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Powerplay and You - What do you think?

Postby Nanosmo » Thu Apr 23, 2015 5:57 pm

So with the recent release of the information on Powerplay, what are you excited to see and do? Fly the new ships? Greate a Power out of a small faction randomly? Shoot all the NPC's that kiss the Emperors boot?

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Postby TomoRosso » Thu Apr 23, 2015 6:04 pm

Nanosmo wrote: Greate a Power out of a small faction randomly?


I don't think that's part of it, or at least I didn't read that into what the newsletter announced.

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Re: Powerplay and You - What do you think?

Postby Nanosmo » Thu Apr 23, 2015 6:06 pm

TomoRosso wrote:
Nanosmo wrote: Greate a Power out of a small faction randomly?


I don't think that's part of it, or at least I didn't read that into what the newsletter announced.


Any smaller faction can become a Power, with a ton of work.
Players will even have a hand in creating new Powers. The initial selection of factions will rise to a maximum of twenty as players provide assistance to minor local forces; as those forces establish a foothold across a handful of systems, they may rise to become Powers in their own right.

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Postby TomoRosso » Thu Apr 23, 2015 6:22 pm

Apologies, how the hell did I miss that part.

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Re: Powerplay and You - What do you think?

Postby Colin The Grey » Thu Apr 23, 2015 6:50 pm

I say we make the faction that controls Mobius's station a Power :)
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Re: Powerplay and You - What do you think?

Postby Octopoid » Thu Apr 23, 2015 8:36 pm

+1 like to that!

99% of it won't affect me or what I do in game , I'm only a very casual player so I don't get immersed in these sorts of things. I will join in with stuff but I won't be racing to complete any objectives etc. etc... I have to go to work and then do family stuff, if I get a couple of hours on a night I'm a happy camper. That isn't enough time to do anything other than dip your toes in.

If I were to become a divorced multi-millionaire with plenty of time on my hands, then maybe it would be different ... ;)

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Re: Powerplay and You - What do you think?

Postby savinup4adeathstar » Thu Apr 23, 2015 9:05 pm

Sounds very interesting. I hope these features will also be solo/private group friendly.

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Re: Powerplay and You - What do you think?

Postby mungfu » Thu Apr 23, 2015 9:20 pm

I don't think it gives me much, but I do think it will make things interesting for the majority. I might have another go at mining. Previously I'd processed 1 ton of something that gave me 2,000 or so credits. That was enough to put me off it :D
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Re: Powerplay and You - What do you think?

Postby Roger Wilco Jr » Fri Apr 24, 2015 12:49 am

Well I read the article and what I take from it is that Frontier is trying to force more PVP - dare to be daring. Fight, fight, fight, kill, kill, kill, reward, reward, reward, ... I don't understand why they think this makes a more credible galaxy rather than a galaxy mostly at peace where the Navy cracks down on criminals. Realistically a task force of 28 Navy ships should be able to interdict a wing of 4 pirates and then proceed to destroy them (maybe 24 Navy ships plus a combination of 8 pirates/victims). Of course they can't be everywhere at once, but when they show up they should be able to sweep a system clean.

I'm just waiting to hear that you have to play in open if you want to participate in power play. Otherwise it wouldn't be fair for the griefers.
It's time to give this another go.

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Re: Powerplay and You - What do you think?

Postby Nelina » Fri Apr 24, 2015 12:02 pm

I'll check out the diffrent addons exept joininga faction, because i'd like to know first the real consequenses of that.
Like will i be KOS by NPCs also ? Are NPCs also KOS (without penality) for me ? Is it possible to change my mind with a faction ?
So i guess i'll test mining and the other changes with probes first and will read about the faction-thing from other users :)


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