I get where you're going with that, but I'd still take it.
FDev needs to release the panther clipper alongside fleet carriers, for the people who hate fleet carriers.
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I get where you're going with that, but I'd still take it.
I really don't give a damn a out the panther clipper.
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NMS pretty much nails the basic minimalist gameplay loop: see weird lifeforms, observe it, get rewards for that, move on. The aesthetic would obviously need less hoping pineapples in elite but the concept is solid all the same. Give me atmo planets with some sort of flora/fauna generator and spacelegs and they can just focus on maintenance and releasing more ships every once in a while.
I hated the Panther Clipper in FE2 and FFE. It's so slow and cumbersome to fly, and sure, you can stuff a pair of small plasma accellerator beams in its turrets, along with 4000 shield generators or so, and just park it in the Riedquat system and roast pirates until you get bored, but it was like flying a very, very, very slow brick.
No fun at all.
Please don't bring that ship to Elite Dangerous. Now, the Boa might be interesting. I mean it's also super slow, but at least it's not a Panther Clipper.
No fun at all.
Please don't bring that ship to Elite Dangerous. Now, the Boa might be interesting. I mean it's also super slow, but at least it's not a Panther Clipper.
The Panther is the opposite of what I want from ED. Heck, I've been flying a dolphin last week, an Adder the last few days and my pimped hauler is coming over from the Bubble. Not as a taxi, no, as a genuine multi-purpose ship to simply play the game with. I cannot see the panther as anything other than boring to fly, solely designed to earn more trade profits. With the current game mechanics as they are, it seems a pointless ship to me. I hope that when they add it they do more with it than just create a much bigger T9 with even crappier flight characteristics.
It would be challenging to make it realistic, on a 1:1 scale planet, and have it unique every time too.
OP good luck getting FD to listen to you, they are not interested in listening to anyone at the moment.
It looks like they used the assets for Carrier liveries...
You guys, y'all want to transport more to earn more and you've only got a drain to spend it on.
Before the Clipper and all the big stuff comes out we NEED the economy fixed, cut all of these dumb mining excursion carp' and look at allowing players to actually mine downside (on planets), constructable mining and drilling equipment, ore processing plants, liquid and gas refining plants, settlements, manufacturing, farming and fishing industries!
and that's just scratching the surface of what's possible, but as long as players are led to believe (and believe) it's all about shooting someone in space that's all it will ever be, so there really is no need for a Panther Clipper.
Now, I must get off and get some medication... Nursie!
Before the Clipper and all the big stuff comes out we NEED the economy fixed, cut all of these dumb mining excursion carp' and look at allowing players to actually mine downside (on planets), constructable mining and drilling equipment, ore processing plants, liquid and gas refining plants, settlements, manufacturing, farming and fishing industries!
and that's just scratching the surface of what's possible, but as long as players are led to believe (and believe) it's all about shooting someone in space that's all it will ever be, so there really is no need for a Panther Clipper.
Now, I must get off and get some medication... Nursie!
Small (and the smaller medium) ships are so much fun to fly. Sure, they're wildly inefficient credit-generators and nobody is gonna earn an FC using one but they 'feel' like spaceships. When I fly a large ship I feel like I'm just killing time waiting for the next menu screen to load.
And now I've agreed with Skippy. I'm going to go lie down in a dark room until reality returns.
Honestly, I bet we spend 99% of our time here arguing about the 1% we disagree on.
I truly hope that's not the case. Are support vessels confirmed gone, or just missing from the Beta?
So far, gone. They "rolled the features into the current Carrier". Could change, but that's how it stands at the moment
Panther Clippers Available now.
Upkeep included with each new purchase.
Failure to maintain upkeep cost allows Zorgon Peterson full authority to repossess the product.
Upkeep included with each new purchase.
Failure to maintain upkeep cost allows Zorgon Peterson full authority to repossess the product.
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That would be depressing.
Ah, I was thinking of setting up a FC with all cargo storage and naming it "Panther Clipper".
That's exactly what I was thinking.
Uses a ton of fuel .. check
Bloomin' massive .. check
A long crew roster .. check
FC's ARE Panther Clippers
Why should a Panther Clipper be any bigger than say the Imperial Clipper? For all it may have been in FE2 or FFE, a clipper is a class of ship within a range of sizes. If it were as big as a cruiser then it's no longer a clipper. If it's carrier sized, then it's a dreadnaught, not a clipper any more. The earlier games got the size wrong, that's all.
IMPERIAL EXPLORER! I WANTS IT! I WANTS IT!
It's much larger than the Cutter, but it's an explorer/ colonizing ship
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