Here's a tip for all you people that do want instant ship transfers.
Go and do something else for a period of time. Bounty hunt, do an engineer upgrade, boil the kettle.
Don't ruin it for the rest of us.
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The Galaxy - Is its size now considered to be a barrier to gameplay by the Developers?
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Here's a tip for all you people that do want instant ship transfers.
Go and do something else for a period of time. Bounty hunt, do an engineer upgrade, boil the kettle.
Don't ruin it for the rest of us.
Plenty of hints in GalNet that some serious tech corporations are on the cusp of a breakthrough.
Yeah, okay, and give up on participating in CG's and the like eh?, because you know, folks sign up to these things, maybe wanting top 5%. that is now out of reach with this mechanic if folk adopt a 'I don't like it, I won't use it' mentality. It doesn't really cut it in that and many more examples.
Or...have 3 options to choose from, each one at higher cost: wait 30 mins, wait 10 mins, or instant (< most expensive).
Pretty much like postal services work.
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You have good arguments, but hyperbole is not one of them. Not everyone will do that. Most likely small minority.
Anyway, Michael seems to have left discussion, I hope we will get some discussion part 2 around beta when we have tasted and evaluated it properly.
the problem is, I am going to sell my python which is a great multirole ship to buy two specialized ships, one asp with long jump legs and one FDL with great combat. I will fly around in my asp and essentially tow my FDL wherever I go NEVER having to sacrifice for the sake of the size of the galaxy (which is the whole point of a 1:1 galaxy) what this means is now my ASP is just a stupid time sink cause all it does is drive me around.
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In the current game I hate the FDL because it can't travel when properly loaded for combat so I sacrifice for combat ability and get a python. this update will destroy the point of the MULTIROLE ship. doing everything well is now useless when you can own an ASP for travel and tow a T9 for trade and an FDL for combat.
Michael surely you see the problem here.
if I was FD, I'l post a statement along the lines of "Instant ship transfer has been discussed, planned and we feel it adds more to gameplay than it takes away. Please try it out for yourself in the Beta" and then lock it. But I'm not FD
Thank Zeus for that!
Dialogue should not be avoided. And I'm happy whenever FD engages. Whichever outcome results.
It has already been stated it won't
And it is only thing that can't be taken for granted, as it is only balancing factor. We will see.
Won't deny I'm disappointed with Michaels stance on this matter, he/FD seem to be ignoring the vast majority and he also appears to be ignoring the fact about flying one ship quickly to then Instantly transfer another that normally wouldn't make it/take a while thus ruining the feeling of working hard to get what you want. The ignorance to the blatant fact that this will ruin the feeling of being in a vast empty galaxy is also disappointing.
I mean if we can have instant ship transfer why not just have Instant Cargo Transfer too? do away with Trading altogether! It seems to be there's one rule for one thing then another for another in this FD imagined Galaxy.
I mean if we can have instant ship transfer why not just have Instant Cargo Transfer too? do away with Trading altogether! It seems to be there's one rule for one thing then another for another in this FD imagined Galaxy.
Personally, I can't wait for 2.2 and instant ship transfers! So much time will be saved from shuffling ships around and outfitting and re-outfitting to use the right tool for the right job at the right location. I may even start doing CG's again
Thanks for the hard work Michael!Thanks for the reply,
I don't think 'to the detriment of everyone else' applies here Michael, lots of that 'everyone else' is not happy with this features current implementation or the possible and definite ramifications.
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Thank Zeus for that!
Dialogue should not be avoided. And I'm happy whenever FD engages. Whichever outcome results.
if they didn't lock it, it would turn into another 300 page thread of "mah immershion!!!" rage. lol
Michael Brookes
Game Director
We're still discussing that - currently the idea is to limit it on cost, but a hard cap on distance cap on it is being discussed - say 10 light years ;-)
Michael
Everyone is going to use their longest jump range ship for the initial journey by default. So the initial journey will always be the shortest one possible.
So there is absolutely no reason to keep jump ranges arbitrarily short for certain ships anymore. Not unless you want to annoy players who must dock and switch ships and pay a fee every time they circumvent their ships limited range, which will be EVERY time they go anywhere over 50LY away.
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Wow 18 dev/frontier stuff posts on discussion that matter. Good job Michael Brookes. It doesn't matter if you change stuff because the feed back or keep it as it is planed the most important thing is that you take part to this discussion and not hide behind silence. This is the communication with the community that many want to see more in the future.
Trolling at it's finest :d
In my case a 'mah immersion' grumble.
I suppose one could also argue that if less-than-scrupulous players teleport all their death-ray ships to a CG to mess with the trading ships - well, everyone else can too