Why are we still arguing about open v solo, ganking, griefing, etc.?
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"Yes, but..".
Not sure if aware ironic statement is ironic or not. This is very perceptive. But possibly not actually understood.
So can you please explain the difference between attacking an NPC that is incapable of defending themself or attacking a PC that is incapable of defending themself?
A griefer will never look for a fair fight, they are the internet bullies in life. They look for those who they can belittle, beat up and make fun of to make themselves feel better all at the expense of those who they tread on. This is why you will never find a griefer taking on hard targets or looking for one v one fights. They will always pick on the ones that have no ability or little ability to fight back. Open play is full of people like this, they hang around at CG's ramming other players so they get blown up, they stream snipe explorers on their return trip to sell the data, they look for traders to blow up and never ask for cargo, they also fly pure combat builds and look for new players or players in smaller ships to kill safe in the knowledge they can't be hurt themselves.
True griefers will go to great lengths just to make other players mad, even to the point of letting themselves be destroyed after the deed is done. They are sociopaths in real life.
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Probably cos theres nothing else to argue about...give the illusion of an active playerbase when the forum is jumping up and down at a time when players are leaving until something cool happens...Q4 fer example. Between now and then, its just more of the same ^
No I missed them. I heard they had plasma multi cannons and what not. Sounds interesting but I'm not sure how that's relevant to the OP and my response.
The difference? I don't do either so I'm not sure what the response is you are looking for. I was thinking about from it from the perspective of the person under attack. My point was that when weak players get killed by NPC no body cares, it's part of the game. When they get killed by a player though every one gasps and points a quaking finger at the "Greifer".
There's only so much I can explain past that without getting a doctorate.
I can't disabuse people of the notion that video game actions are somehow a reflection of IRL even by being a living example of its falsehood, nor can I rein in people who actually do enjoy annoying other people just because it's possible. I can point out that there are far too many absolutes and stereotypes thrown around here instead of a rational and nuanced approach, but apparently the soup du jour is extreme polarization.
I didn't choose the sociopath life, the sociopath life chose me.
Welcome to modern society.
That's probably the worst part; I often use the forums as a microcosm study of the greater reality and it unfortunately pans out the same more times than not.
You poor thing, would be hard always thinking the worst about people. It's clear from my post that what I want is a vibrant open community. I'm happy to leave the salt to you.
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Nope, it isn't. It's a single player game which was added with a shared BGS and some multiplayer features.
Originally, the server part was optional, but they couldn't implement it.
Open is PvP enabled. Whoever participates consents to playing PvP.
Multiplayer without PvP is PG
Personally, I reserve PvP for the forums.
Interesting. A couple of players have remarked on this. The tag line on a Google search of the ED site describes the game as "the definitive massively multiplayer space epic". If it sounds like a duck and walks like a duck...
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Interesting. A couple of players have remarked on this. The tag line on a Google search of the ED site describes the game as "the definitive massively multiplayer space epic". If it sounds like a duck and walks like a duck...
In 2015?
But yes, I always look forward to my Thargoid Raid encounters, where I team up with 39 other CMDRs and spam DD, AoE and Debufs while occasionally including an SCB in my spell rotation. There is always discussion about the loot, but fortunately, we now get tokens that we can exchange for epic modules.
The true test of character is how you act towards other people when you are free from constraints. A multi-player game is an excellent lab for seeing that. I can say and do whatever I want wihout breaking any laws! There are good people and evil people. In RL the evil people are often constrained by laws to appear good, but in a game like this their nature becomes clear.
To say "but it's only a game" is to deliberately overlook the fact that behind the pixillated spaceship is a real person, when actually that's the whole point.
A more RL example is a restaurant. If you want to know what someone is really like, watch how he/she treats waiters and waitresses. This is a particular situation where social pressure doesn't force me to be polite or kind, so I'm only polite to them if it's in my nature to be so.