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Posted - 2005.11.14 16:49:00 - [1]

Originally by: Khabok
As a relatively newer player, I thought I'd offer my limited insights into this whole argument.

For me, having all of the information about exactly how many and who is in the same system as me kind of kills a big part of the game.

There's no hunting, there's no dodging, there's no sneaking, or sliding by an enemy or warping to a moon then doubling back and hoping he thinks you warped out only to have him suprise you by warping in on top of you a few minutes later.

There is only "Local [2]", and you know he's there, he knows you're there, and it's only a matter of time. The guy with the most money is going to win, and there's nothing you can do about it. He has a better ship, better character skills, and no matter how smart or skilled I am, he's going to find me and kill me, because he knows if I'm still in the system or not.

So the only thing to do is log out. I can't sneak away, I can't hide, I can't bring in friends without him knowing about it, I can't warp out to another system without him following.

This isn't a whine about how older players have more skills and I'll never catch up. I could care less about that.. I'm already getting to the point where I can hold my own when it comes to a fair fight. But I'm not stupid, either.. if I'm outmatched, outgunned, outmanuevered, or outskilled, I'm gonna save my ship (which being a newer player I can't afford to lose) the only way I know how.

I just think that's it's a missed opportunity on CCPs part to make the entire recon / stealth / sneaking part of the game a very intriguing addition. Personally, I'd head out to 0.0 a LOT more often if I knew I had a chance of getting away once in a while without having to log out and ruin the gameplay and immersion.

And honestly, I think that if somebody DID get the jump on me because I couldn't see him coming, while respawning I'd at least have the comfort of knowing he had to put in a little effort to actually find me as opposed to being able to count to 2.

Khabok!

SIGNED! Best testimonial I've ever heard on the subject. Pages of threads and I've achieved no more then his words can. SIGNED 18 months and counting still!

Originally by: Winterblink
Originally by: Abdalion

But but but....Bald is beautiful!

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