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LanFisher
Thu May 20, 2004 4:51 pm
#1
Instead of having everyong pulling out their spaceships in the same starport, I think it would be cool if the developers expanded the starports to include multiple docking bays. That way, instead of having a hundred people standing in one docking bay launching, landing and lagging, you could pick a less busy docking bay to launch.
It would also be an easier way to find your friends, without having to wander through a crowd. Example:
/tell buddy_1 Hey, wanna go on an attack mission on my YT-1300?
/tell buddy_2 Sure. Where are you?
/tell buddy_1 Meet me at Docking Bay 21.
/tell buddy_2 Sweet. See you there.
This would be more consistent with what we saw in A NEW HOPE, where Han tells Luke and Kenobi to meet him in Docking Bay 94.
It only makes sense that a large starport would have multiple docking bays.
Lexx Muskoka
Master Droid Engineer
It would also be an easier way to find your friends, without having to wander through a crowd. Example:
/tell buddy_1 Hey, wanna go on an attack mission on my YT-1300?
/tell buddy_2 Sure. Where are you?
/tell buddy_1 Meet me at Docking Bay 21.
/tell buddy_2 Sweet. See you there.
This would be more consistent with what we saw in A NEW HOPE, where Han tells Luke and Kenobi to meet him in Docking Bay 94.
It only makes sense that a large starport would have multiple docking bays.
Lexx Muskoka
Master Droid Engineer
TonmaCR86
Thu May 20, 2004 5:00 pm
#3
Yeah, I've been wanting revamped starports with docking bays for a while. 
DARTHBAYLOR
Mon May 16, 2005 5:17 am
#4
hands up who wants to live on their cool ship , I do
who wants to go into a star port and walk up their ships ramp , and see their pride and joy in a loading bay , I do
who wants to say , "meet me in docking bay 94 " to do that shady deal , i do
so why cant we have instanced loading bays like we do when we enter the myyrdril caverns???
when you ask to land at a star port you speak to the bod in the space stn
you say what starport you wanna land at
now , rather than jus land an goto the load screen as usual......
you now get a choice of docking bays that are still available for you to land in
you click on the one you wanna land in
after loading screen you appear in your ship ,
you can then leave the pilots chair to walk off your ship out into your docking bay(obviously there would be certain graphic limitations depending on what ship you have , mp ships would be easier to have a ramp area , where as small fighters an such may have you just deposited outside your ship , with a click on ship radial option to re=board an take off)
you click on a wall term to deposit you into the star port
taking off
you go into starport and up to starship term
you click on you ship
if you choose travel , you just travel
if you choose launch , if you ship is in adocking bay , you are taken to your docking bay just outside your ship , if your not in a bay you appear in space
if you wanna launch from docking bay , you just board your ship and sit at pilot controls , which will trigger short cine of your ship class taking off(cool) then after load screen your once again in space
thoughts again?????????/
so for those of us who want to travel quick , its still all there ,
for those of us who wanna rp an want content , theresa my idea???
also if you wanted to give a buddy(s) access to your bay , just group( if you wanna take a buddy in to see your ship , do a deal , or so somebody can drop an item for you to collect later , you could even pay for your berth , so you "own" it for the time you r there??)
(ducks behind flame retardent wall)
i personally would die of sheer pleasure if content like this were included , its a basic idea would just be soooo cool
thoughts???????
maxtheusher
Mon May 16, 2005 6:16 am
#5
It does kinda depress me that there's only only dinky "bay" per city...
Instanced landing areas would probably solve the technical limitation presented by having around 100k ships floating about or more...
hmmmm... Overall, a good idea, but perhaps a bit too complicated for the Devs to want to bother with
Devs need to focus on giving us the SW experience rather than the jedi experience... this would help... let's hope they do SOMETHING to give us people who don't want a glowbat some starwarsy feel.
Instanced landing areas would probably solve the technical limitation presented by having around 100k ships floating about or more...
hmmmm... Overall, a good idea, but perhaps a bit too complicated for the Devs to want to bother with
Devs need to focus on giving us the SW experience rather than the jedi experience... this would help... let's hope they do SOMETHING to give us people who don't want a glowbat some starwarsy feel.
DARTHBAYLOR
Mon May 16, 2005 6:34 am
#6
/sigh , would be so nice to be able to rp a bit more in your own docking bay or on your ship for fp/spice sales or slicin , /dreams
mka
Mon May 16, 2005 7:54 am
#7
How about a private garage for every player, where every ship you currently have in your datapad is displayed.
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