Okay? I dont see a big problem with it to be honest. People will always find a way to maximise profits vs time played in order to buy better ships or to save for a fleet carrier, so why not let them?
It's time to remove the restriction on cargo when changing ships
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I agree with this. Restrictions yes. I wasnt thinking about hoarding cargo and having the game transfer your ships to a sell station but I can see how it could be abused. Maybe a limit on the amount of cargo you can store and ship transfer is prohibited when cargo is stored on it. That way the risk is still present when transferring it and you can only sell one ship worth of cargo at a time, so the market stays balanced
Why would this kind of gameplay be privilege to inly HC players?
not sure what exactly means HC players, but i do have a vague idea
Anyway, because that's how things are in gaming, generally speaking, and in Elite in particular too
Perks come with a certain level involvement in the game.
You want a Cutter, you do the unlock... same for cargo storage and mini/macro jumps. You get the point.
HC meant "hardcore". I don't get the point why a MP game seems to always prefer the asymmetrical option for gameplay between players.not sure what exactly means HC players, but i do have a vague idea
Anyway, because that's how things are in gaming, generally speaking, and in Elite in particular too
Perks come with a certain level involvement in the game.
You want a Cutter, you do the unlock... same for cargo storage and mini/macro jumps. You get the point.
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Wow. I must be a hardcore player.
Almost all video games I have played are achievement based. The player either gets/unlocks better stuff or more advanced areas as they progress through the game. I'm trying to think of one that isn't, I'm sure there are some. MS Solitaire. Some games with PvP arenas. There must be lots more, maybe puzzle games and simpler arcade style games that reset you to the beginning whenever you start new. Space Invaders, Street Fighter, Frogger, etc.
It's already solved in Ody - cargo is lost if you use taxi and transfer ship.
If it may please the court I would like to refer you to my original statement:
They dont require you to play hindreds of hours to unlock basic gameplay.
that doesn't change a thing.
Carriers got in the game new possibilities and new gameplay. You want those possibilities and that gameplay without paying for a carrier
But that's exactly the point. You spend 5 billions credits to get to enjoy new stuff, new unique stuff that your carrier will bring to the table
As it is, you want the cake, but without paying/working for it
Carriers dont unlock basic gameplay.
They are stated to be endgame content (yea, i know there is no endgame in an openworld sandbox like elite, but still that's the naming convention for late-game-stuff)
You mean like how most people got their carriers after the Painite boom made them tens of billions shortly before the FC update, or the repeated CG cargo trading, or Thargoid instagibbing, or afk wing stacking in a T10, etc etc.... Seems like everyone who owns a FC wants the rest of the playerbase to think they did station missions for 1500hrs to be able to afford theirs, and anyone looking to make a quick bit of money to buy their own doesn't deserve one.
Yes there are people who will exploit this, but the people who have the money to buy enough Cutters or T9s in order to hoard the required amount of cargo to even make it worth storing/reselling is probably not that far off buying a fleet carrier anyway. I honestly don't understand why people are so against it when it would benefit literally everyone who plays the game at some point in time
And neither does ED. It is nice that we can play at our own pace though.
I would suggest to impose a risk of stealing a cargo and/or destroying a ship if it is being transported with cargo on board.Simple solution: Having cargo on a ship disables ship transfer
And an option to discard cargo remotely.
Well Guild Wars 2 was far less like this, it was easily possible to get a player up to max level in a few days, and crafting was a breeze, I played it for about 3 months, leveled 2 max level characters, explored all the areas, and haven't been back to it since, basically they made it to easy. Once you reached max level you had very little to do until the next update came along.
The first line: too much RNG involved in that for my taste.
Second line: remote discard, sure why not.
Nope.
Fdev have openly said (see what I did there?) that Open is the most popular game mode.
The RNG could be managed by letting player to choose one of few options - which level of NPC will transport the ship - the more experienced, the more you have to pay for service, the less chance to loose cargo or ship. And even if you order elite NPC for the task of delivering shildless T9 full of gold - the probability is still close to 100% that you will get a rebuy as a result