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Sounds like a great idea.

That's an awesome idea!

I wish the devs would add centerpoint station so Corel sector would be more accurate and have it so players can land on centerpoint station and it would become the Pilot Bar/Meeting Hall of SWG.

A place for pilots to hang is definitely needed.

Namav

I was considering something similar. Have a space station that serves as a lounge for pilots. This is good, since pilots are traditionally loathe to land on the ground for long, and this provides Ace pilots a way to ditch the planets almost entirely. Besides, who doesn't want to have a brandy while sitting in a lounge with your friends and gazing out into the stars? Have it cost Prestige to get into (since there isn't much other use for it), and give it a few nifty features and the content writes itself.

A few ideas:
* Rotating NPCs that offer missions to pilots. Rewards could include furniture, clothing, helmets, etc. Not just ship components. Have different NPCs spawn each week or two, and put enough NPCs in the rotation to have different NPCs up for three months. Randomize the spawns, however, and maybe have certain NPCs be more rare than others.

* A "battle simulation" machine, which allows you to practice PvP in a less stressful environment. Have all the ships open to selection by pilots (so an Imperial pilot could try flying an X-wing, for example), and give them all standard parts (so every X-wing is the same, ever TIE Fighters is the same, etc.). The "simulation" should be fairly light on background graphics (no bloody nebulas!), so it stays relatively lag free, and have all ships PvP enabled to all other ships (no teams). Not only would this be a good place for those interested to learn to PvP, but it would be awesome for survival tournaments and the like.

* A "pilot helper terminal" that ace pilots could sign up on while they are at the bar. Put a corresponding terminal in all starports, so those that need help can just check the terminal and contact people who are signed up to help. No more shouting in starports "Can anyone help with my mission?", as now there is a list of people who want to help just sitting there.

* Maybe a pilot-based themepark in the future? A girl can dream, right?

Message Edited by Treena_Daal on 07-07-2005 08:23 AM

Any reason to go into a bar is a good one

It would be so awesome. We wouldn't need to go down much on those rocks with the land lubbers. Prestigious pilots could ferry ents up there.

Sounds like a great idea! Maybe a Cantina in a player city? A good SW or missle/countermeasure vendor would probably be a good way to attract pilots. On Kauri, I see lots of pilots in Theed and have met a few at the terminals. It would be cool to have a place away from all the spam for other pilots to gather though.


Nice ideas on the space station too.. Maybe the devs might still add this one day, even though pilots have always wanted a station in space to walk around in and take missions, etc.

I've always thought a space station would be a great way of adding more space quests.. maybe even add "duty mission" terminals for the rebellion, Imperials and freelancers. (Duty missions are somewhat limited for some factions, and it would be great if we could use a terminal and select missions by tier/faction)

centerpoint station would be a fantastic addition. i think it's important to have a centralized location for pilots to land and hang out as well, as opposed to having tons of stations scattered about the galaxy as well. i'd like to see dockable space stations in other sectors, but it'd be nice to have the main one be centerpoint.

someday maybe....

Back to the original and actual doable post

I would prefer such a bar to be close to a player city shuttle. Ifind a possible 60 sec shuttle wait less annoying then a sure 1 to 2k drive.

this a great idea... I would definity hangout at a place like this. My suggestion for location would be rori you can build really close (I have a house 200m away from the starport) to the Rebel Outpost. Only bad part is that only rebel can land there the rest of us would have travel.

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Treena_Daal wrote:

* A "battle simulation" machine, which allows you to practice PvP in a less stressful environment. Have all the ships open to selection by pilots (so an Imperial pilot could try flying an X-wing, for example), and give them all standard parts (so every X-wing is the same, ever TIE Fighters is the same, etc.). The "simulation" should be fairly light on background graphics (no bloody nebulas!), so it stays relatively lag free, and have all ships PvP enabled to all other ships (no teams). Not only would this be a good place for those interested to learn to PvP, but it would be awesome for survival tournaments and the like.

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I like that part the best.