There are ways of making it more immersive and not the snore grindfest that doesn't involve excluding one whole segment of players. Because you want multiplayer, you assume solo players are the minority. Your assumption would most likely be wrong. There've been a myriad of polls in the different forums here, and the multiplayer to solo player ratio is pretty even. Thge problem is to make it more exciting for multiplayer will make solo players outclassedf and outgunned. FD promised that this would always be a single player game as well, with some multiplayer functionality (32 players in an instance, let's not kid outselves and call this an MMO, it's certainly not Massive). It would make much more sense, from a developmental perspective to make it an awesome single player game first, then add additional features for the small multiplayer grouips.
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There are ways of making it more immersive and not the snore grindfest that doesn't involve excluding one whole segment of players. Because you want multiplayer, you assume solo players are the minority. Your assumption would most likely be wrong. There've been a myriad of polls in the different forums here, and the multiplayer to solo player ratio is pretty even. Thge problem is to make it more exciting for multiplayer will make solo players outclassedf and outgunned. FD promised that this would always be a single player game as well, with some multiplayer functionality (32 players in an instance, let's not kid outselves and call this an MMO, it's certainly not Massive). It would make much more sense, from a developmental perspective to make it an awesome single player game first, then add additional features for the small multiplayer grouips.
the irony is that it's often the singleplayer guys who tend to stick with the game the longest, multiplayer crew often blow along with whatever is newest at the time.
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Don't you think that's something that should have been decided before they charged $60 for it? Market it as an always online interactive universe? Then when you log on you find out its actually an unfinished mess of a game in the middle of a war between multi/single mode.?
Tell that to wow or eve online
Tell that to wow or eve online
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There is just don't join the wing unit. It will be as it is now.
to hire an npc wing would be good or NPC,s hire you for a wing would also add to the game
But you need to be in the wing to travel together and find the same USS at the same time don't you?
These are features in Oolite, I remember taking on groups of pirates in that particular game. Bring them on then or if you want to play in open, but are afeared of wings, join the PvE group?
If balancing, you could see slaved hyperdrives taking a half second longer to charge (in unison) giving the single player edge if it comes to running away. Wings, by definition of heat sigs, won't be as stealthy.
Yes, it will be more difficult, to solo as trader but what's inherently wrong with that?
Have some extra kudos for being "hard" and profits, shared between 4, are instead all yours.
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Thinking about the various "states" a system can occupy, I'd imagine that if a pirate faction was in charge and were doing well enough, it could dramatically increase the attacks on traders and spawn high value missions (i.e. if a pirate faction was in control and it was in "lockdown" maybe?)
I fully agree with this !
The main issue with USS is that you're already on the anarchy system, you see the danger, you know EAXCTLY where it is and you can choose to avoid it.
I really think that anarchy system should be THE High USS signal on itself. Before, during and 1 second after the jump you should have a voice inside you that says "oh boy, oh boy, oh boy...".
In that way, you still have the choice, you know that danger is there but you don't see it and you don't know exactly when it will come for you.
It's like Alien, really.
USS with Wings is like
"Oh guys, see, there's a fight waiting for us there, shall we go ?
- Ok
*dropping out of supercruise*
- Ah ! there it is, ok let's begin our little fight"
Should be fun but is absolutely missing that shivering of fear we all want !
Also, to go along with this, it would be good to have a third option in the star map that says, when plotting a route, "avoid any anarchy system".
The main issue with USS is that you're already on the anarchy system, you see the danger, you know EAXCTLY where it is and you can choose to avoid it.
I really think that anarchy system should be THE High USS signal on itself. Before, during and 1 second after the jump you should have a voice inside you that says "oh boy, oh boy, oh boy...".
In that way, you still have the choice, you know that danger is there but you don't see it and you don't know exactly when it will come for you.
It's like Alien, really.
USS with Wings is like
"Oh guys, see, there's a fight waiting for us there, shall we go ?
- Ok
*dropping out of supercruise*
- Ah ! there it is, ok let's begin our little fight"
Should be fun but is absolutely missing that shivering of fear we all want !
Also, to go along with this, it would be good to have a third option in the star map that says, when plotting a route, "avoid any anarchy system".
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Yes - it's very encouraging that Sandro is beefing up Supercruise a little to contain more interaction with other ships/more interest, and I have my fingers crossed that the current model of "no action unless you ask for it" (ok - there are some interdictions, but they need the danger level cranking up) will be resolved into "oh my goodness, this place is dangerous" over time.
I remember the run from the hyperspace jump in point in the original in Anarchy systems and it was a long journey, punctuated by combat with many ships, scooping their cargo and occasionally running like whatsit until I could jump further into the system. That glorious giant S when near the station was well earned! (I miss the S by the way)
+1 for sure...
thing needed is pirates to jump in on already interdicted players in these sorts of aggressive places. It'd make you think twice about submitting, which would make escape become rather tense!
thing needed is pirates to jump in on already interdicted players in these sorts of aggressive places. It'd make you think twice about submitting, which would make escape become rather tense!
Wow... I felt somethig similar when traveling for the first time in a system named Riedquat very very long times ago in a game called Elite: Frontier...
I can still feel the shaking I had when being chased down by tons of bad guys until I could reach the station where to sell my weapons supplies.
+1 to the OP and BUMP BUMP BUMP!!!!
I can still feel the shaking I had when being chased down by tons of bad guys until I could reach the station where to sell my weapons supplies.
+1 to the OP and BUMP BUMP BUMP!!!!
Wings: Why only four players?
I have more than three friends! Will Wings later be expanded to allow more than four players? Or Meta-wings (squadrons?) of coordinated Wings? And what is this weird obsession with the magic number four in multiplayer games anyway? I can understand the need for limits for technical reasons, but surely something like eight or sixteen would be achievable?
I like the direction Elite is going with this, but I do feel a bit restricted by a four-player limit.
I have more than three friends! Will Wings later be expanded to allow more than four players? Or Meta-wings (squadrons?) of coordinated Wings? And what is this weird obsession with the magic number four in multiplayer games anyway? I can understand the need for limits for technical reasons, but surely something like eight or sixteen would be achievable?
I like the direction Elite is going with this, but I do feel a bit restricted by a four-player limit.
The answer is covered in the Newsletter #63:
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=dcbf6b86b4b0c7d1c21b73b1e&id=3624a673f0
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=dcbf6b86b4b0c7d1c21b73b1e&id=3624a673f0
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