A community question: Would you like a PIRATE cg?

[YinYin]

The only way I can see it working is if they made it NPC piracy only and had them carrying a unique commodity that can not be found anywhere else.

Which they have effectively done before in the second last dangerous games CG.

Doing that is as obvious as requiring a mining only commodity for mining CGs or a hauling only commodity for hauling CGs (like titanium to Jaques right now - you have no idea how many commanders asked whether you can mine it over there).

Or would it just be PVE pirating?

It would. That's the whole point.

 

[fennster]

Which they have effectively done before in the second last dangerous games CG.

Doing that is as obvious as requiring a mining only commodity for mining CGs or a hauling only commodity for hauling CGs (like titanium to Jaques right now - you have no idea how many commanders asked whether you can mine it over there).

Yeah agreed, that is another way. But that is a 'flag' on the commodity that was added late last year, previously in mining CGs could buy, steal or swap the metals/ore.

Adding a pirated flag would, I imagine, require more Dev time. Should be added anyway IMO. Adding a new commodity to the game is easier, getting only NPCs to carry it might be harder? . I don't know.

 

[YinYin]

Yeah agreed, that is another way. But that is a 'flag' on the commodity that was added late last year, previously in mining CGs could buy, steal or swap the metals/ore.

Mining only commodities cannot be bought and sourcing them via piracy or crash sites is far too slow in comparison (except for diamonds, seems pirating is the best way to obtain them). The mined tag requirement further inhibits specialised mining wings from sharing the refined material. It's horrible.

Adding a pirated flag would, I imagine, require more Dev time. Should be added anyway IMO. Adding a new commodity to the game is easier, getting only NPCs to carry it might be harder? . I don't know.

Similar to mining only commodities there are already several commodities that are obtained fastest via NPC piracy (such as the blue prints required for the dangerous games piracy CG). Again you can also obtain them via signal sources, but that is a far slower process. No need to implement anything new. Apart from perhaps adding dedicated convoys carrying high amounts (which was done for the last piracy CG half way through).

 

[Julio Montega]

Mining only commodities cannot be bought and sourcing them via piracy or crash sites is far too slow in comparison (except for diamonds, seems pirating is the best way to obtain them). The mined tag requirement further inhibits specialised mining wings from sharing the refined material. It's horrible.



Similar to mining only commodities there are already several commodities that are obtained fastest via NPC piracy (such as the blue prints required for the dangerous games piracy CG). Again you can also obtain them via signal sources, but that is a far slower process. No need to implement anything new. Apart from perhaps adding dedicated convoys carrying high amounts (which was done for the last piracy CG half way through).

I like the idea of those convoys.
I'd use the cg to stage a large scale heist,
grabbing stuff to raise insane amounts of funds for a following cg

Ahoy but there be an exploit see. Just jettison cargo to a buddy and it shows up as illegal salvage aargh matey! So bring ye Cutter and plenty of limpets and let's be droppin' thee some cargo. *applies as PvE as can be private group, no way to tell difference between illegal salvage from source*

If you want to mine 300tons of diamonds and let them be stolen be my guest.
I wish this cg to be about diamonds.
We need to show the galaxy that piracy pays!