New Players and Powerplay

[Wennsemir]

Hey at all :) I got like 20h in this game, so not much experience at all. Now i discovered those "factions" or as it is called: "powerplay".

Now i am asking myself: Should i join one of these factions at the beginning?

I like the idea that i would be in one of those factions to be "part of something".

For sure i would look out for a faction which suits my interest (like a trading-faction for a trader for example)

Thank you kindly :)

[Panther]

Firstly let me say that I bought into the anti-PP rhetoric, and put off joning one for some time. But now I have been with a power for a while, and invoved with the reddit and slack groups aligned with that power, I love it.

You can acutally see where you as a collective are either able to/or fail to shape the landscape of the bubble. You win or lose battles on a grand scale, and it is brilliant fodder for role play.

There is also a lot of money to be made.

You sound like you'd suit the Allience, Edmund Mahon. They are currently top and receiving great benefits when trading.

If you get involved with the combat, you do end up as a target in a lot of systems, and it can be tough to then say, switch to doing passanger missions anywhere close to those hostile zones.

But you can still travel through, and shop in systems that are hostile, as long as you don't have bounties with the factions in control of those specific stations.

You can also get involved without doing combat, and the trader faction is perferct for that.

[ThatFederalGuy]

Originally posted by Panther:

Firstly let me say that I bought into the anti-PP rhetoric, but now I have been with a power for a while, and invoved with the reddit and slack groups aligned with that power, I love it.

You can acutally see where you as a collective are either able to/or fail to shape the landscape of the bubble. You win or lose battles on a grand scale, and is brilliant fodder for role play.

There is also a lot of money to be made.

You sound like you'd suit the Allience, Edmund Mahon. They are currently top and receiving great benefits when trading.

You also sound like you'd suit the Federation

[Wennsemir]

Okay so as what i read out of this is: There should be no problem to join one of those factions in the early stages of the game.

Should i travel to those headquarters at first? :)

[Panther]

Originally posted by ThatFederalGuy:

Originally posted by Panther:

Firstly let me say that I bought into the anti-PP rhetoric, but now I have been with a power for a while, and invoved with the reddit and slack groups aligned with that power, I love it.

You can acutally see where you as a collective are either able to/or fail to shape the landscape of the bubble. You win or lose battles on a grand scale, and is brilliant fodder for role play.

There is also a lot of money to be made.

You sound like you'd suit the Allience, Edmund Mahon. They are currently top and receiving great benefits when trading.

You also sound like you'd suit the Federation

Empire mate, Blue Khaleesi. Don't let the money talk fool you, I'm in it for the abolition of slavery.

[ThatFederalGuy]

Originally posted by Wennsemir:

Okay so as what i read out of this is: There should be no problem to join one of those factions in the early stages of the game.

Should i travel to those headquarters at first? :)

Yeah travel to Rhea. You'll like it there ;)

[ThatFederalGuy]

Originally posted by Panther:

Originally posted by ThatFederalGuy:

You also sound like you'd suit the Federation

Empire mate, Blue Khaleesi.

Have you considered your options?

[Panther]

Originally posted by ThatFederalGuy:

Originally posted by Panther:

Empire mate, Blue Khaleesi.

Have you considered your options?

Not even once. ;)

[ThatFederalGuy]

Originally posted by Panther:

Originally posted by ThatFederalGuy:

Have you considered your options?

Not even once. ;)

Never too late CMDR ;) o7

[in memoriam of Sharky]

Be aware that you will be attacked more frequently if you pledge to a power by their "competitors". I would skip powerplay until you wanna do peaceful activities. If you don't mind that you will be interdicted more than go on. :D

[Wennsemir]

Originally posted by Sharky:

Be aware that you will be attacked more frequently if you pledge to a power by their "competitors". I would skip powerplay until you wanna do peaceful activities. If you don't mind that you will be interdicted more than go on. :D

Okay, thank you for your opinion :)

[Panther]

Originally posted by ThatFederalGuy:

Originally posted by Panther:

Not even once. ;)

Never too late CMDR ;) o7

o7. Fly safe Fed ; )

[ThatFederalGuy]

Originally posted by Panther:

Originally posted by ThatFederalGuy:

Never too late CMDR ;) o7

o7. Fly safe Fed ; )

Forever and always kind sir

[Frank K]

Power Play is a money sink and it will make you enemies you don't need. Better to become an established Commander, money in the bank and combat ready, before taking on PP. The paychecks may look good, but you'll spend so much time and credits maintaining the Rating your time can be better spent. Power Play is about sacrificing to support a political faction, for those dedicated to a Power.

There are those who join Powers just to collect the modules specific to a power. Those are mercenaries, grinders who couldn't care less about a Power's advancement. True pledges coordinate through a Power's reddit, together they work each cycle toward a common goal.

I'm 122 weeks pledged to Hudson and have made lots of friends and had too many great adventure with them to count. I do reccommend it, but only after you're a little bit advanced in the game and if you're willing to commit the time, and can afford the credits.

If you do join be sure too be a supporter of freedom and a true Human patriot. Pledge a Federation Power, where all are equal and each rises on personal merit, regardless of your staus at birth. Don't sink so low as to become an Imperial thrall, a supporter of slavers in the Duval's criminal gang established through Xenocide and maintained on the suffering of fellow human beings. Where you're consigned a staus and your advancement in society is limited by your lineage. The other Powers are irrelavant, to be ignored or amused with.

CMDR Frank K, Federal Navy Vice Admiral, Omega Corps Recruiting & Training Wing

[Agony_Aunt]

I would say if you are going to get into PP you need to get into the community surrounding it. Just sitting there by yourself doing runs would probably be lonely, plus you might be prepping systems that are not wanted by the general community or voting for expansion targets that are not what the power community are wanting.

And its more fun working with other people, coordinating actions, etc.

[ZombieHunter]

Originally posted by Agony_Aunt:

I would say if you are going to get into PP you need to get into the community surrounding it. Just sitting there by yourself doing runs would probably be lonely, plus you might be prepping systems that are not wanted by the general community or voting for expansion targets that are not what the power community are wanting.

And its more fun working with other people, coordinating actions, etc.

Sometimes when you pick a system they tend to follow even without you being involved. I picked a system one time that had about 8k total for undermining and had some other nice perks but I don't remember all the numbers. I did about 1500 on it and found the next day that it was almost completely undermined. Either I just happen to pick a system they wanted or I made them aware of a good system they should have been targeting. Either way it was pretty cool to see that.

Powerplay is very cool albeit I think the work required to make it effective is a bit over the top. If they reduced some of the workload it would probably be more fun, attract more players and become a mainstay in the ED world.