To Solo Play Players: If You Could Disable PVP, Would You Play in Open Play Mode Instead?

Robert Maynard

Volunteer Moderator
2017, 4 years ago. :) You gotta be pretty obsessed if you had to look for a thread of 4 years ago.

In the meantime I tried to find a way to make things better for as many people as possible, changing a little bit of them in time.

Let's say the worrying part is that you never changed idea in years.
A trivial forum search found it in a few seconds - it's good that way.

I used to have some sympathy for those looking for a PvP feature in the game - however that's long gone after nine years of this debate.
Simply making people play in a game environment coherent with their gameplay. Which actually is not, for both parts.
Claims that it would "make things enjoyable for everyone" when it is clear that not everyone enjoys PvP are self defeating, i.e. trivially disproven.
 

Robert Maynard

Volunteer Moderator
Of course I could answer like Mr. Maynard usually does: it wasn't included in the kickstarter, but honeestly I think that's a pretty weak answer... :p
Multiple Open "groups" (modes as we know them) based on the play styles people prefer where the rules in each can be different actually formed part of the Kickstarter pitch. ;)
 
Multiple Open "groups" (modes as we know them) based on the play styles people prefer where the rules in each can be different actually formed part of the Kickstarter pitch. ;)
We have the concept of “groups”. They can be private groups just of your friends or open groups (that form part of the game) based on the play styles people prefer, and the rules in each can be different. Players will begin in the group “All” but can change groups at will, though it will be possible to be banned from groups due to antisocial behaviour, and you will only meet others in that group.

Actually this seems what already happens now... With "All" being called "Open" now and "Groups" being called "Private Groups".

But maybe it's I didn't see what you mean. Can you please quote what you refer to exactly?

EDIT Oh ok saw that (and edited accordingly)

EDIT 2 Even if it seems to me that, at the time, groups should have not affected the main galaxy, but different open groups could have. Anyway that thing (and many others) are so different now that I still believe it is quite useless to keep referring to that. For example: is engineering even mentioned? XD
 

Robert Maynard

Volunteer Moderator
Actually this seems what already happens now... With "All" being called "Open" now and "Groups" being called "Private Groups".

But maybe it's I didn't see what you mean. Can you please quote what you refer to exactly?

EDIT Oh ok saw that (and edited accordingly)

EDIT 2 Even if it seems to me that, at the time, groups should have not affected the main galaxy, but different open groups could have. Anyway that thing (and many others) are so different now that I still believe it is quite useless to keep referring to that. For example: is engineering even mentioned? XD
We don't have the ability to set in-game rules in any Private Group, if that is the interpretation of that section.

The "How does single player work" section makes it clear: "The aim here is that a player's actions will influence the development of the galaxy, without necessarily having to play multiplayer."
 
The "How does single player work" section makes it clear: "The aim here is that a player's actions will influence the development of the galaxy, without necessarily having to play multiplayer."
I will answer again:
Anyway that thing (and many others) are so different now that I still believe it is quite useless to keep referring to that. For example: is engineering even mentioned? XD
That's so many years ago. Pretty weak still sticking on that, doesn't it?

Anyway: I know it will not change. And too bad for everybody actually. For me I just hope that fdev will make a better game every new update, even better than the very confusing thing stated in that veeery old Kickstarter campaign. :)
 
I will answer again:

That's so many years ago. Pretty weak still sticking on that, doesn't it?

Anyway: I know it will not change. And too bad for everybody actually. For me I just hope that fdev will make a better game every new update, even better than the very confusing thing stated in that veeery old Kickstarter campaign. :)

Referring to a post made in 2012 is still relevant in this context because it was probably the last time Frontier looked at changing the open/solo/group dynamics :D
 
Referring to a post made in 2012 is still relevant in this context because it was probably the last time Frontier looked at changing the open/solo/group dynamics :D
9 years ago. This way it sounds better. Referring to that post this game has just a couple of years left. You happy about that or you hope it will go on a little bit longer?
 
Referring to a post made in 2012 is still relevant in this context because it was probably the last time Frontier looked at changing the open/solo/group dynamics :D
When was that whole Open Only Power Play Suggesstion a thing? I think thats the closest to touching it its gotten in the past few years.
 
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