Water on planets, and surface\ underwater vehicle (hangar bay)

[Marcus Bronco]

This would be such a major thing for the game, exploration-wise and fun. Maybe Thargoid battles, or a total a new species found (that interacts with historical outcomes with others maybe guardians or maybe with thargoids and humans ... well yes I should open a specific topic on this too.
Yes I am a dangerous brainstormer.

Also possibly shooting under water and so on. like stuff collection, new species, maybe not just flora species but actually developed fauna... (yes bacteria is indeed fauna.. somehow but developed like fully interactive).

IT would be still limited as places with water are a few... but it's ok. that's why it's fun.

Underwater would have its rules of course, under water navigation (all terms come from water navigation for aircrafts just to remember anyone)... gravity etc... fluids.
IT's not hard to program them and people could have fun in under water mining and discovery of misteries, caves etc...

Underwater vehicle and also SURFACE water, would be so much fun.

Some bases could have a lake and people could make events in such lake and see who wins in the surface water race battles... With champions of the system ahaha
A little bit like in Mount and Blade is in Calradia with routinary tournaments...

Also our ships should be equipped with systems that allow them to stay afloat.

Water could have not tides maybe or yes but also waves.
Being underwater should be limited... a count down would introduce basically a "Hull break" mechanic on water because it is like that of course underwater your vehicle is consuming oxygen... so if the SRV is upgraded maybe you can resist underwater as it's AUTO SYNTHESIS, but maybe this can happen only in specific resources characterized planets, in others you will just have count down.

Voilà an almost fully explain plan of things and stuff all around water that could be there.

Not to forget the amazing and terrifying feeling of mega waves that could be there (like in planet with gas storms, tornados, fog ..etc) that you have in that scene in INTERSTELLAR movie.

 

[aRJay]

Why would the consumption of Oxygen in our vehicles be different under water than it is in a vacuum?

Actually underwater, if it was actually water, you would be able to extract Oxygen with little more than some electricity.

Some of our ships are so large compared to their mass that the difficulty would be making them submerge. (Anaconda)

But first things first liquids in the game on planetary surfaces please.

 

[Ameeleean2]

Liquid methane, hydrogen, iron, magma... so many things that can be in liquid state, well it would be nice to have those, even better being able to submerge in some. Exploration ship type should be able to do these things better than other ship types imho (like ability to submerge into gas giant atmosphere in exploration ship).
What I miss the most is a different types of SRV, non-combat oriented- I had "pleasure" of driving SRV on rocky planet today looking for rare materials I needed for engineering. I would gladly pay for drone hangar bay with a drone which would mine those raw materials in specific range while following my ship, or SRV that would simply handle such terrain type better.
Anyway it is good idea. It would probably need extra ship stats like resistance to pressure (which makes sense, exploration ships should excell in this area), or maybe special shield/armor/thrusters type optimized for exploration (maybe one more engineering option for those?)

 

[TNTDany]

Hope full but doubtful.

 

[Marcus Bronco]

Why would the consumption of Oxygen in our vehicles be different under water than it is in a vacuum?

Actually underwater, if it was actually water, you would be able to extract Oxygen with little more than some electricity.

Some of our ships are so large compared to their mass that the difficulty would be making them submerge. (Anaconda)

But first things first liquids in the game on planetary surfaces please.

I explain you why, because that oxygen thing should be of a Space Ship and of the acceptable conditions on surface, but SRV consume energy and such battery at some point should be gone (so yes also introduce survival elements for ON SURFACE SRV shouyld be a thing, at some point you should be stranded).

And in water such electricity at some point should be gone, I agree with you both that maybe it should be there such problem but also that it should be instead there because in other manner you will lack at some point the electricity.. we are talking of the srv or scorpion or "put another name for such thing... however what would be cool is seeing the SRV transforming into a UV UV underwatervehicle? (already a spectacle would be watching it transforming into an overcraft that can go also under water...)

Anywa thanks for the message

I completely agree that it would be cool already to have water, gas, Earth quakes!, fog, thunders, tornados, lighting, storms,cave systems, waves would be crazy, magma etc.. on planets here and there.. this would add to the "horror" feeling I have when exploring as it's indeed extremely dangerous out there in space.

