Unless those jumps are really slow and expensive (think FE2 week-long transits for maximum range and possibly having to scrounge for fuel), 500LY range sounds a bit much; why not just unlimited?
ANNOUNCEMENT Gamescom Reveals - Fleet Carrier Details
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If you can, take a look at the main discussion forum for other questions as well. Its been a busy day there.....
BLASPHEMY I'm kinda p!$$3d we were told Panther Clipper was coming, animation teasers were shown/leaked, then we got a load of ships no-one asked for, and now a mobile base.
I concur - NMS is a whole lot of fun, different fun. It’s a bit more survival-ly, and I do love a good survival game. Elite is not at all Survival-ly. We’re immortals with bottomless bladders - or we eat, drink, and do our business while logged off, regardless, it’s not part of game-play.
I don’t see survival aspects fitting into Elite either, and that’s ok too. Both games are fun to play, and when they’re not I have 20 other options for my digital entertainment needs.
Maybe not problems, but a lot of questions right now…
- Whose FC the squadron will use?
- Can squadron use more than 1 FC?
- Can Squadron members pool CRs for buying the FC?
- Who can manage the FC?
- Can the management permissions be tied with the ones set for Squadron, or will need to be painstakingly duplicated?
- Is anything stopping owner from removing the FC from Squadron use, if members added their CR/time/resources to it?
- What's the incentive for the squadron members to care about not their own FC at all?
Basically, it's hard to feel about the FC as a common good for a Squadron now, with all these unknowns. It's not about limiting one group or the other – but frankly, as a group, you can't have the same emotions as a solo player about the fleet carrier. You don't feel you earned it, you don't feel it's yours, so of course, from the mechanics standpoint you can utilize similar set of functions, but there are different emotions (or lack of them) as you play. And I assume we all play to feel something. Happy days? I'm not so sure…
I'm looking forward for more details of the implementation, keeping my fingers crossed.
Next week? I’ll give ya two weeks if you include my questions!
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Its amazing that the reveal has answered so many questions/prayers. But now EVEN MORE QUESTIONS! I'm too excited to wait for more info but not much I can do about that. Better start saving!
Maybe not problems, but a lot of questions right now…
- Whose FC the squadron will use?
- Can squadron use more than 1 FC?
- Can Squadron members pool CRs for buying the FC?
- Who can manage the FC?
- Can the management permissions be tied with the ones set for Squadron, or will need to be painstakingly duplicated?
- Is anything stopping owner from removing the FC from Squadron use, if members added their CR/time/resources to it?
- What's the incentive for the squadron members to care about not their own FC at all?
Well I’m not FDev, but I do have some extra common sense, so I’ll try to field some answers here:
1. Whoever’s Carrier they want. See #2
2. If your squadron is larger than 16 members, I’d have to say yes here, if you want more than 16 people to go to the same place at the same time.
3. Going to say “Not directly.”, however it is quite in the realm of possible for squadron members to “donate” funds via cargo “transfers”, buying up large quantities of a commodity, ejecting it for another member, having them sell said commodity to boost that individual’s bank roll. Time consuming for sure, but the closest way we have to “give someone money.” in game.
4. The carrier owner.
5. No
6. Their own integrity.
7. Squadron cohesion.
Maybe a kind of shield ?
We had the intuition about your reaction. \o/
Thanks, but I'll wait for more official statements if you don't mind.
These like a lot of fun and a great addition. Two questions:
1. How will we interact with the support vessels?
2. Will we have any control over where the fleet carrier exits into a system? For example, will we be able jump to a distant outpost or to a specific body within the target system?
1. How will we interact with the support vessels?
2. Will we have any control over where the fleet carrier exits into a system? For example, will we be able jump to a distant outpost or to a specific body within the target system?
Looks like it's time to focus on making some money again. I feel poor with my 2.5 Bn, somehow don't think that's going to be enough.
I reserve my opinion until such time they are in the game, however the footage doesn't show them during mining or in combat, so I guess they are sort of like your own, personal space station you can move around. Wondering about the gameplay options linked to the carriers now. Which is still neat, though the "custom" option might be reduced to aesthetics. Would be great to see them modular, so you can customise their parameters (say, jump range, fuel consumption, armor, shields) and looks (say, cockpit from the mining one, mid-hull from the mercenary, engines from the exploration one etc.). But again, I'd wait to see how they pan out. Not being able to access the bridge is a bit of a downside and of course would be great to get space legs to just walk around, though they do seem to be a great addition to the game overall. Definitely has a lot of potential as a foundation to build upon.
One worrying thing though is the "special" fuel. Because gathering materials for several hours to do just one jump doesn't sound like much fun to me.
I reserve my opinion until such time they are in the game, however the footage doesn't show them during mining or in combat, so I guess they are sort of like your own, personal space station you can move around. Wondering about the gameplay options linked to the carriers now. Which is still neat, though the "custom" option might be reduced to aesthetics. Would be great to see them modular, so you can customise their parameters (say, jump range, fuel consumption, armor, shields) and looks (say, cockpit from the mining one, mid-hull from the mercenary, engines from the exploration one etc.). But again, I'd wait to see how they pan out. Not being able to access the bridge is a bit of a downside and of course would be great to get space legs to just walk around, though they do seem to be a great addition to the game overall. Definitely has a lot of potential as a foundation to build upon.
One worrying thing though is the "special" fuel. Because gathering materials for several hours to do just one jump doesn't sound like much fun to me.
Would be nice if King/Admiral Rank now has a use.
They're only buyable in the Permit Locked Col Sector near Witch Head (which you will need to unlock a permit for).
And IF the new resource you need is on Ice Planets and FDev sneak Ice Planet Landings in (or on Ice Rings for non-Horizon players), that would be a proper bonus and worth waiting so long for.
As for usefulness, who knows?
They're only buyable in the Permit Locked Col Sector near Witch Head (which you will need to unlock a permit for).
And IF the new resource you need is on Ice Planets and FDev sneak Ice Planet Landings in (or on Ice Rings for non-Horizon players), that would be a proper bonus and worth waiting so long for.
As for usefulness, who knows?
Squadron fleet carriers mid 2020 please, with docking ports for up to 10 personal fleet carriers
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