Iron Man Mode

[DYSEQTA]

Can we please get a perma-death option?

In my opinion we need only two things for an Iron Man Mode:

1. A bind-able eject function
2. Forced save clear on ship destruction with you still inside. Successful ejection works the same as ship destruction in normal mode; you restart at last docked station with your normal insurance options
3. Nice to have: A future addition that would be nice, but not immediately required would be a stats summary that immortalizes your best performances so you can compare to others and/or just look back on for personal satisfaction. A record of your best based around that stats that contribute to each of the ranks; so a combat best, trading best, and exploration best

Right now I am fumbling along just clearing my save when I blow but that doesn't feel right as I didn't have the option to save my life. Surely this can't be too time consuming to implement as it would require minimal adjustment to the current mechanics.

 

[Lestat]

Can it also have 2 Commanders for this. So Some can have Iron man some times. While other times they don't care if they live or die.

 

[schuesseled]

You could just always fly without the rebuy, consider yourself a new person upon destruction.

Jk. Ironman mode sounds brutal.

 

[Raven]

I like this idea as an added option, but we would definitely need Escape Pods added first... which are no doubt coming.
What I think would really make this awesome to be implemented though is if it followed the same idea that the Elite 2: Frontier storyline had; where you were the 'Grandchild' of James Jameson.
So like if you died rather than 'losing' everything, instead it was handed down to the next-generation.
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In-fact thinking about it, this would be cool if your username was merely your 'Nickname' or 'Callsign' so you know those pilots with James "Viper" Jameson; then that nickname would be unique, while you could chose a Last Name (Save Game Name) and were assigned a Random First Name each time you died.
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In this respect the only things that would be reset would be your Ranks each time you died; that way anyone who achieves the maximum Ranks would actually have some serious prestige behind it, especially Elite Combat Rank. If you wanted like a 'true' Ironman, then perhaps instead of calling it Ironman it could be "Stingy Relatives" where they leave you nothing.