What exactly is the purpose and future of on foot game play in ED?

[metatheurgist]

The odd 'hideouts' (I mean those 3 containers somewhere on planets) could have been fleshed out with adversaries -

Those used to have bad guys and were a harder scenario because there wasn't much cover and the power and ammo were right in the middle. Then somewhere along the line the bad guy spawns vanished....

 

[Inscydeus]

People wanted (demanded, complained for) "Space Legs". Now we have Space Legs and the question arises (to what end?)...

I'm glad that folks got what they asked for. However, I never understood why this game needed them. I only got off my ship once (on purpose) to see the bridge of my FC while transitioning hyperspace. Couldn't get back aboard my ship fast enough. Even now, if I exit my cockpit by mistake I break out in a cold sweat (in VR) and have to dig for the keyboard to get back aboard...

I don't expect I'll ever want to play this game on foot.

To the end that some people enjoy it, it doesn't need anymore justification than that. I'm glad you're content with staying in your ship and it's great that you have the option to carry on enjoying your ship based gameplay and pretend legs doesn't exist without penalty. The scope of the game was never supposed to stop at ships though and it's also great that there is ground stuff for those that want it.

 

[Cheese Helmet]

I haven't got round to the on foot stuff yet but I will, only started playing again a couple of months ago. Is it grindy?

Unlocking the engineers just requires you to do specific things but those only add specific effects. You can upgrade all your stuff to g5 without an engineer unlock

 

[Felix DiCestria]

Those used to have bad guys and were a harder scenario because there wasn't much cover and the power and ammo were right in the middle. Then somewhere along the line the bad guy spawns vanished....

If you go with a Larceny mission they're deserted, however if you just drop on one randomly there are often scavs about.

 

[SteveWW57]

Unlocking the engineers just requires you to do specific things but those only add specific effects. You can upgrade all your stuff to g5 without an engineer unlock

But cannot add mods. If you want to avoid the Ody engineers, you need to find the suit weapon with the one or if you are really lucky, two mods already installed. Some of the mods are really useful.

 

[Cheese Helmet]

But cannot add mods. If you want to avoid the Ody engineers, you need to find the suit weapon with the one or if you are really lucky, two mods already installed. Some of the mods are really useful.

Correct. They are useful, but not mandatory.

 

[Felix DiCestria]

Correct. They are useful, but not mandatory.

Strictly speaking no engineering for foot or ship has been mandatory.

 

[Cheese Helmet]

Strictly speaking no engineering for foot or ship has been mandatory.

Right, but as someone whos done extensive settlement raiding, settlement restoration, ground combat zones, and some exo, g5 weapoms and suits perform just fine. The engineering effects are nice bonuses, but if someone didnt want to grind the engineer access out, they can perform well without it

 

[Felix DiCestria]

Right, but as someone whos done extensive settlement raiding, settlement restoration, ground combat zones, and some exo, g5 weapoms and suits perform just fine. The engineering effects are nice bonuses, but if someone didnt want to grind the engineer access out, they can perform well without it

I did it in G3 well into the Thargoid war. My first G5 suit was done for the AX restoration jobs.

 

[nemolomen]

Strictly speaking no engineering for foot or ship has been mandatory.

When I want need to escape another CMDR in a ship, I'd never make it without the engineering (Shields, Engines, Power Distributor and Power Plant at a minimum)...sometimes I barely make it as it is. Recent results were 30% hull, 0% shield and another where I escaped with 4% hull, no shield. I usually run up a against different builds and so need to be fully prepared...

This one I made a few mistakes...

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXTWfKloWd4

 

[Rat Catcher]

Correct. They are useful, but not mandatory.

Agreed, I've been doing very well, thanks, with a G5 suit (with 2 effects added as it was a G3 purchase) and G5 weapons, only 1 of which had 2 effects added when purchased, the others are just G5.

 

[metatheurgist]

If you go with a Larceny mission they're deserted, however if you just drop on one randomly there are often scavs about.

I almost never take larceny missions. So unless it's changed again recently I have not seen any scavs at those sites for literal years.

 

[Cosmo]

On-foot gameplay needs a rework for better FPS combat, more weapons, suits, bigger carry capacity, Thargoids on-foot, ship boarding, and better integration with other game careers.

 

[Rat Catcher]

On-foot gameplay needs a rework for better FPS combat

It isn't COD in space, so would need a much bigger rework than your suggestion, allegedly.
And, if it had such, there would be complaints that it was just like every other 'done to death' FPS game...