Open Play is the key ingredient for any enjoyment of the emergent politics among player groups and individuals in the Elite: Dangerous community.
I vacillate between PC and XB1X. If I were to grab a cheap XB1X during Black Friday, then I doubt I'd pay the extra for online (Open) gameplay. Ironically I can get an XB1X cheaper than a PS4 Pro! I'm kinda hoping Sony finally gives us a good sale on the Pro since the PS5 is coming out in a year. If I could get a Pro cheap enough, I'd upgrade my Slim. Graphics quality is my primary frustration with ED on PS4, and even on the Pro it isn't great. It used to be before Frontier abandoned the PS4, but these days, not so much... A number of PS4 players have defected over to PC for this very reason.So unless you have a PC and can get the game on a sale (or not) I cant see buying a PC just to play the game, although the lack of EBL might be a reason?
PC Player, with a real EBL inlaid keyboard.Are you all PC players, or have some console players answered the OP?
Are you all PC players, or have some console players answered the OP?
.. but in open anything can happen...... playing in it is typically more interesting....
Ironically this is why I often switch to Solo. Open play in busy areas, like most MMOs, feels like a bunch of "people playing a video game" rather than a living, breathing, purposeful galaxy. I'm a roleplayer, so seeing the dumb things CMDRs do in open "breaks my 'mersion" as they say.I play in open because it´s the most realistic environment, with his good and bad things
I don't play in OPEN. Whenever I meet someone they're doing own business so they don't bother to say "o7". Whenever I find someone interested in me it has a negative impact on my gaming experience. I only enjoyed meeting other people during DW2 at meeting points in closed groups..I've been thinking about this lately. In another thread someone mentioned the larger player base as a reason to switch to PC. Yet here I am currently stuck in Solo because I hit my monthly bandwidth cap, now waiting for it to reset. Thing is, I'm enjoying what I am doing in Solo and likely wouldn't have encountered any CMDRs here where I'm doing it, at least not on PS4. And then there's the whole "pay to play (in open)" aspect to consoles.
There are three reasons that come to mind that people seem to love Open in ED. One is PvP, another is Group PvE (wing missions, expeditions, etc.), and then there is "Space Facebook" where it's all about talking on Discord about politics and religion while driving SRVs in circles, LOL. Of these, only Group PvE has ever truly interested me, and even this I can live without.
For me personally, the shared galaxy is what makes playing ED feel like a 'community' experience, regardless of game mode. Even if I don't see a hollow square or "o7" in my comms, I know that we're all shaping this galaxy together with our actions, be it the BGS, CGs, discoveries, etc. It's the thing that keeps drawing me back to ED over other cool but 'lonely' games like Subnautica.
So to the title, why do YOU play in Open, and would you still enjoy the game if you were either stuck in Solo or an 'empty Open' like we supposedly have on PS4?
the fragmentation explain why we never really meet other comdrs.
Because you never know what can happen