I want my own land !
- Thread starter CMDR Arni Sigurdsson
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Because they have better gear and outfitting for you thanks to their 1337 corp skilz, or something like that. You could think of it like a mafia "protection" fee, if that's more to your liking. Getting in with the right clan is surely what this spaceship pilot video game is all about.
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I also would like to see player owned outposts, small bases and even building your own structures. And you know what - I play MANY games that already have all of this but that does not stop me from wanting same player interactions in Elite Dangerous so please spare "go play NMS" nonsense. In my opinion (and I cant stress this enough - my opinion) it would make ED much better and attracted many new players, or make veterans that are bored log in again and play for many more hours.
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Having played Planetside lately, I think it would be an awesome addition to the game. Player housing does exist in other games.
However, if you want it to have the same depth of Planet-side, where you create and have to manage your base to keep it running, then that is a lot of work to put into onto of what's already there. If they implement this, it would probably be after both atmospherics and Elite Feet and I see it as a paid upgrade.
Heh, they would have to make the player base destructible as well and always available in open.
Griefer Heaven. ;-)
However, if you want it to have the same depth of Planet-side, where you create and have to manage your base to keep it running, then that is a lot of work to put into onto of what's already there. If they implement this, it would probably be after both atmospherics and Elite Feet and I see it as a paid upgrade.
Heh, they would have to make the player base destructible as well and always available in open.
Griefer Heaven. ;-)
If done right it would be a nice idea, and FDEV actually talked about it in the BETA.
Small outposts, was one of the ideas for the player to setup a small base, however that was all we got and radio silent was
once again ordered.
Off the top of my head...
Maybe your station is thousands of light years away?
Maybe Cmdrs could setup their own Beagle Highway, or Sag Highway, or Crab Nebula Highway .. each Cmdr base acting as a type of "layover" - with repairs and/or refuelling. Repairs and refuel would need to be regularly restocked and maintained by the base Cmdr and his crew (crew being Cmdr's who are given permission to drop fuel and repair equipment at the base to keep it active).
Maybe you need a specific material and you know of a Cmdr base that sells those materials close by? Or if not, perhaps there's a website that lists all the Cmdr bases and what they are selling and where.
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Verminstar wins the Forum. Someone wrap it up and give it to him.
How dare you, this sounds like gameplay! This is not what Elite is about! Anathema!
How dare you, this sounds like gameplay! This is not what Elite is about! Anathema!
Oh, oh.. right. My bad. Sorry. :3
Seconded. A lot of that could be done with player owned capital ships. The Fleet Carriers could have such customization as mobile bases.
Check this thread: Megaships are the answer to end-game content AND player-owned bases
I do that in my SRV.
But you can do that now - on asteroids with a mining laser - OK just me then
That's absolutely true except for one crucial detail ... I want my base to be hidden underground with a Thunderbird style entry/exit system
Can't do THAT with fleet carriers!
Hold on, Red... we do have SOME planetary content beyond just rock shooting and POI searching. Not much, granted, but we do.
Ever visit the Guardian Ruins? How about a Thargoid Growth? A forest of brain trees or a patch of Space Pumpkins? Maybe one of the old INRA bases?
What I'm getting at here is, these sorts of things could easily be expanded upon, to the point where it doesn't simply take waiting for the Cannon folks or someone else to figure one of these things out and post the solution.
In fact, these sorts of things could be designed to become active at certain times, much like Comm Relays do, every 30 minutes, but require some random act to trigger them. They would then become worthy of study, and that would mean long-term parking - that is, establishing a small research outpost, so you've somewhere to park your ship and not burn off your fuel, repair yourself, maybe even purchase a replacement SRV.
Some long-term, engaging game activity would be an absolute godsend to explorers and researchers. People already venture off into the void for weeks, months even years at a time, so there definitely are those of us out here who would enjoy this sort of thing. Imagine, if you were one of those, of finding some strange structure on some alien world, putting the time in to decipher some alien script that leads you to some point on the planet, where you need to be between certain hours, perhaps in certain conditions, that might only occur once every other day, with a small window of opportunity to figure out what it means to "Raise the chalice of V'nyyk towards the wrath of An'grat" or some other equally cryptic and alien sounding thing which could just as easily translate into "Scan the eastern monument while carrying a "Gilded Chalice Artifact" when the sun rises."
Having a base of operations to conduct this sort of research would be amazingly helpful - especially if the next closest station was, oh, 29,254 light years away.
Thats awesome, you must have fun exploring them.
I dont think its even possible for players to actively add structures in real time to the game or they would have some kind of active destruction with the thargoid attacks rather then swapping the station for a broken one during maint. So what would happen is you put in a petition for a base, prefab one at that and wait till maint for it to be added. But since there is so many planets i highly doubt they would do they kind of work.
I wanted build a base from the beginning of the old Elite Frontier. I like this idea very. If defs can do this, i can only say: great.
This means too for habitats in space and terraforming. There are so many other games, who can manage it. But Elite has a very big space.
I also would love Fleet-carrier. Where i can move my Anaconda and my Scoutships to a further location. Also with storage and fuel and drones.
Take a example in Eve. But Eve is too much PVP. I like it less harsh. Ok this was my little vote to this.
As exchange i am willing to pay a monthly fee. Nothing is for free i learned in my life.
Galtron
This means too for habitats in space and terraforming. There are so many other games, who can manage it. But Elite has a very big space.
I also would love Fleet-carrier. Where i can move my Anaconda and my Scoutships to a further location. Also with storage and fuel and drones.
Take a example in Eve. But Eve is too much PVP. I like it less harsh. Ok this was my little vote to this.
As exchange i am willing to pay a monthly fee. Nothing is for free i learned in my life.
Galtron
Err no...it seems like the EXACT OPPOSITE of Gameplay...you're taking away the remote areas of the Galaxy that players can investigate slowly and carefully...knowing they're thousands of light years from home...and making it just like the bubble...
You'd essentially be DESTROYING exploring wouldn't you?
You mean tourism? If there is no danger and we have detailed star map with exact position, class of the main star and overall system mass, how could this be named exploration instead of space tourism?