cannon fodder and part of the stable diet of the day, night whatever. Oh and the bounty hunters and the small or large packs of do gooders that might want to clear us out? They are at a disadvantage, griefing will always win the day, because it so damn easy to make money. Let the majority do the hard work, gank em and steal their stuff! let the groups of do gooders bring the fight, kill em, steal their stuff too!
Now, you turn your computer off, we've won there as well. We have now laid down a level of control in the game which
will give us bragging rights on forums like this and elsewhere around the world of ED. You may not like us, but thats okay, you may not like what we've done to your game, but thats okay too. Our egos and your suffering and whining will make it so much the better to play.
Plus ... from time to time, we'll get a halfway decent fight out of it!
I played Elite in 1984, Elite multiplayer is what I have waited for, for what seems an eternity. Getting into fights and being outnumbered is what I fully expect to happen ALOT. I'm sure once the full game is opened up...there will be simply too much space for this to happen to you over and over and over again.
You expect it do you? Too much space you say? Hmm? So when you have hundreds of groups from the same team all on TS people 8 or more people deep, roaming around looking for kills easy or hard for the adrenaline rush? What part of that do you think you are going to be able to handle before you do the whole dropping to carebear level or call it quits for the night (after you've lost your shiny ship, again and again and again)?
Yes it may well be a problem in Alpha, but I can't see it being a problem in the final game at all. Especially if FD balance stuff, and stations have adequate response and protection.
Stations are one thing, the rest of space is another matter entirely.
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As for at what point would I say; "this is bloody hopeless and a waste of my time!" - To be totally honest,
I wouldn't say that. Because as frustrating as it may well be, I would still be grinning for ear to ear because I was actually able to play Elite in the first place.
See that right there? That smells like overconfidence. That is something that is easily broken on the battlefield when the shear weight of numbers griefing wise start to hammer home the truth of it. You know, it's that gutt falling feeling you get when you are trying to grin from ear to ear but you suddenly realise its not funny anymore. I've seen and heard many go right through that. You think because its a game you've waited years for its going to be some how different for you? I highly doubt it.
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