Or I wonder if you have crew #1 in one fighter, crew #2 on turrets, and owner gives helm to NPC and flies the other fighter? That would be great if so, and technically owner still has control of their ship beacuse it's their NPC they give orders to, just like it is now for fighter ships.
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Or I wonder if you have crew #1 in one fighter, crew #2 on turrets, and owner gives helm to NPC and flies the other fighter? That would be great if so, and technically owner still has control of their ship beacuse it's their NPC they give orders to, just like it is now for fighter ships.
Another good point. +1
Big ships should have a major advantage.
And given that only a crew member using a special interface can have the third person mode its perfectly ballanced.
If they do it via a interface we can use , thats fine.
FD can do what they want IMO as long as it makes at least a degree of sense.
Things can be a stretch and I am fine with that , I only have issues with things that make no sense. (for example Oblivion/skyrim dont have flight as a spell anymore , because its illegal in real life that would change nothing but at least there is a reason for something)
So you don't have need for new feature - quite a few players do want it. That's why it is DOA?
I'm mostly a solo player or in a pg, if 2.3 gets released I won't even consider to try playing in open ever again.
I tried open a couple times and lost a couple ships to griefers, now I own a fully A spec Anaconda but if I ever would meet a multi crew Conda in open launching two fighters on me then I'm guaranteed toast, thank you but no thanks.
I love ED, I realy do but why FD, why does everything have to be combat orientated, ugh I feel sick about it.
There is such a huge potential in this game for other playstyles, exploring being the biggest with such a massive universe.
Why no love for that, why does it always have to be combat orientated, ship launched fighters, although fun to fly around in, are actually that, fighters.
Constant balance updates to combat focused items, scb's nerf, or buff, weapons nerf, or buff, shields nerf, or buff, military slots, etc. etc., but the only thing that was updated for the good of exploration was a galactic map filter for route planning.
Horizons brought lots of stuff to explore but FD didn't add the tools to explore them with, why no attention to that aspect of the game?
Lots of players made it clear that npc crews would be highly preferred, or even seeing your npc fighter crew sitting next to you in the cockpit but that's been totally ignored so far, no let's use real players and make it completely impossible for a single crew ship to win in a fight.
I get the feeling FD is trying to outgun Star Citizen which is a shame imho. ED has so much more potential in different areas.
Multicrew, thanks but no thanks.
If FD ever decides to scrap solo gameplay then I'm out.
Rant mode off............
o7
I tried open a couple times and lost a couple ships to griefers, now I own a fully A spec Anaconda but if I ever would meet a multi crew Conda in open launching two fighters on me then I'm guaranteed toast, thank you but no thanks.
I love ED, I realy do but why FD, why does everything have to be combat orientated, ugh I feel sick about it.
There is such a huge potential in this game for other playstyles, exploring being the biggest with such a massive universe.
Why no love for that, why does it always have to be combat orientated, ship launched fighters, although fun to fly around in, are actually that, fighters.
Constant balance updates to combat focused items, scb's nerf, or buff, weapons nerf, or buff, shields nerf, or buff, military slots, etc. etc., but the only thing that was updated for the good of exploration was a galactic map filter for route planning.
Horizons brought lots of stuff to explore but FD didn't add the tools to explore them with, why no attention to that aspect of the game?
Lots of players made it clear that npc crews would be highly preferred, or even seeing your npc fighter crew sitting next to you in the cockpit but that's been totally ignored so far, no let's use real players and make it completely impossible for a single crew ship to win in a fight.
I get the feeling FD is trying to outgun Star Citizen which is a shame imho. ED has so much more potential in different areas.
Multicrew, thanks but no thanks.
If FD ever decides to scrap solo gameplay then I'm out.
Rant mode off............
o7
I really can't believe it. It looks like everytime explorers get the last row seats.
Interesting............
What about the ship that is left behind if I join a multicrew? Is it still visible? Still destroyable? Or should it be docked?
If not:
Is the following possible?
3 Friends go out Griefing with 3 Corvettes, fully engineered and fitted.
All 3 join in one of the ships giving optimized fire power.
The 2 other ships are hidden now.
The multicrew fights, shields go down.
They just switch to one of the other ships....
The continue to shoot their target....
Shields down...
The switch again....
Possible?
Ciao, Udo
If not:
Is the following possible?
3 Friends go out Griefing with 3 Corvettes, fully engineered and fitted.
All 3 join in one of the ships giving optimized fire power.
The 2 other ships are hidden now.
The multicrew fights, shields go down.
They just switch to one of the other ships....
The continue to shoot their target....
Shields down...
The switch again....
Possible?
Ciao, Udo
Never say never. I'll be your friend bro.
This looks fine to me.
