Morwono new CG's today or will they come later this day?
Later buddy!!
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08 Sep 2016, 10:36am
Dragon DarkoMorwono new CG's today or will they come later this day?
Later buddy!!
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08 Sep 2016, 10:44am
Jemine CaesarThank you, Marra, that makes perfect sense to me now. I have no head for politics, as anyone who know me will tell you!
Would I be correct in thinking, then, that trading and selling exploration data at a starport will help the faction which controls that starport? And that black market trading would have a negative effect?
Mostly, but some states affect how much or whether certain actions contribute.
08 Sep 2016, 11:21am
Ozmundo VasqualezMostly, but some states affect how much or whether certain actions contribute.
Thank you, Ozmundo.
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Rebecca HailEither go hunt USSs (I think Encoded Emissions and Combat Aftermath have a high chances of rare materials) or you blow up traders in an Anarchy system
Cheers man
08 Sep 2016, 2:25pm
HektikTekVoted... instant is stupid.
Ship transfer should take ages and be wildly expensive.
AND carry a percentage chance that your ship could be pirated in transit, with a higher chance for long hauls and expensive ships.
Can you imagine if it was instant? It would ruin the game I believe. One exploration/long range ship, get to destination, magically teleport your combat ship instantly... boring.
It doesn't work on any level, especially lore. If it's possible to teleport ships instantly, then why not everything? Why not be able to teleport yourself to Jaques or anywhere?
It's stupid and I am 100% against.
Just because Brexit happened and a Trump presidency is possible, I've begun mentally preparing for the worst, and have done some thinking about instant ship transfer.
*In my mind* it's something that can only be possible because ships are inert matter and can therefore survive the forces, radiation and general relativistic weirdness of being thrown through witchspace for hundreds and possibly thousands of light years. No ship-based FSD can handle that amount of power so it requires the FSD of a station/platform/planetary base, and a stabilizing "anchor" FSD on the other side of the wormhole through which the inert ship is flung. It takes a tremendous amount of energy, hundreds and possibly thousands of tons of fuel to generate it, and hence it costs a lot to execute such a transfer.
I agree that it would significantly impact the game dynamics. Getting to Jacues' in a 50LY ship and then just calling your T-9 and FDL once you arrive offers you an unfair advantage. Worse, it compromises the entire economy of the game because if a system in a Famine or Plague state can send and receive ships for hundreds of light years in an instant, why don't they just import all the food and medicine they need? Instant FTL travel, even of just hardware makes for a post-scarcity culture and the premise of many game mechanics completely fall apart as a result.
So, Trump and Brexit aside, I'd like to retain some sanity and have it take time - an hour per 500 ly for example - to transfer a ship, and a cost equivalent to what tourist missions would pay for similar distances because your ship needs to be shipped via freighter. Granted, this means there should also be freighters en route that you could sometimes encounter. They could be completely inert in so far as interactivity goes, but should exist to round out the justification for how things work.
I can still call my T-9 and FDL when I arrive at Jacques, but it will take them over a week to get there, so I should go out and do some exploring or otherwise occupy myself while my ships are in transit. AND it should cost me a full rebuy to transfer a ship. It's a massive convenience to have a ship come to you, so it should carry a significant time and money investment in doing so.
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