Requests to improve ship transfers

[CaelumEtAstra]

I have a couple of suggestions to improve ship transfers.

First, the ability to request transfers to and from stations without having to visit those stations. This would be a great quality-of-life feature. It would tremendously reduce the hassle involved in ship transfers by allowing fleet transfers to be completed ahead of time. This in turn allows ships to already be en route while traveling to the station in another ship, saving time overall.

Second, cut the transfer time and cost by at least half. As it stands now, transfer times are double or even triple what it takes to just fly them to a station. Costs are also unreasonably high, especially for large ships. It the only costs associated with a transfer should be fuel, any possible repairs, and any additional "labor" costs. Cutting the time and costs would justify bringing short jump range ships--such as the Federal combat ships--to a relatively distant station. This would make transfers a true convenience feature; now it's only a decision between flying yourself or waiting for it to be brought to you while you accomplish other tasks in another ship.

It would be greatly appreciated if these requests were implemented in a future release.

 

[Daynen]

I can understand the cost of transfers since you're getting the convenience of moving any number of ships in a reasonable amount of time for zero risk. That's the important part: zero risk. You will NEVER see anything happen to your ship on a transfer. That's worth a premium. If there any chance of something going wrong then the cost would be unreasonable.

I WOULD like the ability to SEND ships somewhere though, even if it cost even more than bringing them to your location. Even if it were locked behind local system reputation (and the obvious need to have good data on the system--no sending your ships into the unknown without you!)

 

[varonica]

Second, cut the transfer time and cost by at least half. As it stands now, transfer times are double or even triple what it takes to just fly them to a station.

You ever tried to fly a uber-engineered 7ly jump range FDL to Colonia? It will take you 2,847 jumps. As mentioned already, zero risk, and the ability to get ships to places it's totally impractical to actually fly with said ship.

 

[Riverside]

I can understand the cost of transfers since you're getting the convenience of moving any number of ships in a reasonable amount of time for zero risk. That's the important part: zero risk. You will NEVER see anything happen to your ship on a transfer. That's worth a premium. If there any chance of something going wrong then the cost would be unreasonable.

I WOULD like the ability to SEND ships somewhere though, even if it cost even more than bringing them to your location. Even if it were locked behind local system reputation (and the obvious need to have good data on the system--no sending your ships into the unknown without you!)

I agree.

 

[Jappards]

I agree, it should be cheaper. Transferring your ship or buying a new one is the only way to have multiple ships at you location at the same time. Either that or we should be able to transfer some ships manually, via telepresence or carry them in other ships(.i.e. your anaconda can carry a sidewinder in it's hangar).