I'm hoping you can answer a few questions I have (can't get into the game due to work yet, and don't have my own FC so will take a while to explore all the new bits on other people's carriers):
- is the jump animation the same as before, or has this been upgraded/changed somehow?
- is it possible to trade data?
- from what you're saying above, is the bar trading menu essentially the same as the FC commodity one? If so that would suck indeed.
- I thought the shipyard area is a separate room, is it not or is it just very basic?
It can't be the same as before, since we couldn't see it from inside.
It does look pretty fantastic though.
The barman basically works the same as the FC cargo trade. You can't directly trade like at station bars. Basically to buy something from the barman you (or someone else) first needs to sell to them.
I mean, i could see it being useful from the point of view of people who like to gather Odyssey materials and let others come and buy them from them.
"Want weapon components? Yeah, i've got loads, come to my FC and buy them for 10 million each!" (not sure if you can set a price that high, would need to see)
BUT! Who is going to know you have those weapon components for sale?
So, yes, it sucks
The "shipyard" area is basically a just a small room with the big table with the spinning holo over it. You can press a button to change which ship is being displayed as a holo. You can also look through a window to see a SLF parked.
That's it.
Its pretty pants.