Add Escape Pod Escape Pod-Animation when ship explodes & use Escape Pads for better mission rewards and variaton

[CMDR Darth Vater]

Add Escape Pod eject-animation when ship explodes & use Escape Pods for better mission rewards and variation

Hi,

Animation when ship explodes
I would like to see how my seat is changing into an Escape Pod and shooting me into the void when my ship explodes. Last picture: you see the debris of your ship and a timer starts to count down with e.g. one week survival time. The window starts to freeze, the view changes to black (as you fall asleep) and then welcome back to the rebuy screen.

NPC crew member after Rebuy Screen
NPC crew members rescue has to be paid with a amount depending on the NPC crew members rank. NPCs will deliver it within [hours depending on distance].

Mission variation and enhanced reward
I want to hunt down pirate lords dead or alive with higher reward. When I captured the pirate lords escape capsule after I destroyed his ship and try to deliver it back to the station his comrades shall come for fighting me.

 

[CorvenDallas]

Great idea, a few animations and cutscenes as "flavour" could add a lot to game inmersion.

 

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

I'd certainly love it.

I'd also love a mad "dash" for the escape pods at the ship is blowing up around you.
Especially with space legs. But I wouldn't mind it being a non interactive cutscene.

But yeah, I'd love all these ideas!

 

[Alklazaris]

It does feel like your ship has a escape pod recall. Every time you ever hear the "Eject! Eject!" you just sit there and wait for death. Doesn't match at all.

 

[CMDR Darth Vater]

I think the eject-sequence would give so much immersion. And it would be easy to realize as it will be scripted like ships explosions already are. The missions implementation is easy to do, too. It's same function as I already have with "hostage" or "rescue on planet". The NPC crew members rescue could be based on a "reload"- or "module transport"-function.

Oh man, I miss this simple things like a video how the Pilotes Federation or the Powers congratulate you for the ranks or that the stations react to your powers rank (at least they improved reactions according my reputation). It would be really rewarding for earning a rank.

Even when contacting other players in Voice I'd like to see a little window with blurred hollow-me-head appearing. In scifi movies they showed lot times how to do.

 

[Oktusha]

Yes please!

 

[Adingo]

This is one great idea.
Would go fantastically with space legs!

 

[Kyokushin]

+1 yes

 

[CMDR Darth Vater]

And you know where the Eject-Sequence could be a nice idea, too?

In Multicrew! You've got some crew members which are just annoying, doing ? Then eject them out by using the Sucker3303AD: a glass tube which comes from above the bridges ceiling down, then using the vacuum or a big spring (registered tm by ACME) to shoot them out into the void. Have fun seeing them suffering like Arnie in Total Recall before they lighten up and then vaporise into the sun.

 

[Almondclint]

Id love this. Also, add the ability to surrender. That way we can avoid the murder charge.

It would be really awesome to be able to capture the pods from the ships you/others destroy. Imagine flying through the CZ and plucking pods. Then, sell them to the faction, enslave them, crew them, whatever.

 

[CMDR Darth Vater]

Two years passed now. And I miss some simple ideas so much.