Newcomer / Intro Save Loadouts and Equipment

[Jaiden Krell]

Hey folks,

upon trying some mining just now and wanting to switch back to blowing stuff up the loadout menu raised some questions.
Like I said, I had bought a refinery and a mining laser and fitted them to my ship. When I want to switch back to guns now, I would have to sell my mining laser.
Is there no way to say outfit my ship with guns but have a mining laser stored somewhere, maybe even in my cargo hold, so I can travel to the system I want to mine in and not feel too unprotected?
So, as to have different loadouts ready, I would have to have different ships?

Let's say I flew to some far away system to get that really awesome piece of gear, but for some reason or antother I want to temporarily use something else on my ship and then use that awesome piece of gear again. I would have to fly to that far away system and buy it again, right?

 

[Panzerbeard]

Yep, you can't own any equipment that isn't actually attached to a ship, if you want to change your loadout, you have to buy the equipment again. As a design decision I agree with it; it forces you to make sacrifices and take risks if you want to specialise your ship. You can kit out your ship to be a really efficient miner, but you're going to be more vulnerable as a result. Conversely you can get an amazing fighting vessel but your ability to perform other tasks is going to be severely diminished. If you can just change loadouts on a whim then there's no sense of commitment when choosing your equipment and specialisation.