Artisan Archive
Thread: Proposal To Add Content For Surveyors
Right now when people survey I think they have to create contacts in game to sell the waypoints to the people who need the resource, do an auction on the boards, or register at a third party site that helps make connections between surveyors and people interested in harvesting the resources. Contacts aren’t very far reaching, it’s just who you know and if you know what they want. Not everyone uses the boards and how many third party sites could you hook up with? …and again, not everyone uses the third party site.
Why not change the resource tool a little? Add a button on the survey tool so when you find your high concentration of whatever resource you are interested in you can click that button that says… oh lets just say it would say “Hard Copy” Now this “Hard Copy” is stored in your Inventory, or Data Pad, whatever the DEVs would think is best. This Hard Copy is actually an item with information attached. When you choose to examine it would show the date and time it was created, the resource that was surveyed, and the concentration that it is in.
This Hard Copy could then be sold on the Bazaar for a price and then people would know what they are getting. You could even have it to where the higher up on the survey tree you are the more info the Hard Copy offers. Like Survey I just shows the name of the resource, date time, and concentration % from Ground zero to a limited radius and what the % is at the end of the radius. Survey II shows the same but the radius would be bigger, Survey II even bigger, and Survey IV shows the largest radius concentrations and gives all the stats on the resource.
Survey I would list like this:
Vertex Crystalline Gemstone Ywamate;
Date Surveyed: 04/21/2004 0832hrs (server time)
Center 82%; 50m Radius 76%
Survey II would list like this:
Vertex Crystalline Gemstone Ywamate;
Date Surveyed: 04/21/2004 0832hrs (server time)
Center 82%; 50m Radius 76%; 75m Radius 72%
Survey III would list like this:
Vertex Crystalline Gemstone Ywamate;
Date Surveyed: 04/21/2004 0832hrs (server time)
Center 82%; 50m Radius 76%; 75m Radius 72%; 100m Radius 68%
Survey IV would list like this:
Vertex Crystalline Gemstone Ywamate;
Date Surveyed: 04/21/2004 0832hrs (server time)
Center 82%; 50m Radius 76%; 75m Radius 72%; 100m Radius 68%; 125m Radius 65%
ER 969; CR 919; DR 848; HR 991; MA 397; OQ 654; SR 905; UT 904;
Once you sell the Hard Copy the buyer retrieves the it from the Bazaar just like they would a deed to a new swwop. It can be traded or even dropped in a house, just like a swwop or droid deed. To use it the owner needs to activate it like they would a deed to a swoop or droid. Once activated it becomes a waypoint in their data pad that can be deleted like any other. The waypoint will be named the same as the name of the resource, and at this time gives the loaction of the planet it is on. I think that part is important otherwise you could just check the bazaar for Hard Copies and see what is on what planet. To know the planet you must buy the deed and activate it.
This may be a dumb idea, but I was bored waiting for the servers to come back up and just thought I’d ask if there are any horrible repercussions that this would bring, or unbalanced game play, or anything bad. Or is it a good idea? I duuno, I just thought I’d bring it up and you decide what you think of it.
nice idea.
why not reserve the space there for a harvester and only the owner (activator) of the hardcopy can use this one spot to harvest - i dont wont to buy something andwhen i step there everything is filled up with harvesters ... - the hardcopies have to be removed from the bazaar or vendor (also inventory and bank) when a resources despawns - this would make some load on the servers i think and i dont know if they are scanning items on bazaar or something but as unstable the bazaar system is / was i wouldnt recommend it.
Richie76 wrote:
Why not reserve the space there for a harvester and only the owner (activator) of the hardcopy can use this one spot to harvest - i dont wont to buy something andwhen i step there everything is filled up with harvesters ... - the hardcopies have to be removed from the bazaar or vendor (also inventory and bank) when a resources despawns - this would make some load on the servers i think and i dont know if they are scanning items on bazaar or something but as unstable the bazaar system is / was i wouldnt recommend it.
just my 2 cents (eurocents)
richie
The reserved spot MAY be a problem, though I can completely see where you are coming from. A problem if there was a monopoly on an entire spawn section. Maybe restrict it so the Surveyor can only reserve one spot within the 150m area, but once that hard copy is sold he can make another reserved spot next to it if he wishes. One or two limit, something to discurage monoploies on the use of land.
And yes once the resourse goes away so should the deed. Just get an e-mail back Unsucsesful Auction notice.
What if something could be placed there to reserve it? Perhaps that animation that appears when you first place a harvester could appear when a surveyor claims a spot? The little datapad postthat appears in the middle of the roped off area is what the person "purchasing" the spot uses to pay the surveyor. And the surveyor can only claim as many spots as they have open lots.
xrayallen wrote:
The reserved spot MAY be a problem, though I can completely see where you are coming from. A problem if there was a monopoly on an entire spawn section. Maybe restrict it so the Surveyor can only reserve one spot within the 150m area, but once that hard copy is sold he can make another reserved spot next to it if he wishes. One or two limit, something to discurage monoploies on the use of land.
And yes once the resourse goes away so should the deed. Just get an e-mail back Unsucsesful Auction notice.