Elite Dangerous Bulbulunufus • 2w ago • 100%

Winters powerplay - a look under the hood

Hi all - I'm from the Federal Liberal Command community team, just wanted to heads-up people about out plans for Powerplay 2.0. I'm going to reproduce my colleague Cmdr August Lagrange's [post on our subreddit about it](https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteWinters/comments/1fdtue9/a_look_under_the_hood/). Please come to our server if you want to know more about PP2.0! Or come to our subreddit and check out our [weekly strategy update posts](https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteWinters/comments/1fvkxqh/cycle_487_these_moles_are_whack/). **Introduction** Over the past few months I've been developing and executing a strategy for dealing with the impending arrival of PowerPlay 2.0. I've given it a lot of thought, because I'm an obsessive nerd that can't just enjoy things. I thought it might be good to post about it because others might have their own ways of contributing, so it's worth spreading awareness of (actually there's another reason for posting that I'll mention later). **Software** Our members will know that I'm a programmer, because I never shut up about it. I've developed various programs for the FLC- the most well-known being a web app (at https://flcsheets.azurewebsites.net/) which provides a front-end for our spreadsheets, and has authentication and authorisation using Discord. This is one part of my strategy: to advertise us using good-looking software. What most won't see is that I've developed a community-management program that tracks Discord activity for things like promotion recommendations. This was designed to deal with a potential influx of recruits, which could tax our community department, who will be busy enough as 2.0 comes out. Post-2.0, I'll obviously be making what changes are needed to adapt this software to whatever changes are made to our sheets. **Diplomacy** I've always been a fan of diplomacy and I've felt that we've often been too reluctant to do it (which could just be because we're gamers, we want to do, not talk, I'm just a gasbag). To be up-front, Frontier have not been talking to the organised communities involved in PowerPlay. They've been prioritising bringing in new players, which means that we are not being represented. So my plan is to talk to the other powers about the issues they experience post-2.0 and provide a cohesive, as-inarguable-as-possible accounting of who is experiencing what. That way, we can present that to FDev as something that we're all agreed on. I've already presented this plan to each power, who have all agreed on the structure, so we're ready on that front. **Social Media** This is something everyone can help with. Post 2.0 (and to a certain degree right now) we can be active on Reddit, on the Frontier forum, and anywhere else we have a presence to start talking about PowerPlay. Yes, even you stinky imperials! The more people we get into PowerPlay, the better the experience we all have. And when 2.0 comes out, there are going to be a LOT of people curious about it, who will be considering which power to join. We have to make our case, not just for Winters, but for the FLC in particular. I've been trying to increase my usage of social media (I don't normally use it much outside of Discord), and I want to encourage others to do the same. That's enough wall-of-texting from me. If anyone wants to help with this and isn't in the Discord, get in there. Work with us to make this the best community experience possible.

