Trailblazer Echo - Universal Cartographics lockdown
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Have naughty murdering players driven the faction into 'Lockdown'?
Puts the emergence in emergency
Sadly some don't like other people enjoying themselves so insist on being disruptive. All within the game mechanics though so we just need to collect bounties I believe to get it out of lockdown (and hope that can be achieved before the CG time limit expires). Mind you, if one is allied with the Brewer Corporation, the lockdown should not apply, in my opinion - would be useful if reputation with a faction actually mattered in such a way.
I know it's so easy to just assume it's the nasty griefers under the bed. But look at this:
tl;dr a Player Faction "Fatal Shadows" has long held this system, and now a CG has turned that over in a matter of a week.... so really... who is disrupting who?
Notwithstanding that, it's not unreasonable to think that during the war between Brewer and Fatal Shadows that people, well, fought the war. It's unlikely anyone supporting Brewer Corporation via the CG would have fought the war (but would definitely have caused it), while anyone supporting the PMF would have been supporting that faction, and therefore tanking Brewer's security status. And, post war, likely trying to reverse it.
So, it's very easy to clutch the teddy bear of "nasty griefers"... but let's not forget the imbalanced effect a random CG location can have on the BGS.
Of course, that's all supposition based on a brief look at the above... but in absence of a CG running, if you asked me why brewer went into Lockdown, it's because the faction they've overthrown are fighting back for control (and the variance in the other factions suggests plenty of non-CG activity going on right now)
That and its in a tiny population system which will magnify actions.
Any hope of a fix FDEV? Or is this 'working as intended'?
FDEV have by now proven time and time again, they don't give a rat's ass about the BGS efforts of players. They should have never implemented player minor factions in the first place.
Maybe just NOT let the CG affect the local BGS for a start eh?
just a thought for the powers that be
just a thought for the powers that be
It's written there in the CG text:
Why shouldn't it? If nothing else, doing so would make this sort of thing more likely to occur by not counting the actions of players in the CG, but counting independent counter-action.Maybe just NOT let the CG affect the local BGS for a start eh?
just a thought for the powers that be
Also... there's no difference between players submitting "things" for a CG and players doing the exact same thing, but not having signed up to the CG.
From @Michael Ryan in the CG thread:
https://www.facebook.com/EliteDangerousOfficial/posts/pfbid0DfWcuQnGq3ecxfiSBTQPXGjCbyirk5dDQPQytpBwcyGVcAPbRcBEVM6DHWJVAgC2l
Source: https://www.facebook.com/EliteDangerousOfficial/posts/pfbid0DfWcuQnGq3ecxfiSBTQPXGjCbyirk5dDQPQytpBwcyGVcAPbRcBEVM6DHWJVAgC2l
So, it looks like "working as intended"
There's a comment I really liked in one of those talking about making it a pop-up CG... this is the sort of thing that needs to be leaned into and exploited... not shut down. My understanding was a while back a whole bunch of groundwork was done to allow that sort of thing to occur... but I guess that got forgotten at the back of the cupboard as well.
@Pigletslastand
FYI, this shiny isn't new, it is very likely exactly the same one that has been on tech brokers for years. Also: regular G5 engineering already makes the efficiency bonus easy, this module just makes it trivial. So you're not missing out on anything Super Special nor new.
FYI, this shiny isn't new, it is very likely exactly the same one that has been on tech brokers for years. Also: regular G5 engineering already makes the efficiency bonus easy, this module just makes it trivial. So you're not missing out on anything Super Special nor new.
It does not
You can do this 'for free' by FD avoiding high pop systems again.
It does, though