Nice to see that level of involvement.
Transfer Poll Results
- Thread starter Sandro Sammarco
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I was super proud of of during the Alpha and Beta. The sheer number of people on the forums since then has made it much harder to judge what kind of crowd we are now. I'm really happy about what these events are telling us about it.
What I do see is a couple of minutes here, a couple there. Seriously, the only significant chunk of down time I have ever had was the few times I had to get to Dalton Gateway and the fifteen minutes in supercruise. I did that by choice though, and always check on station distances before I choose to go to them. Is it those short periods of a few minutes here and there that people are referring to? I understand that those can add up over time, but is it really necessary to have some sort of stimulation every second? I often find myself looking at system maps, planetary information, etc.
Im just glad the outcome, which ever way it fell, we pretty decisive. Had this been close to a 50/50 split it would have sent the place bonkers.
Anyway, it's done and dusted. I have no further use for this thread [praise]
Anyway, it's done and dusted. I have no further use for this thread [praise]
Yeah. That. I keep noticing a tendency of the Instant-Nay-Sayers to casually mention that they won't use the feature anyway. That's like letting Russians chip in to vote Trump into office.
5 minutes is the minimum. It will take as long as 100 minutes. That is a considerable waste of time in a game that excels at disrespecting a player's time.
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The idea is that your ship will be docked onto another ship that then transports your ship. The time makes perfectly sense.
That said, I do hope in the future that we will have options.... Let me dream up somthing for you.
1) Ship Freighter; no limits regarding distance, slow, expensive but 100% safe (pretty much what we will get soon).
2) Hire an NPC that flies the ship to the location; jumprange/fuelscoop etc matters, rank of the pilot and distance will determine cost and risk, fastest way of transfer as it will buckeyball as quick as possible, but can suffer from interdictions depending on the reputation the hired NPC has. No cargo allowed.
3) Allow your NPC Crew to jump into your other ships at the station and fly your ships to the different locations (or the same location). Jumprange/Fuelscoop matters, as well as the rank of the pilot to get out of interdictions etc.! Make sure to go to those locations and pick them (the NPC Crew that is) up afterwards though (if different locations); Cargo will be allowed, but it increases the interdiction chance and the cargo will not be sold until you arrive to the station. 50% of the earnings will go directly to the NPC Crew salary and can't be used for CGs (only the ship you fly will contribute to the CG).
4) NPC Crew wings up with you (the wing can be up to 3 NPCs + yourself) and you are escorting your ship(s) to the destination and the jumprange will be limited to the ship with the shortest jumprange. Note, if you wing up with all three NPC Crews, you will not be able to have NPC-driven Ship Launched Fighters. Allows cargo, but 50% of the earnings will go directly to NPC Crew salary and can't be used for CGs (only the ship you fly will contribute to the CG).
Some dreams I have....
Right back at ya brother mine.Ahh damn...now you are making me turn avatars back on
EDIT: So worth it.. +1
Not a dig at you. I've just been observing the rather 'unique' reaction of some posters in this thread in how they chose to express themselves as 'validated and morally correct' at the expense of the 'losers' even though there never was a right answer.
I saw your post as a good general observation and decided to add my own general observation below it
I could probably finish the rest of Sons of Anarchy that I need to finish with the time I notice that doesn't need my full attention. The time is amplified if you are an Explorer doing jumps to a new section of stars, a trader doing runs, a miner waiting for limpets to fill your cargo, super cruising to a station... The list goes on, there is most certainly time for multi-tasking. I don't see it as a problem and yes, some people do need stimulation every second. We're in an age where that's possible, so it's done.
You didn't really answer my question/suggestion though.
Sorry it didn't work out for you. Have fun in EVE!
Thankfully I never do that. if there is no mission, I will do a trade run instead, or some bounty hunting. But if that is how you enjoy playing the game...