Deep space gameplay enhancement

[Sebulonus2]

Suggestion is to be able to store mined (and possibly other future resources) to enable deep space activities other than pure exploration.

Reason -with new mining system there is a clear incentive to go where others dont, pushing us further and further away for the lucrative spots. But we are sorely being held back by the need to constantly go back to inhabited space as soon as the cargo hold i full. No fun flying out a 1000 ly to mine and only be able to bring home a couple of hundred tons.....

Optimal execution (in my mind) is a version of fleet carrier (but more in the line of large cargo ship, single player ownable or rentable) that you can bring out and store things in. Later you bring it back and sell your collected goodies where the prices are the best.


Alternative -give us the ability for storage on deep space bases. Then we could collect in deep space, store at the deep space base and then bring out a bulk trader to bring stuff back when we are ready to go "home".


In my mind it also opens up avenues for loads of new and exiting gameplay with other activities then mining using the mechanic.

 

[777Driver]

Pretty much all the major nebulae contain asteroid bases. No need to fly back into populated space, there are also capital ships out in deep space that are dockable (flight operation ships)

I'd like to see limited storage, devs are against it for obvious reasons.

 

[Sebulonus2]

yeah but new mining gameplay makes it so you want to sell at specific locations, most likely not the asteroid base you happen to be near. Imagine bringing back a crap ton of void opals or similar after a long stint in deep space. That would be a nail biting fun trip to make!