Bio Engineer Archive

With all the new candidates looking for a job, I'd like for the users of this forum to suggest new things they would like to see the BE Correspondent do. Pressure on the developers for changes is the obvious portion of the job, but I would like to see suggestions for projects the correspondent can be expected to succussfully undertake. Here is one suggestion:

Create two sticky locked threads, one for a new edition of our BE FAQ/Manual (since it has always been better than the official information), and one for crossposted creature recipes. The correspondent would have complete control over information that appears in those two threads, but other threads would be available for user comments. This would allow concise complete information at the current state of our knowledge in an easy-to-read format. The FAQ thread could also have dev official responses to our questions and top 5 issues.

Hylidex Lightstrider
AFS Outfitters, League of all Factions and Species (LAFS)
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I personally would like to see something done about our chef additives.

I would personally like to see the two-step additive process being moved solely to BEs.

There is no reason why a MBE shouldnt be able to supply a chef with a complete product that can be directly dropped into their food.

The system as it is now,promotes chefs side-stepping BE through simply buying cheap/free schematics or picking up two trees under BE to make their own.

What I would like to see the system changed to is:

Step one:

Basic BE additive

This step should be identical to what it is now. Add meat and flora and crank out a crate of 25 RAW additives

Step two:

BE additive refinement

Under this step a BE would basically do what chefs do now. The one notable change would be that instead of just adding water and the additive the BE would have to add a subcomponent in the place of water. This subcomponent should be available at Novice BE. However, at MBE, you get the advanced component.

Now, the end result should be that the additives with only the basic component should be half as powerful as it can be made now. With the advanced component the additives would be as powerful as they are now.

I would like to add another sub-step. Instead of having some stupid loot drop Secret Research data there would be a slot in the ADV. subcomponet for a Smuggler component

The idea being, smugglers would have access to highly illegal materials that could greatly enhance what a MBE/Chef could make.

So, instead of having Smuggler craft spices they could smuggle sub-components to MBE/Chefs.

These "krayt tissues" of MBE/Chef products should only be usable inschematics made byMBE and MC.

This is just a rough draft of a crazy thought I know will never be implemented. However, under this systemnot only would it give chefs a middle market andinsure MBE are making their due profit, but also give smugglers a piece of the pie.

Anyhow, this would be something I would like to see addressed, on some level, by our future correspondent.

Vezek