P-p-p-pirate h-h-hideouts you say? Yes!
Why not have the ship scanned and the specifications transmitted then have a time delayed rebuild and the old ship is then destroyed
In an asteroid?
Insta transportation should be delayed by actually travel time from the location to the destination. It will make it more beliveble. Maybe even have to hire a transport NPC crew to transfer it. Yeah thats how it should be done
Actually I think if the station you are in has the ship you are transffering then instant would be more of a replacement. If the station does not have the ship then there should be a period of time for transfer
Technically, that would be possible, sure. But then the obvious question arises of why would a pilot even want to destroy the original?
But what about those hard earned mods that only certain special people can create, how would these get transferred?
They "could" work the insta transport issue by saying that the tech exists but it won't allow for organic matter to pass - which is why an NPC non human flown craft would be able to "teleport" through to your location, and you cannot.... When are we getting keybind to "request docking" and the option to bind keys to specific sub systems that's what I want to know.
Wondering if the instant transport is to reduce the number of timers that would need to be running on the servers. Could put a fair bit of extra stress on the servers?
Interesting idea! But then you'd have to account for why that doesn't eliminate the trading profession completely (or at least confine it to transporting purely organic goods).
You can plot routes with only scopable stars on 2.2 just mark the right stars and BANG!
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Yeah i maybe got a little over the time ... but i imagine as a delivery company, they dont ship it instantly but with some delay. Plus i think that any of these values means that you can dock there and in the other day have your ship waiting for you FEELs like time in the game is also passing while youre out of it... so you CANT have your ship Imediate, or maybe the jump range of the ship also can be part of the ETA calculator.... so an ASP/ANACONDA would be fast to get to you, but CORVETES and VULTURES take time....
The mechanic in EVE worked quite well where you created a contract and advertised it for another player to pick up. The transport could be handled by and NPC, but shouldn't take less time than it would take to fly the ship there by the most efficient route. It just means you could do other things whilst you wait. Otherwise I could pop to Jaques in a huge range Asp (thanks to some grade 5 engineer mods), then instantly move my Anaconda there to begin mining. It makes no sense.
Love the storage options (about time), but would be good if you could rent hangar space to store materials and cargo too...
I believe in the livestream they said only 1 can be used at a time. If the single SLF is destroyed you can created up to 16 but not use all 16 in one fight, apparently you'll have enough components on-board to assemble up to 16.
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Sandro said in the livestream that they have yet to decide on the prices although they will be based on ship cost and distance. He also said they don't want to make the prices prohibitively expensive and they will be capped. He also stated, when asked the question, that yes instant transfer to Jaques will be possible.
So unless they retract these decisions the exploits will be grand!
I suppose I would be OK with insta-transfer so long as the ship was actually capable of making the trip...have the route plotted, take into account FSD equipped, and fuel scoop...if a human pilot could make the trip...then sure, why not. If the ship is not capable of making the trip as is...then it should be a no go.
Which is exactly why they should not be instantaneous. FDev needs to be Addressing/Repairing exploits, not adding them.
I can agree with this. I do personally think however they should put transfer on the backburner and rework the game from the ground up to make what is already there fun and not a chore. a band aid like instant transfer is just that, quick fix to otherwise unfun game mechanics. They will keep adding half expansions and powerplay bull**** that no one plays and the game will be full of what could have been.
everything consists of: flying or flying and shooting, driving or driving and shooting. the "missions" are isolated events all brought to you by the power of menus, the rest and the interconnection of it all is in your head. so people are fed up with flying, does anyone play cqc? god knows is going on with the background simulation so wherein lies the true selling point now (i maintain its the space experience)? The game is patchy with a fill in the blanks to make sense of things attitude. if people rather skip journeys in your g flying game, i would take a long hard look at that instead of saying fawk it its friday u can teleport s*** now. they will sweep more and more under the rug until the game consists of laughable mechanics that will be too many to go back on. unless we are on season 2 of placeholder mechanics which will all be revised and fleshed out... are we tho?
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Just been reading the news for the game and I'm against instant transport as well. I like the ship's coming to you bit but think if you do it then it should take the time it would to go get it yourself and for a fee. I know some casual gamers think its better but I'm sure they can use an other ship while they wait as for me instant ship breaks the immersion of the game.
Have to say but I like the other ideas and keep up the good work, its a game I keep coming back to too me and again.
Have to say but I like the other ideas and keep up the good work, its a game I keep coming back to too me and again.
It also represents a huge problem of essentially making FSDs irrelevant. You could get to a distant destination in something like an Asp Explorer and never have any reason to spend money on upgrading your additional higher-tier transport-centric craft's jump drive, because you would just summon it over there.
because that adds nothing to your gameplay.
It just lets you teleport.
The point of making ships available is it gives you more choice/flexibility without having to jump back somewhere
It just lets you teleport.
The point of making ships available is it gives you more choice/flexibility without having to jump back somewhere