Pilot Archive
Thread: Space PvP Starsider Style
xTekx
Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:42 am
#40
Gah, i can't watch the video. I get the sound effects, but all I get is the little wavy lines or nebula's or such when you play music on WMV.
Is there something else I need to run it on so I can see the video and not jsut see the sounds?
Ducimus
Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:39 am
#41
Kalia wrote:
Leaph, how exactly does the transfer work? From what I understand, you cant carry money over, right? And nothing in your datapad... so you loose FCs, but you can unload ships and carry all the parts over? And how much can you carry? I assume basically as much as you can hold... clothes, armor, and a full inventory and backpack? (So essentially, 130 items plus whatever you're wearing when you transfer?)
I can answer that.
You can't bring with you:
- Your credits in your bank acount
- Resources (so if your sitting on a 300K brick of 900 OQ/PE high grade polymetric, kiss it bye bye)
- Factory crates
- Houses
- ANYTHING and EVERYTHING in your datapad. (any ships/pets/speeders/waypoints/droids/FC, ALL gets wiped)
What you CAN bring with you:
- Any and all ship parts and chassis. (this includes any prenerf DI's, engines, deeds, etc)
- You can equip a backpack, stuff it full, and THEN fill your inventory with everything you can carry.
- Veteran rewards, holograms, etc take them with you if you want them because their kinda hard to replace
- Ground combat weaponry. (it should be noted that any weapon you bring with you will have 1000/1000 durablity when you arrive on the other server, w/ all slices intact)
- Armor (however i woudlnt bother with armor, as the biolink is lost, and it comes out at 100/100 durablity, so dont waste the space if you ask me)
- Clothing (like armor, it comes out at 100/100 durablity). Ace rewards transfer.
- Credit Chip: ( i did this as an experiment, and i didnt think it would work. While all your millions in the bank is lost, Credit chips, as they reside in your inventory, are transferable. So i highly recommend saving up a fat credit chip before transfering. It helps getting started with buying houses and speeders to get you going)
Your character:
- Your badges remain intact.
- Your factional rank is lost, as well as all FP. You start out as 0/0 faction.
- Your appearance is unchanged. You come out exactly how you left your old server.
- Your name may or may not have to be changed. I highly recommend creating an alt on your target server, and try adding your main characters name to your friends list. If it works, your name is taken, if it doesnt work, then your name is not taken and you wont have to change it.
- Last but not least, YOUR QUEST STATUS IS RESET!. Bummed that you coudlnt do the RGI mission after having done the heavy xwing? Now you can. Did Nymm Gyp ya before? Now you can redo it.
Message Edited by Ducimus on 08-08-2005 10:40 AM
Kalia
Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:44 am
#42
Interesting...
Maybe I'll pay up and get my Freelance (reb ground) Scylla toon (who has no "collectibles" except her Katarn) transfered over to Starsider. Something to think about.
Maybe I'll pay up and get my Freelance (reb ground) Scylla toon (who has no "collectibles" except her Katarn) transfered over to Starsider. Something to think about.
Halyn
Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:11 pm
#43
Pace, I'll charge you 500k for the 5k Reb faction you need. There's probably some others around who'll do it cheaper, though.
"--Michael Stackpole, RS IRC
Raptor2k1
Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:37 pm
#44
That movie really makes me wish we had morefolks interested in space here on Corbantis (if folks are, I have yet to run into them regularly). 
It's too bad they charge so much for moving servers (that, and the fact that I became FS, so I don't think I could do it anyways). I don't think I'd have enough time to really build up another character.
It's too bad they charge so much for moving servers (that, and the fact that I became FS, so I don't think I could do it anyways). I don't think I'd have enough time to really build up another character.
It also reminds me just how much I miss having the pilot voices from XWA. The radio banter really did add another element to things. Makes me think they ought to add a selection of voice clips (associated with certain actions, such as docking, being attacked,etc)to replace the current mumblings you here over the radio from NPC's (which are on the level of quality of the original StarFox, which is to say not very good). It'd also be nice if they could be used as a sort of list of voice hot-keys, for those of us that don't use voice chatting software.
Dragon942
Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:56 pm
#45
I finally watched the video. It's really sad the the last craft left were JSFs and RGIs (and a B22 almost made it looks like). Kind of a comentary on the state of space PvP.
Halyn
Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:20 pm
#46
Heh...I don't think those were actually the last ships left at the battle. Some of our X-wings never got killed, for example, and I'm pretty sure Dashka's B-wing was still intact at the end. Maybe Kitten's A-wing, too.
TuskenRedneck
Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:33 pm
#47
I have to say that the comments about the video being normal fare have convinced me to make my new home Starsider (all my friends are gone from my old server). I was out of the game for about a year and just came back to try my hand at the space end of things. I have been really enjoying it. I forced myself to run with characters that had no ground skills and so have done nothing but fly. While I'm not good yet, I am making surprising progress (to me at least). But, the time comes for me to bring over one or both of my characters. I still have respecs available on them and am making decisions on one character or two. And, should I be craft centric (for cash) or combat centric for ground quests if only one character.
