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Free-to-Play, Crystal, and Trading Ships

Nov 15, 2014 draugath link
As Incarnate recently said:
So, I definitely want to have a black market, and I want player construction of "everything" if possible. But the fact that the "Free" tiered people are now paying for ships with Crystal is kind of a new wrinkle.


At present, F2P users pay crystal when buying some ships. Naturally under this mechanism if they don't "buy" the ship, and instead receive it from someone else in a trade then they won't be charged crystal to use it.

Solution: Charge the crystal on first activation of the ship by the current owner.

The only potential snag I can see arising is making sure that the activation flag isn't lost if the original owner jettisons the ship and then picks it back up again.
Nov 15, 2014 mitchness link
Lol I like the idea but let's not jump the gun here. Ship trading isn't even in yet. :O

+1,000,000 though! Might motivate f2p to subscribe! :)
Dec 03, 2014 Keller link
An effective solution Draug. I would agree that the activation flag for dropped cargo requires management too, as this would affect other areas in the game as well.