Well as I will be living in this universe I may as well try and constructively input somewhat!
First on my list is combat and damage -
Ships should not just blow up, engines should explode etc leaving ships adrift giving the option for towage/storage and rescue missions.
Remote controlled probes to scan areas without venturing inside combat zones and more immediately hostile combat zones no matter your faction.
Big derelict stations or ships etc around nav points to fight around, just ships hanging around loses immersion.
Rear view screens (I use trackir) so in combat you have some idea of the enemy. I know I have radar but in this century? ... cmon.
Robots! ... just robots ... doing robotics!. Ok this one is for maintenance outside your ship. The repair module is nice but I would like to see it as little droidesk robots actually working on my ship in space.
Now onto aesthetics and realism/immersion ideas -
Stations need to look busier, not just traffic but things being constructed outside before they are ferried across the galaxy, parts being built outside them for expansion and not just shipped in. Huge ships bringing in parts is a good start I know but we need those little people in one man constructor ships going about a shift, different vessels doing different jobs outside.
More destruction! Smashed planets, proto systems and stars sucking huge asteroid belts, gas giants etc. Everything is just so clinical atm. Even a lump taken out the side of a station where a drunk fool hit it on the way home one night after taking the capital for a ride. Having to dodge debri or old decayed large craft outside poor stations sat for years unattended.
Things left to rot and decay giving some poor systems a cluttered feel. A darker side to the "dangerous" feel of the universe like bodies floating in space, left ships, attacked stations no longer in operation.
Finally - most important is something (a lot of things in fact) for multiple people to do, wings and co-op needs to be here now. The social side of gaming should have been a number one priority and walking around stations should be substituted for now with at least a meeting room for station wide chat when you enter the hangar.
I know this is probably said before a billion times but as I said I live here now so I want it to feel like home ...
First on my list is combat and damage -
Ships should not just blow up, engines should explode etc leaving ships adrift giving the option for towage/storage and rescue missions.
Remote controlled probes to scan areas without venturing inside combat zones and more immediately hostile combat zones no matter your faction.
Big derelict stations or ships etc around nav points to fight around, just ships hanging around loses immersion.
Rear view screens (I use trackir) so in combat you have some idea of the enemy. I know I have radar but in this century? ... cmon.
Robots! ... just robots ... doing robotics!. Ok this one is for maintenance outside your ship. The repair module is nice but I would like to see it as little droidesk robots actually working on my ship in space.
Now onto aesthetics and realism/immersion ideas -
Stations need to look busier, not just traffic but things being constructed outside before they are ferried across the galaxy, parts being built outside them for expansion and not just shipped in. Huge ships bringing in parts is a good start I know but we need those little people in one man constructor ships going about a shift, different vessels doing different jobs outside.
More destruction! Smashed planets, proto systems and stars sucking huge asteroid belts, gas giants etc. Everything is just so clinical atm. Even a lump taken out the side of a station where a drunk fool hit it on the way home one night after taking the capital for a ride. Having to dodge debri or old decayed large craft outside poor stations sat for years unattended.
Things left to rot and decay giving some poor systems a cluttered feel. A darker side to the "dangerous" feel of the universe like bodies floating in space, left ships, attacked stations no longer in operation.
Finally - most important is something (a lot of things in fact) for multiple people to do, wings and co-op needs to be here now. The social side of gaming should have been a number one priority and walking around stations should be substituted for now with at least a meeting room for station wide chat when you enter the hangar.
I know this is probably said before a billion times but as I said I live here now so I want it to feel like home ...
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