Will there randomised events such as vandal raids? Going onto say Would it be possible for a player to be minding his business, mining on a planet and then surprise, vandals?asked by Patrick Moore
TL;DRYes, the speaker says players will encounter unexpected events like pirates, other factions, wildlife or dust storms, because worlds should be filled with life and danger without becoming frustrating.
Yes, yes! Absolutely. Now I don't want to butcher the quote from Chris but Chris said it once that "Worlds need to be filled with life and danger." So that's really what he wants. It's not just about vandal raid or anything like that. There's also… you got other wildlife or you've got other factions or you've got other NPCs there, there could be pirates around. So like we don't want anybody to have a boring experience, but we also don't want to make it a frustrating experience.
There is always in an open world game like this, a level of let's call it emergent gameplay or randomisation or something that will change what you're expecting to do in that next 10 minutes. You know what I mean? So yes there will absolutely be events that will happen to players, even though they're not looking for them. They will happen around them, for example a storm will kick off all of a sudden. A guy might just be minding his own business, mining away at a rock, admiring the landscape and all of a sudden a dust storm hits him and he's got to figure out how to get through, that you know what I mean?