Free, three day trial and 66% off surviving mars, noticed a few members had it on thier wishlist so thought I'd share https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/464920/Surviving_Mars/

https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1659741540
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1659741963
War update

Anyone hitting the CG besides the few of us?
Pop on over.

https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1497235362

We have Beard, Indiana

Did you know there is a village/hamlet in Northern Ireland called Beardville? lol

Well, we do have towns named after food:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/28474/10-town-names-will-make-you-hungry

Pie Town is a lie though.

Well, it is known as the "New World".

I ate in a pizza express on holiday in a building older than the US lol

Just think...you went for boring stuff like "New" York and "Jamestown" when you could have had
New Beer and New Cheddar lol

I wish the US was as cool as England. Our pubs are all facsimilies of the real thing as are our town names (e.g., Athens, TN, Memphis, TN, Paris, TN, etc).

If you know anything about Wisconsin, beer and cheese are popular here. ;)

Nah lol...nearly 300 miles away from where I holiday'd that.

I did have a nice day out in a town called Beer...yes we English have a town actually called Beer! Just like there is a place called Cheddar lol

Lmao, no way Ray?!?! :D

Where do you think I went on holiday?

Did any beards make it to this I wonder? ;)
https://tbbmc.sandgrownbeardsmen.uk/

Of on me hols now beards. Laters

Not that I know, Ray. lol

Hello evening shadow....thats a new beard right?

Welcome Vozz.

And everyone please remember to leave your steam name - cmdr name association in this thread:

https://steamproxy.net/groups/Society_Of_Greybeards/discussions/0/1693785035805102516/

Welcome our newest beard, Vozz. :)

Everyone share cmdr and steam info please.

I don't recall the devs ever saying they wanted ED to be a PvP game. If so, they could have just released CQC and forgot about the main game. ;)

Anyway, enough of this debate here, we have enough of this on the forums. ;)

I'd be cool with getting rid of Open.

But getting rid of Solo\PG seems simpler and affects fewer people. First, FDev wants a PvP game but have taken half measures watering down the game. Second, FDev claims most people play in Open, so removing Solo\PG disenfranchises a smaller fraction of the player base. Third, the more they make Solo\PG different from Open, the more they creep toward different games and the more testing they will need to do to make sure changes to one does not affect the other and we all not how bad Fdev is at testing.

There is still six+ years of development for this game yet I think so disenfranchising a smaller part of the player base early on to get the game you envision in the end is preferable to making the game yet more complicated with different rules for different groups. If people don't like it, they can whine about it in forums like they do anyway and quit the game if they want. Plenty of new players because, you know, the game isn't "dying".

Ah, no need to worry about disenfranchising a part of the community? Ok, cool, let's get rid of Open! You know open is the cause of most of the negativity about the game? PG and solo players are just happily getting on with their game, but open leads to compalints about grefing, combat logging, and of course the epeen waving.

I think it is important to think about such things myself.

Especially when there are alternatives that don't disenfranchise parts of the community, such as splitting the game, which would give everyone what they want, and not doing so seems short sighted to me. ;)

Of course, it also means splitting off consoles as well.

To be honest, since it seems to be only a small % of the open community, it doesn't need to be a full split.

Just a separate open mode where anyone who doesn't like the current setup can play without worrying about console and PG/solo players. Everyone else can play in the shared galaxy.

I ran wing missions all day long in open today with members of the group.
I don't recall seeing one cmdr in a combat fit ship....did anyone else?

Making PP more engaging is one issue. Getting people not to "hide" in solo\PG to manipulate PP and the BGS uncontested is something else. They can kill two birds with one stone if they have the guts, but so far the proposed ideas are half measures and unsatisfying to me. Worrying about disenfranchising some segment of the player base is short sighted imo.

Slobnoxious - but you can wing up in Open, its already easier. How about a bonus to solo players, the game is harder for them?

Now, i'll hazard a guess you don't like that idea. Maybe you can understand how your suggestion will disenfranchise all the PG/solo players.

And you're only talking about Powerplay, a feature that can be totally ignored and is ignored by many players because its just a boring grindfest for many. Bonuses or open only won't change the fundamental nature of PP.

Actually, the best solution is one that fdev is finally giving some consideration to: a substantial bonus to influence/merits earned in open.

Yeah, its probably a step too far.

AA, you just hit it out of the park 🏞
Splitting would be great, but FD would never do that. 😵

Or just separate the modes completely with separate saves. Then everyone should be happy, except all the open only proponents who switch to PG/solo when its convenient for them :P

Yeah. I agree about the whole "open/solo/private". I am have tempted to suggest that solo and private be removed from the game entirely leaving just open... just to be done with it. Seems like the "cleanest" strategy. But it will never happen.

I'm seeing that the more you get into the bgs stuff, the more you become interested in playing.

I also see more now than before the whole thing about open for bgs and pp.

The whole ps4/xbox1 sharing everything with PC is just not right at all since there is zero chance to stop them.....same with open/solo/private.

I know. If they were not contributing, good riddance.

@slob - Everyone had plenty of time if they do want to remain a member. :)

I see the membership purge has begun.

Happy 4th Of July everyone!

I'll be on shortly... Just trying to come up with a cooling solution for the occulus at the moment, so I'm not roasting my eyeballs...

Hey, I'm looking to wing up around Cartu and do some wing missions. Send me an invite if you want in.

Hi!

Got my space pew pew on tonight good and proper... Got attacked by someone with a bit of a reputation for attacking noobs AND being a combat logger...

♥♥♥♥♥♥ nearly wiped out my un-engineered, cargo hauling python... (ok, the thrusters are engineered, but that's it - it's a WIP).

Managed to escape with 16% hull, and came back in my Vulture... He didn't last long

It's official... I should NEVER give time frames for anything... Finished work at 1940. Then the mrs roped me into helping out in the kitchen

NOW I'm gonna get my space pew pew on... Only 2 hours late...

I finish work at 1900 tonight (1800 GST/UTC). Gonna get my spacey pew pew on tonight

I know. MUHAHAHA. Oh, I'm sorry, I mistook you for a Thargoid.

Those weapons work on thargoids and also players if need be. ;)

When I get back into the game I will be trying to unlock the Guardian Weapons mainly because their effects look cool.

Oh, Power Play. I have avoided that (for now).

I'll take my Rubber Ducky Thrower and Verbally Abusive Taunt Rifle (weapons that can only be found on Planet Hairball) any day.

http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Imperial_Hammer

"Imperial Hammers". Wut?

I like the sound of the two Imperial Hammers. ;)