Aliens killing transports without a demand is bad for gameplay

[Lythrilux]

Pretty much this, Lyth. If a core part of the game is making people not want to log, then perhaps this wasn't the game for them in the first place. So that's a pretty poor argument.

And if you want to hire escorts, send a comm to one of the many struggling mercenary factions that would love nothing more than to receive a contract for security.

Do you even play the game, or the Omicrons at all? Have you noticed the falling player count? Nevro's post hits the nail on the head, and we need to look at ways of KEEPING people playing. If people don't want to trade because of the dozens or so reasons that many people in this thread have repeated and repeated, then clearly it wasn't well designed in the first place? Like this is just common sense. If people want their super hardcore experience, they can go into singleplayer and mess with the difficulty settings. We should be actively trying to think of a way we can raise the player count and entice players, not lower it and push them away. Any line of thinking arguing for that is just so god damn stupid I'm at loss why I'm even dignifying it with a response. Nomads being able to insta-gib transports with no counter-play or pushback isn't a nice, warm experience, nor does it add anything of value into the game: it's shit gameplay.

And if you want to hire escorts, send a comm to one of the many struggling mercenary factions that would love nothing more than to receive a contract for security.

Read my posts and that of others (some of whom are even arguing against this change). You're repeating that same point over and over, and it's been explained multiple tiems why it's a terrible point and completely ignorant of the issue at hand.

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