Pilot Archive
Thread: Content Idea: dock with station/capship interiors
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GTomlinson
Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:23 pm
#1
Planetary stations should be places that people can shuttle to, dock with, and board. Why can't I dock with the station and sit at the cantinain the station to heal up? Why can't I dock with the station and take a shuttle down to the planet so I don't have to take off from the particular spaceport I landed at? Here's some thoughts:
1. Use a variation of the layout from the new character tutorial/introlayout for space stations. No content generation should be necessary.
2. Charge a docking fee for entry to the station from planet or ship. Make this charge 2x the most expensive shuttle transport for that planet. (Crowd control)
3. Have NPCs on the station give out space missions instead of the communications coordinator.
3a. Have some NPC missions be space/ground combo quests.
4. Let each station have a cantina and med center.
5. Access to Space StationZones should be allowed only to JTL-enabled accounts (Crowd Control)
6. Imperial, Rebel,Privateerstations should be only accessible by those faction pilots and have the same amenities as planetary stations, with only one-way access to a planet in same sector (for passenger ships leavingcrew members stranded.)
7. Have NPC recruiters on the Imperial/Rebel/Privateer Space stations to declare PvP status. Or as an alternative, merge the new GCW PvP combat status with space. It seems to be working out well on the ground, why not in space?
8. Allow access to planetary stations from any shuttleport on the planet, including player cities. Perhaps there'd be less crying for player city spaceports or landing pads if our ships were accessible from the shuttleport.
9. Make the planetary stations unpatrolled or guarded by planetary forces. Providing safe services to enemies of the current GCW controller of the planet.
Pick it apart or laugh it up...
GTomlinson
Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:26 pm
#2
BTW, Gosh, I'd really like to dock with that Star Destroyer or Station in Deep Space and perhaps man a turret or something.
Zeon_Zaku
Tue Mar 08, 2005 12:03 am
#3
Sounds like some neat ideas. 
I'd like to see, as well, some faction stations (or ships would be even better) that can be docked with. Players can man turrets, make repairs and go to the command deck to launch specials (like a giant MP ship, in a way), and enemy faction players could attack.
I'd like to see, as well, some faction stations (or ships would be even better) that can be docked with. Players can man turrets, make repairs and go to the command deck to launch specials (like a giant MP ship, in a way), and enemy faction players could attack.
Raelu
Tue Mar 08, 2005 9:42 am
#4
Good idea. I would also like to have missions where MP ships could dock enemy ships such as corvettes. Would be great to attack a corvette with aMP shipand some fighters, take away the escort and then dock with the MP and load up around 10 players onto the corvette where they can fight thier way to the bridge to steal someenemy plans. You could then turn in this into a recruiter for a nice factional reward as well as some factional loot maybe. Perhaps put some good crafting plans and schematics on these ships too that can be looted similar to the ground corvette mission. Reinforcements will keep arriving until the corvette is finally destroyed so you will need to keep some fighters outside to defend the docked MP ship the duration of the mission.
yimaz
Tue Mar 08, 2005 9:48 am
#5
Very nice idea and it seems to not be anything too crazy for the dev's to put together.
Zeon_Zaku
Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:50 am
#6
Raelu wrote:
Good idea. I would also like to have missions where MP ships could dock enemy ships such as corvettes. Would be great to attack a corvette with aMP shipand some fighters, take away the escort and then dock with the MP and load up around 10 players onto the corvette where they can fight thier way to the bridge to steal someenemy plans. You could then turn in this into a recruiter for a nice factional reward as well as some factional loot maybe. Perhaps put some good crafting plans and schematics on these ships too that can be looted similar to the ground corvette mission. Reinforcements will keep arriving until the corvette is finally destroyed so you will need to keep some fighters outside to defend the docked MP ship the duration of the mission.
Now that would be cool!
It'd be neat if PvP inmulti-player ships worked the same way. In Deep Space, you attack an enemy MP ship, disable it, use another to dock with it, then the crew loads into the other ship and attacks inside, fighting the pilot, gunners, ect.
If they win, they get credits and loot of some kind (though they don't get to steal anything from other players, of course).
Message Edited by Zeon_Zaku on 03-08-2005 10:50 AM
GTomlinson
Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:17 pm
#7
Yeah, now all they have to do is reuse the corvette mission layout and replace the escape pod area with a docking plank to the POB ship. Use it as the respawn/buff point.
GTomlinson
Mon Mar 14, 2005 6:11 pm
#8
How about a docking ring that can be purchased with 1 million prestige points?
sharde64
Tue Mar 15, 2005 9:27 am
#10
yes and maybe have a towing system as a few nights ago we were doign a mission and one of the fighters i was with (Player) got disabled and i had to park on top of him till he could get repaired would be good if i could of towed him away or he dock with me and come abourd grab some tools and fix his ship
GTomlinson
Tue Mar 15, 2005 4:02 pm
#11
I envision Towing to be something that should have a huge mass and possibly take up an ordnance slot.
How about being able to dock with an POB ship and let them repair you with their repair kits. I could load up my POB ship with repair kits and missiles of various types to be the repair/refuel/restock ship for the privateers and imps that don't have that special ability. Just give me a holler,allow me to dock with you (/consent)and my shipwrights that are normally manning the turrets will run and repair your ship for you, perhaps for a modest fee...
OdiousEncounter
Tue Mar 15, 2005 6:13 pm
#12
I'd like to be able to dock with Corvettes in a peaceful manner. The corellian Corvette is my all-time favorite ship in star wars, and I'd love to be able to just walk around one and take a look at things without being swamped by Nova Troopers. All the art for it is already in game, obviously.
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