Please reconsider fleet carriers for solo players.
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And that won't happen with squadrons? The squadron leaders won't start asking for a fleet of fleet carriers when the squadron gets big? 500 players parking on a single small carrier like that, it makes just a little sense as having a shipyard for 30 ships for a single player.
Luckily squadrons max out at 500.Looks like only squadrons with 20.000+ members will be able to operate one.
500 is probably reasonable number to own a carrier, but then again you can't fit all those ships if everyone comes to the meetup. /shrugs/ Large squadrons might need multiple carriers...
What to do.. what to do...?
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and here is the thing..... I bet any players now in a little guild of 10-20 players currently arguing about exclusivity and not all content is for all people and solo players wanting to have everything on a plate, would suddenly turn about if FD stated the minimum squadron size needed to qualify was 100 ACTIVE participants (so no sockpuppets).. and the fueling being balanced with logic of 1 group of 100 spending 1 hr each per jump collecting fuel. I try not to be a mean man, but i cant lie....... i would smile.Looks like only squadrons with 20.000+ members will be able to operate one.
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Not sure, but I suspect there's some info about Cannon's mega ship, how it's maintained and fueled.
Maybe there won't be much or any upkeep per-se, but fuel most likely will be a thing.
Why?
Not only should they be restricted to squadrons, but they should be restricted to squadrons beyond a minimum size.
Ships Can not Have Shipyard
The shipyard is the option on the menu of a station that allows you to buy and sell ships and also store ships if you have more than one, switch between the ships you own and ask for ship transfers from one station to another.
Explorer's Anchorage is a station in the center of the galaxy and does not have a shipyard.
Outpost does not have a shipyard.
The shipyard is unique to space stations.
It is almost certain that a Carrier will never have a shipyard. And that's all a single player needs to know
You can not store several of your ships in a Carrier. You can carry various other players, each on your ship.
All the rest of the mechanics will be equivalent to the current megaship mechanics. Do not fly supercruiser, jump from one place to another and get parked there in orbit until you decide to move it to another place.
The shipyard is the option on the menu of a station that allows you to buy and sell ships and also store ships if you have more than one, switch between the ships you own and ask for ship transfers from one station to another.
Explorer's Anchorage is a station in the center of the galaxy and does not have a shipyard.
Outpost does not have a shipyard.
The shipyard is unique to space stations.
It is almost certain that a Carrier will never have a shipyard. And that's all a single player needs to know
You can not store several of your ships in a Carrier. You can carry various other players, each on your ship.
All the rest of the mechanics will be equivalent to the current megaship mechanics. Do not fly supercruiser, jump from one place to another and get parked there in orbit until you decide to move it to another place.
Yeah. Also consider really large squadrons might want multiple carriers for multiple parallel activities. Like one sub-group of the squad needs the carrier for one mission and another for some other mission.
Sounds like the Anaconda issue in Elite. Everyone and his/her goldfish have an Anaconda.
Sure. I won't either. And I won't lose sleep if they can have one.
Well the arguments for personally owned carriers aren't very strong either.
They are just as good as everyone should be king of the galaxy.
It's just a matter of personal preference. I don't want to play a game where everyone can own his personal megaship because it's against my vision of the galaxy.
Maybe someone else might see it completely differently which is just as valid.
I believe there is no right or wrong in this case.
we cant do polls however i would be interested to know the size of peoples squadrons.
for the record mine is 5 - though technically not set up yet - however of the 5 i am the only person who really plays at the moment and i do not see that changing any time soon.
Wait? If Detention Centers are carriers and carriers can't have shipyards... I think last time I was detained that it had one?!Ships Can not Have Shipyard
The shipyard is the option on the menu of a station that allows you to buy and sell ships and also store ships if you have more than one, switch between the ships you own and ask for ship transfers from one station to another.
Explorer's Anchorage is a station in the center of the galaxy and does not have a shipyard.
Outpost does not have a shipyard.
The shipyard is unique to space stations.
It is almost certain that a Carrier will never have a shipyard. And that's all a single player needs to know
You can not store several of your ships in a Carrier. You can carry various other players, each on your ship.
All the rest of the mechanics will be equivalent to the current megaship mechanics. Do not fly supercruiser, jump from one place to another and get parked there in orbit until you decide to move it to another place.
Until it isn't.
I agree that we probably won't ever be able to buy new ships on a carrier, I don't see why it would be impossible to store ships.
You don't know more about FCs in Elite than we do, why do some people feel like they know it all and can educate the rest of us? We all have no clue what FCs will be like, that's a fact.
True. True.
You're absolutely right. And it's just a game after all. Just pixels on the screen.
The size of my squadron is two, but the other one is currently at Mount Kilimanjaro.
Currently 9. And I haven't played in months. Started up yesterday again.
You have a coffee maker? I only have a few dozens in my ship, and I need one more.
No can not haz!!!
Gimme goldfish... (and a conda for it to fly)
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