Makes sense. We'll likely see the stories continue as background fluff for now, but the rule of 2 points towards refinery upgrades.So,
assuming we get CGs tomorrow (hopefully), what are your bets?
I say cargo CG to upgrade outpost refineries, bonus points if in Colonia.
Seems likely. Metagaming a bit, cargo CGs are the ones most affected by the introduction of Fleet Carriers both in terms of likely delivery rates and in terms of not being able to get in to the system at all, so calibrating all of that on something fairly low stakes seems a good idea.
(Colonia CGs are generally constrained by the actual supplies anyway, rather than how fast we can haul them, so I'd expect FCs not to make much difference out here, but it's been two years since the last one so I'm not going to be too picky if we also get one!)
We had some of those once, only without the Fleet Carriers (but with rares, so you still really needed a team of loaders). It worked, sort of, but only because the reward was rather differently structured and could benefit an entire group including the loaders.That got me thinking about how they can use the fleet carriers to make more emergent CG's... Something thing along the lines of a unique good only available within the bubble that is need in very large quantities in Colonia. It will result in convoys of fleet carriers hoping back and forth between the two with teams of loaders/unloaders each end.
There are other types - research, exploration, salvage - but I think they tend to mostly stick with trade+combat ones because:I hope Odyssey introduces a few more ways for cgs to be measured. I'm frankly amazed bounties, bonds or cargo hailing has sustained them for so long.
They need to make CG's with goals reachable for all players, including base game users, so...I hope Odyssey introduces a few more ways for cgs to be measured. I'm frankly amazed bounties, bonds or cargo hailing has sustained them for so long.
They could, but I feel like FCs really shine over much shorter distances. For all the carriers making the Bubble-Colonia run, it's pretty tedious to jump a carrier forty times, and I don't think they'd get a ton of participation beyond the people currently willing to do it.That got me thinking about how they can use the fleet carriers to make more emergent CG's... Something thing along the lines of a unique good only available within the bubble that is need in very large quantities in Colonia. It will result in convoys of fleet carriers hoping back and forth between the two with teams of loaders/unloaders each end.
Definitely. I like to bring up the WHN event here - people had a lot of fun with that, and it had quite high engagement. While there was technically a CG in there that kicked things off, it's the open-ended parts (save Palin! fight Thargoids! haul lots and lots of Beryllium!) people seem to remember.More community activities that aren't CGs - like station repairs - would also be interesting: the fixed "one week, N tiers, move the plot on a bit" model is useful for some things, but a more open-ended approach can give more room for player creativity.
Well, the Carriers could just load and unload themselves, but still allow access to land, so people don't have to do the tedious jumping themselves. That's how I'd see it working.That got me thinking about how they can use the fleet carriers to make more emergent CG's... Something thing along the lines of a unique good only available within the bubble that is need in very large quantities in Colonia. It will result in convoys of fleet carriers hoping back and forth between the two with teams of loaders/unloaders each end.
But then typing it out thinking where's the fun it, ferrying goods back and forth from a station to fleet carrier and visa versa. Plus who stands to benefit what, who gets paid, who gets rewarded in the CG? I guess the best way to play it out is to work as a unit so you load and board the same carrier to unload at the end, at least it would take some coordination and communication.
Definitely.They need to make CG's with goals reachable for all players, including base game users, so...
I can recall only one CG where there was option to gather guardian stuff from planet surface, apart from scooping it from space, or pirating installations.
It was actually quite cool, although I suspect it required more work from the team.
There was also the bit that caused lots of discussions where the Federation and Empire had to haul stuff a few 10s of Ls while the Alliance station was several hundred thousand Ls away.....
Definitely. I like to bring up the WHN event here - people had a lot of fun with that, and it had quite high engagement. While there was technically a CG in there that kicked things off, it's the open-ended parts (save Palin! fight Thargoids! haul lots and lots of Beryllium!) people seem to remember.