Hi CMDR doctorichard18 (I thought i could change it later but alas stuck with it) 46 years brit working overseas. I played the original elite on a BBC and the two sequels later. I dont play computer games much only Civ series as I prefer using strategy. Both these games set our imaginations running and i get bored of most games and time is limited.
Loving Elite Dangerous although it needs more development to be a classic again - game balance is off a bit. But shows my old timer approach I dont mind waiting for something -I dont expect an Anaconda in 3 days. I have only been playing for two weeks and love having more than one ship but dissapointed that it all seems sanitised in one way - I go to anarchies in a Keelback full of gold and dont get a scratch (interdictions are too easy to avoid) but in open play someone in a FDL just picks on you as a new player without a game rationale. Btw love ny Cobra but the Keelback is fun to trade with even bounty hunted with it in RES to test fighting in it (I expected to die and I got 1.2 mill creds go figure that)
So here as I want other players to interact with but no silliness. I also am not combat ficused I want to trade, explore and just sit iin Saturns rings for a bit.
I am not fundamentally opposed to pvp combat but only when part of the story eg you belong to two different factions. But how you could really police that is hard to say so PvE seems the way to go! But will be on pvp sometimes when I have found my perfect combat ship to do some policing of grief hot spots. Especially after a bad day ! But mostly I want to go exploring, do some trading (it seems like an honest way to earn a cred) and would be fun to join a wing for some cooperative combat - maybe a heavy trafe ship needs a heavy fighter escort. Convoy of traders on profitable routes against pirates?