Elite Dangerous Bulbulunufus • 9mo ago • 83%

Winters Powerplay. Cycle 450 - Brrrrrr

Hello https://lemmy.world/c/elitedangerous! I'm just going to throw our powerplay bulletin in here occasionally for a flavour of the latest in the world of powerplay! 👑 -------------  *"Sunny night at Zetford Terminal". A pair of planets watch the sun-not-set near one of our BGS target systems. (Our last one from Teddy Rope who's moved on to pastures new - good luck in the black Cmdr!)* ​ ​ **Cycle summary and priorities:** Not a quiet week, although our Dongkum expansion was not the centre attraction this time. Hudson has fallen into turmoil this week following what looks to be a late snipe, with one system on the block. Activity has been at a heightened pitch in the background via faction shift and conflict to alter the powerplay supporting landscape. Power shifts continued in Aisling's Reieni sphere. In our Karnarki sphere, the main event of last week was the advertised war in Tchernobog. Amongst players we saw, this was a struggle mostly against ALD's forces, and sadly was lost to the Empire. It was a very dangerous system for the duration, with continual PvP battles, indeed descending into chaos at one point with a joker played when a well-known PvP squadron felt the need to remind everyone including themselves what "murderhobo" means 💥. It didn't help but pews are good aren't they, and it's unlikely it affected the outcome ultimately.  *Appreciation for some hard rain in Tchernobog - we and our Hudson allies supply the planetary weather so FDev don't have to :D* Once again this is the kind of activity level that makes powerplay exciting and it's no bad thing when such convergences punctuate the more usual simmer and build-up play, even if we'd rather not have the outcome. Props to our opponents, many of whom met us on the field. b2 Carinae continues to be a hotbed of intense Imperial activity with a renewed push to usurp Ice Storm Squadron; please help ISS there if you can. Reported encounters there are down a lot but there's still the odd Imperial PvPer appearing at the star looking for easy pickings so do still watch your six over there. Other BGS movements continue with plenty of silver linings but can only be revealed to those in our [discord](https://discord.gg/fuc)! ​ ​ **In the news:** Ram those Relics! No, not you Zemina! One story, but a big one maybe. With the recent re-energisation of the Thargoid advance, Ram Tah offers an exciting counterpoint with independent pilots directed to [supply Meene with relics and grelics](https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/galnet/guardian-relics-needed-anti-titan-research). We assume a Panther Clipper will be the only means capable of delivering the crazy Guardian payload he's working up for the Titans. Super cool blue paintjobs available to top contributors. ​ ​ **Voting:** Are you able to vote for Winters? **Please vote CONS and vote EARLY.** ​ ​ **Fortification:** *Fortify the following systems to 100% by picking up lunchboxes Liberal Federal Packages in Rhea and delivering them to power contacts:* **Matipu, Hikenk, LP 906-9, Binjamingi** *Fort priorities are ever changing and we cannot update publicly in a timely manner. Join the [Discord](https://discord.gg/fuc) if you want to help!* ​​​ ​ ​ **Expansion:** *Please haul aid to the answer the prayers of the folk of* **Chang O**. *Join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/fuc) to know more!* ​ ​ **Undermining:** Patreus *has an expansion to* **Caph** *that needs to be opposed. Otherwise feel free to undermine* Torval's *happy slaves at* **Ross 429, LTT 12058 or LHS 274**. *Join our Discord for live priority updates!* ​ ​ *Interested in AX?* Join [FAX-COM](https://discord.gg/fFDbd4tk). *Interested in non-violent methods to assuage the alien emergency?* Winters has [a place for you too](https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/12pye1r/orange_alert_a_felicia_wintersaffiliated_rescue/). *Interested in PvP?* PvP is a lifeblood of powerplay. We train interested pilots with a dedicated server, resources and mentors, and weekly in-house tournaments *Interested in exploration?* We have a server for our explorers too *Want more nuance on objectives, to wing up, or to keep up to date on the ever-evolving strategy?* Join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/fuc)! Stop by and say hello! Or join to stay quiet and beaver away at your specialism . In addition to Powerplay Ops, we have channels for general ED discussion, ship building mastery, and PvP training, with domain experts. We also have an unsurpassed cantina . ​ ​ ------------- ***Imp Trumps!*** (*a feature on Imperial individuals the game just wouldn't be the same without*)  *Yum* *[Skidmarks]:* Is he even an imp? Famed for flying meme builds to gank our T9 haulers (yes I was ganked by an AspX shut up) and staring at his coffee not socialising in the Imperial squadron mess halls. Flies Grom lately just to be ironic. He flew Federation for a couple of weeks just before that but maybe got frustrated (iirc he didn't find a single T9:/). Though some say he delved too greedily and too deep into the darkness of FUC discord server message history.... The name - a reference to the fear he strikes or the quality of his flying? Who knows, it's a paradox (psst - *that's not actually a paradox). Dobryy den', Imperets!*🖖 Some made-up numbers: PvP - 5 Syschat PvP - N/A (lets the plinks do the talking iirc) BGS - 1 RP - 0 Imperiority complex - 1 Infantry - 1 ​ ​ **Diplomatic Overview:** Aisling Duval – Hostile Archon Delaine – Amiable Arissa Lavigny-Duval – Hostile Denton Patreus – Unfriendly Edmund Mahon – Green Li Yong-Rui – Neutral Pranav Antal – Neutral Yuri Grom – Unfriendly Zachary Hudson – Ally Zemina Torval – Branching out into children's literature