allow to pick destination for passenger missions. and increase requests

[sibullski]

There simply arent' enough demands from passengers. it makes me feel like i'm simply delivering a package. Passenger missions are a way to play the game and without more demands from the passengers. There really isn't anything special about passenger missions. They don't always have to ask for supplies they can request to visit different types of things in the game These types of request should relate to the type of passenger you carry. Politicians might want to go see a distribution center or maybe a general wants to see a class 4 threat convoy. and so on and so forth. I'm basically suggesting that assets that already exist in teh game such as different types of signal sources and megaships, etc. could be used to enhance passenger missions.

Secondly I think if a passenger wants to go sight seeing. The player should be able to pick the targets. Maybe a passenger could ask to be taken to any metal rich world. In that case the player tracks down a metal rich world and flies near it. Or maybe a passenger is a thrill seeker and wants to see ships explode so you could take him to a conflict zone. Or a passenger likes neutron stars so the player takes them to a neutron star. Or ammonia worlds. Etc. This allows the player to be active during gameplay instead of flying from point a to point b.

As an aside I think it would also be great to a passenger surface vehicle and a reliable way to track down geysers and fumroles. An example of this in action would be a player gets a request from a passenger to see an ice geyser. The player than lands on an ice planet and searches for an ice geyser in his passenger srv.

There could be a limit for each passenger. Meaning maybe when you have hit 1 to 3 locations for a passenger he or she will request to go back to the station.

I apologize if my suggestions have already been brought up. If they have been I'm unaware of them.
Please let me know what you think
criticism is welcome as well as more ideas to improve passenger missions
Thank you for reading and fly safe.

 

[Gracey Field]

As long as it's optional. Passenger mission used to be passenger wants to go from A to B. After taking the mission passenger wants to go to C no option to decline, all that time I'd spent making sure all my passengers were going to the same place and then doing some research into what cargo will make a profit and filling my hold was then wasted by the passenger changing his destination.

 

[Thorberg Shavestroke]

That makes sense, usually passenger tours are for a set area that the tour operator is licensed to operate in. Also, we should be able to set our price, or barter with the passengers for the price.

 

[Seizewell Warrior]

Didn't some of the earlier X games have this mechanic? You got paid for the number of jump gates you passed through and if you ventured into a Khaak or Xenon sector (and survived!) you got an extra bonus. Once the passenger had seen enough you got a message to RTB.

 

[sibullski]

As long as it's optional. Passenger mission used to be passenger wants to go from A to B. After taking the mission passenger wants to go to C no option to decline, all that time I'd spent making sure all my passengers were going to the same place and then doing some research into what cargo will make a profit and filling my hold was then wasted by the passenger changing his destination.

I can understand where you are coming from. it could be optional and it would still be great.

 

[sibullski]

It would be really nice to barter with passengers. I'm not sure what you mean by early x games but if you mean early elite games. Then it would fascinate me that a good mechanic such as that was not carried over.