So we lack some end game stuff to test pilot flying skill.
With CQC it gave me an idea. Close Quarter Racing.
Imagine an asteroid belt with lanes in it for racing. That gap will only fit one ship, damn, sry bud, I got to bump you out the way, boom.
An old station and we have to race through the offices and living quarters, flying through broken glass or through the huge ventilation pipes and fly between the broken blades of fans. A wrong turn and its a working fan and no way through.
An old Orbis station and put a race track in the big circular bit, dodging pillars, dead trees and old dead frozen astronauts. Hit one and your canopy cracks.
No guns, just speed, agility and ofc ramming.
Wanna get the lead, bump him out the way, maybe he will hit that pillar and go splat or slow down.
Make it a challenge. Make it hard but not impossible. I'm sure you can come up with ideas. Make it a competitive sport. Like the olympics, who you belong to doesn't matter, this is independant from powers and factions.
Put it in the real galaxy, so players feel it's real and part of the game.
They could be several race tracks dotted around the galaxy, each one is different. All have their own rankings.
Maybe drag an old derelict station and put it in those none systems where there is no population.
There needs to be some way of watching the races and selecting different viewing cameras. Or maybe not.
Maybe you have to find and wait for players to compete, it will get players asking in local for a race.
It doesn't have to be virtual, it could be with real ships, maybe we purchase or hire one and spec it for the race. Loose it and have to buy another one, finish the race maybe we can hand it back in. Or just have to pay the repairs if there are any.
A bit like going to a go-kart track and hiring the go-kart and track.
Or compare it to Red Bull racing with those airplanes. Pilots get to show off skill and compete.
You see, FD forget what an MMO is. It has the main game but when players are fatigued or burnt out the worst thing you can do is introduce another grind. (Looking at you PP).
It's meant to have lots of other mini content to play. Somewhere we can go relax and chill and still have fun and none of the rest of the galaxy is impeded from normal business.
Or like in some other games you may have a normal dungeon for example but then there is that other dungeon that only vets would dare enter.
Do you think there could be a desire for this kind of content? A fun content but serious content, away from the daily grind every time you log in.
With CQC it gave me an idea. Close Quarter Racing.
Imagine an asteroid belt with lanes in it for racing. That gap will only fit one ship, damn, sry bud, I got to bump you out the way, boom.
An old station and we have to race through the offices and living quarters, flying through broken glass or through the huge ventilation pipes and fly between the broken blades of fans. A wrong turn and its a working fan and no way through.
An old Orbis station and put a race track in the big circular bit, dodging pillars, dead trees and old dead frozen astronauts. Hit one and your canopy cracks.
No guns, just speed, agility and ofc ramming.
Wanna get the lead, bump him out the way, maybe he will hit that pillar and go splat or slow down.Make it a challenge. Make it hard but not impossible. I'm sure you can come up with ideas. Make it a competitive sport. Like the olympics, who you belong to doesn't matter, this is independant from powers and factions.
Put it in the real galaxy, so players feel it's real and part of the game.
They could be several race tracks dotted around the galaxy, each one is different. All have their own rankings.
Maybe drag an old derelict station and put it in those none systems where there is no population.
There needs to be some way of watching the races and selecting different viewing cameras. Or maybe not.
Maybe you have to find and wait for players to compete, it will get players asking in local for a race.
It doesn't have to be virtual, it could be with real ships, maybe we purchase or hire one and spec it for the race. Loose it and have to buy another one, finish the race maybe we can hand it back in. Or just have to pay the repairs if there are any.
A bit like going to a go-kart track and hiring the go-kart and track.
Or compare it to Red Bull racing with those airplanes. Pilots get to show off skill and compete.
You see, FD forget what an MMO is. It has the main game but when players are fatigued or burnt out the worst thing you can do is introduce another grind. (Looking at you PP).
It's meant to have lots of other mini content to play. Somewhere we can go relax and chill and still have fun and none of the rest of the galaxy is impeded from normal business.
Or like in some other games you may have a normal dungeon for example but then there is that other dungeon that only vets would dare enter.
Do you think there could be a desire for this kind of content? A fun content but serious content, away from the daily grind every time you log in.
