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snadoulator
Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:11 am
#1
Why has'nt sony added this yet? it would be a excelent part of Starwars galaxies add in... It would also probaly bring in more people. Ever seen theed in Gorath? not to mention Coronet? virtualy empty now, makes me sad ='C
Besides.... People who are veterans need more content to keep them contented, im one such veteran, and ima die hard starwars fan, throw ahteer you want at this game, im not quitting it period. but it does get boring at times, even if you do roleplay add atmospheric entery/exit, and be able to land you'r starshi on the surface wherever you please... but make sure htat poeple dont decide to clog up the streets in major citys, make designated landign zone, and fines for people who park them outside of there inside a major city, i mean if you can do that, you'r siting ontop of a goldmine sony, itts pretty much possible to bring backmore players who have left, thatwould mean a lot higher pay for the devs, CSRs and everyone else period, but it would also be nice to get the CU repealed but i dont see that happening any time soon
snadoulator
Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:16 am
#2
Another thing i am wondering, can sony add in pioletable small stardestroyers?
you know so you can have multipul groups onboard a single ship, and increased group size, where it has at least 5 turrets, someone to do the commands for space, and some people for maint, and add in personal rooms for people, that way its like a floating city in space, i mean it would seriously make space more interesting when you have more people in space with you, doesnt have to be all that fany, but a bigger ship would be great, even the YT feels SERIOUSLY cramped to me and thats with only myself in it from a test server, i feel cloterphobic in there and im not even in the place
BadMedic
Fri Sep 02, 2005 6:48 am
#3
yeah i think everyone wants some sort of multi person living quarters/battle ship. it would be realy fun, gets me worked up just thinking about it!! 
ElderFencer
Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:59 am
#4
Too much codeing I think... I'd settle for combat speeders and tanks... but at least that stuff is planned... the ground game isn't coded the same as the space game and to put them together is pretty much impossible...
Lofat
Sat Sep 03, 2005 3:35 am
#5
Nice pipe-dream... I would like it too, but this is about the 45th time I've seen this topic pop up. In previous posts "somebody in the know" squelched this by saying something about how this would not become areality because the tide of pvp battles could easily be swayed, and the amount of coding required made this not feasible... So?
I want my heavy X-wing to park in my front yard too! 
pandral
Sat Sep 03, 2005 4:40 am
#7
Last time i read that question then answer was, We will never implement atmosferic flight. The reason u wont like to be blasted from the sky while u are attacking an enemy base and dont be able to strike back.
This was what SOE said i think it is pointless if u dont want to see u blasted from the sky then call some pilot friend to patrol the sky while u attack the base.
FilanVader
Sat Sep 03, 2005 12:27 pm
#8
would be impossible to mix the current ground and space games. however i think when you goto a starbase it should list the starports you can land at and then give a "Land on Surface" option and with that you get map screen and pick where you want to land, make it kinda like placing a harvester though since you probally need pretty flat land for say the Sorosuub.
EDMAN3000
Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:50 am
#9
Well, if they can code it so that the atmosphere is part of space and just display the avatars on the ground as non-interactive images, and have the people on the ground be able to look up and see a pilot as the same thing, then it could work fine. People could still pilot their ships through beggars canyon and it would be a fantastic addition to the game.
lashingtung
Mon Sep 05, 2005 11:42 am
#10
I thought it would be cool to atleast add the take off and landing sequence cut scenes like KOTOR and allow people to access certain ground waypoints and land their ship, a first step in ground and space interaction.This would be cool if atleast you could do this for MP ships, get a group together, land like 500m away and ride out to the DWB or something the whole time the ship is visible on ground. I have seen the guild reward ships that sit in their respective towns, i.e the X-wing and the TIE fighter, so it's not entirely impossible to do. To keep the ever loving traffic in the NPC towns these from space to land landing spots would be only for POB ships. Just an idea not at all complete, but something to build on.
Shockied
Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:12 pm
#11
ElderFencer wrote:
Too much codeing I think... I'd settle for combat speeders and tanks... but at least that stuff is planned... the ground game isn't coded the same as the space game and to put them together is pretty much impossible...
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Bravo12
Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:29 pm
#12
Atmospheric flight is a little much to expect. I would be happy if, instead of hitting the Launch button at the starship terminal, you go out to where the landing area is, and "call" your ship. It appears, and you climb into it. When you launch, you see the animation of it lifting off from the starport before you go to the loading screen for space. Others on the ground in the city should be able to see your ship taking off, too.
oneofmanyJedi
Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:01 am
#13
I agree that we should get taking off/landing sequences at the very least, it'd add a more star wars feel and especially add for that moment of escape
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