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Thread: Squadron Hangers A thought for further imersion and the GCW
Snadroj
Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:21 am
#14
Everyones moaning about lag now that JTL has increased starport traffic, so this would make it possible to launch from player cities and generally get around more easily too.
I love the idea of displaying my ships, for those that don't have the ability or lots to place a PA hall, why not have a structure equivalent to a large house or factory that's like a mini private starport? The ship would appear as a furniture item when you went inside.
TjadenFederov
Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:09 pm
#15
That would be awesome... Although the problem i see with it is that a player character would probably be pretty small even compared to a TIE fighter... which I have seen placed on the ground during certain events- They are about 2 times higher than your character- You would need an awful big structure, and that would take up too much space, not to mention be pretty hard to place. Perhaps the answer would be to make most of the hangar underground, and have silo door type thing that ships could leave from visible on the surface- And this would allow itto be quite a spatious interior. Would love to see something of the sort implemented, this is a 5* idea.
Artistan
Thu Jan 06, 2005 7:24 pm
#16
- Excuse me if I get a little off topic, but I've had ideas piling up for so long about things like this...
Overview:
After reading a lot of ideas and spending a good amount of time thinking, I thought of a couple ideas for hangars and the like. There would be several levels of hangars, from little, small guild 10 person parking garages to large, spacious, and expensive ones for large guilds or cities.
Hangars:
Personal (Pad)
- Capable of holding 1 craft ( fighters only maybe?)
- Cheap, small, 1 lot
- Used to provide easy access to space for those who live away from town.
Small (Private Hanger)
- Capable of holding a small number of craft.
- Contains small starship bay to show ships
- Used by small guilds, groups of friends, or a couple wealthier people with multiplayer ships to have space access without having to drive into town.
- Not too big, expensive, or lot demanding.
Medium (Landing Bay)
- Capable of holding a medium number of craft
- Used by medium sized guilds and cities to provide a place for members to store their ships in town.
- Can only be placed in a town, uses no lots.
- First hangar that can be publically useable if set that way.
- Contains chassis broker
Large (Starport/Squadron Hanger)
- MultiUse Facility
- Used as a starport, large guild hangar or both
- Capable of holding a large number of craft
- Contains Chassis Broker/Medical Center/Vendor Area (If it can be regulated to, say, ordinance and repair kit vendors only, we don't want everyone running malls out of these)
- Large, rather pricy ( costs about the same as small city to run? ) and only placeable in metropolis
Floor Plans and Such:
Pad
- Small, garden sized pad
- Likely one in game already, if not, not too hard to make
The Landing Pad is used to provide basic access to space to those who live far from cities or alone. It is nothing but a landing pad on which to park your ship, and can do nothing except provide a place to launch.
Private Hanger
- Small, one level facility ( About the size of the hanger in a Rogue Squadron game)
- Underground, small silo opening ontop
- Sparse, little dim
Used by groups of people far from town, or a wealthier ship owner who wants a little more than a pad, the Private Hanger is built into the ground with a small opening on top and aset of stairs to the surface.It contains little more than expanded parking space for those who need/desire it.
Landing Bay
- Larger than a private hanger, but with the same basic design, this version adds a larger entry way and a chassis dealer on the hangar level.
-Unfinished-
ClabeBobea
Fri Jan 07, 2005 12:38 am
#17
I posted something about having Squad Leader Benefitsin space and It got shot down so I wouldn't hope to much for that one. But I love this squadron hanger idea, perhaps have a terminal in the hanger similar to that in a guild hall where you can invite certain players to join your squadron without having to leave the current ground based guild they are in. That terminal would create another guild type system for the squadron where those in the squadron would get another chat channel so that all members in the squadron can talk with each otherno matter whatguilds they are inwithout tells and/or e-mails. Another thing is to have squadrons that are working together to set up an alliance type feature where different squadrons fighters/ships can land at another cities squadron hanger and use the hangers equipment like at his home base. These are just a few ideas that poped into my head as I read down this post and thought I'd share them with you guys. But 5 stars for this idea and I hope we can get something like this in game soon.
Good Day 
JoKen_Jash
Fri Jan 07, 2005 8:58 am
#18
Great idea, except, if the devs don't get their act together and fix NPC cities so that people would actually want to use them again (adding apartments in those vacant buildings is a start), it'll never happen. They'll just complain that players will never use NPC cities if they impliment it. Too bad too. I really like some of the ideas in this thread.
Oh yeah, and 5 stars to you all to counter the one star bandit.
GranitePhoenix
Sat Jan 15, 2005 8:39 am
#19
LOL I see the one-star fairy has come to visit.....
Knock yourself out and get it out of your system....You're not ruffling any feathers here....
Anyway, back on subject, Lots of great ideas to further expand on mine. I really like the thought of adding an "add-on" structure as well so that existing guilds can easily form thier own squadrons.
Rhyon Wraithborne
Message Edited by GranitePhoenix on 01-15-2005 10:40 AM
Message Edited by GranitePhoenix on 01-15-2005 10:41 AM
Pseudopd
Sat Feb 19, 2005 11:45 pm
#21
I love this idea.
I've also posted ideas to have Shipwrights become more ship engineer like, by having it so that when an Shipwrite repairs your ship, you suffer far less decay on componets. This would make it so that more players could be involved in spacefight and fights, and make the space station repairs, a last resort. Imagine landing your smoking ship in a city, then trying to find a Shipwright in the cantina to help with repairs!
Having a Squadron Hanger would so help this idea come about!
Land at the hanger, have a reperesentation of your battered ship, and have a shipwright bashing the hull back into place. Coolness!
Baz Pseudopod
WizKid72
Sun Feb 20, 2005 3:23 am
#22
looks like the devs took one step in the right direction..
the ships we can get to decorate our city would be a nice start.. now we need the hangars and everything else to go with it =)
novafluxx
Sun Feb 20, 2005 1:35 pm
#23
May wanna post this in the Pilot forum, it'll have the eyes of correspondant there.
5 stars
5 stars
e6alfa
Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:09 am
#24
This is only a dream. It will never happen!!!!! 
JUST KIDDING!
Excellent ideas from everyone who has gave input.
Moxin01
Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:41 am
#25
I love this Idea.
my addition:
I wounder if they would let us have PA space stations? you place it in space and it's connected to tthe PA hall on the ground. this way you could launch to space from your PA hall and land from your station.
my addition:
I wounder if they would let us have PA space stations? you place it in space and it's connected to tthe PA hall on the ground. this way you could launch to space from your PA hall and land from your station.
RogueCloudwalker
Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:46 pm
#26
Excellent idea! I hope this works out along with the instanced starport idea!