Buyback NPC Crew

Morbad

Morbad
Un1k0rn said:
I'm glad. This just might, might stop one or two people from combat logging in the future.

If that means your illusions of consequence have to be shattered then I'm all for it!
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Coddling combat loggers is probably the worst way to address that issue.

They should be barred from the game for cheating, not having their cheating validated by consequence free mechanisms that make cheating redundant.
 

Marklar_

Marklar_
Morbad said:
This would at least give multiple slots some meaning.

As it stands, my CMDR has three Elite ranked crew on retainer at all times, as I (used to, and will again, once certain bugs are resolved) use them heavily in PvP. I expected them to die and I expected to need to have backups on hand to always be able to field an Elite. This took planning and forethought. This made loss relevant.

If I can just buy them back for a few percent of the already trivially low rebuy cost of a ship (any ship), then all of that is meaningless and everyone will have an Elite at all times, with essentially zero downsides.

I'm not a grinder either. I don't farm credits or materials. I don't even go out of my way to rank crew, they do that all by themselves while I do BGS CZ work from an SLF. Even starting from Harmless, NPC crew, given control of a PvP Corvette, can win CZ after CZ and be Elite rank in a few weekends, with minimal handholding.
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That's true, but there are other, better ways to make those extra slots worth something.

For instance, they could make pilots specialize in a particular fighter of your choice when you hire them, so they get bonuses when using that type of fighter. Or maybe, someday, they will let us launch multiple fighters from large ships like they intended to in the beginning.
 

Deleted member 110222

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Morbad said:
Coddling combat loggers is probably the worst way to address that issue.

They should be barred from the game for cheating, not having their cheating validated by consequence free mechanisms that make cheating redundant.
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Fair enough. I still think you banging on about imaginary video game character death in a video game and how it needs to be protected is a bit immature though. :3

And at the end of the day... How do you plan on outing combat loggers? I would say prevention is a better option. I'd rather complete a round without my opponent vanishing... I really don't care if he loses his video game pet or not.

Compromise. It applies to you as well.
 

Morbad

Morbad
Marklar_ said:
That's true, but there are other, better ways to make those extra slots worth something.

For instance, they could make pilots specialize in a particular fighter of your choice when you hire them, so they get bonuses when using that type of fighter. Or maybe, someday, they will let us launch multiple fighters from large ships like they intended to in the beginning.
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I'm all for making crew more than a bit of flavor text, a photo, a voice pack, and a combat rank. However, I don't see Frontier getting around to doing this any time soon, and currently, the only incentive to have multiple crew is to be able to replace the ones that die without having to be stuck with a low-rank goober until they can be bootstrapped to the vanguard of goonery.
 

Dommarraa

Dommarraa
As long as re-employment is done at the rate of their current skill, not the cheap upgraded rate, then this change is good.

Otherwise it's yet another example of listened to the bleating of the entitled sheep.
 

Deleted member 110222

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Dommarraa said:
As long as re-employment is done at the rate of their current skill, not the cheap upgraded rate, then this change is good.

Otherwise it's yet another example of listened to the bleating of the entitled sheep.
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Entitled sheep?

I could say the same of people demanding changes not happen in a video game because they don't like it.
 

[VR] M4st0d0n

[VR] M4st0d0n
So NPCs have found escape pods and it's still worth 10 imp slaves to get them a cab back. My verisimilitude is hurt right now. Should be at least worth two full days of core mining.
 

Bloodsign

Bloodsign
I'm OK with a % of lifetime earnings as the buyback; I wouldn't like shelling out but it's fair.

Ideally (personal wish), we could also opt to rebuy crew at a later date via some kind of cryostorage or cloning tech contact at high tech stations. This way you wouldn't need to keep a ridiculously high balance out of constant fear of losing one's crew.
 

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Bloodsign said:
I'm OK with a % of lifetime earnings as the buyback; I wouldn't like shelling out but it's fair.

Ideally (personal wish), we could also opt to rebuy crew at a later date via some kind of cryostorage or cloning tech contact at high tech stations. This way you wouldn't need to keep a ridiculously high balance out of constant fear of losing one's crew.
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Or we could, like... Make the game fun?
 

Bloodsign

Bloodsign
Maro-Val said:
If i know fdev, i predict that bying back the crew npc, will have a serious catch. Probably the cost will be rank dependant. Like we will need 1 billion or more to buy back an elite npc. and we will be able to do it only once.. and doing it, will drop the npc 3 ranks down. and...
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Actually I'd be 100% ok with a penalty like:

The resurrected crew member loses all experience towards their next rank, etc.
 
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