Some 'future of ED' questions

jhwedmd

J
I haven't seen it go by on the newsletters and a quick forum search didn't show any obvious answers, so I post my question here.

Has anyone heard anything about the future of ED in regards to owning things like bases, stations, hidden asteroid pirate bases, etc?

Me and some buddies were wondering about the possibilities of groups having their own bases and docks and such.

In the same vein, has there been any discussion of having the ability to slave jump drives from one ship to another so that you can jump with friends? For instance, my friend flying a freighter and me running protection through pirate space comes to mind. Right now if you are flying together, you can both jump toward the same destination, but if one of you gets interdicted, there is no way for the other to be there to help. Would be nice in the future to convoy up.

Thanks!
 
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Joe Spivey

Joe Spivey
jhwedmd said:
I haven't seen it go by on the newsletters and a quick forum search didn't show any obvious answers, so I post my question here.

Has anyone heard anything about the future of ED in regards to owning things like bases, stations, hidden asteroid pirate bases, etc?

Me and some buddies were wondering about the possibilities of groups having their own bases and docks and such.

Thanks!
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Owning stations? No. Owning a small base type structure by 'inflating' an asteroid? Yes. Docks and hangers and manufacturing facilities? Nuhuh. Storage facility? Yes when planetary landings come to pass.

Slaving drives? Yes, see the DDA on 'Groups' for more info.
 

azdour

azdour
jhwedmd said:
...has there been any discussion of having the ability to slave jump drives from one ship to another so that you can jump with friends? For instance, my friend flying a freighter and me running protection through pirate space comes to mind. Right now if you are flying together, you can both jump toward the same destination, but if one of you gets interdicted, there is no way for the other to be there to help. Would be nice in the future to convoy up.

Thanks!
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If you are in an alliance you can slave your drives together (from http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6300):

"Have the ability to slave hyperdrive systems together to make travel easier.
Get matched as a whole during slaved hyperspace travel and if not possible spawn in their own instance at a location rather than splitting the alliance up"
 

Kernel Kwatz!

Kernel Kwatz!
I believe there is a plan for fake asteroids that are essentially hangers. Good for pirating. I seem to recall that there larger structures like stations will not be the type of thing you will be able to own or build.
 

Robert Maynard

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Robert Maynard
jhwedmd said:
In the same vein, has there been any discussion of having the ability to slave jump drives from one ship to another so that you can jump with friends? For instance, my friend flying a freighter and me running protection through pirate space comes to mind. Right now if you are flying together, you can both jump toward the same destination, but if one of you gets interdicted, there is no way for the other to be there to help. Would be nice in the future to convoy up.

Thanks!
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The DDA contains a lot of useful design information for the game - the threads on Hyperspace and In-System Travel will show you what Frontier have in mind (yes to the ability to slave drives).
 

deMangler

deMangler
Not planned soon.
There are some other threads that come up from a search on Player Owned Stations.

http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=24306

http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=37562

http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=25686

http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4192

http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=11903

<edit> hehe Very much ninjad on this one... </edit>


Robert Maynard said:
The DDA contains a lot of useful design information for the game
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That is very useful. Keep forgetting about that thanks.
 
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forger

forger
after initial release at some point we will be able to buy and own bottom range stations that will require specific asteroids, no one knows what means bottom range station and when they will be, but that will require biggest transport ship and enormous amount of cash ;)
 

jhwedmd

J
Thanks for all the responses, guys.

Apparently I am incapable of doing an adequate search :)

Lots of good reading there.
 

forger

forger
JamesBondage said:
maybe youll be able to own outposts, but stations?! even if you could "own" one, i feel like the cost would be Trillions of credits
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David Braben said that players will be able to own those melted asteroid stations, also outposts and bottom range stations probably are close things :)

Will there be pirate hideout stations in Elite Dangerous that are built from remains of old ships (like Anacondas), maybe even anchored to asteroids?
David Braben: We do plan a 'bottom of the range' station that is made from a melted-then-inflated asteroid (as featured on the recent cover of EDGE magazine).
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Ayo

Ayo
forger said:
David Braben said that players will be able to own those melted asteroid stations, also outposts and bottom range stations probably are close things :)
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At no point have we been told that we can own these stations. In fact a think a dev may have confirmed that we will not be able to own these stations in the first release, but maybe later.
 

forger

forger
Ayo said:
At no point have we been told that we can own these stations. In fact a think a dev may have confirmed that we will not be able to own these stations in the first release, but maybe later.
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he told that in an interview, that somewhere after initial release there will be player owned bottom range asteroid stations.
 

forger

forger
JamesBondage said:
thats cool, i was picturing more like carving out an asteroid with a mining laser. but that'll do
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i like that it must be special asteroid ;) like composed from special minerals, anyway that's probably the most exciting thing that is planned after initial release, as it will give us a lot of game play mechanics, pirates/smugglers/bounty hunters/explorers all can benefit from such station, they all need to repair and restock ;)
 

Deyu

Deyu
I want a Battlestation! :cool:

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