So.
Good Day Everyone.
Now the Title likely tells some People already just what I want.
But the Long Story is here as well for you who actually Enjoy Reading Long Posts
The Suggestion is that FD Should Hire 1-2 People. Which would Work as a Small Independent Team.
These 1-2 People would have the Job to.
1.
Think up Events and Findings for Exploration and Storytelling.
2.
Create the Art and Assets for these Ideas and Implement them into Game as hidden Updates.
(pls note not big mechanic changes or anything but only stuff actually working with current mechanics as these should not change anything in the actual Gameplay in the remaining game)
3.
Run a small Blog in the Forum which will Tell People about their Work. Just telling about their Work mind you. Not actually telling them locations or what they have hidden. Aside from maybe small riddled teasers to make clear that there is something to find out there.
So what kind of stuff would they do ?
Well for most Part things that will be Story Running Events but also just real small stuff to Find.
1.
An Example for something Bigger.
A Earth Like Planet. Somewhere far faar away. Might actually be Home to a Species which is barely in the Space Age.
And even have a Small Space Station Orbiting their Planet. But neither Ships nor any good Capacities on Space Travel or actual Sensor Coverage.
The Planet will get a Graphic like a Settled Planet except some extra Colors maybe.
When the Planet is Scanned with a Detailed Surface Scanner. The Description will be added that an Sentient Species is here. And that an small Installation is Orbiting the Planet.
However the Player wont get any Extra Notification. So if he does not Notice it. Well Bad Luck
And the Space Station is not any Big Powered Installation so it wont be Detected at all unless your very close to the Planets Orbit.
Now either when the Story Starts Spreading because the Player Shared it in Forums or on Youtube. Or 2 Days after he Delivered the Exploration Data. Galnet will post a Story about the Findings.
And the System will be put under Protection of a Superpower and Require a Permit to be Entered.
The Story will of course change depending on the Pilot Attacking, Destroying, Scanning the Station etc etc.
If the Player did not actually pay attention and did not notice that he Scanned something Special. The Findings will be reported as the Scientists analysing the Findings found something Incredible in the Exploration Data provided by the Player.
As you can See. The Event would have barely any Big Effect on the Game.
It would Require absolutely no Changes to current Game Mechanics.
Yet it would Provide an very Interesting thing that I can Guarantee you. Would send all the Explorers into Excitement mode.
The thing could then be let sleep or could be continued with mini events later.
For example by posing a Community Project to Build an Observation Post in the System.
Of course such Big Events would be Very Rare. Meaning there would only be 1 out of a few Million Planets who got such a Big Secret.
Otherwise it would stop being something Special.
Especially this Event named here. Would be something that in the Entire Galaxy should exist maybe once or twice.
Maybe once as described above. Maybe a second time with a more Primitive Species which is around Medieval Technology.
There could be smaller events in closer range to the Planet. For example like Finding an USS and an Broken Probe of that Species which has been send out likely more than a hundred years ago.
Or receiving Strange Signals in a USS.
Probes crashed on Planets etc etc.
2.
Very Rare Random Finds and Events. More likely than the above. But still only maybe existend 20-30 times in the Galaxy.
Finding a Broken Planet. 2 Planets that Collided maybe 20 years ago and which will likely take another thousand years before they form back into something that looks like an actual planet.
Possibly even with a Moon Forming like for our Earth
Or finding an earth like Planet which maybe 100 Years ago had a Super Volcano Erupt and now has an entirely Ash filled Atmoshpere. Thus having a completely different look and a special Mention.
Or finding an Sun which is currently in the last Stage of its Life and Bloating up before it Dies. This takes many Years so again its nothing but an Special Entry
Or finding old Ruins on a Planet which are of a more Primitive nature. Maybe adding some backround Story about Researches trying to find out how the Ruins got there. Or how that Planet became a Dead Rocky Planet which had an Atmosphere and even Sentient Life Thousands of Years ago which never made it past Bronze Age
All of such Events would have Galnet Entries.
Yet you already notice. None of these would actually require any new mechanics or new Gameplay options.
3.
Wittness Events. These might be rare or more common depending on what it is.
And they would actually require some extra Programming for a change ^^
For example. You might one Day Drive upon a Planet. Thinking nothing Bad. When an Asteroid Hits the Planet.
The Event would be fairly Common and Random Triggered. Causing a Dust Wave to Roll over the Planet. And providing a Fairly Interesting Sight for you or for your Friends in Space if they can make it in time.
