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Response to the request for suggestions
OK, there is the official request to supply suggestions. I agreed to supply them.
Here are questions posted on my forum
http://www.mike-neubauer.com/forum/index.php
by members that I just cut and paste:
Phor wrote:
1) Install ship system computers with device Slots (PCI slots ?) for scanners and other devices. Computers interchangeable for more device slots (depending on License). PCI cards can be changed in space.
2)Equip ships with shields that recharge.
Have pci cards(for purchase)For faster shield recharge.
and/or (lootable) pci cards for stronger shields.
3)When scanning for ores for missions, how about a scanner beam trail (crushed ore trail) and some noise. Make the ore lootable. This will make it more interesting and profitable. Ore scanner can be a vender PCI card for purchase.
4)Make it possible for weapons and ammo to be placed in the ships cargo hold.
5)Increase ships cargo hold to include PCI cards (inventory).
6)Add hot key to target friendly and yourself to use ship repair nanites Group members should always be on your radar and be targetable no matter what their distance.
7)Make the font for all chats more readable and smaller, and combind all chat to one scrolling screen (we/I may be missing something). A friends private message etc:
8)Move the 3000m down to 1500m in order to jump !
9)Make ION storms a Little more RARE 2-3 storms from point A to Point B Come ON ! ?
10)Your going to need another aspect to Vendetta. Lets build things Ships, weapons, Anything etc....I'm in the bata of coarse and i'm in need of something more than just combat and trade missions.
Jackal wrote:
Hi Diveshark -
I'm new to the game, but who isn't these days? I'm having fun and your board has made the learning curve that much easier. Thanks for doing this.
My suggestion: a 3-D arrow displaying actual flight vector relative to current ship orientation when flying in physics mode.
Details: I'd like a better visual clue to where I'm heading than the flotsam wizzing by me. Yes, flotsam works; it's actually a pretty cool idea: it shows me what I need to know, it also tells me my velocity and it adds to my sense of immersion. But it doesn't work fast enough.
It takes time for me use the flotsam in this way. I gotta take my eye off the target, check the surroundings, focus on a bit of flotsam, pause to see the delta, then resume combat. It all happens quickly, but not nearly as fast as a little red arrow floating at the bottom of my field of vision always registering delta would.
Then again, maybe I'm just getting old... ;-)
Cool game. A refreshing change from the WoW closed beta for me.
---- OK, I hope thats not too much for one post ;-) ----
DIVE
Here are questions posted on my forum
http://www.mike-neubauer.com/forum/index.php
by members that I just cut and paste:
Phor wrote:
1) Install ship system computers with device Slots (PCI slots ?) for scanners and other devices. Computers interchangeable for more device slots (depending on License). PCI cards can be changed in space.
2)Equip ships with shields that recharge.
Have pci cards(for purchase)For faster shield recharge.
and/or (lootable) pci cards for stronger shields.
3)When scanning for ores for missions, how about a scanner beam trail (crushed ore trail) and some noise. Make the ore lootable. This will make it more interesting and profitable. Ore scanner can be a vender PCI card for purchase.
4)Make it possible for weapons and ammo to be placed in the ships cargo hold.
5)Increase ships cargo hold to include PCI cards (inventory).
6)Add hot key to target friendly and yourself to use ship repair nanites Group members should always be on your radar and be targetable no matter what their distance.
7)Make the font for all chats more readable and smaller, and combind all chat to one scrolling screen (we/I may be missing something). A friends private message etc:
8)Move the 3000m down to 1500m in order to jump !
9)Make ION storms a Little more RARE 2-3 storms from point A to Point B Come ON ! ?
10)Your going to need another aspect to Vendetta. Lets build things Ships, weapons, Anything etc....I'm in the bata of coarse and i'm in need of something more than just combat and trade missions.
Jackal wrote:
Hi Diveshark -
I'm new to the game, but who isn't these days? I'm having fun and your board has made the learning curve that much easier. Thanks for doing this.
My suggestion: a 3-D arrow displaying actual flight vector relative to current ship orientation when flying in physics mode.
