Various ideas

[chughallen]

Hello fellow pilots.

Its possible that some of my ideas already have been posted, nevertheless I wanted to post the things that bothered me most or which I would appreciate to have.

1) Landing procedure. In a solo game this is not much of a problem but in open play it can be.
Why not invent a queue. So when you ask for permission to land you get a number. At the moment its possible that you wait for 10 min, then someone jumogs in and is just lucky.
that can be frustrating.

2) Hyperjump
I see why it would be bad if you could jump inside a system but I would appreciate if you could select more than one spot when jumping to a system.

3)A way to move a stored ship to another hangar

4)How about the a storage room on a station for a fee to store goods.

5) Cockpit instruments.
Sometimes it is almost impossible to see anything.
If you ever flew a hauler you know what I mean.
You are blind.

When you exit the system map it puts you in the galaxy map. When I exit the system map I want to exit it and not be put to the galaxy map.

I will edit this in the future when I remember the rest.

It is a great game and considering that its only a month since the release I think is great.

Kind regards

Marc

 

[flint read]

all sound ideas +1

 

[chughallen]

all sound ideas +1

Since Im not allowed to edit my post yet, I have to reply.

On one of my long journes in Kini I discovered that I always had to adjust the aim on the station.

I understand the developers dont want a follow option or a total automated flight.
Alls things I can respect, but cant we at least be able to program one target in a system to which the ship flys in a straight line ?

I mean the flight is about 7 to 10 min and all the time you need to readjust.

I can make better use of that time, for example study the galaxy map or my information windows.

Next one:

The target window should have filters. Sometimes I have to scroll for ages until I find what Im looking for. As well the contact window.
The energy wave are seldom of any concern to me unless I want to follow someone and kick him in his aftershields


Some ambient feeling. If you can see the galaxy map etc, why not stand up and take a tour through some rooms on the ship, if it is big enoug.

I have watched the daylife on the earth orbital for about 10 min and its amazing,
All the crafts coming in and out. The atmosphere is just perfect.
I wished Star Trek would have done some of these things, then they had a real game.

I know, its barely 2 months out and being a developer myself I know the effort involved.
Even simple things can mean hours of work.

If you have to many issues on open game servers with docking, why not give every ship a landing computer for free.
Anybody who wants to can still land fast and without it but sometimes its just nicer when you fly a big cargo ship by computer and lookout not to eat the Sidewinder on the way in


Maybe you should consider a more complex energy control in the module window.
The 3 parts in the cockpit are great for fast reaction but you can set prios on what to fix, why not set what gets how much juice.


To make it more a community game, why not step outside your ship and meet with guys in bars on bigger stations.

I knot thats all a lot of work but you have to see a long time motivation.

Flying between stars and catching bad guys or being the bad guy will satisfy the players only for a while.
You need ideas and yer keeping the balance. I know this is the real trick.

Anyway, Im glad to be a part of the game.

More ideas will follow.

Kind regards my fellow pilots (and pirates)

 

[chughallen]

Grr, still no edit.


Now it slipped my mind.
Ah yes.

Cant you make us an mp3 player in the cockpit.
I like shooting pirated why listering to "Iron Maiden"

An avi player is probably too much, but I had to ask

Hey, when Privateer came out, everybody was freaked out that the characters spoke.
Still a hell of a game.

A route plotter where you are less affected from gravity, so you can fly faster through a system.
The blue indicator is a nice idea but honestly, it fails on a regular basis. At least for me.

Oh and while we were at senseful entertainment during long flights, why cant I get market details from markets where I paid good money for or where even there.

We can jump from star to star but we cant establish an internet on a ship. You kidding right ?

Gn8, bedtime for me.

Yeah, I can edit now

- A captains log to enter information would be nice