The problem, imho, aren't the players dropping just two mandatory lines and pewing. The problem are people logging purely for the purpose of pewing and getting blues. 'cause A, this game is more, than just PvP, and B, as I said in different thread, you need two sides to have fun (unless you are the one who immensely enjois RP with himself alone), and if you're having fun on the expense of the other side, not with him/her, than you're a dick.
(09-11-2016, 11:07 PM)Demonic Wrote: The problem, imho, aren't the players dropping just two mandatory lines and pewing. The problem are people logging purely for the purpose of pewing and getting blues. 'cause A, this game is more, than just PvP, and B, as I said in different thread, you need two sides to have fun (unless you are the one who immensely enjois RP with himself alone), and if you're having fun on the expense of the other side, not with him/her, than you're a dick.
Another problem is we've got certain factions that exists for the sole purpose of PVPing.
BHG being one of them, I have nothing against any players of BHG as that's kind of literally what the faction is about but I can't say the premise of the faction isn't a bit lame to me. If you look at BHG Activity, most members have very little activity. Just enough to find someone in the system list, log in your BHG, get your blue and log out. It's unfortunate because you can't do much else as a BHG so they're not at fault but it makes gameplay for the (Already very understaffed unlawful factions) even harder.
Additionally, I think stations could use a buff system-wide. As it is now, they're nothing more than a minor annoyance. I can fly to a Pirate base that I know is active, literally sit on the base and blue any Pirate that comes by on my Bounty Hunter/Freelancer Character. (Not that I'm that good of a pilot though, I suck.)
A system-wide buff to Bases to make them actually deadly and dangerous would create a sort of territorial respect that would be hard to cross unless you fly an extremely heavy, capital class ship or similar. This newly created barrier would give a lot more space for Lawful - Unlawful to roleplay because then they would be able to be in space without being afraid of being blue'd the second they're outnumbered or outclassed because they could actually stick near a base and keep roleplaying. That goes for both Lawful and Unlawful.
I've seen newer players still Helium mining get pirated by Scimitars right beside Planet Pennsylvania because stations don't do anything and there's very little NPC patrols around bases too.
I think there's a lot of things we can think about and do to make a more balanced PVP and RP playing environment.
This would in turn make the game more fun for all walks of life. New players. Old players. Bad pilots. Good pilots. Etc. The game would be more accessible for everyone involved and there would be less ding ding measuring contests always trying to show how superior you are.
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