But regardless, I have some questions for some old Starsider folks as well anyone who has transferred characters.
For Starsiders:
But regardless, I have some questions for some old Starsider folks as well anyone who has transferred characters.
For Starsiders:
- What kind of availability is there for chassis' and parts? Looking for a good quality/price mix here. I don't mind paying a high price for decent gear but hate to pay an outrageous amount for crap. I eventually want the big kahuna multi-passenger ships too.
- What is the availability of the various repair kits? (I'm making progress, but I still need to make lots of repairs). These first two are important to help me figure out if I should be crafter or combat on the ground.
- Touchy subject. But, is there a dominant faction in space? on ground? Do neutrals throw in to even things up in space?
- Do deeds for items transfer? Things like houses, factories and harvesters?
- What kinds of high value crafted items would you suggest bringing over in a transfer?
- Is there something you would have done differently in your transfer?
- Where can I get cred chips other than as loot? I've been gone for a while and am curious how to add money or even use the cred chip.
Halyn
Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:52 pm
#48
TuskenRedneck wrote:
For Starsiders:
- What kind of availability is there for chassis' and parts? Looking for a good quality/price mix here. I don't mind paying a high price for decent gear but hate to pay an outrageous amount for crap. I eventually want the big kahuna multi-passenger ships too.
Chasses are easy to come by. There's quite a few shipwrights running around and, in my experience, especially easy to come by if you're in a good guild. Parts can be a bit tougher, but crafted stuff isn't too hard to come by. Don't expect to buy good REed gear, though.
- What is the availability of the various repair kits? (I'm making progress, but I still need to make lots of repairs). These first two are important to help me figure out if I should be crafter or combat on the ground.
Most pilots tend to repair in space, and therefore few shipwrights seem to stock a lot of repair kits. I'm sure most shipwrights would be happy to provide them on request, though.
- Touchy subject. But, is there a dominant faction in space? on ground? Do neutrals throw in to even things up in space?
Tricky question. First off, space. I'd tend to say the Imperials are a bit more dominant. The last event was a Rebel victory, but I'd put part of that to the reappearance of a couple of old-timer Rebel aces and a relative lack of their counterparts among the Imperial side.
On the ground...well, I'm not really sure there. Depending on the time and place, PvP battles swing both ways it seems. I know a lot of my guildmates have been PvPing quite a bit on the ground (all Rebels) and doing well, but I have to give the Imperials credit for their share of victories as well.
sKiLLs101
Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:03 pm
#49
Okay, it was a nice vid, but I do have a couple of suggestions, in case you choose to do this again:
1) First of all -the camara setup was pretty flowed, in my opinion. Taking vid of people just shooting at each other in space doesn't really turn me on, nor does it give me the ability to judge their piloting abilities. Get some of your other pvpers to dlfraps, and have them record. I'd much rather see GOOD pilots trying to shoot one another, then to see a bunch of lasers blasts firing around.
2) Get rid of the voices, I found them very annoying (yes, I know I could just turn it off, which I did). Put some music on there instead... Good times.
3) As another poster said, the entire thing seemed very staged. Somehow I serioulsy doubt a pilot would choose to fly a B-Wing, or even an X-WIng, in a PvP match. If this is so, the variation was very apparant, and frankly unnecessary. If otherwise, you need to find better pilots who won't choose a B-Wing or a TIE fighter
That pretty much does it... Looking forward to the next vid!
LeaphChausew
Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:17 pm
#50
Some of the crafted parts I've found on starsider are awesome [well as far as crafted stuff goes]. I mean, I'll always use my re'd engines/guns etc, but I found a mk II image rec launcher at 5.3k mass. Thats lower than anything I saw on Bria and now sits in my A-wing.
I was in DS most of tonight getting tuned for saturdays pvp event. I got about 6 kills ['though two of them consisted of one guy who didnt see me and one guy who was..afk?] so nothing special atm, but hey..still managed to make Lieutenant which will be the rank I'll be staying at for a good while. I kinda like being a lacky role within RS atm, beats the hell out of leading my old guild 
-Leaph
Ducimus
Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:22 pm
#51
If it wasnt for the lag and my name being already used, id have moved to SS.
But, 200-300 MS ping time was a MAJOR turn off to me, and then.. like.. i wanna know who the hell is Rapax on starsider.. the damn imposter!
But, 200-300 MS ping time was a MAJOR turn off to me, and then.. like.. i wanna know who the hell is Rapax on starsider.. the damn imposter!
LeaphChausew
Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:33 pm
#52
Ducimus wrote:
If it wasnt for the lag and my name being already used, id have moved to SS.
But, 200-300 MS ping time was a MAJOR turn off to me, and then.. like.. i wanna know who the hell is Rapax on starsider.. the damn imposter!
I shall find them and bait them with poisoned Donuts. Well..not if they're Rebel...possibly
-Leaph