What's going on? What is this?
I'll admit I haven't browsed through the forums much lately but where exactly can I find the arguments posed opposing storage?
No really, I'll happily join the debate if there even is one.
What seemed to be like a basic QoL pre-requisite to introducing the Engineers, has been awaited for quite some time, subject of discussion long before and the update is "We don't know"?
Did I miss April fools?
Balls of steel. No other words.
Perhaps there is a confusion here.
A.
What has been discussed since the dawn of Elite is
general commodity storage, the hoarding of all commercial goods so to speak.
This would be very problematic for the general game mechanics some think.
I am not sure myself, but I do not think the game really needs this mechanic. (But I would like to have it
)
B.
What also has been discussed since the big bang that created this universe is
storage of modules, whether they be engineered or not.
I do feel that storage of modules is mandatory for good game play, especially since the engineers have arrived.
Storage of modules would give us great freedom to experiment in the game with all kinds of ship builds and with all kinds of modified/engineered modules.
I think this is of great importance for game play.
C.
What is new since the arrival of the Engineers is the discussion about
engineer commodity storage.
This too is a mandatory requirement for the game.
Currently we are forced to schlep around our hard earned engineers commodities.
This greatly frustrates gameplay because it clogs our cargo holds.
This in turn limits the missions we can take on.
And a bigger problem is the fact that it attracts pirates in droves.
It also limits the ship builds we can use.
Some builds, like pure combat builds cannot even carry cargo.
People who do a lot of combat would severely weaken their ships if they fit their Vipers, Vultures and FDL's with cargo holds for engineer goods.
In many cases having engineer commodities on board makes us a captive of our ships and we can no longer switch to other ships at will.
Because all of the frustration the lack of engineer commodity storage creates while playing the game I feel that this is the most important storage type of all. It should be a huge priority, because it would give us back a lot of our freedom to play the game the way we want it.
