Elite: Dangerous PvE - Mobius

I've added a new poll on the Frontier forums. Would like people here to vote if they'd like to see some changes in the game.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=175773
Remember- your vote counts, too.

aye aye captain

I voted

Sort of pointless. It got locked, and they are right, it is part of the Solo/Open debate. A seperate PvE mode is not needed.

What IS needed is better support for Private Groups. Should not have to Search, it should LIST them, and a description as well as if they are PvE or PvP. Solved.

Loriath wrote:Sort of pointless. It got locked, and they are right, it is part of the Solo/Open debate. A seperate PvE mode is not needed.

What IS needed is better support for Private Groups. Should not have to Search, it should LIST them, and a description as well as if they are PvE or PvP. Solved.

I wanted to vote but it got locked.

I actually agree with "Loriath" on this. Open should be left as is.

PvE should be given more support in groups. E.g. the group admin could set a group's properties so that they can't fire on each other, etc.

Loriath wrote:Sort of pointless. It got locked, and they are right, it is part of the Solo/Open debate. A seperate PvE mode is not needed.

What IS needed is better support for Private Groups. Should not have to Search, it should LIST them, and a description as well as if they are PvE or PvP. Solved.

good point

Should groups be able to select PvP or PvE? So the game itself limits what PvP can happen? So like in Mobius the PvE is selected and in game if a play fires on another player nothing happens (the guns either don't fire or have no effect), inderdictions could lock etc.?

Could have slightly granular settings so PvP can happen in Combat zones but not outside them?

Just some thoughts so that the game can help automate the process a little and help out the admins of a group

I think it would take a major rewrite of the game to disable weapons effects on Commanders in a PvE grouping. Especially if you leave the ability in a CZ. So it would have to be something that they could control easier, and fines would be that. The way they have it structured now, I do believe that nothing short of a total rewrite would allow them to have weapons cause no damage based on a Flag. It is too deep in the system.

If in a PvE situation the fines in such group should be astronomical except in CZ. which is by Nature, the only Sanctioned PvP that should be in any PvE group.

Interdict a Commander :100K that is taken from your account immediately
Fire on or Ram a Commander :Starts at 1K and quickly ramps up to 1 million. Taken from account as it ramps up. 1 Hit and 1K gone. 5 hits and 10K gone, etc.
Kill a commander (and I don't mean an errant shot takes him out after NPC's take him down to 2%, but if you do this more than once, you get the Murder penalty to avoid abuse), I mean you did more than 1/2 the damage by whatever means possible, ramming or weapons), TOTAL loss of your credits - 1000, and a week long ban from the game with permanent removal from the group. No second chance. If you then enter another PvE group and repeat, you are banned from all groups as well as removal of all progress and ships gained. Back to start with a Sidewinder and 1K
Simple, write it into the T.O.S. for group entry, They have to be show the fines for each kind of offence, and click ok when they try to join a group. No Excuse. BIG RED LETTERS! DO THIS AND WE TAKE ALL YOUR MONEY SHIPS AND RANKINGS.
Cmdr.'s killed get a free rebuy.

I think it would take a major rewrite of the game to disable weapons effects on Commanders in a PvE grouping. Especially if you leave the ability in a CZ. So it would have to be something that they could control easier, and fines would be that.

Then again, I am feeling Bitchy and maybe should not be writing the rules today. In my Elite Dangerous Game, Asshats are permebanned and told to Pound Sand.

Doesn't really matter what anyone thinks, FD has quite clearly communicated that they really have no desire or interest in changing how this mechanic work and the proverbial horse is truly and well beaten to death.

TorTorden wrote:Doesn't really matter what anyone thinks, FD has quite clearly communicated that they really have no desire or interest in changing how this mechanic work and the proverbial horse is truly and well beaten to death.

True, but they could do more to support groups. Its a fact that they are reaching out to include them, but the management of it is the part that needs work. And a LOT of it