Let me start of by saying this game is simply spectacular, i love it, I want to thank the DEVs for their hard work and congratulate them on making a masterpiece.
However, it worries me that people come onto the forums and complain that they are being griefed when in fact they are not. Out of ~1.5 months of playing ED i have only seen griefing happen once. The was in the Kremainn system where my friend in a harmless rated sidewinder was killed by a player in a python. When faced with an opponent also in a python my friends attacker ran away. but it did not stop there. After dying and getting his ship back he was rammed to death by an orca twice as he attempted to leave the station. He only managed to escape the station when I got the orcas attention and he started ramming my python instead.
That, however, as i said before only happened that one time. Yet there are a plethora of posts on the forums about griefing or griefers here and there. For example this thread (i hope that does not constitute naming and shaming) was started with the op complaining that he was griefed and did not give information on what he was flying or what his combat rating was at the time. After a little detective work those details came to light and suddenly the op changes his tone.
I find it worrying that people would try to petition FD into making changes by posting threads such as these. For example the speed limit change in the NFZ at stations. An attempt by FD to solve the ramming grief issue. This change will decrease profit for traders and the fun factor for those of us who like to boost through the letter box out of the station (then again u CAN break the speed limit without issue, the only issue would be if u then collide with another ship). There are videos on utube that show that the griefers could not care less if the station fires on them or not and i dont believe for a second that it will solve the problem. The griefers have a lot of credits numbering in the hundreds of millions possibly more (as evidenced in that video of them ramming a CMDR called Braben - note i can't find this video anymore). Why would they care to lose a ship where the rebuy is 15M?
These changes have probably come about from the multitude of threads on the forums of people complaining about griefing. and i bet you that half of them maybe more were not instances of actual griefing but legit pvp. yes that includes ganking.
i implore you, the people, to not make threads in moments of anger at having ur ship blown up but instead take an objective look at the situation and try to determine for yourself, have i really been griefed? and i dont mean does the loss of my ship cause me grief because in most cases yes it would. I mean are they using mechanics in a way never intended by the DEVs and are they continuously harrassing u? Or a number of players somewhere?
One instance of having ur ship blown up by several attackers does not constitute greifing (unless ur a harmless rated sidey, maybe)
Of course some common sense must be employed.
This link gives the elite dangerous definition of what a griefer is and what it is not. pls look to this before posting that you have been griefed.
I love this game, I just hope that the game will continue to grow and become more awesome. I don't want to see it fall for the misguided intentions of a select few (including those who post without thinking things through).
That is all. Thanks for reading.
However, it worries me that people come onto the forums and complain that they are being griefed when in fact they are not. Out of ~1.5 months of playing ED i have only seen griefing happen once. The was in the Kremainn system where my friend in a harmless rated sidewinder was killed by a player in a python. When faced with an opponent also in a python my friends attacker ran away. but it did not stop there. After dying and getting his ship back he was rammed to death by an orca twice as he attempted to leave the station. He only managed to escape the station when I got the orcas attention and he started ramming my python instead.
That, however, as i said before only happened that one time. Yet there are a plethora of posts on the forums about griefing or griefers here and there. For example this thread (i hope that does not constitute naming and shaming) was started with the op complaining that he was griefed and did not give information on what he was flying or what his combat rating was at the time. After a little detective work those details came to light and suddenly the op changes his tone.
I find it worrying that people would try to petition FD into making changes by posting threads such as these. For example the speed limit change in the NFZ at stations. An attempt by FD to solve the ramming grief issue. This change will decrease profit for traders and the fun factor for those of us who like to boost through the letter box out of the station (then again u CAN break the speed limit without issue, the only issue would be if u then collide with another ship). There are videos on utube that show that the griefers could not care less if the station fires on them or not and i dont believe for a second that it will solve the problem. The griefers have a lot of credits numbering in the hundreds of millions possibly more (as evidenced in that video of them ramming a CMDR called Braben - note i can't find this video anymore). Why would they care to lose a ship where the rebuy is 15M?
These changes have probably come about from the multitude of threads on the forums of people complaining about griefing. and i bet you that half of them maybe more were not instances of actual griefing but legit pvp. yes that includes ganking.
i implore you, the people, to not make threads in moments of anger at having ur ship blown up but instead take an objective look at the situation and try to determine for yourself, have i really been griefed? and i dont mean does the loss of my ship cause me grief because in most cases yes it would. I mean are they using mechanics in a way never intended by the DEVs and are they continuously harrassing u? Or a number of players somewhere?
One instance of having ur ship blown up by several attackers does not constitute greifing (unless ur a harmless rated sidey, maybe)
Of course some common sense must be employed.
This link gives the elite dangerous definition of what a griefer is and what it is not. pls look to this before posting that you have been griefed.
I love this game, I just hope that the game will continue to grow and become more awesome. I don't want to see it fall for the misguided intentions of a select few (including those who post without thinking things through).
That is all. Thanks for reading.
