News 2.3 Dev Update
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This is infantile and concerning. You would diminish the game, on purpose, in the eyes of a wider community because you hypothetically didn't get your way with one module of the game? And are so certain of this course of action that you memorialize it in a post on that company's website? Sad.
I play a few hours per week. I'd like to see telepresence deployed as NPC crew when players fail to meet up in the same station. Stop using "all." You represent your POV; I, mine. Niehter of us can claim to speak for anyone else here. We CAN claim the power of democratic discussion of the potentials and possibilities. Unless, of course, one or both of us submits foolishness like "I will...spread the word on how disgusting this game is" if I don't get my way.
This is the same group of gamers that said our time was worthless and we had to wait for ship transfers, you know, just because...
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This is the very crux of the huge problem that Elite Dangerous has going on right now: Frontier has spent so many point updates adding combat mechanics and giving combat players content that it is the only aspect of the game with enough actual frackin gameplay to allow multicrew to have anything to do with it. Exploration and trading just don't have enough mechanics or features to give crews anything to bloody do in the seats of the ships. That's not because exploration and trading couldn't have any use for multicrew (there are tons of possible ways both could utilize multicrew), it's simply because Frontier haven't bothered to DO anything with exploration and trading over the course of the past two years. They've stagnated to the point of not having any actual gameplay mechanics, where as their baby darling combat does. And so here we are. Again. Frackin again.
You are right, it is absurd. And it's tiring, and frustrating. But it was predictable, and even expected. And that is oh so sad for a game with over 400 billion star systems to explore.
For now, but I imagine it will expand over time, there's a lot of programing to hammer out and combat will be the most intensive and difficult. Once that's done, other stuff will be much easier to implement (I think).
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That's not entirely true, though, it does feel like exploration and trading are languishing. It would be nice if an annual roadmap was published, so we could at least feel informed regarding what's coming and when.
Two guys that immediately come to mind i would love to fly on their ships: Obsidian Ant and Kornelius Briedis. Would be awesome to just 'drop-in' with Obsidian, sit back and enjoy the wonders/fringes of the galaxy OR with Kornelius Briedis for his in-depth knowledge of the game [and in hopes that some of that money rubs off] 
There are a few others out there but these two guys come to mind.
There are a few others out there but these two guys come to mind.
This won't be exploited at all
Sorry, but this isn't consistent with the rest of the game - you commit a crime, you do the time .. but now, multicrew, you can be a bad boy and have it all forgotten about in the blink of an eye.
No consistency.
Jenner
I wish I was English like my hero Tj.
This won't be exploited at all
Sorry, but this isn't consistent with the rest of the game - you commit a crime, you do the time .. but now, multicrew, you can be a bad boy and have it all forgotten about in the blink of an eye.
No consistency.
No different than before when you could just buy a Sidey and commit suicide to wipe your record clean.
That's a bizarre choice, for a regular wing they're just split aren't they, or am I mistaken? Should work the same either way.
Also, how about other income? Still no sharing of missions and their rewards? Still no accounting for groups by offering missions of increased difficulty and a higher reward?
I can't say I'm a fan of the "extra power pip per player" feature. This should be fleshed out to another crew role, the flight engineer, that manages ship power more deeply, much like the similar role in Artemis. Adding a shield management system allowing shield power to be directionally controlled would also be a welcome feature for this crew role.
There also need to be options for these roles to double as non-combat roles, or to have new non-combat roles included.
Combined combat/non-combat roles could be:
-Flight Engineer/Navigator-Comms: Plots course, allows microjumps or boosted SC, comms with station/system security from SC.
-Flight Eng/Refinery tech: Runs the refinery on a mining ship. Manual control allows better mineral extraction?
-Gunner/Sensors spec: Telescopic view camera, can perform surface scans on planets from high orbit, seeing POIs in real time on planet surfaces. Can get USS data before dropping in to visually inspect, allowing faster inspection of multiple USS. Can detect things currently hard to detect until up close, like geysers, barnacles or ruins.
-Fighter Con/Limpet Con: allows manual flight of limpets. Manual flight limpets can refuel each time they dock with command ship, and prospectors could be made multi-use.
There also need to be options for these roles to double as non-combat roles, or to have new non-combat roles included.
Combined combat/non-combat roles could be:
-Flight Engineer/Navigator-Comms: Plots course, allows microjumps or boosted SC, comms with station/system security from SC.
-Flight Eng/Refinery tech: Runs the refinery on a mining ship. Manual control allows better mineral extraction?
-Gunner/Sensors spec: Telescopic view camera, can perform surface scans on planets from high orbit, seeing POIs in real time on planet surfaces. Can get USS data before dropping in to visually inspect, allowing faster inspection of multiple USS. Can detect things currently hard to detect until up close, like geysers, barnacles or ruins.
-Fighter Con/Limpet Con: allows manual flight of limpets. Manual flight limpets can refuel each time they dock with command ship, and prospectors could be made multi-use.
Which is an exploit, not an intended feature like this.
That's already possible, however it requires you to wipe your save data and start over from scratch.
Jenner
I wish I was English like my hero Tj.
My senses, they be tingling!
Sounds like some fancy gameplay Sandro
But i'm worried about the benefits for exploration, mining, trading and all this stuff. Also i'm asking you, if there is a chance to rethink the 30km range of fighrers :/
And what's about BGS influence changes?
If 3 cmdrs in 3 ships do pewpew with system authority, will 1 ship with 3 cmdrs have the same effect on influence or is it still just one ship? Same for trading and combat missions etc.....
But i'm worried about the benefits for exploration, mining, trading and all this stuff. Also i'm asking you, if there is a chance to rethink the 30km range of fighrers :/
And what's about BGS influence changes?
If 3 cmdrs in 3 ships do pewpew with system authority, will 1 ship with 3 cmdrs have the same effect on influence or is it still just one ship? Same for trading and combat missions etc.....