I admit MMO's are cool, but online X3 doesnt have to imply that it's MMO.
MMO takes a LOT of people and puts them into the in the same universe. And then the problems start to arise about loging on/off, persistence, fairness, combat, scale and what not.
Which what X-OU is kinda supposed to be.
I however welcome just a multiplayer option for X3, or its successor.
To compare to MMO, - multiplayer can keep things simplier:
Have options that allow people to bring on their properties (to a degree) into a game - or let users figure that out before hand.
Persistence - server doesnt have to be on all the time - depends who's playing.
Fairness - simply polish some things in X3, and dont worry about people camping.
Scale/distance/travel - address SETA concerns.
ZaphodBeeblebrox wrote:
OK so SETA can be dealt with in many different ways. The next problem is combat. Specifically, between players. So how do we deal with this.
1) What losses would the "dead" player sustain?
2) Should player to player combat be allowed in all sectors, or restricted to a few lawless ones?
3) What kind of race military / police response should the attacker expect?
4) What about formal agreed combat?
5) Should there be player combat areas where no losses are incurred?
Just a few questions as per usual....
1. Reappear at last docked station or a shipyard is fine. Perhaps a compensation (like insurance) for lost ships. And allow players to configure the degree of 'reimbursement' before the game(server) is started.
2. Yes, just like now. I think though police/military forces are quite thin in the game, even for single player. More military/police ships need to be spawned when something happens.
3. Tougher responses, in general. I also think that perhaps a player should have a choice of what race to ally himself/herself with. This way if someone attacks you directly - it may hurt their rep with your race. I want to see that addition in singleplayer too.
4. A duel? That could be cool.
5. Player combat everywhere.
ZaphodBeeblebrox wrote:1> Ok, so you take off on your maiden voyage, you leave the protection of the station.
2> You are immediately attacked by another player who almost instantly kills you goto line 1:
Just how long are you going to play this game for?
Until you get sick of those guys and connect to another server, tell the moderator if against the agreed rules, or start your own server and call your buddies.
Let the X-OU worry about that.