Who made the SRV?!?

[Cervantes01]

I would love different types of SRVs.

But there is no use for different types, as long as there are no more fleshed out scenarios for them from a game mechanics PoV. What use is a big, lumbering SRV that can carry 20 tons of cargo without some ground mining or similar mission to give it a purpose? What use is a heavily armored and armed SRV, without gound battle scenarios? What use is a long range SRV without some long range ground mission to give it a purpose?

Different SRVs, while sounding pretty cool, would have to go hand in hand with actually fleshed out ground scenarios to use them in. Otherwise, we'd be looking at "re-skins" with little purpose besides visual differntiation.

The need is presently in game, I could easily fill 20 tons of SRV cargo hold when scavenging the man made signatures on planet's surfaces. As for base assaults an ordinary SRV isn't enough for some missions as some ground locations are very heavily defended and are practically city sized, Goliath's are tough too.

The need is already in game, why FD isn't catering to these very real needs is beyond me, they don't seem to know what their players do in game as evidenced by their refusal to acknowledge what players do as opposed to what FD want players to do, the example being passenger missions, they came in and all other mission payments got nerfed despite the fact that being a space bus driver doesn't appeal to all. Passenger missions can pay 20 times as much as a cargo mission, talk about railroading your player base by manipulating cash rewards.

 

[OfftheRails]

PLEASE make more SRVs!

Art book, page 53.

 

[Valethar]

Miners might like one of these.

 

[Mega_Flare]

I'd love a mining vehicle, and the ability to find super rare ores and metals on planet surfaces. The vehicle would need quite the cargo capacity though.
I'm imagining something like scanning a planet for valuable deposits from orbit, then landing (best with a t9) and deploying the mining vehicle. Scanning the surroundings and then drilling up the goodies.
Basically planet surface mining, but it would really need to be profitable.

Edit: Also a scavenger type vehicle with an even bigger cargo capacity because it wouldn't have the need to fit the ore processing tech. I'd love the scavenger scrap dealer type of playstyle.

You can take away the weapons and let them require the larger hangar types, or fill multiple srv slots or something to balance them.

 

[S3B4ST13N]

Something that's quite IMMURSHUN breaking for me, is not knowing who makes what. It's a small detail, but it definitely adds to the overall feeling of the game (for me).

For example, I'd love to see a short advert in place of the weapon design image on the hardpoints menu. Select an MC and you can play an advert for it.

*dude with a cool voice speaks*

"Hurtling high caliber rounds with devastating velocity, Armscor's A-980 Multi-Cannon was built to punch through ship armor. Extremely durable with exceptional heat resistance, this powerful MC can handle a heavy workload that makes it an ideal choice for taking on larger, less maneuverable targets at a short range. (Helping to highlight the cannon’s strengths, Armscor currently offers the A-980 standard with explosive rounds.)" - nicked from a Star Citizen page.

 

[mojonaut]

For some serious mining

http://imgur.com/a/sCi0i

 

[Morbad]

Lot a of people bashing the SRV as poor quality...but name another wheeled conveyance that can strike a rock as large as the front tire while traveling at 130kph and still be able to drive!

 

[Lightspeed]

The problem with the different SRV types is
(a) how do you get them to the planet surface?
(b) how do you get them back on board ship?

The existing SRV loading bay and hangar is very limited in size, so it would appear bigger SRVs could not be loaded that way. I could envisage driving a SRV down the steps of the Cutter, though - that would be fun , but I don't think it would fit through the hatch in the first place!

So, if we are to have diverse SRVs we are either (a) restricted to driving them out of existing planetary bases, or (b) transporting them in some kind of cargo unit, that is unloaded at the planet and then it 'magically' is unfolded outside the unit, in a similar way to loading the existing SRV in/out of the hangar bay.

So this would require some means of ejecting the cargo unit onto the planet. We can magically eject cargo through the cargo hatch, but not sure if this could work for a SRV unit. Unless I'm missing something (which would not surprise me [haha]).

Edit - and to keep this "on topic", if we knew the manufacturer, we could ask them

 

[Wasp0]

Lot a of people bashing the SRV as poor quality...but name another wheeled conveyance that can strike a rock as large as the front tire while traveling at 130kph and still be able to drive!

It's not just the rock hitting, but the drivability, unstableness. Yes you can hit huge rocks and come away with no damage, but hit of of those tiny tiny rocks then lose 20% of your hull! Yes it's the poor rock coding issue, and possibly not the SRV fault, but how many times have you been travelling in a striaght line at speed and for reason only known to the SRV you suddenly veer off and do a 180?

 

[Morbad]

how many times have you been travelling in a striaght line at speed and for reason only known to the SRV you suddenly veer off and do a 180?

In about seventeen thousand kilometers of SRV travel...almost never.

Oh, I frequently hit things and break stuff, or get turned around, but it's almost always my fault, and I know it's going to happen before it does.

 

[CMDRBuxton]

I'd like a bulldozer SRV. So it'd be possible to make racing circuits on planets. So it'd be like stunt car racer in space.

 

[Morbad]

I just want a giant four-slot SRV with a SAM launcher.

 

[jojon]

The ridiculous inclines the Scarab can negotiate puts me in mind of this guy: https://imgur.com/r/masseffect/YXacgv0

 

[Zorronov]

More types of SRV's would be nice...also skycycles and GEV's.

 

[Patau82]

An engineer that mods srvs would be great, lets you specialise your srvs for different roles

 

[grytpype-thynne]

Aha! A landmaster (damnation alley - film ref), yup I'd have one of those.

 

[Infidel Deity]

As the title says, there's no mention at all on who made this land vehicle. Was it made by Pilot's Federation, Lakon, Faulcon DeLacy? Or is it just a test buggy that Frontier Developments are using for planets for such a long time..


C'mon FDev, tell us! Who made this little thing?


http://i.imgur.com/pnWftXl.png
EDIT: If Frontier Developments is looking at this thread, PLEASE make more SRVs! I wanna see one for the Federation and Empire with new ways of basking rather than in space. Also maybe directional thrusters like in the above concept art.


- CMDR StarfireIX

It's a later model of Trabant.

 

[Lightspeed]

Remember the Tonka toys? Tough trucks. Must be Tonka [yesnod]