What aspects do you like about multiplayer in Elite

[Jason S]

This thread simply to ask people what aspects of multiplayer they like and so why they are considering multiplayer play.

Please in this thread I ask do not criticize anyone for what they like to like as this is always personal and valid for each person.


For me it is:

1) Not feeling so alone.
2) The ability to hail and communicate to other players.
3) The ability to play with some other players against more challenging AI in the more dangerous areas.
4) The knowledge that I am having at least some impact to a shared environment.

 

[Elessarus]

Yeah i agree with your points. I like the feeling of being part of something bigger and doing my little role in that. Its great that we can communicate now and that really helps my immersion in the game. To bad the only contact so far i had was pirates asking for cargo

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

I like to play with others ('open play') because I believe I will meet more great people that way. I understand why some will choose to stay 'solo', but that's why we have this choice - and all issues and problems considered, I still see it as well done game design.

Mostly I want to hail total strangers and friends and find if they need my help, or ask help for them. Then we could go together to hit some pirate hub or fight some bandits attacking federal cruiser.

Lot of MMOs these days heavily depend on player orgs or having friends already playing the game. This makes little use for me, as my friends mostly don't play these games, or don't play those times I do. Big ED promise - if FD can deliver on that - is this working together with total strangers.

 

[eleanorsbee]

it makes the game more real ... other traders are real, that person mining will be real, that pirate is real ..... having people doing something in the game for me makes the game feel more real

 

[bassman]

Things I currently like about multiplayer: nothing - because instancing is so broken it barely qualifies as multiplayer at the moment.