Horizons I may have to say goodbye to the Python :(

dayrth · Aug 30, 2016

I have several ships now. My favourites being the Cobra, FDL and Python. Back in 1984 all I had was a Cobra, but even back then I looked wistfully at the co-pilots seat in the manual illustration and wanted to have someone sitting there. Now I can actually look at the seat in game, but still no one is there. Soon though we will have the guardians and we will be able to hire NPC crew, which is FANTASTIC, but...

We can only hire fighter pilots and none of my ships will carry a fighter.

WIll I have to abandon my favourite ships and get myself an a ship I don't really want in order to have crew, or will we be able to hire crew for all (multi seat) ships in the future. I really hope we will.

Shadowdancer · Aug 30, 2016

Proper Multi-Crew is supposed to be in this season (2.3 "The Commanders"), but so far it is supposed to be a pure multiplayer feature, so you will not be able to fill those seats with AI dummies.

dayrth · Aug 30, 2016

Shadowdancer said:
Proper Multi-Crew is supposed to be in this season (2.3 "The Commanders"), but so far it is supposed to be a pure multiplayer feature, so you will not be able to fill those seats with AI dummies.

Which is great, but the only people I know who play ED want to fly their own ships.

Shadowdancer · Aug 30, 2016

dayrth said:
Which is great, but the only people I know who play ED want to fly their own ships.

A number of players question the necessity of multi-crew for that reason

We will see how it comes along Soon™ enough, so no use in spending too much thought on it until Frontier start talking about it.

Kaybe · Aug 30, 2016

All the bigger ships (more than single seater) will support multicrew in 2.3. 2.2 is only adding fighters for certain ships which will also be able to take advantage of the multicrew feature for flying said fighters. But the non fighter bay ships will have other multicrew options available to them ... just not fighters specifically.

P.S: The Python is probably the single best all around ship in the game currently. Do NOT get rid of that!

=71st=RuSh · Aug 30, 2016

Kaybe said:
All the bigger ships (more than single seater) will support multicrew in 2.3. 2.2 is only adding fighters for certain ships which will also be able to take advantage of the multicrew feature for flying said fighters. But the non fighter bay ships will have other multicrew options available to them ... just not fighters specifically.

P.S: The Python is probably the single best all around ship in the game currently. Do NOT get rid of that!

Agree +1!, I will buy a bigger ship for 2.2, but NEVER will get rid of my modded Python and ASPX

Turbosnowy · Aug 30, 2016

Dont worry, you'll always come back to the Python. You may sell your cherished and trust loyal spaceship now, but it will be waiting patiently for you to discover the error of your ways. It knows you will be back. They always come back...

Ren Garris · Aug 30, 2016

dayrth said:
Which is great, but the only people I know who play ED want to fly their own ships.

Tell you what...

I'll be your stewardess. I may even wear something cheeky. If you need a Goose to your Maverick, I'll be your number 2.
That will prolly work well for me since that will allow me to drink while you fly. Easy peasy.

Once the update drops, gimme a shout. Let's see what this multi crew thing is all about.