kimbuck 746 Posted January 6, 2021 Peter Sellers said in a movie " Join the navy, Command a ship, travel to exotic places, meet people ... then kill them". That is where the MP explore seems to be headed. If your game / island is not deleted by either accident, a rollback or connection glitch, or act of something no one can explain, you eventually end up on a map surrounded by mp regions that seem to either not allow you to visit ( they scared of griefing) or they "invite" you in and change its status to PVP and try to seize your ship and goods. If you have to restart, you have np barrier to protect your base. Even so i have had players enter when island was "no password required" and tried to blow up my base, me and kill anything that moved. Yup .. there always will be these kid type feeble brains who have no imagination other than kill and destroy. In my game ( before it was deleted after a " connection timeout") i encountered players with obviously throw-away-alt names ( such as qqqaaswdw or fffgfgfttg or 111221232346666 ...) roaming around mp areas lookin g for genuine players to attack . the dont rob you ...just destroy everything and then look for another victim So perhaps as well as blue sp , pink mp also include regions with red to indicate pvp is active, and also block pvp on the other islands. Then genuine explorers will know which islands not to bother visiting. There is talk of "infinite islands, resources etc" but it is obviously not explained fully . Player soon find them on islands that re " unreachable" or "there are no more mp islands available" and often as i found out, if away from your base island with its barrier etc , it can get deleted ..and you are back to zero.... The new explore is in the right direction ... and theres promise (?) of it being better after 1.6 . Please listen to all the feedback and tweak the game accordingly. Otherwise the players you have won back might decide enough is enough... and please take the time to fully and simply explain what mp is etc ...a lot are confused from what we hear every day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deadeye_Rob 908 Posted January 9, 2021 I’ve only had two hostile encounters during my time playing the new exploration. The issues regarding the barrier I hope will be resolved or replaced with a more robust mechanism in the next update. My barrier still remains unplaced and kept in my inventory. I have not experienced a game-resetting “time out” yet and I hope I never do if I’m honest! Best thing to do to counter troublesome visitors is to build your base on a single player map or make use of the Password protection features. That way, you won’t need to worry too much with placing a barrier. Someone also reminded me that as a map owner, you have full use of the /cmdlist, including the ability to turn the whole map into PVE (and in extreme cases, ban players). If you don’t want to resort to admin commands or password protections, my flatline solution would be to build something with enough guns/cannons to make visitors think twice before attacking! “Speak softly, but carry a big stick!” Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kimbuck 746 Posted January 9, 2021 My latest ship has a forward mounted cannon and two side mounted ones.... someone with an obvious throwaway name tried to approach me from the side deliberately avoiding my front facing cannon..... and ignoring my chat Imagine his surprise when i opened a side door and appeared next to my sidewards facing bumblebee. I was a lousy shot ....Missed by miles ..but he had a change of mind and by the time he regrouped , i had reached the edge and scooted off to another island Diplomacy ..the art of saying "nice Doggie" whilst looking for a stone to throw I avoid MP islands with anyone on them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deadeye_Rob 908 Posted January 9, 2021 I must admit, I do take pleasure from driving off aggressive players. I still have no issues against that kind of behaviour on the high seas. It is a survival game after all and if players think they can earn a little gold from piracy, so be it. We just have to have the bigger stick. Ive had two hostile encounters on my travels, I drove off a pirate vessel by firing some gunpowder barrels; striking a direct hit in the process. It didn’t kill the player on board but it crippled their sails allowing me to sail away. The second was less honourable, I landed on the island of an obvious new player and offered to hand over some resources to get him started. He seemed to be the hesitant sort who didn’t reply much and paused often, so I made sure I had my trusty Bolt-action Rifle in my hot bar. Sure enough, he drew a corn-gun and aimed it right at my head. I mirrored his actions with my superior firearm and ordered him to lower his weapon. He took a potshot at my head (offering minimal damage). Not willing to risk another shot like that considering the value of my inventory, I blew him away. Next thing I know I’m ejected from the map! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
