Given that ship transfer was not possible when the game launched, that then begs the question: why is the delay on ship transfer considered to be an impediment to playing now that ship transfer is possible at all - when it was not possible for the first year and a bit of the game's lifespan?
It's very often feasible to plan ahead around these things, it's part of the game strategy I enjoy.
You teleport from the blue circle to your seat, and everyone pitches a fit if you dare to ask for anything else.It's amazing we have any kind of ship and module transfers. Waiting for it to be completed is not so bad.
I just want to know, with such technology, why don't we have teleporters? We are more than a 1000 years in the future from Star Trek, and they had teleporters!
Sorry, I digress.
Back when the game launched I only had my Cobra MkIII - thanks to my pledge level rewards. I was unable to play for most of the first year due to being at sea (the loss of offline really upset me back then).
Not having an animation or interactivity does not equal teleporting.
Partly because after the first year of the game there was a big move towards encouraging specialisation of ship builds.
With all respect, that sounds like a personal problem. I'm not known as a person who has a surplus of patience (especially for things that needlessly delay things), but even I understand the virtues of having patience and being able to plan ahead—and the pitfalls of instant gratification. Sometimes you just have to slow down, enjoy the view and smell the ashes
(there's also the "This machine doesn't have a brain; use your own!" whenever I need to work with something that can kill or maim either the operator or a bystander)Sometimes I think they should've kept the original idea of only one ship at a time. Wouldn't have to worry about transfer then.
For the record, I am still quite upset with that solution. Having us actually enter our ships through those airlocks, then heading into a lift taking is to the cockpit where we step out and to our seat should have been the bare minimum. Saves the trouble of creating full interiors but would remove the black screen silliness.
Am I imagining the vague memory of echoing footsteps as you board/depart your ship, while the true magic of what's occurring is obscured by a mysterious black veil?
Somewhat mitigated by increased jump ranges for ships following the introduction of ship and module transfer in Oct'2016, i.e. Guardian FSBs in Feb'18 and SCO FSDs in May'24.
I play flight sims in VR that involve extended transit periods and even driven round an entire planet in Elite in the SRV, so I hope I don’t get tarred as an instant gratification playerWith all respect, that sounds like a personal problem. I'm not known as a person who has a surplus of patience (especially for things that needlessly delay things), but even I understand the virtues of having patience and being able to plan ahead—and the pitfalls of instant gratification. Sometimes you just have to slow down, enjoy the view and smell the ashes
There are two sayings that I try to live by. One from my Granny, who always emphasized that "Wants are the kingdom of Heaven" and another from my military training where one instructor loved to say "If your head doesn't work, then your legs will"
Yes, certainly. Though the point of ship transfer is primarily to move the shorter-ranged stuff, which might not have room for a Guardian booster and won't benefit more than marginally from SCO FSDs being faster in hyperspace too.
A single 500 LY jump will get you almost anywhere-to-anywhere within the original bubble and also a bunch of the newer systems, though, and the ability (unlike transfers) to schedule that jump without needing to already be at the destination system (or even anywhere near the carrier, or docked at all) makes it much easier to place that 15 minutes without generating dead time compared with the ship transfer.
Yes, I do wonder how much carrier jumping (and possibly even ownership) would be entirely avoided if ship transfer was similarly quick, cheap-per-use and conveniently remotely schedulable.
I don’t see that as a working explanation for instant transfer, I see it as an explanation for the transfer time for that ship as it is configured taking the same time as if you had jumped it there yourself without any real life interruptions, which of course means that some transfers would be impossible as the ship did have the required range.
For values of suitable and believable that worked for me, maybe. It has to cover why we haven’t been doing things that way for all these years as well.
We have a bigger special effects budget and can afford to produce scenes of ships landing and docking.It's amazing we have any kind of ship and module transfers. Waiting for it to be completed is not so bad.
I just want to know, with such technology, why don't we have teleporters? We are more than a 1000 years in the future from Star Trek, and they had teleporters!
Sorry, I digress.
In the vast majority of cases, the time gap between "last time you used this ship" and "time it arrives at the destination" is going to be much larger than the time it would take to fly it there normally, though.
Having the past game act as a blocker to new gameplay shouldn’t be a thing - otherwise we’d never have been unglued from our seats
Or the original, original idea of one user shipSometimes I think they should've kept the original idea of only one ship at a time. Wouldn't have to worry about transfer then.
