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The Bar
Looking at the Bar in a station it can sometimes be difficult
to see who is there, the bar as a feature seems quite unused.
If there was a list of the people currently there on one side and it included NPC's too this could be a useful feature for missions, ie asking around to locate items, get clues to where people have last been seen, etc etc.
It could also serve as a meeting place for players wanting to trade cargo or sell rare items that can't be sold at stations
The idea being that two people in the same bar are able to set up transaction each contributing to their side, when both press agree the trade takes place.
to see who is there, the bar as a feature seems quite unused.
If there was a list of the people currently there on one side and it included NPC's too this could be a useful feature for missions, ie asking around to locate items, get clues to where people have last been seen, etc etc.
It could also serve as a meeting place for players wanting to trade cargo or sell rare items that can't be sold at stations
The idea being that two people in the same bar are able to set up transaction each contributing to their side, when both press agree the trade takes place.
I think the bar could be used for lots of things, like under the table items or used behemoths at 48%
I'd like to think that The Bar in VO is essentially a ripoff of "The Bar" in EV:Override and EV:Nova stations, a place to interact and get missions.
(EV is Escape Velocity, a Mac game from Ambrosia Software, to which VO has been compared, except in 3D)
(EV is Escape Velocity, a Mac game from Ambrosia Software, to which VO has been compared, except in 3D)
It is a good point Chris. The Bar has been underused since VO has had such a low playerbase . Hopefully a larger population will see the Bar develop as a place for all sorts of nefarious activity ...
I wouldn't say that my drinking is NEFARIOUS, but it does get dicey sometimes.
I use the bar to try to talk to people while muted. Unfortunately, no-one uses the bar to listen to me while I'm muted.
I always use sector chat instead of the bar
We're adding features to the bar, there have been a lot of long-standing plans for that area.
No, it is not a ripoff of anything related to Escape Velocity, nor is anything in our game. I even wrote a FAQ entry, years ago, to specifically discuss that point. I'm sure EV is wonderful and all, I just never played it, so it had no influence on us. I suspect that both EV and VO were inspired by similar, earlier games and concepts.
No, it is not a ripoff of anything related to Escape Velocity, nor is anything in our game. I even wrote a FAQ entry, years ago, to specifically discuss that point. I'm sure EV is wonderful and all, I just never played it, so it had no influence on us. I suspect that both EV and VO were inspired by similar, earlier games and concepts.
I didn't mean to use the word "ripoff" in a bad sense, but anyway, yeah lets use the bar in missions to handle the seamy underside of space station life.
Perhaps there can also eventually be other "areas" of the station that you can visit, like "The Docking Bay" and "The Conn" and "Your Quarters", both to get missions, to meet up, and to perform specific tasks in.
Perhaps there can also eventually be other "areas" of the station that you can visit, like "The Docking Bay" and "The Conn" and "Your Quarters", both to get missions, to meet up, and to perform specific tasks in.