Cargo Insurance

[Kyuubi43]

It would be nice to have Cargo Insurance. I mean you have the variable in the code already and also in the UI of the game. Please implement it or remove it properly as having it there for no purpose is greatly annoying.

Any who.....

Possible Options of IMPLEMENTATION!!

A) Paying real funds for an allotted period of time for insurance coverage of all cargo in that time frame.

B) Paying in-game Cr - Every time a Cmdr gets cargo at a station have the option to purchase cargo insurance for say 15 percent the total Galactic Avg of the cargo bought(or acquired) at that station.

C) Paying Cr upon ship destruction as apart of re-buy cost in the amount of say 30 to 40 percent the total Galactic Avg of the ships current cargo allotment.

D) Last resort - KINDLY REMOVE CARGO INSURANCE FROM THE BLEEDING UI SO I AM NOT TROLLED BY THE FACT IT'S BLEEDING THERE BUT I CAN'T USE IT.....so much lose cargo.....so much lost profit.

^^ Please think about it and thank you for your time.^^

 

[dm06]

... How insurance company should replenish things which is impossible to buy? Bromellite, for example.
Also the insurance will remove some dangerous component from the game, player definitely will afraid less [smile].

 

[Teh Smoo]

... How insurance company should replenish things which is impossible to buy? Bromellite, for example.
Also the insurance will remove some dangerous component from the game, player definitely will afraid less [smile].

Same way they replace modules that are customized by a dozen different engineers hundreds of light years apart: IT'S A GAME.

Bad idea, though. In a few easy steps:

1. Buy a big expensive cargo.
2. Buy insurance on the cargo.
3. Fly somewhere with a black market that can sell it for a good price.
4. Get "pirated" by your friend or other account.
5. Redeem insurance.
6. The other player/account sells the cargo in the black market.
7. Repeat as desired, or be reimbursed with jettison-abandoned legit cargo from the other party.

People cannot have nice things, because they are terrible.

 

[Hydrino]

Why is Cargo Insurance on the RHP Status > Finance screen?

Because it was meant to be a thing.

FD, glad you are going back to core gameplay and have reconstituted the DDF but rebranded it as Focused Feedback. Let's be sure you are still hacking away at original concepts including incomplete DDF topics. As stated many times those docs convinced thousands of backers to fund the kickstarter and they do represent promises/ goals that FD said they were aiming for. Those docs are still a gold mine of core gameplay and player experience targets.

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