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Lets get away from missions only being available at stations
This is something I'd like to see eventually, but I don't think is practical at this time due to the amount of work it would likely require.
That said, stations should not be the exclusive source of missions. A few suggestions as examples...
1. Player hails cap ship of a voy and is invited to provide escort.
2. A Constellation is providing transport and management of mining operations in an area. Hailing the ship gives the player mining missions.
3. A mysterious npc hails player and asks them to deliver a parcel. Potential risk to opposing factions standing as well as risk from enemy npc's.
That said, stations should not be the exclusive source of missions. A few suggestions as examples...
1. Player hails cap ship of a voy and is invited to provide escort.
2. A Constellation is providing transport and management of mining operations in an area. Hailing the ship gives the player mining missions.
3. A mysterious npc hails player and asks them to deliver a parcel. Potential risk to opposing factions standing as well as risk from enemy npc's.
Evolving, half-way:
*Make that you also can take missions at capships!
some cappies offers some specialized missions, as mining, escort, interception, blockage, attack, so on, with a PM to nearby pilots, who are required to dock with it to take mission.
Why? Easier to implement, mission interface is ready at cappies, but ununsed, and no major change in gameplay.
RP-wise: radio talking can be intercepted, anyone can fly anyone's else ship, so personal presence of pilot is required.
That becomes
1) Convoys with cappies invite nearby pilots as escort or hauler
2) Connie Mining Operation offers mining, escort and transport missions for who hails it.
3) Trident approaches pilots and offers jobs, as attacking (2)
*Make that you also can take missions at capships!
some cappies offers some specialized missions, as mining, escort, interception, blockage, attack, so on, with a PM to nearby pilots, who are required to dock with it to take mission.
Why? Easier to implement, mission interface is ready at cappies, but ununsed, and no major change in gameplay.
RP-wise: radio talking can be intercepted, anyone can fly anyone's else ship, so personal presence of pilot is required.
That becomes
1) Convoys with cappies invite nearby pilots as escort or hauler
2) Connie Mining Operation offers mining, escort and transport missions for who hails it.
3) Trident approaches pilots and offers jobs, as attacking (2)
I thought this concept was part of the long-term plan... but I might be wrong. In any case, I agree with the thoughts here.
Just imagine the endless possibilities for capship-based missions:
-Join War Convoy and impose blockade
-Attack war convoy outside
-Scan/Mine stuff in this sector
-Escort miners here
-Ressupply mission for {BS;HS;WC}
-Rat's Nest hires rats
-Burn that rat's nest
Surely the sectors will require more flags for exclusive usage of sectors by one mission. Can't spawn cappies everywhere...
And make those capship-related mission ALSO available from nearby stations.
-Join War Convoy and impose blockade
-Attack war convoy outside
-Scan/Mine stuff in this sector
-Escort miners here
-Ressupply mission for {BS;HS;WC}
-Rat's Nest hires rats
-Burn that rat's nest
Surely the sectors will require more flags for exclusive usage of sectors by one mission. Can't spawn cappies everywhere...
And make those capship-related mission ALSO available from nearby stations.
+1 to OP. I'm not sure we should have so many missions in cappies.
It's not that every cappie offer mission, and those who offer, only a very few related should be there...
Like the Deneb Border cappies require resupply, but a remote Pelatus mining connie offers mine, delivery and escort missions, while a convoy escort trident only offers escort mission.
And those cappies can offer that missions also in stations!
Like the Deneb Border cappies require resupply, but a remote Pelatus mining connie offers mine, delivery and escort missions, while a convoy escort trident only offers escort mission.
And those cappies can offer that missions also in stations!
Incarnate has stated that they are planning on doing this. I'm pretty sure at some point when I talked to him that they were actually in the process of putting some new things in to be able to better handle it, so they're moving towards that goal. I agree that it's a good one. :)