Does anyone know why there is no fleet management in the game?

[theBreadSultan]

It seems so obvious.

You have a spare ship, you have npc crew, you instruct them to do things, like buy x here and sell it there, depending on npc level they fly certain amounts of trips per day (in open)

You can get profit - but in the words of dolf - if he dies he dies

This isn't a suggestion, because I can't imagine it's not been suggested or considered, so just wondering why, given the amount of management sim fans out there this isn't in the game as an optional

 

[Borko]

We can't even get our NPCs to sit next to us. Running a ship on their own is a pretty high bar for people that shy.

 

[Andro]

As much as I might like suggestions like this, and I do think it would make a lot of sense, that's just not the kind of game Elite is. Though with Fleet Carriers, maybe something like that isn't as unlikely as it once was.

 

[Captain Willard]

ELite has always been.
One ship, one pilot.

 

[theBreadSultan]

ELite has always been.
One ship, one pilot.

But what about "emergent gameplay"?

 

[Riverside]

Put a suggestion in, maybe it'll get added

 

[Captain Willard]

But what about "emergent gameplay"?

That is not emergent game play.
That is just farming credits while you're not there.
One ship one pilot. What didn't you understand?

 

[Sensei Jacksama]

I like this idea but fdev are very solid on their position of not making money afk. They apparently have no problem with deducting it afk but I won't go down that rabbit hole.

 

[Tezzward]

It seems so obvious.

You have a spare ship, you have npc crew, you instruct them to do things, like buy x here and sell it there, depending on npc level they fly certain amounts of trips per day (in open)

You can get profit - but in the words of dolf - if he dies he dies

This isn't a suggestion, because I can't imagine it's not been suggested or considered, so just wondering why, given the amount of management sim fans out there this isn't in the game as an optional

Its not a management sim though.

They want you to earn every bit you get. Having someone else just get it for you doesn't sound like this game at all.

 

[Chrystoph]

...because only NPCs are allowed to have:

• Corporations
• Real Estate
• Faction membership
• The ability to purchase components of a ship from the manufacturer (Materials)

You are merely an unimportant consumer...

 

[avow555]

ELite has always been.
One ship, one pilot.

And now it's about to become an fps shooter, possible progress in fdev.

 

[Quantis Trap]

OP, because Elite Dangerous, or any previous Elite for that matter, is not a fleet management game.

If you want that, you should play the X4 and older games in the X Series. No Man's Sky also has a little of this with thier Figgates feature.

 

[Sublime]

ELite has always been.
One ship, one pilot, all grind.

There, fixed that for you

 

[Xious]

"Homeworld... you seek Homeworld"

 

[aRJay]

And now it's about to become an fps shooter, possible progress in fdev.

Not so much.

Elite has always been First Person, so no change there.
Elite has also been a shooter, amongst all the other stuff, so no change there.
Odyssey just gives an opportunity to do it all while walking and not sat in a cockpit.

 

[CMDR Deano The Imperial]

It seems so obvious.

You have a spare ship, you have npc crew, you instruct them to do things, like buy x here and sell it there, depending on npc level they fly certain amounts of trips per day (in open)

You can get profit - but in the words of dolf - if he dies he dies

This isn't a suggestion, because I can't imagine it's not been suggested or considered, so just wondering why, given the amount of management sim fans out there this isn't in the game as an optional

My NPC crew can't get the fuel from the Carrier Cargo Hold into the Carrier Fuel Tank. So I can't see them nipping off somewhere to do a bit of trading for me.

 

[efoo]

Only if you are prepared to pay them 50% of the profit

 

[Danny_zoo]

It seems so obvious.

You have a spare ship, you have npc crew, you instruct them to do things, like buy x here and sell it there, depending on npc level they fly certain amounts of trips per day (in open)

You can get profit - but in the words of dolf - if he dies he dies

This isn't a suggestion, because I can't imagine it's not been suggested or considered, so just wondering why, given the amount of management sim fans out there this isn't in the game as an optional

Do you have a ship you might be willing to sell, I have been considering a trip to space lately. Think it could fly up to the moon for a quick daytrip, how is the mileage and gas on it?

 

[gorankar]

Only if you are prepared to pay them 50% of the profit

Why not, an Elite you trained up from Harmless already gets 10%

 

[CMDR Deano The Imperial]

Only if you are prepared to pay them 50% of the profit

My SLF pilot should be out earning billions for me everyday with the amount of wages I've paid her over the years. She should be running my ED empire for me.