Details: I'd like a better visual clue to where I'm heading than the flotsam wizzing by me. Yes, flotsam works; it's actually a pretty cool idea: it shows me what I need to know, it also tells me my velocity and it adds to my sense of immersion. But it doesn't work fast enough.
It takes time for me use the flotsam in this way. I gotta take my eye off the target, check the surroundings, focus on a bit of flotsam, pause to see the delta, then resume combat. It all happens quickly, but not nearly as fast as a little red arrow floating at the bottom of my field of vision always registering delta would.
Then again, maybe I'm just getting old... ;-)
Cool game. A refreshing change from the WoW closed beta for me.
---- OK, I hope thats not too much for one post ;-) ----
DIVE
This is a bit much for one post. But there's very little that hasn't been discussed before.
1) Got it, for the most part. Take the prospecting mission. You can't change it mid-flight. That would require a couple dock workers to put on space suits and change it out manually. Maybe something will be made to explain an ability like this. More devices are most definitely on the way.
At first, I was thinking "PCI isn't a good name for it" but "peripheral component interconnect" exactly describes it.
2) Talked about almost literally to death. They may add it, but I don't see any necessity for shielding in VO. They have "chee" shields in the Itani side of the back story, so we may see something similar.
3-5) Good but also redundant. So let's wait to see what shows up.
6) Huh? The repair gun can heal friendlies, and group members do appear on radar from any distance... (?)
7) Here,here! This would be a good thing. Make the screen less "bulky". Scaling the HUD works, except that it makes the chat boxes smaller, so the effective text region is the same size.. Make the chat boxes larger at higher resolutions.
8) No, it's a balance thing, and a shorter distance would favor the person running away a little too much. They may change it some during tweaking, but probably not to 1500m.
9) Learn to go around ion storms. Don't always go from point A to B. Realize there are storms in populated sectors, so plot a course around them. It's that simple.
10) Just wait a little. New features are in the works.
On the second post: What good is a "3D" arrow on a 2D screen? It's never exactly clear at a glance which way the arrow is pointing, any more than the space junk. Just be a little more spatially aware as you maneuver, or stay in flight-assist mode. Maybe some people work better with different velocity cues, so maybe they should add something.
Dive, maybe you should post your own suggestions, and let these people post their suggestions here in addition to your forum. And we tend to like one good suggestion per thread, to keep the discussion focused.
1) Got it, for the most part. Take the prospecting mission. You can't change it mid-flight. That would require a couple dock workers to put on space suits and change it out manually. Maybe something will be made to explain an ability like this. More devices are most definitely on the way.
At first, I was thinking "PCI isn't a good name for it" but "peripheral component interconnect" exactly describes it.
2) Talked about almost literally to death. They may add it, but I don't see any necessity for shielding in VO. They have "chee" shields in the Itani side of the back story, so we may see something similar.
3-5) Good but also redundant. So let's wait to see what shows up.
6) Huh? The repair gun can heal friendlies, and group members do appear on radar from any distance... (?)
7) Here,here! This would be a good thing. Make the screen less "bulky". Scaling the HUD works, except that it makes the chat boxes smaller, so the effective text region is the same size.. Make the chat boxes larger at higher resolutions.
8) No, it's a balance thing, and a shorter distance would favor the person running away a little too much. They may change it some during tweaking, but probably not to 1500m.
9) Learn to go around ion storms. Don't always go from point A to B. Realize there are storms in populated sectors, so plot a course around them. It's that simple.
10) Just wait a little. New features are in the works.
On the second post: What good is a "3D" arrow on a 2D screen? It's never exactly clear at a glance which way the arrow is pointing, any more than the space junk. Just be a little more spatially aware as you maneuver, or stay in flight-assist mode. Maybe some people work better with different velocity cues, so maybe they should add something.
Dive, maybe you should post your own suggestions, and let these people post their suggestions here in addition to your forum. And we tend to like one good suggestion per thread, to keep the discussion focused.
I really like the PCI slot idea. Possibly add tractor beams as one of the items. Just a secondary, non-weapon/armor, aid thingy.