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New escort mission suggestions
Nice job on the new convoy missions, they are a blast. Couple of suggestions:
1) Create an NPC group leader (one of the escorts, probably) who invites each player to his group as they join the mission. If more than 7 players joing the mission, create a beta-group leader who invites the next 7 to his group etc...
Have the NPC group leader send group messages over the course of the mission about convoy status, ion storms, when a particular member of the convoy is being attacked. This makes the mission experience a little more personable and interactive, and would be a useful way of keeping track where the convoy is.
I would suggest making the entire convoy part of a group but this would definitely require upping the 8-person limit on group size.
2) Auto-set the nav route to the target destination when the mission is accepted, just as in the trade missions
3) Scale rewards with the distance the convoy has to travel. More jumps over greater distances = more chances to hit ion storms.
OT: YES! Ion storms are now a real threat when on an escort mission.
1) Create an NPC group leader (one of the escorts, probably) who invites each player to his group as they join the mission. If more than 7 players joing the mission, create a beta-group leader who invites the next 7 to his group etc...
Have the NPC group leader send group messages over the course of the mission about convoy status, ion storms, when a particular member of the convoy is being attacked. This makes the mission experience a little more personable and interactive, and would be a useful way of keeping track where the convoy is.
I would suggest making the entire convoy part of a group but this would definitely require upping the 8-person limit on group size.
2) Auto-set the nav route to the target destination when the mission is accepted, just as in the trade missions
3) Scale rewards with the distance the convoy has to travel. More jumps over greater distances = more chances to hit ion storms.
OT: YES! Ion storms are now a real threat when on an escort mission.
[Stamp of Approval]
How about being able to request escorts.
First few ppl to sign up.
Or if noone signs up within 5-10 minutes then NPC's escort you.
First few ppl to sign up.
Or if noone signs up within 5-10 minutes then NPC's escort you.
agree w phaserlight.
As momerath has explained several times, grouping with npcs is not as easy as you might expect. This actually follows a theme I've observed, in which players assume that any features (mining/picking up cargo) that players can do should be easy to make npcs do. Maybe we should refrain from suggesting such obvious things. If they were simple to implement, we can expect that, if it isn't already done it's on its way.
If grouping with NPCs is hard, can we at least have a different color on the radar for the ships we escort and fellow escorts? That would be really nice!
It amounts to the same thing. But grouping is coming soon. Probably early this week.