I've been excited for two things lately: The next big game expansion whatever it is (but hopefully it includes space legs.) And Fleet carriers. I've been slowly coaxing my friends to start playing, and gotten a few past sidewinder stage.
But the news that fleet carriers require upkeep was crushing.
I can understand if maybe for game reasons (You dont want a bunch of abandoned ships floating around a server) you need some way to cull unused ships.
This is not the way. You could for example, if a ship isn't landed on for say two weeks to a month, cause that ship to be mothballed, meaning it's owner needs to log back on and re-activate it (WITHOUT a upkeep cost.) That makes sense. Boom the ship re-appears in the system it was last in, everything proceeds as normal. If other players are docked at that ship they can transfer to a nearby station or merely by logging in they either re-activate the ship, or temp reactivate it for 10 hours. (and they can always transfer their ships back off it.)
But the idea that the FCs will be "decommisioned" if they aren't constantly fed in terms of fuel or money or WHATEVER resource is just....offensive. I'm sure a bunch of people will jump on to say "Oh no it's cool" and hey, everybody's entitled to their opinion and gamestyle, but here's mine: I have a job. The idea of Elite becoming one is the WRONG direction for this game.
But the news that fleet carriers require upkeep was crushing.
I can understand if maybe for game reasons (You dont want a bunch of abandoned ships floating around a server) you need some way to cull unused ships.
This is not the way. You could for example, if a ship isn't landed on for say two weeks to a month, cause that ship to be mothballed, meaning it's owner needs to log back on and re-activate it (WITHOUT a upkeep cost.) That makes sense. Boom the ship re-appears in the system it was last in, everything proceeds as normal. If other players are docked at that ship they can transfer to a nearby station or merely by logging in they either re-activate the ship, or temp reactivate it for 10 hours. (and they can always transfer their ships back off it.)
But the idea that the FCs will be "decommisioned" if they aren't constantly fed in terms of fuel or money or WHATEVER resource is just....offensive. I'm sure a bunch of people will jump on to say "Oh no it's cool" and hey, everybody's entitled to their opinion and gamestyle, but here's mine: I have a job. The idea of Elite becoming one is the WRONG direction for this game.