Hi all, sorry been away sulking because my PC would not run horizons!! But now I'm back!! I'm currently serching POI in the area of obsidian and not found much, but I'm not moving from the area until there's news.. Happy to join up in game for an organised search of a planet and will call back with any updates! CMDR RED D2 PACCA in game, feel free to add me in game so we can see who's searching where and call other knights in if we find anything!..
Well welcome back then
Definitely need all the help we can get out in the Pleiades ATM. I'm considering an organized expedition to re-examine Maia B1BA due to Dr. Palin's interest in making a base on that planet. I found a mountain there that was roughly 5km high. I screwed up and drove my moon buggy off of it and spent like five minutes falling, tumbling, and repairing my buggy. Didn't think I'd survive when I hit the bottom, but somehow I did. I got it on video and I'll edit and upload it soon.
I Would Love to join if you'd have me CMDR Bigfrostey.
Welcome to the Knights of the Black, Bigfrostey. Always feel free to post comments, ideas, and so on. Good to have you aboard.
hey all would be interested in joining you guys it's lonley out their on your own
Welcome to the Knights of the Black, whippyice. As I told Bigfrostey, always feel free to post comments, ideas, etc. BTW, is whippyice also your in-game Commander name? Does it also include the @live.co.uk part? Thanks.
No worries. It would be much better if the ships in distress were destructible, as then there would be some sense of consequence for your actions, or lack thereof. Combat in general needs a massive overhaul, at the moment it's basically a free-for-all in CZs, with ships not able to put their roles to use - eg we have dropships, but no boarding missions. We need bombers and anti-cap torpedoes to take out capital ships (they should be too slow against fighters), attack / defend / escort missions etc. Maybe I've played too much X-Wing
But I'd love to see Elite absorb some gameplay from other classics. Small dynamic campaigns (maybe a tour of duty for a navy using provided ships?) to stitch these elements together with a suitable finale would be awesome. Drop in / out with AI and players for maximum flexibility - they'd need to overhaul the combat AI to take on specific roles, but why not?
Re KotB roles, good skills there JPW. I think as we discussed before it's good to keep a loose democratic structure overall and we should continue in that manner. On the other hand, it's definitely helpful for tasks to be defined for the group to have cohesiveness, and these roles will help with that. I'll ping you a msg later about the ones I hope I can help with, thx
Concerning the new positions first- I fully intend to keep the democratic structure that the Knights voted for several months ago. Even the Co-Leadership positions will be up for a vote when the group gets big enough and active enough. In fact I need to add that to the position description so applicants realize their position will one day be chosen by some form of election. The biggest reason I made the positions is because I want to signal to potential members and current members that there's still plenty of room in the Knights for improvement and what kind of help we exactly need. I'm all in favor of recruiting new, regular members- that's all good. But for the group to survive in the long run, I need to try to start recruiting specialists and active leaders, especially if we ever want to have an in-game faction.
One final note about available positions- just because you have a certain position, it doesn't mean you are limited to the duties of that position. For instance, if you want to be a dedicated trader (Caravan Commander), it doesn't mean you have to trade all the time and only trade. Accepting a position is just a way of saying "I want this position because its the main way I play and my duties for that position take priority over anything else I do for the Knights." Same for leaders and organizers- you can still explore, trade, theorize on UAs and barnacles, and so on. You're just letting me know you intend to fulfill a bigger role in the group and dedicate much or most of your time to that role.
About the combat- yep, it's definitely still a work in progress. I remember in Evochron Mercenary when you went into combat zones, you could use large NPC battlecruisers as a base to refuel, repair, rearm. I'm sure the cap ships will eventually be usable in that way, but it might take a few more updates before that happens.
This week I'm going to try to get a GalNet article published and release the second part to the story I started back in December. And I still haven't set up a voice chat server. In fact, if someone could do that for me it would be immensely appreciated. I have zero experience in setting up voice chat servers or whatever they're called. A free voice chat would be ideal (I'd have no way of paying for one ATM).
Also I'm going to contact someone about getting a group thread for the Knights in the XBox One groups forum. I forget who recommended it but its an excellent idea if I can get the admins to go for it.
