(Idea) How to save your crew member

Zelisius · Jul 28, 2018

So I had a strange accident happen the other day..

https://youtu.be/HV6zA3Lf-ZE

I showed this to frontier and they have offered to not only refund my rebuy, but also save my crew member.
Again, thank you so much for this frontier! (It's so hard to find a decent looking crew member!)

While talking to them, I made the following suggestion and was told to post it here for the developers to see.

What if our crew members were valued at X amount of credits based upon their rank?

This value would be factored into our ships rebuy cost.

Thoughts?

kpmop · Jul 28, 2018

Yeah this comes up fairly frequently (your idea and several others) - hopefully FD'll look at it as part of the Beyond QoL improvments, but they've made no mention of it (they might be happy with how it's setup!), so ...

Stealthie · Jul 28, 2018

Zelisius said:
What if our crew members were valued at X amount of credits based upon their rank?

This value would be factored into our ships rebuy cost.

Thoughts?

Sounds like the absolutely simplest, driest, dullest, least involving, most effortless way of implementing such a feature.

Of course Fdev think it's a good idea. [sad]

amadeus1171 · Jul 28, 2018

FD doesn't care about your crew. I heard it from a little birdie that said it came from on high.

Ophion · Jul 28, 2018

Why not. You know what would be also great? To create your own crew member face using holo-me feature because the ones generated are ugly af.

GroundxZERO · Jul 28, 2018

Stealthie said:
Sounds like the absolutely simplest, driest, dullest, least involving, most effortless way of implementing such a feature.

Of course Fdev think it's a good idea. [sad]

[sad][sad]

Zelisius · Jul 28, 2018

Ophion said:
Why not. You know what would be also great? To create your own crew member face using holo-me feature because the ones generated are ugly af.

I hear ya there! I litterally wasted a million creds hiring and firing crew members until I got the one I was happy with.

space voyager · Jul 28, 2018

Ophion said:
Why not. You know what would be also great? To create your own crew member face using holo-me feature because the ones generated are ugly af.

Phenomenal idea!

When I saw Krait intro vid I got all excited that we might be getting an NPC crew option but alas, it was not to be...

Hank · Jul 28, 2018

space voyager said:
Phenomenal idea!

When I saw Krait intro vid I got all excited that we might be getting an NPC crew option but alas, it was not to be...

Me too. I've been asking for this for a year now. We have empty seats in most of our ships. We have Holo-me tools (that could be used for crew creation). Everything is in place to put crew in those seats. ??

insanephoton · Jul 28, 2018

Ophion said:
Why not. You know what would be also great? To create your own crew member face using holo-me feature because the ones generated are ugly af.

It would be nice, maybe someone should mention it might encourage more sales of outfits.

Limoncello Lizard · Jul 28, 2018

Ophion said:
Why not. You know what would be also great? To create your own crew member face using holo-me feature because the ones generated are ugly af.

And plenty of players will pay money to play dress up with them too.

Ziljan · Jul 28, 2018

I would rather they lose a single combat rank on each death (eg resurrect at Deadly if previously Elite). That would be a sufficient penalty. Simply paying money would be meaningless in the age of billionaires.

askavir · Jul 28, 2018

I'd rather see a "job satisfaction" meter implemented.

- If you keep making them money, their job satisfation rises.
- If you don't keep making them money, their satisfaction lowers.
- If you get destroyed, their satisfaction takes a big plunge.

If their satisfaction gets too low, they quit and go work with someone else. Like actual people would do. The "progress" people would still be annoyed, but at least it would make sense.

#logic - ED's forbidden word.

Sockatume · Jul 28, 2018

This really seems like it could be fixed with a quick lore change, so they do get to use an escape pod - like literally every other human being on your ship, including the cheapest passengers - and they just either don't get rescued or they don't find their way back to you. Just have them shuffling back into the great crew deck rather than shuffling off this mortal coil.

kpmop · Jul 28, 2018

askavir said:
...#logic - ED's forbidden word.

#multiplayer #wedon'tneednostinkingnpcs.
(I like your suggestion though!)

valbarr · Jul 28, 2018

askavir said:
I'd rather see a "job satisfaction" meter implemented.

- If you keep making them money, their job satisfation rises.
- If you don't keep making them money, their satisfaction lowers.
- If you get destroyed, their satisfaction takes a big plunge.

If their satisfaction gets too low, they quit and go work with someone else. Like actual people would do. The "progress" people would still be annoyed, but at least it would make sense.

#logic - ED's forbidden word.

Like actual people would do ???? I totally hate my job, but i still go there 4 times a week.

space voyager · Jul 28, 2018

Hank said:
Me too. I've been asking for this for a year now. We have empty seats in most of our ships. We have Holo-me tools (that could be used for crew creation). Everything is in place to put crew in those seats. ??

And the intro speaks about getting your crew and all, very suggestive. Seemingly.

askavir · Jul 28, 2018

valbarr said:
Like actual people would do ???? I totally hate my job, but i still go there 4 times a week.

You're always free to find another job. That's what I always did when I felt dissatisfied. And now I love my current one.

Leo Sagan · Jul 29, 2018

Zelisius said:
So I had a strange accident happen the other day..

https://youtu.be/HV6zA3Lf-ZE

I showed this to frontier and they have offered to not only refund my rebuy, but also save my crew member.
Again, thank you so much for this frontier! (It's so hard to find a decent looking crew member!)

While talking to them, I made the following suggestion and was told to post it here for the developers to see.

What if our crew members were valued at X amount of credits based upon their rank?

This value would be factored into our ships rebuy cost.

Thoughts?

ANYTHING allowing me to keep my crew member alive would be a blessing. At this point I don't care about the lore / price / whatever.
So YES.

WR3ND · Jul 29, 2018

Buy equivalent module size and restock as needed, presuming they aren't covered by the Pilots Federation stock loadouts as we are. Seems fair enough considering passenger missions.

Yes, it is apparent some plays do not appreciate contextual and meaningful gameplay mechanics and compromises. I'm not one of them.