Powerplay-Am I missing something?

[Rick]

I have been looking at powerplay and the benefits of it and I am not really seeing much there. It completely possible that I just don't understand it but here is what I see and maybe someone can tell me if I am right or if I got it wrong.

The tier 3 rewards (I think this is the module rewards if I am right) look pretty unimpressive for the most part. At first glance, the weapons seem to be worse than what you can buy in the open market but the prismatic shields could be good for some builds. Maybe someone who has tried out the weapons can shed soem light on if this is true or not. The other bonuses are kinda hit and miss from what i can see. If you were an explorer, the data perk could be good but where would you get the time to explore if you are doing the powerplay stuff. I think there is a rare goods perk as well, but I have the same question there. At tier 5 there are good credit rewards but you could easily make more than that doing other stuff so is powerplay just a role play type thing with some perks to make it a little sweeter or are there really tangable benefits to it that I am not understanding?

Also, is your access to the unlocked modules only as long as you remain pledged to the power? What happens if you leave one power for another one? thanks

[Agony_Aunt]

Two reasons people Powerplay (i might be over generalizing here).

1) Smash and grab: Sign up to get the special modules. About half of them can be worth using, at least situationally. The other half are pants. Then when you have what you want, quit the power.

2) Risk in Space: Some people sign up to do the actual powerplay thing. No idea why, but some people seem to enjoy Risk in space.

[funkynutz]

Packhound missiles are ace.

The PP frag cannon is meh...

The PP thermal beam is pathetic (and pointless since the engineers were introduced).

Imperial Hammers are good if you like railguns.

Not tried the rest, but I'll be going for the advanced plasmas sooner or later...

[Agony_Aunt]

Prismatics are good.

Pacifier cannon is pretty sweet.

Containment missile is popular with PvPers

Mining Lance is a bit meh, but a miner pointed out how its useful for tickling rocks from a distance before sending out a prospector and when you find a good rock use regular mining lasers for the actual mining.

[Delfino]

Powerplay is not about earning money. It's about spending a lot of it :)

[Rick]

引用自 Delfino：

Powerplay is not about earning money. It's about spending a lot of it :)

LOL...yeah, thats what I have read.

[EvilToaster]

PowerPlay is rubbish, don't waste your time with it unless you want a PP module.
And yes you have access to the unlocked modules only as long as you remain pledged to the power. Rubbish, as i said.

[Tough2Name]

It is true you are only able to buy the powerplay modules while still aligned to the power. You lose the ability to purchase them when you leave the power. That said, with module storage being a thing, you can align to the power and stockpile however many of the module you want (note that module sotrage is limited to 120 modules). Just go into outfitting, buy the module, store it, buy another, rinse and repeat. If you do align to a power for their module I recommend not only buying what you want in the short term, but also buying extras incase you want to slap them on a ship in the future. This might save you from having to re-align with that power for a month AGAIN so you can buy more.

[Delfino]

引用自 EvilToaster：

PowerPlay is rubbish, don't waste your time with it unless you want a PP module.

I don't agree. Powerplay is actually the only activity in this game worth doing. Everythinng else is grind for money and ranks...