I forgot what a riot this thread was. Imagine in the real world:
It needs some players to compromise on a cargo ship with nothing but racks. Some of the builds out there are really not set up for any combat against players. In a recent battle against a player Corvette who attacked one of our guys, the shield was down in less than 2 minutes and a single salvo of frags took the hull down to less than 50% and wiped out the FSD. That was supposed to be a PvP ship.
And that was 2 MINUTES. There are ships out there that last 2 seconds
Only those wishing to engage in roles other than combat would need to compromise their build - which seems a little one-sided, to me at least.
Perhaps, but as things are now I see little alternative if you want to stay in open without blocking anyone.
For those wishing to play in Open, just as the player can choose to shoot at anything they instance with, they can also choose to block any player they wish to - there's no restriction on either.
In terms of game modes, there's no alternative to Open with an unlimited population.
Quite. Which makes the case for ATR persistently following the CMDR they jumped in to deal with.
I'd take it a bit further in terms of augmenting the information provided by the scanner - as the scanner takes into account Pilots' Federation membership when displaying targets, the same feed from the PF could be used to specifically highlight CMDRs who destroy clean CMDRs.2. If you have notoriety and you're in a non-Anarchy system; you appear on the galaxy map as a red icon (similar to how people on your friend's list appear). That means players can may the choice to risk a run a system with known player killer in it. It also gives away your position to player bounty hunters, That should give you enough PvP to keep your little black heart satisfied!
I was including blocking as an alternative. It wouldn't be my choice and to be honest I wouldn't want to be in an instance with someone who did have a huge block list, but regardless of my own opinions, it exists.
I'd agree. The ability to low waking to avoid them (mass lock not a problem as I've only come across Vultures) is too easy. I don't know if much could be done to keep persistence if you did jump out the system, but they shouldn't give up because you've gone into SC.
I have been attacked by clean CMDRs before now, this would punish me for defending myself if I was the one who won.
I usually clean my scanning ship once I get a superpower bounty since those attract attention if they get much higher than the minimum threshold.
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and stop shooting at random speckles In the UK, there are no laws against jaywalking. Motorists have to give priority to more vulnerable road users and you're required to be alert to risks and hazards. You would fail your test if you're inattentive and ignorant to the potential of pedestrians stepping into the road without checking properly.
