Something that gives Frontier a year to develop.. they can write it however they want. But we need to be engaged in a massive "GOAL" to this game.
I'm calling for a larger story other than politics. Something that is "galactic". An overarching goal for people beyond the trivialities of local warfare and control issues.
Add some philosophy to the game. Add some MEANING to the game. Right now it is all dry and mundane and scientific. As much as I actually do want more science in this as far as exploration is concerned I also can see all the missing emotion and narrative. What is the point of this? Why are humans the only sentient organized lifeform in this galaxy? Shouldn't we be bumping into some other new races that will eventually turn our world and perceptions upside down? I'm not talking thargoids. I'm saying this is a HUGE GALAXY and there is nothing about it other than grinding for credits and doing 1-3 stage chores for credits.
Community goals added a greater good we could work toward such as putting in remote stations. Now lets add a HUGE goal we all need to work on.
All these artifacts have been collected and a secret meeting took place between all the major factions. They assembled the information and found that once put together is pointed toward a section of the galaxy difficult to reach. Practically on the other side. All ships who have been sent to that area have not returned or came back with nothing.
After this mission all the factions started announcing these new lofty goals. They decided that this couldn't be kept secret.
Example 1: The president of the Federation has commissioned the building of an Expeditionary Force to establish a base of operations on the far side of the galaxy as a launching point to investigate the sources of these unknown artifacts. It will take a lot of resources to build several capital ships and stations large enough to make the journey.
a) We petition people to deliver these resources to these locations.
b) We petition explorers to bring back information from this particular section of the galaxy and all routes along the way.
c) We petition people to donate credits and earn reputation points
This buys them 4 months of people collecting and they can build a few new class ships. It may take a year for it to all launch but the armada or EF would stop off every month at certain points along the galaxy as a refueling point for ships to visit and bring more supplies to.
Example 2: The Alliance not to be outdone also commissions a similar mission with a different method involving a giant space station built inside a giant asteroid instead of a fleet. Called the "Crimson Dwarf"
this will protect it during its long journey to the other side of the galaxy. During the collection phase the FD team has time to build said station for the story line.
Example 3: The Empire will not make their plans known as to what they will be doing. Many covert operations will need to take place to uncover what they are doing.
BOOM - there you go. One MASSIVE huge year long community goal that all playstyles can contribute to and benefit from. Who wouldn't want to participate in this.... then by next year they can unveil the thargoids or whoever they want.
The goal is for all 3 of these factions to all inch their way across the galaxy .. and make it a race. Which side will you contribute to?
I'm calling for a larger story other than politics. Something that is "galactic". An overarching goal for people beyond the trivialities of local warfare and control issues.
Add some philosophy to the game. Add some MEANING to the game. Right now it is all dry and mundane and scientific. As much as I actually do want more science in this as far as exploration is concerned I also can see all the missing emotion and narrative. What is the point of this? Why are humans the only sentient organized lifeform in this galaxy? Shouldn't we be bumping into some other new races that will eventually turn our world and perceptions upside down? I'm not talking thargoids. I'm saying this is a HUGE GALAXY and there is nothing about it other than grinding for credits and doing 1-3 stage chores for credits.
Community goals added a greater good we could work toward such as putting in remote stations. Now lets add a HUGE goal we all need to work on.
All these artifacts have been collected and a secret meeting took place between all the major factions. They assembled the information and found that once put together is pointed toward a section of the galaxy difficult to reach. Practically on the other side. All ships who have been sent to that area have not returned or came back with nothing.
After this mission all the factions started announcing these new lofty goals. They decided that this couldn't be kept secret.
Example 1: The president of the Federation has commissioned the building of an Expeditionary Force to establish a base of operations on the far side of the galaxy as a launching point to investigate the sources of these unknown artifacts. It will take a lot of resources to build several capital ships and stations large enough to make the journey.
a) We petition people to deliver these resources to these locations.
b) We petition explorers to bring back information from this particular section of the galaxy and all routes along the way.
c) We petition people to donate credits and earn reputation points
This buys them 4 months of people collecting and they can build a few new class ships. It may take a year for it to all launch but the armada or EF would stop off every month at certain points along the galaxy as a refueling point for ships to visit and bring more supplies to.
Example 2: The Alliance not to be outdone also commissions a similar mission with a different method involving a giant space station built inside a giant asteroid instead of a fleet. Called the "Crimson Dwarf"
this will protect it during its long journey to the other side of the galaxy. During the collection phase the FD team has time to build said station for the story line.Example 3: The Empire will not make their plans known as to what they will be doing. Many covert operations will need to take place to uncover what they are doing.
BOOM - there you go. One MASSIVE huge year long community goal that all playstyles can contribute to and benefit from. Who wouldn't want to participate in this.... then by next year they can unveil the thargoids or whoever they want.
The goal is for all 3 of these factions to all inch their way across the galaxy .. and make it a race. Which side will you contribute to?
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