An idea for engineering? Time better spent

sinkarma

S
So I was thinking of an engineering idea

Why not make engineering modules take time?

"OMG I CANT BELIVE YOU SUGG-"
sush
I aint done

I mean instead of giving 1 sulfur for a G1 efficient pulse lazer upgrade you can just give the weapon to the engineer and it will take 5 minutes to upgrade BUT
but
BUT
You have the option to give 1 sulfur to speed up the process and get it immediately.

Sounds very FTP style I know.

But I was thinking I could spend 7 days searching deep space and not see a single High grade emmission OR I could just bring some other materials instead and just leave my module for 7 days at the engineer while I go off to have fun in a haz rez or go exploring or... even better... do some home cleaning while I wait for the module to be modded and then when I come back I can go pick it up.

In a way it would make spending hours searching for HGE now an option. cause if you wanted to do several rolls in a short amount of time you can throw rare mats at the engineer to get it done fast and in one day but more causal people who have jobs and/or family can drop off said module and then go attend to duties and come back to enjoy the game as much as someone who has no life
 

sinkarma

S
Honestly I wouldn't be. I wouldn't have wasted 7 hours flying in space doing nothing but scooping to get a crappy roll.

I personally have terrible luck with in game RNG so a crappy roll is better than no roll at all
And right now I am getting no rolls cause the bloody stuff won't spawn
 

Y nt Zoidberg7

Y nt Zoidberg7
I suppose if you could buy a lot of the same modules and leave the sit, then come back and pick the best one it would be pretty easy. But then FD would have to keep track of all the modules and all the timers and I could just see that getting very confusing lol. I assume you've looked at Inara to find specific materials/data, and still can't find what you are looking for?
 

sinkarma

S
yup. I've looked at inra... I've asked round the forums... I've chatted up 4 different discord groups...
I go to the utmost perfect conditioned system aaaaaaaand nothing... zilch. zero HGE.
 

Y nt Zoidberg7

Y nt Zoidberg7
Oh yes, the dreaded HGE's... Ugh, just thinking about them makes me cringe lol. Have you tried the tanker's that poop out mats every time you pop in the instance? I ask, because the last time I looked for chemical manipulator's, I spent around 10 hours flying in SC looking for HGE's with them. Found very few of the USS's, and no CM's. Went to a tanker, after a couple re-drops, about 1 hour, picked up 12 of them.

Anyways back on topic. I don't think it's a bad idea really. I personally would probably never use it, but if other players wanted to skip the mat searching, but have to wait for their module upgrades, wouldn't bother me at all really.
 

Ravendaark

R
+1 for the idea.

Mainly because not everyone has a luxury of time to dedicate to playing the game (...grinding for days for materials...) to get a roll.
 
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