Hi Commanders,
i have seen some Questions on the Net what to do if someone is blocking the landing pad, and i actually know what to do.
However, i don't think, that available solutions for Pad-Blocking are acceptable, so i want to discuss this, and i have time, waiting for someone to clear the landing pad
At first, why the solutions are inacceptable:
1) Go to another station
Totally inacceptable. It may be required to land on this station, for example if i need to deliver something. Heres a tl;dr of a personal experience, if someone cares
2) go into solo mode
Inacceptable too. Escpecially since Frontier does challanges where solo mode is forbidden.
3) get a smaller ship
(read this as a solution)
You're kidding, right?
What someone could do, is, locking a whole station down without any disadvantages. You wouldn't even know who that is, because you cannot target the ships on landing pads. If you wanna do a boycott on a station, you would otherwise shoot anyone and get a big bounty and things.
Here are my thoughts on this:
If i were a station commander and have demands (= the bulletin board / the market) i would make sure someone can actually dock at my station. If someone is blocking it, the station could actually do something against him.
Suggestions:
1) After a timeout of, lets say, 5 minutes the one on the landing pad goes down and is thrown in another instance in the game, freeing up the landing pad for others. 5 minutes are enough for doing most things.
2) Let us target the ships on landing pads. i want to know, who is to blame, if i loose money because its not possible to land, i may want to kill the one next time i see him
Cheers,
Commander Arrakaij
PS: now that i'm finished writing, the landing pad is still occupied.
i have seen some Questions on the Net what to do if someone is blocking the landing pad, and i actually know what to do.
However, i don't think, that available solutions for Pad-Blocking are acceptable, so i want to discuss this, and i have time, waiting for someone to clear the landing pad
At first, why the solutions are inacceptable:
1) Go to another station
Totally inacceptable. It may be required to land on this station, for example if i need to deliver something. Heres a tl;dr of a personal experience, if someone cares
2) go into solo mode
Inacceptable too. Escpecially since Frontier does challanges where solo mode is forbidden.
3) get a smaller ship
(read this as a solution)
You're kidding, right?
What someone could do, is, locking a whole station down without any disadvantages. You wouldn't even know who that is, because you cannot target the ships on landing pads. If you wanna do a boycott on a station, you would otherwise shoot anyone and get a big bounty and things.
Here are my thoughts on this:
If i were a station commander and have demands (= the bulletin board / the market) i would make sure someone can actually dock at my station. If someone is blocking it, the station could actually do something against him.
Suggestions:
1) After a timeout of, lets say, 5 minutes the one on the landing pad goes down and is thrown in another instance in the game, freeing up the landing pad for others. 5 minutes are enough for doing most things.
2) Let us target the ships on landing pads. i want to know, who is to blame, if i loose money because its not possible to land, i may want to kill the one next time i see him
Cheers,
Commander Arrakaij
PS: now that i'm finished writing, the landing pad is still occupied.