Whilst I have now been playing this game for a while, i was thinking that making everyone start in the alliance bound area with a sidewinder seems a little off.
There are effectively 4 factions in game - Federation, Imperial, Alliance and Independent.
If I was to start a new character now, I would want it to be somewhere in the Empire, most likely with an imperial Eagle.
My proposal is to create 4 different starting areas in game, one in each alliance, and each with their own ship.
Alliance - Should be in the current starting system, but a new ship designed/built by Lakon - a Type 2 or something.
Empire - A small system near Achenar, starts with the Imperial Eagle
Federation - system nearish to Sol, with a standard Eagle
Independent - starts in a system near Li Yong Rui or Pranav Antals area of space, with the classic Sidewinder.
The ship stats should all be adjusted so that they are roughly equal, maybe with some playoff factors between them.
When the player then begins, have a screen come up explaining about Powerplay, and ask if they would like to sign up to one of them in the area of space they have chosen - but have a button that says "not now". This way, PP is an idea that players become immediately aware of.
I think this game would be greatly improved by players being given the feeling that they are playing for one of the major factions, even if they are not bound into PP.
There are effectively 4 factions in game - Federation, Imperial, Alliance and Independent.
If I was to start a new character now, I would want it to be somewhere in the Empire, most likely with an imperial Eagle.
My proposal is to create 4 different starting areas in game, one in each alliance, and each with their own ship.
Alliance - Should be in the current starting system, but a new ship designed/built by Lakon - a Type 2 or something.
Empire - A small system near Achenar, starts with the Imperial Eagle
Federation - system nearish to Sol, with a standard Eagle
Independent - starts in a system near Li Yong Rui or Pranav Antals area of space, with the classic Sidewinder.
The ship stats should all be adjusted so that they are roughly equal, maybe with some playoff factors between them.
When the player then begins, have a screen come up explaining about Powerplay, and ask if they would like to sign up to one of them in the area of space they have chosen - but have a button that says "not now". This way, PP is an idea that players become immediately aware of.
I think this game would be greatly improved by players being given the feeling that they are playing for one of the major factions, even if they are not bound into PP.