Much more Rare would be for example. That when you Scan a System. You might notice that your Scanner has a Planet which is not part of the Star. A Rogue Planet which is Passing through.
You might be able to Scan it. Or you might miss it.
A Meteorite Shower on a Gas Giant you might See if you Approach a Planet and it gets Triggered
4.
Common Findings.
Much more Common possibly up in the Thousands and more in the Galaxy.
Would be small time Findings.
An Unnaturally high Mountain on a Planet which if Scanned would have a Description about Tectonic Movements causing a Big Mountain to Erupt in the Past.
An Big Asteroid which has alot of Caves inside it.
An Abandoned Asteroid Base which was likely made 100s of Years ago by Humans and then apparently was Shot out of the System due to an Collission for example.
An New unknown Variant of a Metal or Material. Not very Different from what we got. But worth an Entry in the Galnet.
Especially later with Atmospheric Landings. Unknown Plant Life and or Bacterial Life.
An Super Big Volcano on a Planet.
All sort of such minor stuff
Info::::
Of course any new Finds would only be Implemented into Systems not yet Discovered.
While Wittness Events like a Rogue Planet passing through might actually happen even inside the Bubble
This would really give People a Reason to Start go Exploring.
And you can take Bets. Communities of Explorers. Like Canon for example would be Engaged in this Tremendously.
And that when all of the above mentioned Events would require hardly any Big Work.
It would greatly enhance the Game and make it much more Interesting.
The Guys which think about and add these events. (aside from surely being able to get alot of Inspiration from the Suggestions Forum here *gg* as I know well enough that many others also have posted such Ideas)
Could Run a Blog here on the Forum. Which contains some Teasers.
For example an Counter of how many Mysteries they have Hidden in the Galaxy and how many have been Discovered
Of course without actually telling us what they are
They might tough make a list like this.
-------------
There is
3 Epic
8 Unique
121 Rare
Mysteries yet to be Discovered by anyone.
So far
no Epic
1 Unique
and 12 Rare
Have been Found by Players and have been or will be Published in Galnet.
----------------------
Now let me Hear your Toughts
And maybe Help me Advertise this to Frontier so we Explorers get something to Do
Greetz Sun
Good Day Everyone.
Now the Title likely tells some People already just what I want.
But the Long Story is here as well for you who actually Enjoy Reading Long Posts
The Suggestion is that FD Should Hire 1-2 People. Which would Work as a Small Independent Team.
These 1-2 People would have the Job to.
1.
Think up Events and Findings for Exploration and Storytelling.
2.
Create the Art and Assets for these Ideas and Implement them into Game as hidden Updates.
(pls note not big mechanic changes or anything but only stuff actually working with current mechanics as these should not change anything in the actual Gameplay in the remaining game)
3.
Run a small Blog in the Forum which will Tell People about their Work. Just telling about their Work mind you. Not actually telling them locations or what they have hidden. Aside from maybe small riddled teasers to make clear that there is something to find out there.
So what kind of stuff would they do ?
Well for most Part things that will be Story Running Events but also just real small stuff to Find.
1.
An Example for something Bigger.
A Earth Like Planet. Somewhere far faar away. Might actually be Home to a Species which is barely in the Space Age.
And even have a Small Space Station Orbiting their Planet. But neither Ships nor any good Capacities on Space Travel or actual Sensor Coverage.
The Planet will get a Graphic like a Settled Planet except some extra Colors maybe.
When the Planet is Scanned with a Detailed Surface Scanner. The Description will be added that an Sentient Species is here. And that an small Installation is Orbiting the Planet.
However the Player wont get any Extra Notification. So if he does not Notice it. Well Bad Luck
And the Space Station is not any Big Powered Installation so it wont be Detected at all unless your very close to the Planets Orbit.
Now either when the Story Starts Spreading because the Player Shared it in Forums or on Youtube. Or 2 Days after he Delivered the Exploration Data. Galnet will post a Story about the Findings.
And the System will be put under Protection of a Superpower and Require a Permit to be Entered.
The Story will of course change depending on the Pilot Attacking, Destroying, Scanning the Station etc etc.
If the Player did not actually pay attention and did not notice that he Scanned something Special. The Findings will be reported as the Scientists analysing the Findings found something Incredible in the Exploration Data provided by the Player.
As you can See. The Event would have barely any Big Effect on the Game.
It would Require absolutely no Changes to current Game Mechanics.
