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Re-paint your ship
Every once in a while I find a ship in an odd color that I bought a while ago. And because I am a greedy person I always hestitate to buy the ship anew just so I can fly it in the color I want right now.
So why not make a re-paint option? For 20% of the ships's original price you get the chance to re-paint your ship. And while at it, also make that happen for Tridents. Dent Captains could re-paint their favorite space whale for 100k or something.
So why not make a re-paint option? For 20% of the ships's original price you get the chance to re-paint your ship. And while at it, also make that happen for Tridents. Dent Captains could re-paint their favorite space whale for 100k or something.
because ships are so cheap if you don't realise the economy is broken and the Vo credits are completely devalued you're doing something wrong.
/me settles into armchair
Vendetta has what I'd call a "terraced economy", meaning that on one level, yes, scarcity is nonexistent. The level I mean is that of everything that can be purchased directly from stations. Within a day or two of steady play (perfectly reasonable for a MMORPG player), the relative cost of everything I can buy from these virtual vending machines shrinks to something very small. By the time I have access to an XC and have learned the secret of trading weapons in lieu of commodities, this value shrinks to just about zero. The only time I feel my bank account dwindling is during an intense, ongoing sector battle. Any one-time-purchase is not subject to scarcity.*
However, there is a tier above what can be purchased from stations, and on this upper crust the VO credit does hold value. This upper level includes things like premium grade ore, rare ore, manufactured items, and other rare items. These can only be mined, built, gained in some way**, or purchased from another player, and are subject to economic scarcity.
Even with a Trident loaded to the brim, there is an outer limit to the number of credits that can be earned by a single player within one hour. This means that, when approaching another player, I have to consider how s/he values his or her time if I want to purchase something I can't get directly from a station.
Thank you, I hope you are all feeling rather dismal.
*It's interesting to think about whether or not we may actually see an end to scarcity in our lifetime. Some people certainly seem to think this isn't outside the realm of possibility.
**such as through a non-repeatable mission, drop from a destroyed ship, or special event
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As far as the original post, I would suggest just making it free.
+1
Vendetta has what I'd call a "terraced economy", meaning that on one level, yes, scarcity is nonexistent. The level I mean is that of everything that can be purchased directly from stations. Within a day or two of steady play (perfectly reasonable for a MMORPG player), the relative cost of everything I can buy from these virtual vending machines shrinks to something very small. By the time I have access to an XC and have learned the secret of trading weapons in lieu of commodities, this value shrinks to just about zero. The only time I feel my bank account dwindling is during an intense, ongoing sector battle. Any one-time-purchase is not subject to scarcity.*
However, there is a tier above what can be purchased from stations, and on this upper crust the VO credit does hold value. This upper level includes things like premium grade ore, rare ore, manufactured items, and other rare items. These can only be mined, built, gained in some way**, or purchased from another player, and are subject to economic scarcity.
Even with a Trident loaded to the brim, there is an outer limit to the number of credits that can be earned by a single player within one hour. This means that, when approaching another player, I have to consider how s/he values his or her time if I want to purchase something I can't get directly from a station.
Thank you, I hope you are all feeling rather dismal.
*It's interesting to think about whether or not we may actually see an end to scarcity in our lifetime. Some people certainly seem to think this isn't outside the realm of possibility.
**such as through a non-repeatable mission, drop from a destroyed ship, or special event
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As far as the original post, I would suggest just making it free.
+1
+1 The argument is a bit silly as TRS pointed out, but the request is valid. I would suggest that GS use it's fancy smancy artist intern to do up some snazzy paint jobs that players could buy for their ships. You know, skull and crossbones, flames, screw the f-ing camo which makes absolutely no sense in a space game, sexy silhouette, etc.
Otherwise, well put Phaser.
Otherwise, well put Phaser.
+1
I use ship colors to organize my ships by function. So what should be a simple matter of swapping weapons to mining beams, for example, is complicated by the fact that I have to buy a new ship to be able to change the ship color. Then I end up having more ships than I need sitting in the station.
I use ship colors to organize my ships by function. So what should be a simple matter of swapping weapons to mining beams, for example, is complicated by the fact that I have to buy a new ship to be able to change the ship color. Then I end up having more ships than I need sitting in the station.
+1 op and +1 fluffy. Customizing my ship and adding paint jobs would be amazing.