Starting to get more into the ground mission side of Odyssey and it strikes me as a bit strange that (correct me if I'm wrong) there is no upgrades for my SRV. Not talking about Engineered upgrades, just the ability to make small upgrades such as a new powerplant, larger storage, shield generators etc. I should think it wouldn't be that big of a problem to add given that there (unlike Star Citizen) are no physicalized components that require a graphic of some sort to be created IE a powerplant. Its all just numbers(?) I would think....
SRV Upgrades
- Thread starter thysunkrupp
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It also would be nice to have something using propulsion units like skimmers 
... there is huge area for improvements in "surface vehicles" category.
... there is huge area for improvements in "surface vehicles" category.
Why do you even need the upgrades for SRV?
In terms of Ground Combat, the srv is the king - it can mow down waves after waves of NPC grunts.
It has speed, it has agility, it has firepower - as it is.
Carrying capacity is a bit small at 2 tons.
But, if i'm not mistaken that's also the capacity for the starter Sidewinder
So, why fixing something that is not broken?
In terms of Ground Combat, the srv is the king - it can mow down waves after waves of NPC grunts.
It has speed, it has agility, it has firepower - as it is.
Carrying capacity is a bit small at 2 tons.
But, if i'm not mistaken that's also the capacity for the starter Sidewinder
So, why fixing something that is not broken?
Lol....Just was thinking about that after I made my post.....Coffee is kicking in I guess...A small hover vessel, same size as a SRV with the same flight characteristics/controls as a ship.
Should have clarified, Im not concerned with FPS combat, The upgrades are another line of "progression" in the game, a game in which players can upgrade ships (and now suits) to their wildest dreams. Maybe I could upgrade my life support? Fuel tanks? Cargo? Perhaps a SRV designed strictly for combat? Or one for biological work? One for pure exploration (extended range, life support, cargo, upgraded scanning system etc)
I get that.
But while the "progression" for ships might be warranted by the environment (debatable, but still), this is not happening for SRV.
The SRV is quite Unique. It is the Apex predator. Any improvement will make it even more overpowered that it currently is.
And trying to introduce things to balance the SRV and thus make the "improvements" warranted will most likely ruin the current balance which is quite ok-ish
(I know i said the SRV is the king, however it's a rather frail position and it relies on driver awareness of his surroundings. So if the cmdr fails to spot the sharpshooter, that cmdr will lose his srv in 5-6 shots)
And if we go past combat - we already get almost infinite range for fuel and ammo (due to resynth using common materials) and the same for hull repairs that can be done in the field using resynth or simply by boarding the srv to the ship.
There is a certain irony that anything in the game that can be upgraded attracts "this is a grind! Why do you make us do this!" threads, where anything not upgradable attracts "Why can't we upgrade this!" threads
I wouldn't mind being able to upgrade (or more variants). But I don't see any great need - other than maybe cargo space
I wouldn't mind being able to upgrade (or more variants). But I don't see any great need - other than maybe cargo space
Think about it as something further to do, have variety, have fun with using something different as we had for years. It not need to break balance, just to be slightly different with small changes to speed, cargo, weapons.
For example speeder could however over terrain, be fast, have just tiny cargo (2t) and no weapons. There definitely should be some fun aspect, its imo the 1st why many are playing games
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SRV which we have could use rockets or guns, add extra shield at expense of cargo space, have stronger jump thruster, etc. There is much what can be done with relatively small changes.
I often think about how small changes to what we have or different application of already existing assets could offer us players more fun.
For example speeder could however over terrain, be fast, have just tiny cargo (2t) and no weapons. There definitely should be some fun aspect, its imo the 1st why many are playing games
.SRV which we have could use rockets or guns, add extra shield at expense of cargo space, have stronger jump thruster, etc. There is much what can be done with relatively small changes.
I often think about how small changes to what we have or different application of already existing assets could offer us players more fun.
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I think at most you could only double the size of the storage. You can see the space of the back is realistically sized for two tons and at best you could stack two more on top realistically, however that would mean all small ships would have to extend even taller for clearance. Honestly I think the SRV port should be made larger on some ships for larger SRVS