Yesterday someone here confused 5C with SC. The fury against the proposal was still the same. [haha]
What should Solo/PG players get if powerplay goes open only?
- Thread starter Malkano
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Yesterday someone here confused 5C with SC. The fury against the proposal was still the same. [haha]
Let's talk game "balance".
Open PvP - separate server
Open PvE - separate server
There ya go. Balanced.
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Different modes always effect the whole game balance, not only PP.
Thats the nature and technical borders of ED.
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Play it or leave it.
Because currently all the Imperial powers are allied under ZYADA.
Robert Maynard
Volunteer Moderator
Will players who eschew PvP still be able to engage with PowerPlay in a mode where they will never encounter direct PvP?
CZ turretboats don't work as the BGS is transactional. PP is counted by the merit.
Goose4291
Banned
I'd be happy with the concept of that too.
However, which servers events determine the lore going forward?
Robert Maynard
Volunteer Moderator
Both, through analysing the actions of all players, or neither.
The same ones that currently determine the lore. Each server has its own populace, engagements, BGS, PP, etc.
FD introduces community updates and events just as it does now. I really don't see the big issue with having two separate entities here, and it would alleviate the need for a "mode" system for all but "weak internet connections" etc. for those who choose to remain in Solo.
We wouldn't need "private groups" because Wings in either (and perhaps Squadrons) would serve as a replacement to both styles.
This is almost always downvoted only because "it fragments the community" yet here we are... already fragmented.
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Ah, and i thought bc its waste of time.
And why do Winters players do not undermine Hudson ?
Because of ZYADA the Fed powers joined up to give a united front.
All modes are open to everyone. I don't see why solo or private groups need anything exclusive to those modes as they would work just as well in open.
Not everyone in open will use powerplay if it goes open only, wings or multicrew.
Robert Maynard
Volunteer Moderator
Thanks for the clarification.
Maybe pledged ships earning merits in a single location ought to get "special attention" from a Power equivalent of ATR then.
This could be also a win-win solution for ED.
Leaving this game like it is, selling another one open only.
oh, you were actually serious about this??
ok, sorry, here we go. the fact that you can play pp in solo does not preclude that everything is in place for it to be a multiplayer experience with direct contact. like actually the rest of the game, it is built on the mechanics that contemplate this, like the simple fact to be instanced together with another player, and then again wings exist and are usable in pp. since it is not possible to be in a wing of one, would someone be so daft as to claim 'see, elite was not designed to be played solo'? (well, possibly yes, these days on this forum. get a grip dudes
I've had 8 beers. Your argument is invalid.
#9!
Exactly my point, the two communities can therefore stop bickering about specific features being exclusive and start playing their own ways.
The point has been proven for over 3 years now, PvE and PvP will never exist in harmony in the same mode. Ever.
So let's start "balancing" the game and instead of removing features from one mode to another, give everyone what they really want- which is separated instance existences which their own play styles determine the affect of the environment around them. Let's stop fighting among each other and direct the energy where it truly belongs- FD.
Anything is possible, many ideas have been given to try to resolve that problem- reducing heal beam effectiveness, 'wandering' CZs etc. But then it might penalise those who are doing it legit.
The only way that Powerplay can be 'healed' as such is by either getting everyone in Open, or making merits not count towards fort / undermining / prep in Solo: both these ideas go against 'All Modes Equal'.
Unless the need for the "modes" is completely alleviated by having two separate servers- one for PvP, one for PvE. Each having their own BGS, PP, etc.
Everyone knows this is the only real way to balance this game. Else we will always find ourselves right back to the Hotel, eventually.
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It does, in Open. As many PvE players in Open keep telling you over and over and over. Just because you dont like reality dont mean you should discard it.
Perfect.
I am against PP open only bc i have to play half a year on a 3g mobile connection.
But i am preorder here as the first the new open only game. Anyway what the price is