CPL Real Time Update

XDemonX · Post by **XDemonX** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:13 pm

Traders have to get more creative, like instead of buying 600 goods buy 599 and such. Hunting is not even hunting anymore. It is called put a scout down and whoever pings you, you go kill

SnakeBite · Post by **SnakeBite** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:22 pm

Was it ever any diferent?

Ardbeg · Post by **Ardbeg** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:49 pm

XDemonX wrote:Traders have to get more creative, like instead of buying 600 goods buy 599 and such. Hunting is not even hunting anymore. It is called put a scout down and whoever pings you, you go kill

at least that requires that you actually make the effort to put scouts out (scouts which can expire, or get popped, or be at the wrong ports, etc, etc). All realtime xp updates require are MGU and a calculator.

In any case, a skilled hunter relies on much more than just scout pings........

Post by **Siege** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:43 pm

Also realtime xp updates make any ship made for hunting lose it's value a little bit.. For example... the DM goes from being a warbird to being one of the best hunters cause all of a sudden not having scouts isn't such a big deal.

Post by **RandyOrsolo** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:58 am

Ardbeg wrote:Those stats were taken out because they enabled players to get something (information) for nothing.

Kahless_ · Post by **Kahless_** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:23 am

Meh - I don't use scouts to hunt..I use the little green arrow and the alliance message board to find people

N.ator · Post by **N.ator** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:01 pm

i am a trader and im for this idea....i hat it because whenever i want to trade you start trading and then bam a huge green arrow is right next to my name!...i think it would be interesting..because now hunters will accually have to pay attention to the exp ..idk im for this idea..

Shtoopid · Post by **Shtoopid** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:07 pm

This is not to remove the green arrow, just to have your xp update. Problem is, if they know how many holds your ship has, they can watch your xp update and then look up what route your on. No scouts needed. So unless you want everybody to know not just when your trading but where as well. I dont think your interested.

N.ator · Post by **N.ator** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:09 pm

i say you have to either keep the green arrow go up everytime you trade and only update every 2 min. or dont have any green arrows or red arrows and then just have it so your exp goes up everytime current players refreshed..

Shtoopid · Post by **Shtoopid** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:00 pm

meh, all it takes is a hunter paying attention and they will know exactly where you are trading. Im not so much on the trader side anymore so it doesnt matter to me a whole lot but I still think that if they wanted to make it easier on hunters the way to do it would be to not have such big gals, as it stands you get about 2-3 moves tops before you have wasted 3-400 turns.