of course, you have to think about around 15\20 system where to found cmdrs -> founders world and community goals sistem and the systems where powerplay stuff happens douring the cycle, usually not so much. sometime powers have just 1 or 2 main system to take care off.There are about 11K populated systems within 150 LY of sol. It's highly unlikely all of them have at least 1 CMDR at all times even if PGs and Solo were removed.
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Why I and many others will rarely play open
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Considering how poorly a lot of people build their ships combat focused players don't have to min/max their stuff. Strap a gun on and you're a leg up over an embarrassingly large portion of the player base. And at the end of the day, what provides a better path to enjoying open?
Taking the game as it is and preparing accordingly?
Or still complaining about what it isn't, and at this stage, will likely never be?
haha, yes ofc xDQuestion to the OP: Is it ok for you when I chose "I and many others" as my next forum nick?
Robert Maynard
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They may not need to, however it seems that many do - which reduces any risk to them from their targets to a minimum.
That was the case even before engineering - players optimise their ships for different roles - and not all players are interested in combat, in which case playing in Open in populated areas may not be the best decision.
"Yes."
.... noting that complaints come from both sides, for different reasons.
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I thought most solo players combat logged against NPCs.
Robert Maynard
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Citation required, please....I thought most solo players combat logged against NPCs.
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These kinds of threads with it's thousands of views and over 600 replies (and now one more because I couldn't resist to contribute) is literally the thing I dislike most about the forum.
If there's "Open", "PvP", "Griefing" or "Ganking" in the title, the thread explodes with exactly the same content as all the others buried here.
Why can't mods just close them after a few pages as duplicates and redirect to one of the other threads? That would be so much better!
Apart from that it's such a useless topic. It's a freakin' game. People play it however they like and done.
If there's "Open", "PvP", "Griefing" or "Ganking" in the title, the thread explodes with exactly the same content as all the others buried here.
Why can't mods just close them after a few pages as duplicates and redirect to one of the other threads? That would be so much better!
Apart from that it's such a useless topic. It's a freakin' game. People play it however they like and done.
Never done so.I thought most solo players combat logged against NPCs.
I thought most solo players combat logged against NPCs.
One of the common misconceptions i guess.
I dare to say that most people play by the book, no matter the mode they chose to play.
Also usually it's the thief that yells I've been robbed! when he forgets in which pocket he put his wallet.
Everyone else will just keep checking the rest of the pockets
I miss the "hotel California" thread
They should just have a open only/bonus, gankers, menu log, block, and open letter subsection. Move any threads about those things to that subsection and change the color pallet for that subsection to a toxic greenish color to match the content, and put up a sign, "all ye who enter here abandons hope, reason, and embrace the barest semblances of civility.", or something similar.
And you have to pay a Gatekeeper named Charon a troll toll.
Here you go:I miss the "hotel California" thread
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No, that is saved for open, and players, as it harvests quite so much salt... After all salt harvesting is the favourite occupation of some, allegedlyI thought most solo players combat logged against NPCs.
Well, I guess that's about as true as saying that all PvP players are griefers.I thought most solo players combat logged against NPCs.
I thought most solo players combat logged against NPCs.
You have it all wrong, my dear! It's role playing an 'out of phase cloaking device'. If it looks like a combat log; it's a perception error by the observer.
Now you gone and done it !
Hotel California is now officially reopened!
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