I'd like to see an option where you can be picked up at a station, without the telepresence bit, both to appease the immersion crowd, and if you could then disembark in like fashion (if you have a ship at a station), this would allow a transport aspect to multi-crew, which I think would greatly enhance the feel of living in the Elite galaxy.
I'd like to see an option where you can be picked up at a station, without the telepresence bit, both to appease the immersion crowd, and if you could then disembark in like fashion (if you have a ship at a station), this would allow a transport aspect to multi-crew, which I think would greatly enhance the feel of living in the Elite galaxy.
Please FDev, do not, I repeat do not listen to the "immursion people" with the multi-crew feature. I can't stress this enough, do not listen to the "immursion people"! Especially regarding the teleportation with multi-crew.
This is a game after all, sometimes it's fine when things that don't make sense, or are not in the lore, to be in the game. If it brings more depth and fun in to the game, I am all for it!
If these "immursion people" want more immersion then they should either get VR or go outside of their houses.
I don't want there to be a timer to join someone's ship or having to travel to whatever station they are at so that they come on board. That would just be another time sink that this game does not need and would make the feature not fun at all!
This is a game after all, sometimes it's fine when things that don't make sense, or are not in the lore, to be in the game. If it brings more depth and fun in to the game, I am all for it!
If these "immursion people" want more immersion then they should either get VR or go outside of their houses.
I don't want there to be a timer to join someone's ship or having to travel to whatever station they are at so that they come on board. That would just be another time sink that this game does not need and would make the feature not fun at all!
Explorers need something I agree.
A special scan role that can zoom into planets and mark things for a player would be a start.
Maybe make it so that the co-pilot can locate POIs regardless of altitude.
I love combat , trading and exploration.
But exploration and trading need something
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QUESTION: How long does it take to initiate the telepresence onto someone else's ship? A timer would perhaps prevent the combat logging exploit opportunity.
I must say that the choice to cancel all crimes committed while on someone's ship for exchange of no profit just invites exploiting and sounds a bit ridiculous. "I'm sorry Officer, yes, we've destroyed 15 civilian ships today and 10 wanted ones. Tell you what. Just forget the bounty for those wanted guys and let me go, OK? Do we have a deal?" -- "Yes sir, your record is clean now and you're free to go." -- "Nice one, thanks, Officer! Alright guys! Let's jump onto my ship now and do the same! We can now cause problems with no consequences! Long live the unpunished crimes!"
This is just silly.
Also - another update for combat players, while traders just have to keep hauling the fish...
I must say that the choice to cancel all crimes committed while on someone's ship for exchange of no profit just invites exploiting and sounds a bit ridiculous. "I'm sorry Officer, yes, we've destroyed 15 civilian ships today and 10 wanted ones. Tell you what. Just forget the bounty for those wanted guys and let me go, OK? Do we have a deal?" -- "Yes sir, your record is clean now and you're free to go." -- "Nice one, thanks, Officer! Alright guys! Let's jump onto my ship now and do the same! We can now cause problems with no consequences! Long live the unpunished crimes!"
This is just silly.
Also - another update for combat players, while traders just have to keep hauling the fish...
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I swear if this devolves into a situation where I have to fly to my friends to play with them I'm going to finally be truly done with this game. I always get salty and leave but I never stop being subbed. Instant travel to friends is how this has to be. Don't complain about your immersion and ruin it for the rest of us! PLEASE
the problem here is that a lot of people will once again move away from open due to "Super-duper ships"
edit: ok, i misread too, and this only applies to crewmembers.
yes, but it can be argued that in the game without your ship you are nothing, you have no options. so unless you flew there in your own ship you are actually not fully there. with multicrew you can 'visit', for a while, and to do something very specific: have fun social gameplay while empowering another cmdr's ship. but i expect two pythons to still be superior to a python with two crewmembers.
it could be restricted depending on distance, even to the same station. but if people have to first travel a long distance to meet they will be better off in their own ships. as sandro said, it's just to make it both accessible and appealing.
not at all what i would have chosen, but sounds like a fun addition after all for me.
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It sounds great. Why not also have NPC Multi crews, if people want to fly their own ships. The more crew you have the more expensive it is. Or a great idea. If 2 players play with each others ship and one of them blow up. An escape capsule is released and if the player survives it can travel over to the other players ship and reinstate as a multi crew in battle. So there is always an option to become a multi crew if you are in a wing with player ships. Although to make it seem believable or real you need an escape capsule. To travel to the other ship and get fuel scooped up. Well a suggestion there
Nice , just insult users based on preferences.
it being a game means nothing , if they wanted teleportation they should have said there was some in the lore and there would be no issue.
Teleportations makes the game less deep and less meaningfull.
If they could just add an option in the settings to disable it per commander I would be fine (so If I turn it off I can only get CMDRs to join me who are in the same station/base)
There is no reason to be rude and nasty about something like that. expressing an opinion can be done without personal attacks