SHIP TRANSFER/TAXI SYSTEM

CMDR KRITIKOSK8

CMDR KRITIKOSK8
Greetings cmdrs, i have more than one ship for a while now and If theres a thing that annoy me is the ship transfer system. Well It costs lots of cr, and you need to transfer sometimes your combat ship from a far system , and lets say do some long range Trading. If i get bored of Trading and want to conbat again i Will need more than a M credits to get my ship to my location and still Will be on a bad place to BH maybe. OR i fly back lets say 400 ly to my ship location. Lets say i could "take a taxi" to my ship location(can be expensive, take lets say same time as a dolphin would take to travel there.) . Would be awesome to change roles without moving my ship half bubble from its desired area of action. Please Tell me If It could work, and your thoughts on the matter.

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Gun Star

Gun Star
I want them to add the ability to send my ships somewhere ahead of time.

But Im trying to decipher your idea. Like instead of taking the ship you are in or having your other ship sent. You want to be a passenger to the system your ship is in, because it would be cheaper. You don't want to take your trading ship, because you might want to switch back to the trading role and don't want to transfer that ship back to your location.

Does that sound right?

I think it makes sense. It would really work if you could send your ship ahead of you and then book passage to that destination. Next time you turn on your computer you and your ship are ready to rock and roll.
 

Marklar_

Marklar_
I use an Adder for that, it's cheap to transfer so I can transfer it to wherever I am, use it to go wherever my other ship is, and store it there.
 

CylonSurfer

CylonSurfer
I would love to be able to catch a ship to another system, even better if it were a career option for players. All in real time of course.
 
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Mano d'Oro

Mano d'Oro
Marklar4408 said:
I use an Adder for that, it's cheap to transfer so I can transfer it to wherever I am, use it to go wherever my other ship is, and store it there.
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Similar to you, I have a G5 FSD engineered DBX (I call her the 'Starlight Hopper'!) that has ~43 ly jumprange as my 'Bubble Taxi'; really cheap to call in, and really quick to get me wherever I need to go. :)
 

Strangepork

Strangepork
It’s a bit expensive, I think it should be priced by time and connected to all the other professions in the game, for pricing. Imagine we could fly a ship to colonia, I guess the fee would be 70 to 100 milo, not several billion.
 

Susanna

Susanna
CMDR KRITIKOSK8 said:
Greetings cmdrs, i have more than one ship for a while now and If theres a thing that annoy me is the ship transfer system. Well It costs lots of cr, and you need to transfer sometimes your combat ship from a far system , and lets say do some long range Trading. If i get bored of Trading and want to conbat again i Will need more than a M credits to get my ship to my location and still Will be on a bad place to BH maybe. OR i fly back lets say 400 ly to my ship location. Lets say i could "take a taxi" to my ship location(can be expensive, take lets say same time as a dolphin would take to travel there.) . Would be awesome to change roles without moving my ship half bubble from its desired area of action. Please Tell me If It could work, and your thoughts on the matter.

O7
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My initial solution to this was to have a long range 50ly+ DBX. It costs next to nothing to ship around but you still need to wait for the shipment of your DBX, then fly back in it to where your combat ship is and then do whatever BH etc you want to do. Generally, if I'm likely to want to use a different ship at some point, I pull the DBX over whenever I get to the CG etc so it's there when I need it. No more waiting for my taxi to turn up!

That said, once your balance is in the multiple Bn credit ballpark, you don't tend to give a damn and just ship the Vette around as needed.
 
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shadow133

shadow133
I use the dbx too with 58ly and it is awesome. I hate jumping around too much and will gladly pay 11-20 millions just to transfer my ships. I would love to 1) be able to transfer ships remotely, 2) ahead of time, 3) pay to transfer myself and 4) be able to get paid to transfer someone elses ship. I feel the ship transfer is another half baked mechanic that could be more developed. I play once a week now for 4 hours or less so its a good time saver, but could be a lot better.
 

Susanna

Susanna
shadow133 said:
I use the dbx too with 58ly and it is awesome. I hate jumping around too much and will gladly pay 11-20 millions just to transfer my ships. I would love to 1) be able to transfer ships remotely, 2) ahead of time, 3) pay to transfer myself and 4) be able to get paid to transfer someone elses ship. I feel the ship transfer is another half baked mechanic that could be more developed. I play once a week now for 4 hours or less so its a good time saver, but could be a lot better.
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...half baked mechanic - agreed, Repped. Plenty of scope for improvement!
 

DaveB

DaveB
A stripped down hauler, no shields, no guns, no utilities, no cargo or scanners, lightest possible essential modules apart from an A-rated FSD, plus a fast scoop and a small amount of extra fuel tankage is a remarkably capable and fast way to just about anywhere you want in the bubble. You can buy and fit 'em out almost anywhere, they are cheap enough you won't miss the rebuy if you run into a jerk, melt it or prang it and you can just flog it when you get to where you're going and not miss the 10% either.
 

Ka_Tor

Ka_Tor
Ship tranfers is another reason while I grinded for credits early on so i wouldn't have to worry about the price. In the mean time while I wait for the incoming ship, I either use my iCourier or Aspx to scout the neighboring systems to pass time. Yet of course there are times when the wait will be a bit too long and i will just log out and play the next day. An option to take a Taxi would be great.
 

Lightspeed

Lightspeed
13 million cr for my Cobra IV from Colonia is a bit steep !

I think the credits cost should be halved, along with the time it takes to transfer. A 45 minute transfer from somewhere at the edge of the bubble is a long time to have to wait when you log in for a few hours play time.
 

DaggerSnake

DaggerSnake
Juggling multiple ships is a pain. I pretty much stick to a single ship making the whole business moot. I have a large variety of engineered modules scattered everywhere though.

I do have a Cobra that I love for hunting and General planetside activity.

I’ll usually start a ship transfer before I go to work or bed. Same with modules.
 

Lightspeed

Lightspeed
I have a DBX fast taxi which does 55 lyr max, with SRV and cargo for limited rares trading too.

Really pleased with it, so pleased I bought a color pack for it. So I have a yellow taxi, and now I want an excuse for a blue one [heart]

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