A Redditor pointed out this great AskHistorians post on piracy in the 17th & 18thC: Realistically most ships between the 1600s and 1700s carried cargo mostly not gold, so what did pirates do with all those random assortments of wheat, cotton, tea, and stamps?
It got me thinking. It got me thinking this...
Practical Ideas:
There's some stuff in there that would make for some great mechanics:
Dreamscapes:
Go full dreamscape, adding the 'Tier 2' style NPC persistence you guys are hopefully still working towards, and we could have old accomplices ratting on us and stuff like that too, cop personalities being discernible by radio chatter (allowing you to learn the most bribable ones in a location). Maybe even cop hierarchies, where the more senior the cop the more likely they can get us through the front door, but the more likely they'll pounce on us for the bribe in the first place. Unless we've hijacked their wife from her mining run that is...
Stuff like that could be amazing. The whole Smuggling strand could definitely do with this type of variability and risk
(That and blast doors at some locations. This game needs 'Ally only' blast doors for us scrubs to nip through)
/dreaming
It got me thinking. It got me thinking this...
Practical Ideas:
There's some stuff in there that would make for some great mechanics:
- Counterfitters: Altering stolen goods to appear legit, with variable success rates depending on skill and payment.
- A bribe option for station security: You could isolate a patrol and suggest it, or use as a last resort if caught. All with variable success rates depending on bribe and NPC personality etc.
- More exchanges between ships: Blackmarket traders & counterfitters making offers in instances and SC, or gathering in locations which you could figure out. IE dropping out at instances near station approaches. Double-crosses a possibility... also police raids...
- NPC comms (supposedly planned in some form)
- Barter options (offer counterfitter some wares / pay more for better job etc)
- The old Frontier police sting scenario cropping up occasionally
Dreamscapes:
Go full dreamscape, adding the 'Tier 2' style NPC persistence you guys are hopefully still working towards, and we could have old accomplices ratting on us and stuff like that too, cop personalities being discernible by radio chatter (allowing you to learn the most bribable ones in a location). Maybe even cop hierarchies, where the more senior the cop the more likely they can get us through the front door, but the more likely they'll pounce on us for the bribe in the first place. Unless we've hijacked their wife from her mining run that is...
Stuff like that could be amazing. The whole Smuggling strand could definitely do with this type of variability and risk
(That and blast doors at some locations. This game needs 'Ally only' blast doors for us scrubs to nip through
)/dreaming
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