Completely agree with this. Please look into instant transfer being very expensive, but delayed transfer costing less and less based on how long you are prepared to wait.
Easy middle ground solution that is going to please the most people.
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Completely agree with this. Please look into instant transfer being very expensive, but delayed transfer costing less and less based on how long you are prepared to wait.
Easy middle ground solution that is going to please the most people.
With NPC pilots for hire who needs a ship transfer "service" at all? Why not simply let CMDRs hire NPC pilots and tell them to "Fly this ship to there!"? Solves the whole "time" thing since the ship will actually have to be flown to its designated destination. Simplifies the entire concept as far as I am concerned. A pilot at Jacques will have to wait the week it will take for an NPC "crew" flying full-time 24/7/365 to reach the station from the bubble assuming of course, the ship is capable of covering the distance in the first place,which must be a requirement for ALL ship transfers. Just so, having a ship flown from, say, Barnard's Star to Sothis should only take around 30-40 minutes, plus a short delay (10-15 minutes?) for "departure preparation" and "paperwork".
"Scientist have made a recent discovery about the stars effect on the frame shift drive, they have manage to implement this into the stations, however due to some major difficulty's in its development it is harmful to organic matter, however this feat of engineering is not going unlooked as it can be still used to jump pilots spare ships to them in less time it takes for them to fly there manual.
Stations are now adding a service to make use of this new discovery however due to power cost the station will charge a fee for distance travelled and size of ship."
I just thought of this... so better write it down, as for the idea, better make it not instant, but not too long, It should be on size of ship & distance travelled which would make it extremely nice to have!
Stations are now adding a service to make use of this new discovery however due to power cost the station will charge a fee for distance travelled and size of ship."
I just thought of this... so better write it down, as for the idea, better make it not instant, but not too long, It should be on size of ship & distance travelled which would make it extremely nice to have!
I kind of like that idea. The numbers are already part of the ship object, you could just plug them into the time formula. And the idea of paying for a valet essentially is a nice workaround from having to create a freighter ship, though I do like the idea of more ships in the galaxy.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...IP-TRANSFER-POLL/page49?p=4471856#post4471856
Precisely my suggestion from earlier. This is an excellent middle ground.
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Hi Sandro, what are FDev's feelings about sending a ship from your current location to a remote destination, rather than bringing a ship from a remote location to you?
That's absurd. Do you have to drive to Amazon headquarters in person, ask someone to kindly deliver your product, and then drive back home? We have instantaneous communication across infinite distances in Elite (GalNet, etc.). Why would you have to physically visit the starport to request a ship transfer?
First, you cannot instantaneously jump to the edge of the galaxy....and order a ship. You can only do it at a station...so the concern about shortening the fly time to the edge of the galaxy...red herring.
Second, if there IS a station at the edge of the galaxy...then you still have to fly there the first time. The only time things get shortened is if you stay at the system at the end of the galaxy and shift ships back and forth, for you to play in the bubble from there...you still have to fly back...I'm not seeing an issue yet.
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Dear Frontier Development,
I must say I'm rather worried about the divide this issue has caused in the community. The mud is flying. The air is toxic. No toy left in the pram.
Luckily, I have a solution that will reunite the Elite Community. No ship transfer. I know, you're raising eyebrows, wondering: "how would that help?". Well, the genius part of the solution is, you communicate "We decided not to implement ship transfer because Ziggy Stardust doesn't want it". Boom! Everyone unites in hating Ziggy.
I could buy a sidey, call it "The Scapegoat" and go into deep space carrying the sins of the Bubble.
No need to thank me, you're welcome
You stole this idea from that South Park episode, admit it!
Then why cant i ask them how much they are selling gold for?
This is Chewbaca...
[video=youtube;xwdba9C2G14]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwdba9C2G14[/video]
Sorry for off topic, really just couldn't help myself.
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Being able to order delivery to any station would be the best way to handle it in my opinion. I've mentioned this already in this thread and so have several others
Hell, even fudge it a bit by bypassing a navigable route, and simply so with a fuel scoop check then (total distance/jump range)*30 seconds
This is more of a game mechanics / game development problem than a Lore thing.
What do you call owning a corvette? Or buying Horizons? Moving ships around slightly faster for big money is hardly a "huge tactical advantage"
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I can get behind this 100%.
Send a request to "whomever" that you want your ship transferred to "whereever" with a reasonable cost and within a reasonable time frame.
However ..
.. how do we fit that to into lore where for some weird reason, there's no FTL communication?
Ok, so I take me trusty T-6 to Jack, I'm there in 12 hours. Never in a hurry.
Decide I want my mega jump range Conda over as well. Takes 128 hours.
I'll explore around Jack for 5 days.
Come back, Conda is waiting for me.
Now:
Ok, so I take me trusty T-6 to Jack, I'm there in 12 hours. Never in a hurry.
Decide I want my mega jump range Conda over as well.
I have to fly my trusty T-6 back to the Bubble, pick up my Conda and fly that back to Jack.
But then I don't have my trusty T-6 anymore. So that's not the same result.
Nope, I take me trusty T-6 to Jack, I'm there in 12 hours. Never in a hurry.
The I buy another T-6 without the FSD upgrade and have to fly that back to the bubble. Takes me longer than 12 hours. 15?
Sell it, fly the mega jump range Conda back to Jack, about 10 hours.
Now the kicker is: flying to the bubble and back takes me 25 hours. If I'm averaging 2-3 hours a day playing time that's 10 days.
And I haven't done my 5 days of relaxed exploring.
What?! It's still faster then taking a taxi-ship to your target-ship and then flying that ship to your intended location. So, no, it doesn't add waiting, it decreases it. If ANYTHING, from your point of view, it would be two steps forward, one step back.
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