Yet it would Provide an very Interesting thing that I can Guarantee you. Would send all the Explorers into Excitement mode.
The thing could then be let sleep or could be continued with mini events later.
For example by posing a Community Project to Build an Observation Post in the System.
Of course such Big Events would be Very Rare. Meaning there would only be 1 out of a few Million Planets who got such a Big Secret.
Otherwise it would stop being something Special.
Especially this Event named here. Would be something that in the Entire Galaxy should exist maybe once or twice.
Maybe once as described above. Maybe a second time with a more Primitive Species which is around Medieval Technology.
There could be smaller events in closer range to the Planet. For example like Finding an USS and an Broken Probe of that Species which has been send out likely more than a hundred years ago.
Or receiving Strange Signals in a USS.
Probes crashed on Planets etc etc.
2.
Very Rare Random Finds and Events. More likely than the above. But still only maybe existend 20-30 times in the Galaxy.
Finding a Broken Planet. 2 Planets that Collided maybe 20 years ago and which will likely take another thousand years before they form back into something that looks like an actual planet.
Possibly even with a Moon Forming like for our Earth
Or finding an earth like Planet which maybe 100 Years ago had a Super Volcano Erupt and now has an entirely Ash filled Atmoshpere. Thus having a completely different look and a special Mention.
Or finding an Sun which is currently in the last Stage of its Life and Bloating up before it Dies. This takes many Years so again its nothing but an Special Entry
Or finding old Ruins on a Planet which are of a more Primitive nature. Maybe adding some backround Story about Researches trying to find out how the Ruins got there. Or how that Planet became a Dead Rocky Planet which had an Atmosphere and even Sentient Life Thousands of Years ago which never made it past Bronze Age
All of such Events would have Galnet Entries.
Yet you already notice. None of these would actually require any new mechanics or new Gameplay options.
3.
Wittness Events. These might be rare or more common depending on what it is.
And they would actually require some extra Programming for a change ^^
For example. You might one Day Drive upon a Planet. Thinking nothing Bad. When an Asteroid Hits the Planet.
The Event would be fairly Common and Random Triggered. Causing a Dust Wave to Roll over the Planet. And providing a Fairly Interesting Sight for you or for your Friends in Space if they can make it in time.
Much more Rare would be for example. That when you Scan a System. You might notice that your Scanner has a Planet which is not part of the Star. A Rogue Planet which is Passing through.
You might be able to Scan it. Or you might miss it.
A Meteorite Shower on a Gas Giant you might See if you Approach a Planet and it gets Triggered
4.
Common Findings.
Much more Common possibly up in the Thousands and more in the Galaxy.
Would be small time Findings.
An Unnaturally high Mountain on a Planet which if Scanned would have a Description about Tectonic Movements causing a Big Mountain to Erupt in the Past.
An Big Asteroid which has alot of Caves inside it.
An Abandoned Asteroid Base which was likely made 100s of Years ago by Humans and then apparently was Shot out of the System due to an Collission for example.
An New unknown Variant of a Metal or Material. Not very Different from what we got. But worth an Entry in the Galnet.
Especially later with Atmospheric Landings. Unknown Plant Life and or Bacterial Life.
An Super Big Volcano on a Planet.
All sort of such minor stuff
Info::::
Of course any new Finds would only be Implemented into Systems not yet Discovered.
While Wittness Events like a Rogue Planet passing through might actually happen even inside the Bubble
This would really give People a Reason to Start go Exploring.
And you can take Bets. Communities of Explorers. Like Canon for example would be Engaged in this Tremendously.
And that when all of the above mentioned Events would require hardly any Big Work.
It would greatly enhance the Game and make it much more Interesting.
The Guys which think about and add these events. (aside from surely being able to get alot of Inspiration from the Suggestions Forum here *gg* as I know well enough that many others also have posted such Ideas)
Could Run a Blog here on the Forum. Which contains some Teasers.
For example an Counter of how many Mysteries they have Hidden in the Galaxy and how many have been Discovered
Of course without actually telling us what they are
They might tough make a list like this.
-------------
There is
3 Epic
8 Unique
121 Rare
Mysteries yet to be Discovered by anyone.
So far
no Epic
1 Unique
and 12 Rare
Have been Found by Players and have been or will be Published in Galnet.
----------------------
Now let me Hear your Toughts
And maybe Help me Advertise this to Frontier so we Explorers get something to Do
Greetz Sun
