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Thread: JTL may negatively impact Player City populations
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Ewach
Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:18 pm
#1
Now that the NDA is lifted....
As of right now, the multipassenger ships - to include the veteran award "Lady Luck" - hold 75 items AND take up one of your lots when you generate and decorate it.
There were several people that posted in the beta forums that they would have to pull up their house in order to free up a lot to have one of these ships. Some even said they would just "live on their ship."
Well, I see that as a potential disaster for Mayors struggling already to maintain a city's population. Those citizens, usually crafters, that are already pushed to the limit on storage may have to leave the city in order to take advantage of their veteran "reward."
MTolwyn
Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:39 pm
#2
living just in a ship sounds nice now
but won t work for long
cause everytime you need a part of your stuff you ve to go to the next startport, launch into space (loading), get your stuff, fly to the next space station(waiting) , land(loading)
so maybe some people do that now but i m sure not for long
DaQuilla2
Fri Oct 22, 2004 5:26 am
#3
Biggest problem about "living in a ship" will probably be the far too low item limit of 75 items/ship ... you either decorate the ship or use it as a very small storage space (2-3 small houses with 150 items are too small already, especially for longtime players) ...
I don't think with all the loot you get "up there" that you really can afford to pull down your house. But I do think that players will definitly be in space more often than in the city, effectivly making them more ghosty than they are now.
DoctorGriggs
Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:35 am
#4
Ewach wrote:Now that the NDA is lifted....As of right now, the multipassenger ships - to include the veteran award "Lady Luck" - hold 75 items AND take up one of your lots when you generate and decorate it.There were several people that posted in the beta forums that they would have to pull up their house in order to free up a lot to have one of these ships. Some even said they would just "live on their ship."Well, I see that as a potential disaster for Mayors struggling already to maintain a city's population. Those citizens, usually crafters, that are already pushed to the limit on storage may have to leave the city in order to take advantage of their veteran "reward."
I would not worry about it. Being that the Lady Luck CAN be blown up (though never completely destroyed) it would get expensive to repair it often. Also, the 75 item limit is a joke for a house so it would never work for most people.
Oreet
Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:52 am
#5
from what i read, if you store items in just one multiperson ship, it does not use up lots.
if you have a second one, then i think it said that either one or both of the ships will use up one lot each. but i know that i've read on several threads in the JTL Beta boards that the Sorosuub will NOT use up lots if you just have that one decorated.
QuiJonOz
Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:43 am
#6
I thought about that as well, but the hassle of having to launch your ship everytime you want to retrieve something will probably cause people to keep their houses. I just wish they'd up the number of items we could have in buildings a bit... like 150 small, 250 medium, 350 large, and 500 PA. Right now the storage levels are way too low and JtL will add a lot more stuff to store.
Oreet
Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:48 am
#7
isn't the 150 for a small only for Naboo Smalls?
the citizens of my city on Lok get 150 items in a small Tatooine house. unfortunatly, you also get 150 in a medium. and 250 for a large and a PA Hall.
DaQuilla2
Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:55 am
#8
it's 75 items/lot with a max of 250 items ...
So small Naboo style 1 and tents carry 75 items (same as ships)
small and medium 150
theaters and hospitals 225
large, Cantinas and PA-Halls 250 (paying way to many lots for same item count)
Increasing the item storage will probably not happen in near futur, since the Devs are always whining about their oh so tight storagespace ...
Oh, and on the lots/ship ... this is what TH last said:
Thunderheart wrote:
SayKin wrote:
TH please answer this, im confused right now. Look at this example and please answer when you can
1 Multiship that is decorateable: 1 lot
2 Multiship that is decorateable: 2 lots
This one is correct.
Ewach
Fri Oct 22, 2004 9:14 am
#9
Oreet wrote:
from what i read, if you store items in just one multiperson ship, it does not use up lots.
Not true. Tested and confirmed on Beta.
I had 10 lots avaialable. I generated my "Lady Luck", flew it, landed again. I now only had 9 lots available.
I do not believe it even matters whether you decorate it or not - you generate the storage capability when you generate the ship.
bdwsrkob
Fri Oct 22, 2004 9:51 am
#10
so, for those of us that get the lady luck, we now only have 9 lots available. since it cannot be destroyed, we will never be able to get that lot back again.
Mayor JoseCuervo - Kashyyykur, Rori - Corbantis
DoctorGriggs
Fri Oct 22, 2004 10:08 am
#11
Oh man. I have like no free lots on live so I guess no multi-passenger ships for me 
Sojourner
Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:41 pm
#12
DoctorGriggs wrote:
Oh man. I have like no free lots on live so I guess no multi-passenger ships for me
I think the fighters with gunner controled turrents will still be available to you, like the Y-Wing and one of the higher level TIEs (not sure if the freelance pilots get one). I don't think they have storage space even though they are technically "multiplayer".
Pappi
Sat Oct 23, 2004 2:00 pm
#13
for those of you that are worried about PA lot count, please read my new stickied post (at the bottom) 
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