Pilot Archive
Thread: Mining Idea
- Starfighters can dock with Y-8's and unload their cargo
- Y-8's can dock with Freighters (to be added in, and player controlled)
- Freighters could have a cargo hold that could hold upto 500K units of resources of varying kinds.
- Freighters would be just that, only a freight ship, no guns of any kind, and needing a fighter escort at all times, as Asteroid Bandits could spawn and try to "steal" the cargo.
- Being a Freighter Captain in inherently dangerous, and thus trusted skilled pilots would need to be employed to provide the escorts en route to meet up with various Y-8 mining vessels to receive their cargo of mined resrouces.
I think that getting more people involved can be a lot of fun for a whole guild of folks or even any players who wish to form a "mining consortium" so to speak.
I enjoy the time I spend in my Krayt Gunship mining, I usually bring along another guildie to man my turret, and we do pretty well, except for the fact that we have to land every 15-20 minutes to unload the cargo.
I believe that adding in the ability to dock with the Y-8's and unload the mined resources, and ultimately the Y-8's ability to dock with a Frieghter to unload the collective mined resources would add a whole new depth to the mining business, and could also keep people busy for longer periods of time.
Just some thoughts of things I'd like to see implemented, feel free to add to or critique them, or especially support them 
Great ideas, I love them, however...
The more people you add to the opperation the higher the cost of the resorces mined. I am a Y-8 miner but I be damed if I will do it for anything less than 35cpu. Anything less and I might as well do endless duty missions for even more money. What do you think the freighter opperator and escorts will want as there cut? what will the shipwrite want to make a profit off the stuff? What do you think the final CPU cost will be after all those hands are in the pot?
As grand as the ideas are they would be cost prohibitive.
AzzixxSWG wrote:
Great ideas, I love them, however...
The more people you add to the opperation the higher the cost of the resorces mined. I am a Y-8 miner but I be damed if I will do it for anything less than 35cpu. Anything less and I might as well do endless duty missions for even more money. What do you think the freighter opperator and escorts will want as there cut? what will the shipwrite want to make a profit off the stuff? What do you think the final CPU cost will be after all those hands are in the pot?
As grand as the ideas are they would be cost prohibitive.
You make an excellent point, insofar as creating a "mining consotium" is concerned.
As far as a guild goes however, if it's anything like my guild then the "cut" the escorts and frieghter captain would want would only be improved gear from the guild shipwright.
I admit, my guild is somewhat socialist/borderline communist as far as sharing/helping goes... I don't know if this is the case with the majority of guilds, or if mine is very much in the minority.