To Co-Op or Not to Co-Op

[DanottiTR]

we are playing this game with the friends on teamspeak ; we played a lot of games over the years ... this is by far the most peaciful and quiet one on TS. couse all ppl are playing in his own created game room ,nearly never entering each others game couse of kill stealing in bounty hunter missions and do not want to be a gang to kill ppl mindlessly in open game .So where is the Co-OP part of this game beloved MR.Braben promised us .We dont see any reason to play together.We cant help a friend with less playing hours then us to evolve in anyway,we cant share goods ,missions ,etc ....If you mean sharing info about this laser is here that trade is good there yes we do that but that is no Co-Op....

just happy playing solo but no Co-OP.....

this is exactly the good old elite we played at our C64s and spectrums ,I have no problem with that but the Co-Op side just made us exicited alot which MR.Braben mentioned alot of times in every occasion; which we were dreaming of when we were kids .

 

[LawHunter]

My mate and I have done it.
Traveled long distance together, traded together and bounty hunted together.
Not tried mining together yet. Will let him do the mining and i will guard him from pirates.

So there we have it.

 

[Seren77]

I often do trade runs with a friend, and conflict zones and generally muck about, looking forward to the wings update.

 

[Rennard]

My mate and I have done it.
Traveled long distance together, traded together and bounty hunted together.
Not tried mining together yet. Will let him do the mining and i will guard him from pirates.

So there we have it.

I'm happy you are so easily pleased

I agree with the OP. "Wings" are high on the list of new year features according to the forums so fingers crossed all of the things he mentions and more will soon be in.

Several times I have asked a passing commander or a friend for assistance with a kill mission with the following issues:

• I drop into a USS, they must follow my wake which takes some time
• If they deliver the kill shot my mission doesn't update
• If i deliver the kill shot i get the mission reward AND the bounty, they get nothing (save a little combat rep)

 

[charognard]

I'm happy you are so easily pleased

I agree with the OP. "Wings" are high on the list of new year features according to the forums so fingers crossed all of the things he mentions and more will soon be in.

Several times I have asked a passing commander or a friend for assistance with a kill mission with the following issues:

• I drop into a USS, they must follow my wake which takes some time
• If they deliver the kill shot my mission doesn't update
• If i deliver the kill shot i get the mission reward AND the bounty, they get nothing (save a little combat rep)

Do you really need à friend for succès any mission ????
Wings will be helpfull for pvp.... coo-op missions sound like power leveling for noobs.... I hope FD will find a good system for coo-op missions in order to avoid PL

 

[Rennard]

Do you really need à friend for succès any mission ????
Wings will be helpfull for pvp.... coo-op missions sound like power leveling for noobs.... I hope FD will find a good system for coo-op missions in order to avoid PL

No, not at all. Its just more fun flying with a wingman. Wolfpack tactics are even one of the training missions.
FD know this is fun, they will give us the tools to do it right soon enough.
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Right now we can't officially have any wingmen, AI or Human.

 

[Snakebite]

we are playing this game with the friends on teamspeak ; we played a lot of games over the years ... this is by far the most peaciful and quiet one on TS. couse all ppl are playing in his own created game room ,nearly never entering each others game couse of kill stealing in bounty hunter missions and do not want to be a gang to kill ppl mindlessly in open game .So where is the Co-OP part of this game beloved MR.Braben promised us .We dont see any reason to play together.We cant help a friend with less playing hours then us to evolve in anyway,we cant share goods ,missions ,etc ....If you mean sharing info about this laser is here that trade is good there yes we do that but that is no Co-Op....

just happy playing solo but no Co-OP.....

this is exactly the good old elite we played at our C64s and spectrums ,I have no problem with that but the Co-Op side just made us exicited alot which MR.Braben mentioned alot of times in every occasion; which we were dreaming of when we were kids .

My thoughts exactly... +1
This new Elite is not what many of us dreamed about as kids, its basically the old elite but with better eye candy....

 

[Spacelord]

Well, i would like to see better coop-features too. I have some friends and really like to play with them - which has nothing to do with 'powerlevelling for noobs'. We played Descent in coop, Unreal, Rune - Sadly for us, most games didn't come with coop-mp.
In which way would it hurt the old Elite-feeling to enhance co-op-play - u still don't need to interact with others - so...

 

[DanottiTR]

Do you really need à friend for succès any mission ????
Wings will be helpfull for pvp.... coo-op missions sound like power leveling for noobs.... I hope FD will find a good system for coo-op missions in order to avoid PL

it is not about NEED it is about having fun with a friend together .....oh my...

 

[Rennard]

it is not about NEED it is about having fun with a friend together .....oh my...

I'm sure most of us could "Beat" this game all by our selves and could grind out trading to make mega bucks and buy the biggest ship with the best equipment really quickly.......but people that focus purely on that in my opinion are missing the point.
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This is a game to be enjoyed. Having other real people around you with the same goals only adds to the experience. There are so many facets to this game, i intent to take my time and slowly enjoy all of it. However having new and improved features to allow us to work better together is only going to make that more enjoyable.

 

[LawHunter]

I'm happy you are so easily pleased

How pathetic. Adults anywhere?

 

[Rennard]

How pathetic. Adults anywhere?

I'm 37. Have a sense of humour man. Its xmas, why is everyone so gumpy?

 

[rdizz]

My mate and I have done it.
Traveled long distance together, traded together and bounty hunted together.
Not tried mining together yet. Will let him do the mining and i will guard him from pirates.

So there we have it.

You mean *Next to each other not together.

 

[JimmySav]

I have only played a very little time so far, but some of it was with my friend in coop exploring and bounty hunting etc. It was great fun.