Proposal Discussion Future Plans for Industry

I'm curious to know what the future plans for industry within the game are, and also what other players want to see in the final game. I personally would like it to be possible for a player to mine resources, refine those resources, and manufacture them into ship components, ammunition, ect.. Something like an extremely simplified version of eve. I also hope some tools are added to allow players to be more independent from stations, ie very small outposts, deployable in uncontrolled systems only, that would allow basic refining and manufacturing. There is a massive galaxy to explore, why not give us the tools to go out on our own and be self sufficient.
 
Are you thinking along the lines of eve? I loved that about eve. Go mine most of my resources. Then get a bpc. Then do some research. Then go manufacture. Well along those lines.

I would love to see mining and industry as part of this game. Research would also be awesome.

For research, something along the lines of reduced cost to manufacture or increased output. Also on rare occasions, an improved version of the item.
 
I personally would like it to be possible for a player to mine resources, refine those resources, and manufacture them into ship components, ammunition, ect.. Something like an extremely simplified version of eve. I also hope some tools are added to allow players to be more independent from stations, ie very small outposts, deployable in uncontrolled systems only, that would allow basic refining and manufacturing. There is a massive galaxy to explore, why not give us the tools to go out on our own and be self sufficient.

The should add such simplified sandbox features. Most of that won't be in the vanilla game, but can be in an expansion. They confirmed mining, and small asteroid bases.
 
I'm curious to know what the future plans for industry within the game are, and also what other players want to see in the final game. I personally would like it to be possible for a player to mine resources, refine those resources, and manufacture them into ship components, ammunition, ect.. Something like an extremely simplified version of eve. I also hope some tools are added to allow players to be more independent from stations, ie very small outposts, deployable in uncontrolled systems only, that would allow basic refining and manufacturing. There is a massive galaxy to explore, why not give us the tools to go out on our own and be self sufficient.

So far, for launch you should be able to mine asteroids and ship the ore to refinery systems for further processing.

However, support for player-owned automated supply chains and industry (e.g. corporate complexes) aren't supported at launch. Maybe it could be supported in the future, but may backers here prefer the game to say focused on refining the player-pilot gameplay first.

For now, it is suggested you will be able to purchase a mining/building machine that will hollow out an asteroid into a 'mining base'. Basic stuff for building a refueling station, mining base, etc. Nothing in the level of owning and managing a mega corporation (which other games already cover that gaming market nicely already).
 
I'm curious to know what the future plans for industry within the game are, and also what other players want to see in the final game. I personally would like it to be possible for a player to mine resources, refine those resources, and manufacture them into ship components, ammunition, ect.. Something like an extremely simplified version of eve. I also hope some tools are added to allow players to be more independent from stations, ie very small outposts, deployable in uncontrolled systems only, that would allow basic refining and manufacturing. There is a massive galaxy to explore, why not give us the tools to go out on our own and be self sufficient.

Mining...yep, and its coming. Also mention of small inflatable "bases" for mining purposes. Actual outposts or stations - no thanks! Manufacturing (crafting) - no thanks!

Whilst I am an industrialist in Eve, I really don't need that replicated here, as I can just log into Eve to get that! No need to duplicate it here.
 
For Elite that doesn't sound right. If you have any skills or anything that makes you Elite it's your own abilities.

'Virtual crafting skills' that magically happen because you have reached an ability level, kind of go against the ethos of Elite itself. I've no problem with Eve, but Elite does something a bit different.

There is actually a level of crafting in the economy. Supply the right station with the right commodities and you can control the supply/demand of production.
 
I'm curious to know what the future plans for industry within the game are, and also what other players want to see in the final game. I personally would like it to be possible for a player to mine resources, refine those resources, and manufacture them into ship components, ammunition, ect.. Something like an extremely simplified version of eve. I also hope some tools are added to allow players to be more independent from stations, ie very small outposts, deployable in uncontrolled systems only, that would allow basic refining and manufacturing. There is a massive galaxy to explore, why not give us the tools to go out on our own and be self sufficient.

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Mining and simple refining - Yes, that is planned (and coming soon in some form)

Here is the design proposal for mining:
http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7196

Being able to build your own small stations - Yes, that will come, not sure it will be in for the first release but it has been mentioned by David himself.

Manufacturing and research - Probably not in the foreseeable future, but who knows? Maybe sometime in the future, but that is most likely sometime after planetary landings, first person gameplay and capital ship expansions. So at least a couple of years out...if ever...
 
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