Yeah exactly resistance to pressure.. and imagine all the various rules (game code) for the UV for moving under water...
I think that if these parts of water are even empty or suddenly presenting us with systems of caves to explore would be interesting. I am not a player of other space games I am not writing all this because "it's in other games":.. I am just sincerely suggesting these things because I think it would be cool in line with the game also since the game is very directed in using vehicles, being a pilot and fitting your space ride... explore, watch in awe etc

 

[aRJay]

I explain you why, because that oxygen thing should be of a Space Ship and of the acceptable conditions on surface, but SRV consume energy and such battery at some point should be gone (so yes also introduce survival elements for ON SURFACE SRV shouyld be a thing, at some point you should be stranded).

The SRV uses fuel to create energy that runs its life support they can and have run out of fuel and air many times. You can of course refuel by synthesis if you can find and scoop the right materials.

Years before Odyssey people got stranded in their SRVs for in one notable example weeks, search for the thread Help I need Ship Rats by Bomba Louigi, not sure about the spelling.

And in water such electricity at some point should be gone, I agree with you both that maybe it should be there such problem but also that it should be instead there because in other manner you will lack at some point the electricity.. we are talking of the srv or scorpion or "put another name for such thing... however what would be cool is seeing the SRV transforming into a UV UV underwatervehicle? (already a spectacle would be watching it transforming into an overcraft that can go also under water...)

Yes it would.

Anywa thanks for the message

I completely agree that it would be cool already to have water, gas, Earth quakes!, fog, thunders, tornados, lighting, storms,cave systems, waves would be crazy, magma etc.. on planets here and there.. this would add to the "horror" feeling I have when exploring as it's indeed extremely dangerous out there in space.

Yeah exactly resistance to pressure.. and imagine all the various rules (game code) for the UV for moving under water...
I think that if these parts of water are even empty or suddenly presenting us with systems of caves to explore would be interesting. I am not a player of other space games I am not writing all this because "it's in other games":.. I am just sincerely suggesting these things because I think it would be cool in line with the game also since the game is very directed in using vehicles, being a pilot and fitting your space ride... explore, watch in awe etc

It is a pleasant change to get people suggesting stuff they would like to see rather than because they want ED to copy some other game.

 

[HRDiagram]

I am not a player of other space games I am not writing all this because "it's in other games":.. I am just sincerely suggesting these things because I think it would be cool in line with the game also since the game is very directed in using vehicles, being a pilot and fitting your space ride... explore, watch in awe etc

This gets my vote.

I can't stand the "it's in other games, therefore..." argument.

 

[Marcus Bronco]

This gets my vote.

I can't stand the "it's in other games, therefore..." argument.

What could instead be said is for example check the game (parts where u go underwater of "The long Journey home" game) but actually I don't know what other games... to get some food for thought. I mean.. imagine getting some materials, or recovering IDs with Scuba EVAs (Extra vehicular activities).. so a new loadout I guess too?

I mean this is an entire little cool addition to the game which develops the (non combat and combat too) parts of the game that maybe the looking for variety (daily) as they engage in BGS and PP or simple random activity wanna have, sure besides many other things that with little effort could be improved...

 

[Marcus Bronco]

Thanks Arjay.. sorry for 2 posts, I don't see any editing option .. but I wanted to say thanks for enthusiasm.

 

[Marcus Bronco]

Adding on this, the stuff that Frontier could design is also a new space in the "Concourse" for Maritime biology, at least a new interface for that stuff.
(I don't hide that I wish there was more diversity of structures in odyssey in terms of how stations are built)...but this is another thing.

And more underwater Docking would be amazing, so we can actually get our underwater vehicle to be docked and then exit inside the pressurized environment ... from there maybe specific missions could be done, because such locations are special so in these locations maybe some Engineers or else could be reached I don't know.. Just use imagination for what could be consistenty done with the universe that already has been created and pilots have given life to and helped coming true in a way or another (money, playing, suggestions, and so on).