With some of new buffs to certain elements of elite are all good, however, Search & Rescue still is at a point of No one really either uses it or profits from it.
Looking at S&R offers players to take on particular missions to find and locate objects around space bring them back for a credit reward etc. However SO much more could be added to beef up this mission and free roam based game play style.
1, Greater rewards ( Elite is always meant to be about Balance) so why not balance some great ways to make credits using the search and rescue game feature far better than it already is, with few players using it.
2, Impliment search Rescue with (Scavenging) Scavenging is something that does exist in game but is not in any way a profit related idea as yet.
Space is big really big right...and with so much space more items need to be found. for example lets start with the very basic of basics, Cargo cans, with the amount of space battles and pirate raids going on not to mention thargoid attacks on stations you would think there would be mass hordes of cargo floating about out there but to this day it's still quite random and light, this needs to change.
The balance of USS convoys need to decrease and cargo finds replace them
this also goes for several other USS finds i.e emissions, Elite is still very focused on engineering, with not that much thought to actually finding other elements about the game, I recall 1984 Elite all you would ever find was cargo cans floating about for trade purpose, Today's Elite has all manner of finds but 90% less cargo, which thinking on the above why is that, In fact there is no reason behind it but the fact that Frontier have not introduced it enough (balance)
Back to scavenging then, his would take the form of a whole new way to make credits in elite a fun new way to fly out with your shiny new or old ship looking for those space junk sites to find cargo!! or ship parts to sell for scrap at a scavenger contact, even introducing some systems that instead of so many convoy, or wedding barges that are fairly pointless to visit, replace them with hordes of scavenger sites you can add threat levels if they so wish using the system already in place, so frontier have the tech already but just need to create a different scenario with.
Eventually creating the scavenger market place to buy and sell parts of ships, or modules, missions for rare parts, cargo with these parts in etc. which brings me on to SPACE LEGS...
Yes space legs a sore point to many of us, but lets think about it for a moment regardless on the rumors that Frontier are working on them, Most of us already know that to have space legs we need the scenario to have legs right.. so why not start off with space legs just in space lets say for the time being. This is how it could work.
Your in your ship looking for scavenging parts etc... you come across a USS wreckage aftermath...you jump in and see the wrecks (hopefully rendered alot better than what we have now) these wrecks could have the ship parts and modules that would make decent credits at the scavenger markets...but how to obtain them, once your draw your ship close you can now similar to using the SRV but now in a style on EVA lets say disembark from your ship to fetch the parts floating in space to bring back to your ship, though technically space walking it involves legs right a first step (excuse the pun) in space legs for Elite.
I'm sure frontier can work out the tech details but this is practically possible already it's just a case on implementing it into the game.
Benefits:
Players EVA around your ship, moving away from it to investigate wrecks which should have greater detail and in different states of decay not just what we see now, rusty lumps of something, but similar to the concept we saw years ago, wrecked hulk of a conda that we can now enter with space legs, to float about and get the parts from to take back to your ship, open your pressure door and get back into your ship.
This would introduce space legs in a small way, as many of us would like to walk around big cities, space stations etc but that is far to ambitious at this time, but floating around outside in space isn't because it's already there space is there are avatars are there.
Assuming that frontier would consider this would give a much needed lift to players of Elite a new game style of play with Scavenging and a kick start toward space legs.
Thanks for reading.
Looking at S&R offers players to take on particular missions to find and locate objects around space bring them back for a credit reward etc. However SO much more could be added to beef up this mission and free roam based game play style.
1, Greater rewards ( Elite is always meant to be about Balance) so why not balance some great ways to make credits using the search and rescue game feature far better than it already is, with few players using it.
2, Impliment search Rescue with (Scavenging) Scavenging is something that does exist in game but is not in any way a profit related idea as yet.
Space is big really big right...and with so much space more items need to be found. for example lets start with the very basic of basics, Cargo cans, with the amount of space battles and pirate raids going on not to mention thargoid attacks on stations you would think there would be mass hordes of cargo floating about out there but to this day it's still quite random and light, this needs to change.
The balance of USS convoys need to decrease and cargo finds replace them
this also goes for several other USS finds i.e emissions, Elite is still very focused on engineering, with not that much thought to actually finding other elements about the game, I recall 1984 Elite all you would ever find was cargo cans floating about for trade purpose, Today's Elite has all manner of finds but 90% less cargo, which thinking on the above why is that, In fact there is no reason behind it but the fact that Frontier have not introduced it enough (balance)
Back to scavenging then, his would take the form of a whole new way to make credits in elite a fun new way to fly out with your shiny new or old ship looking for those space junk sites to find cargo!! or ship parts to sell for scrap at a scavenger contact, even introducing some systems that instead of so many convoy, or wedding barges that are fairly pointless to visit, replace them with hordes of scavenger sites you can add threat levels if they so wish using the system already in place, so frontier have the tech already but just need to create a different scenario with.
Eventually creating the scavenger market place to buy and sell parts of ships, or modules, missions for rare parts, cargo with these parts in etc. which brings me on to SPACE LEGS...
Yes space legs a sore point to many of us, but lets think about it for a moment regardless on the rumors that Frontier are working on them, Most of us already know that to have space legs we need the scenario to have legs right.. so why not start off with space legs just in space lets say for the time being. This is how it could work.
Your in your ship looking for scavenging parts etc... you come across a USS wreckage aftermath...you jump in and see the wrecks (hopefully rendered alot better than what we have now) these wrecks could have the ship parts and modules that would make decent credits at the scavenger markets...but how to obtain them, once your draw your ship close you can now similar to using the SRV but now in a style on EVA lets say disembark from your ship to fetch the parts floating in space to bring back to your ship, though technically space walking it involves legs right a first step (excuse the pun) in space legs for Elite.
I'm sure frontier can work out the tech details but this is practically possible already it's just a case on implementing it into the game.
Benefits:
Players EVA around your ship, moving away from it to investigate wrecks which should have greater detail and in different states of decay not just what we see now, rusty lumps of something, but similar to the concept we saw years ago, wrecked hulk of a conda that we can now enter with space legs, to float about and get the parts from to take back to your ship, open your pressure door and get back into your ship.
This would introduce space legs in a small way, as many of us would like to walk around big cities, space stations etc but that is far to ambitious at this time, but floating around outside in space isn't because it's already there space is there are avatars are there.
Assuming that frontier would consider this would give a much needed lift to players of Elite a new game style of play with Scavenging and a kick start toward space legs.
Thanks for reading.
