Stations need bar !

[Loneway]

Hi,

After many hours in game, I think there is one feature that needs to be implemeted, a bar in the stations.

Elite Dangerous lacks "life". After so many hours in space, I need to see human beeings because all we can see is the lifeless docks. If you've seen Interstellar, I think you can see what I mean.

A bar could do the job. We could see human beeings chatting about rumors, trades, maybe some NPCs can give quests, see news on TV instead of a simple text, etc.

But I imagine this feature can cut the game flow with another loading screen.

 

[starjump]

To get a little extra "life" as well i suggested that FD makes portraits of these important NPC's that come up in the GalNet newsfeed. So if there is news about a ruler doing something then when clicking that news you see the title, portrait and the text under to get a feel of what they look like. And since everyone playing sees it we all see the same thing instead of everyone making it up with imagination.
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My post: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=80876
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I think regarding a bar, not sure if you mean one that you can walk around in like Freelancer? I think FD wants to make an expansion where we can walk around our ships and possibly stations. Not sure on the specifics, but if they are able to do it then a bar here and there would be neat indeed. Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yd-m9AR7mY

 

[Kastor]

Seconed (once the walking dlc is added)

 

[_Jael]

In the meantime, you could have a chat room "bar". Possibly with NPC characters repeating galnet gossip, offering missions or making drunken no sense.

 

[Holsterbau]

Another simple way to add life to the game, I think, would be the ability to talk to NPCs in space, even if it doesn't necessarily do anything. What I have in mind is asking the federal security about how's the day or thanking them for doing their service or whatever. Though, of course, there should be some options with some actual meaning behind them, but right now I cannot think of anything until Elite: Dangerous gets more features (such as jobs, perhaps, or at the very least be able to do ad-hoc contributions that aren't just fetch quests from the bulletin board but something with more "life" to it).

 

[Executive]

A station chat would be great, so you could log into a chat room while waiting for the Bulletin board to refresh or just to relax a little etc.
This could be a new functions under Contacts maybe. Or Station Service.

 

[Greyson]

Seconded the OP's suggestion

 

[Loneway]

@ Starjump : Portraits need to be implemented. I don't mind if it's a 3D portrait or a painted one. It's up to FD.

I have in mind a dialog system like the visual novel in the bar. When you click on a NPC, he shows up in front and a dialog window appears at the bottom.
http://www.siliconera.com/postgallery/?p_gal=69322|3
But the best dialog system would be like the Bioware RPG SWTOR, Dragon Age or Mass Effect.

Walking around the bar is cool. But I don't mind a simple interactive screen. The most important is immersion. Seems like FD plans to do a FPS mode in the future. So wait and see.

 

[starjump]

@ Starjump : Portraits need to be implemented. I don't mind if it's a 3D portrait or a painted one. It's up to FD.

I have in mind a dialog system like the visual novel in the bar. When you click on a NPC, he shows up in front and a dialog window appears at the bottom.
http://www.siliconera.com/postgallery/?p_gal=69322|3
But the best dialog system would be like the Bioware RPG SWTOR, Dragon Age or Mass Effect.

Walking around the bar is cool. But I don't mind a simple interactive screen. The most important is immersion. Seems like FD plans to do a FPS mode in the future. So wait and see.

Indeed. Painted/stylized 2D portraits would be awesome. It would fit with the text based service screen we use for news and missions. I hope they add that as it would give us all a sense who all these characters are, and we would all share the image of what they look like. It would also be easier to grasp whats going on and whos doing what. There could be these portraits for the 5 faction groups as well, you know, the gangs, companies etc. 3 factions and 3 gang groups. So there is only need for 3 of each. Doesnt have to be 1 for every single gang group as there are many. But Empire gangs have 1 portrait (image of a gang in red style), corporation groups have 1 in the same red style, faction have theirs in blue style and so on. For the groups that 5x3 (5 groups x 3 factions) if i count correctly that is. But its there abouts.
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Argh i wish i still were sketching, drawing and painting. I did long time ago and stopped... I was pretty good at it. Would have made a portfolio and showed FD and if they liked it i would throw them at FD and ask nothing in return. I just want portraits in ED.