Wow! Did they listen to my idea?

[lysan]

At first I thought this was a bad idea because it was too magic-like. Then I did some research, and found that energy transfer via lasers is not only viable. It's been done already.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaserMotive

Then I decried this as being to much like other MMOs with healer classes etc. But after some consideration, I think this may ultimately be a good thing. Why?

Because it will encourage teamwork. Make people feel safer in open. Encourage more strategy in PVP, giving people with slower reactions time to react. Allow protectors to really protect. And will be good for the longevity of the game in general.



That being said. If they ever make a laser that restores hull or repairs the power plant, I'm out .

Plausible and doable, that is good enough for me, bring it on.

 

[lefty1117]

At first I thought this was a bad idea because it was too magic-like. Then I did some research, and found that energy transfer via lasers is not only viable. It's been done already.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaserMotive

Then I decried this as being to much like other MMOs with healer classes etc. But after some consideration, I think this may ultimately be a good thing. Why?

Because it will encourage teamwork. Make people feel safer in open. Encourage more strategy in PVP, giving people with slower reactions time to react. Allow protectors to really protect. And will be good for the longevity of the game in general.



That being said. If they ever make a laser that restores hull or repairs the power plant, I'm out .

What is magic, but science that we don't understand?

 

[CMDR Corlas]

Plausible and doable, that is good enough for me, bring it on.

The science problem was never in the sending, it's in the receiving. That's the silly part.

/don't wanna beat a dead horse, so I'll just leave it at that.

 

[CMDR Dreamstate]

Yup, apparently its all your doing.

I knew it!

 

[Banana's_Are_Good_For_You]

Probably not, no.

You might be able to take credit as one of the many ppl who whined so hard about it being a MMO though.
Now we haz more majicks...
Sighs....
Humans.

 

[slothman320]

Don't be silly. That would be a limpet.

You joke (maybe) but that would actually be super cool and would make group exploration viable.

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Probably not, no.

You might be able to take credit as one of the many ppl who whined so hard about it being a MMO though.
Now we haz more majicks...
Sighs....
Humans.

Far from magic. Rapid transmission of energy diverted straight to shields would make perfect sense as to why a beam is able to help regenerate shields. Wireless energy emission is currently a thing though extremely dangerous to the human body. It would require a special dish to receive this energy however.

 

[FutronBob]

I know I don't speak for everyone when I say this, but I for one would absolutely love to see repair limpets added to the game.

They could easily be balanced so that they aren't all that viable in combat, but still useful enough for the Fuel Rats to add a second "Repair Rats" branch of services.

Edit: meant to quote SlugwormX in my reply.

 

[Sole Hunter]

bro the idea of powerplay came from me no lie and did you guys know AA invented silent running.

 

[Banana's_Are_Good_For_You]

You joke (maybe) but that would actually be super cool and would make group exploration viable.

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Far from magic. Rapid transmission of energy diverted straight to shields would make perfect sense as to why a beam is able to help regenerate shields. Wireless energy emission is currently a thing though extremely dangerous to the human body. It would require a special dish to receive this energy however.

Pretty sure it was alluded to shield frequencies and such, see Star Trek: Generations and the last battle of the Duras sisters. Veridian 3 I think....similar but not the same.
I guess we'll have a better idea when it drops.
It's not really something I'm a fan of though. It promotes wing play and that only...

 

[El Dragoon!]

OMG!

I just saw that in Engineers 2.1 (from Obsidian Ant's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EeTyRCV04o) that they may be introducing healing lasers... I HOPE YOU CREDIT ME! Haha! You can see what I wrote (in my original thread, here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=221657), and then cross-reference the image below - which is one of the ideas I put down in the suggestion forum:

• Crystalline-State Drive: Emerald Matrix
  
  • Increase heat generation of all beam weapons by 150%.
  • Increase power-draw by 75%.
  • Lose all ranks of armour penetration.
  • Lose all ranks of damage.
  • Gain 125% range.
  • All laser types (or just Beams) now transfer power to a target's shields, replenishing them by 1.400 per tick (provides faster regeneration of shields). Does not work on collapsed shields. ((note: instead of recharging, this module could have the effect of acting as a shield hardener instead)).
  • All laser and beam weapons colours are changed to green, and look quad-helix-like (if such a thing is possible) when they fire.
  • (Not a good idea to target your enemy's active shields...)
    
  
  

Special note: As with the ammunition storage idea, only one CSD can be active on a ship at any one time - however, I would suggest these CSD's can be mounted in any module slot as they do not use ammunition, so, therefore, more room to hook it up wherever in the ship.
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http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b18/nastygothic666/Elite/OMG.png

They even added the helix-look (of the beam laser) of my idea! (possibly).

SO SHOCKED I SAW IT IN HIS VIDEO!

Really... excited... I really hope they read my ideas and it isn't just co-incidence... that would make me sad T_T

I SUGESTED THIS WAY BEFOR YOU

 

[InMemoriamSirocco]

So ganker wings will be even harder to fight. Yay. Thanks... I guess...? O_ô

 

[Banana's_Are_Good_For_You]

So ganker wings will be even harder to fight. Yay. Thanks... I guess...? O_ô

Depends what other things they bring.

 

[metatheurgist]

Next time someone says FD don't listen, I'm linking this thread.

 

[Vandaahl]

So ganker wings will be even harder to fight. Yay. Thanks... I guess...? O_ô

If they all carry lol beams, they might heal the crap into you

 

[Weps]

Get the pitchforks! I'll bring the torches!

That being said. If they ever make a laser that restores hull or repairs the power plant, I'm out .

We're not that far away. This laser has a trademark feature: it won't do any damage to a wing member's hull when hitting it. As soon as they can perfect the friendship unicorn pixie dust technology, it will actually start repairing it instead of doing no damage.

 

[Deleted member 38366]

Ha, wait until they implement my Plasma Lens - The fearsome PA Beam Weapon

(just kidding... or was I ? )

 

[anikaiful]

We're not that far away. This laser has a trademark feature: it won't do any damage to a wing member's hull when hitting it. As soon as they can perfect the friendship unicorn pixie dust technology, it will actually start repairing it instead of doing no damage.

Use the laz0r as nanobot carrier/bridge... and there you have it.

 

[FiddenUK]

I can see this leading to this sort of arrangement (smaller ship beams increasing the firepower to a larger beam). Imagine the 4 'arms' are smaller ships:

I've seen the image I want before, but can't find it right now, so this will serve the purpose.

 

[Drelthar]

You never know, I had the a similar thing happen when I suggested the Cobra MK IV should be made not long before it actually was.

Not sure if I should be thanked for that one though!

I only hate you if you said it should be slower than a sloth riding a slug through superglue.

 

[Slack]

The answer is Yes, they did listen. I have a similar story of a very old post presenting something that we now have in the game, well before anyone was ever talking about it.

The vast majority of the ideas that FD "comes up with" are actually ideas from the community and this forum. Especially ones put to a vote where most agree something is a good idea. It would be very silly for FD to ignore forums dedicated to their game. Not only do they frequent this forum, but they do so more often than everyone thinks. Also I very much doubt you will ever see praise or any type of compensation for your ideas. A dev basically takes it as their own idea and looks like a hero in the boardroom (not on your behalf ), thats just reality.

Look at it this way, if you were a DEV looking for some new ideas, or solutions to existing problems, where would you go to look? I'd be right here, a place where hundreds of cmdrs, some of which have thousands of hours of experience with the game talk about new ideas and solutions on a daily basis.