That would depend on cost of course. If there were a penalty to transactions on a fleet carrier, due to, say, the much smaller market place it could work. Not suggesting I'm a fan of this idea though.
Pricing of fleet carrier: catering to small as well as large squadrons.
Does anyone already mentioned federal and imperial ranks? Don't you find curious that end game ships can be obtained before the last rank? I suppose that admiral and king ranks will be required for the very best ones.
And storage for all that mined ore, which we’re not likely to get.
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So a portable station with no missions or contacts, which you can park out in the black for as long as you want, without any risk or danger, and no need to interact with the rest of the game at all?
Apologies if I sound like I'm attacking you, I just honestly don't understand why people think this is a good idea, so I'm trying to get a grip on it.
Agreed, I'm certain we won’t be allowed storage for such items I’m sure. But, it would be reasonable to sell ore at galactic average price, as from what I understand the FC will require mats in order to jump. Which would be a very similar process to selling.
Flimley
Frontier like to cater to many differing play styles. Fleet carriers could potentially add another dimension to the game in the manner you suggested. Sounds good.
Flimley
I can think of several ways of dealing with the "what do I do with this cargo?" problem:
1. FDev allows us to store cargo on the Carrier.
2. FDev allows us to install a commodities market on the Carrier (probably just to sell stuff, at below-market rates: the Gnosis has one IIRC).
3. You arrange your activities so that your mining comes last. Do your exploring first, then fill your mining ship and go home.
4. You use multiple accounts. If you have more than one CMDR on the Carrier, you mine with one and use the other for other activities.
We still don't know how Carriers will move, so it's still possible that they will have megaship "hyperdrives" (which, according to lore, can make long voyages through witchspace at slower speeds than the FSD: ship transfer is allegedly via megaship, and that's 6ly/min). If they do that, you could use an alt to send the Carrier back to the Bubble with a full mining ship aboard while you continue exploring.
At least 3 doesn't require FDev to give us anything more than a basic shipyard to swap ships, and 4 doesn't even need that.
1. FDev allows us to store cargo on the Carrier.
2. FDev allows us to install a commodities market on the Carrier (probably just to sell stuff, at below-market rates: the Gnosis has one IIRC).
3. You arrange your activities so that your mining comes last. Do your exploring first, then fill your mining ship and go home.
4. You use multiple accounts. If you have more than one CMDR on the Carrier, you mine with one and use the other for other activities.
We still don't know how Carriers will move, so it's still possible that they will have megaship "hyperdrives" (which, according to lore, can make long voyages through witchspace at slower speeds than the FSD: ship transfer is allegedly via megaship, and that's 6ly/min). If they do that, you could use an alt to send the Carrier back to the Bubble with a full mining ship aboard while you continue exploring.
At least 3 doesn't require FDev to give us anything more than a basic shipyard to swap ships, and 4 doesn't even need that.
I can’t believe I’m doing this again... we haven’t any idea what Frontier’s idea of a Carrier will be. Until there is some Official Word, I’m going for the cautious side, and suspect these will be as feature-packed as a car carrier, possibly with an optional heating and air conditioning system, maybe a half-beanbag ashtray. At least this way I can’t be disappointed.
I can’t believe it’s not butter!
We’ll have to wait and see for ourselves, Re-Carriers. I’m sure it’s going to be fantastic
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I’d be happy to obtain a Fleet carrier if I can add an asteroid munching set of bull bars to the front and rename it ‘Mine Craft’.
Fleet carrier care kit, flight insurance, Commander passports... Let’s get set.... o7
Fleet carrier care kit, flight insurance, Commander passports... Let’s get set.... o7
Some of those questions are answered by Obsidian Ant in his latest youtube
I don't believe it can enter a planet or moon orbit or instance
I believe that the function of the carrier will be decided by the flavour of support ship that you purchase.
There will be a maintenance cost/effort
I don't think you can expand it, in terms of 'make it bigger'. Not sure what you mean there.
Whilst it is not clear if you would get bonuses for style of play, I have seen that you can choose the support ship for a particular occupation if you like. Piracy, exploration, search and rescue, bounty hunting and others.
Not sure at all about how or where you can manoeuvre the carrier and/or support ship. In real space, supercruise or wytch space. But I understand it can jump 500ly. But you need to synthesise special fuel.
I don't think you can crash it.
I understand it will invulnerable to attack.
Hope this helpe
Carriers will be able to be purchased by cmdrs aloneHow about buying it on credit
I don't know about that. I've already thrown away many millions on shiny new toys, which turned out to be much less use than I hoped.
I have ~650M Cr.
It would be nice if you could rent a fleet carrier. I could see problems with that, though. Where would your ships go if you stopped paying?
It would be nice if you could rent a fleet carrier. I could see problems with that, though. Where would your ships go if you stopped paying?