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Allow Capital ships to gather AND drop anything.
Allow Capital ships to gather AND drop anything.
Recently there was an update(1.8.587) that allows the the capital ship to gather up ores when ordered. I think i might just be suggesting something here that devs already have planned, but if not I want it suggested openly. We should be able to tell the capital ship to gather up any item. And then drop those items as well.
Being able to have capital ships gather up any item, and then drop it when ordered AND having the ability of the capital ship to follow a pilot means the concept of overstuffing will be a thing of the past.
In a post earlier this month, Iron lord stated (when challenged on the fact that Goliaths can haul 5 FCP):
"IF you just use a Goliath to carry fcp, and nothing else. Which you would have no way to put it in the stations that require it. Since you know, none of them have capital docking ports."
When I challenged him on a previous statement, it is because I assume that people like to work together to achieve goals. But for solo pilot, IL is correct in that they don't have a way to drop 5 fcp or even scoop 5 fcp when a ship has a ship in it.
This suggestion, when implemented, will solve the lament of the solo manufacturing pilot. And will also solve the overstuff glitch (capital ships will no longer be required to let owner dock if the ship is full).
We will need a remote menu on the PDA for controlling what that capital ship has, and what to drop, and how much to drop.
Recently there was an update(1.8.587) that allows the the capital ship to gather up ores when ordered. I think i might just be suggesting something here that devs already have planned, but if not I want it suggested openly. We should be able to tell the capital ship to gather up any item. And then drop those items as well.
Being able to have capital ships gather up any item, and then drop it when ordered AND having the ability of the capital ship to follow a pilot means the concept of overstuffing will be a thing of the past.
In a post earlier this month, Iron lord stated (when challenged on the fact that Goliaths can haul 5 FCP):
"IF you just use a Goliath to carry fcp, and nothing else. Which you would have no way to put it in the stations that require it. Since you know, none of them have capital docking ports."
When I challenged him on a previous statement, it is because I assume that people like to work together to achieve goals. But for solo pilot, IL is correct in that they don't have a way to drop 5 fcp or even scoop 5 fcp when a ship has a ship in it.
This suggestion, when implemented, will solve the lament of the solo manufacturing pilot. And will also solve the overstuff glitch (capital ships will no longer be required to let owner dock if the ship is full).
We will need a remote menu on the PDA for controlling what that capital ship has, and what to drop, and how much to drop.
+100
yes please!
yes please!
+1
Great idea.
Great idea.
+1 on the pick up more stuff. I'd like to use my cap ship like a u-haul trailer sometimes.
+1 on the ability to remote drop
-1 to removing ability for owner to dock any time. I'm not opposed to getting rid of over-stuffing because I agree it is abused. Another mechanism might be used.
+1 on the ability to remote drop
-1 to removing ability for owner to dock any time. I'm not opposed to getting rid of over-stuffing because I agree it is abused. Another mechanism might be used.
It's "abused" because current ship cargo hold is way to small. But that's a discussion for a different suggestion
+1
yep, being able to pick anything up while in [capship] npc form would be great. while the previous thread seemed to be focused on mining it really was intended to be on the topic of all drops.
(re: https://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/3/36930)
things have gone in the right direction with our current ability to remote command our ship to pick up ore and even if we didnt have an explicit command to scoop other loot, simply causing our ship to "follow" into the loot would be a fine start.. or jetting it close and having the capship tractor it in.. with the existing tractor beam it doesnt have to be perfect alignment or anything for a "follow". not perfect but functional.
realistically our ships are becoming more like stations with the addition of being able to swap turrets. even if we could load/unload ships within our ships that would satisfy the overstuffing problem. our ships would already be on board with the item and only true available space would be registered. id be fine with docking and unloading into my hold. my ship is rarely full of ships anyway.
yep, being able to pick anything up while in [capship] npc form would be great. while the previous thread seemed to be focused on mining it really was intended to be on the topic of all drops.
(re: https://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/3/36930)
things have gone in the right direction with our current ability to remote command our ship to pick up ore and even if we didnt have an explicit command to scoop other loot, simply causing our ship to "follow" into the loot would be a fine start.. or jetting it close and having the capship tractor it in.. with the existing tractor beam it doesnt have to be perfect alignment or anything for a "follow". not perfect but functional.
realistically our ships are becoming more like stations with the addition of being able to swap turrets. even if we could load/unload ships within our ships that would satisfy the overstuffing problem. our ships would already be on board with the item and only true available space would be registered. id be fine with docking and unloading into my hold. my ship is rarely full of ships anyway.
Wait cappie owners can't unload cargo into their cappie? I did not expect this.
Hey WAF this one just occurred to me...if cappies can drop anything, they will be able to jettison ships as well. And then you have player to player ship trade all over again. Serco with Valks, Itani with Proms, and UIT with everything ;).