I know there's a lot of talk about improvements to the starport screen, galaxy map and system map. I'd like to add a few things I would really love seeing.
Save Ship Loadout - I love my ASP-E, I take it almost everywhere and it's versatility is amazing. That said it takes me a good few minutes of game time to change load outs. So why not save station specific loadouts? Each loadout is saved to the station much like a stored ship and will appear in the outfitting screen. Granted you'll still have to manual load at stations you dont have it saved at, but this is good to avoid having a saved loadout at a station that cannnot complete said load-out.
Rear, left, right, top, bottom, view cameras - Available standard in many 2015 car models, still nothing in 3302???? A simple camera facing button, a standard thing in many old school flight sims would be tremendous in this game especially rear facing view! Yes yes, you want us to use VR and experience the wonder! I do too, but I personally can't fit any more electronics on my cramped desk
and I'd personally rather wait for when the tech has truly matured. Also bottom view would be great for landing on those tricky planets. People in unshielded ships will thank you. While I'm at it please include data in the camera, maybe add a bit of that "Camera feed" static look to it. Immersion achieved! Imagine a bottom view camera assisting with landing?! IMAGINE THAT?! Tech they perfected in the 2000s, brought back because it works... I mean I sure hope the trucks running around the stations use ROUND WHEELS!
Zoom vision - Doesn't have to be telescopic, but I figure we could get a simple x4 zoom in 3302???
Long range Anti-Silent Running missiles that require ECM or chaff or both? Yes yes, in space HEAT is king! But RADAR doesn't work? Surely we could bother people with buying an ECM or two to suppliment the heatsinks they got going? Also missiles are standoff weapons, so why not longer rrange? 7-10KM<? People might start to bother with A rated Sensor suite.
Target assist laser - More Multiplayer mischief to grief those silly solo players. With two people in a wing, you can defeat pretty much all counter measures including silent running by having a buddy "tag" an opponent. This laser is VERY BRIGHT but uses low heat, like a LED. It's main purpose is to allow visual tracking by the targeting computer. To balance it out, it's fixed or manual turret (You know for that fancy multicrew! YAY!) and it's effect lasts for .7 secs after target evades the beam.
AWACS? - ship with boosted sensors can pop a D-scanner like device and find ships in instances, or even Stations if close enough! There was a story on galnet about a DBE scanning obsidiant orbital. Why do NPC have all the fun? Oh what's that, it's a griefing tool? HOW ABOUT MEETING SOME FOLKS AND FRIEND UP! Social is not a bad word people. There are Anti-griefers out there!
More detail in station reports depending on your status with controller of the station. Allied with United care bears for peace of ETA LYRA Beta 69-30035? Excellent, you may now access things like who visited the station, a record of activities of that player, his faction and his status with factions in the system. After all, you're a trusted pilot! You should be able to access this info! Oh what's that??? Dont want to ally the care bears because they are a faction not supported by yourn power? COOL, come here to the office and pay a bride, calculated by your own status with the controlling faction! This not only fleshes out the perks of your relationship and the cost of doing dirty business, but it creates a sense of being in a read world where info IS PRIME MERCHANDISE.
TL;DR sorry for the length, when I get going i get going... Just read the first 2 suggestions. Those are the main one's I want.
Save Ship Loadout - I love my ASP-E, I take it almost everywhere and it's versatility is amazing. That said it takes me a good few minutes of game time to change load outs. So why not save station specific loadouts? Each loadout is saved to the station much like a stored ship and will appear in the outfitting screen. Granted you'll still have to manual load at stations you dont have it saved at, but this is good to avoid having a saved loadout at a station that cannnot complete said load-out.
Rear, left, right, top, bottom, view cameras - Available standard in many 2015 car models, still nothing in 3302???? A simple camera facing button, a standard thing in many old school flight sims would be tremendous in this game especially rear facing view! Yes yes, you want us to use VR and experience the wonder! I do too, but I personally can't fit any more electronics on my cramped desk
and I'd personally rather wait for when the tech has truly matured. Also bottom view would be great for landing on those tricky planets. People in unshielded ships will thank you. While I'm at it please include data in the camera, maybe add a bit of that "Camera feed" static look to it. Immersion achieved! Imagine a bottom view camera assisting with landing?! IMAGINE THAT?! Tech they perfected in the 2000s, brought back because it works... I mean I sure hope the trucks running around the stations use ROUND WHEELS!Zoom vision - Doesn't have to be telescopic, but I figure we could get a simple x4 zoom in 3302???
Long range Anti-Silent Running missiles that require ECM or chaff or both? Yes yes, in space HEAT is king! But RADAR doesn't work? Surely we could bother people with buying an ECM or two to suppliment the heatsinks they got going? Also missiles are standoff weapons, so why not longer rrange? 7-10KM<? People might start to bother with A rated Sensor suite.
Target assist laser - More Multiplayer mischief to grief those silly solo players. With two people in a wing, you can defeat pretty much all counter measures including silent running by having a buddy "tag" an opponent. This laser is VERY BRIGHT but uses low heat, like a LED. It's main purpose is to allow visual tracking by the targeting computer. To balance it out, it's fixed or manual turret (You know for that fancy multicrew! YAY!) and it's effect lasts for .7 secs after target evades the beam.
AWACS? - ship with boosted sensors can pop a D-scanner like device and find ships in instances, or even Stations if close enough! There was a story on galnet about a DBE scanning obsidiant orbital. Why do NPC have all the fun? Oh what's that, it's a griefing tool? HOW ABOUT MEETING SOME FOLKS AND FRIEND UP! Social is not a bad word people. There are Anti-griefers out there!
More detail in station reports depending on your status with controller of the station. Allied with United care bears for peace of ETA LYRA Beta 69-30035? Excellent, you may now access things like who visited the station, a record of activities of that player, his faction and his status with factions in the system. After all, you're a trusted pilot! You should be able to access this info! Oh what's that??? Dont want to ally the care bears because they are a faction not supported by yourn power? COOL, come here to the office and pay a bride, calculated by your own status with the controlling faction! This not only fleshes out the perks of your relationship and the cost of doing dirty business, but it creates a sense of being in a read world where info IS PRIME MERCHANDISE.
TL;DR sorry for the length, when I get going i get going... Just read the first 2 suggestions. Those are the main one's I want.
