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niceandblue
Mercurialis Inc. RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2012.08.15 01:22:00 -
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I run a fair amount of logistics for our corp and alliance. Currently, when moving a lot of items for different people, the best method of keeping things straight seems to be creating courier contracts and setting them up to alts, then trading them back.
A simple solution could be a "create pallet" option for multiple items in station, since courier contracts will box everything up nice and neat for you anyway... This would save a lot of time and trouble.
Thoughts? |
Tarunik Raqalth'Qui
The Kairos Syndicate Transmission Lost
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Posted - 2012.08.15 03:53:00 -
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niceandblue wrote:I run a fair amount of logistics for our corp and alliance. Currently, when moving a lot of items for different people, the best method of keeping things straight seems to be creating courier contracts and setting them up to alts, then trading them back.
A simple solution could be a "create pallet" option for multiple items in station, since courier contracts will box everything up nice and neat for you anyway... This would save a lot of time and trouble.
Thoughts? You'd think one'd just use containers for this...but there's no size between 3900m3 inside a GSC and the oh...100,000m3 that fits in a General Freight Container. Although, is there a reason you can't simply have people put their hauling requests in as corp (or alliance) courier contracts in the first place? |
niceandblue
Mercurialis Inc. RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2012.08.15 15:34:00 -
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Tarunik Raqalth'Qui wrote: You'd think one'd just use containers for this...but there's no size between 3900m3 inside a GSC and the oh...100,000m3 that fits in a General Freight Container. Although, is there a reason you can't simply have people put their hauling requests in as corp (or alliance) courier contracts in the first place?
That's how we run most freight for individuals, but there are times when either that system won't work for the occasion, or we're trying to move many things for the alliance while keeping them separate at the same time.
Also, smaller freight containers could be another useful solution |
Velicitia
Open Designs
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Posted - 2012.08.15 16:56:00 -
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Not entirely sure what the "create pallet" does that a courier contract doesn't... (other than "not costing 10k ISK")? |
niceandblue
Mercurialis Inc. RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2012.08.15 18:06:00 -
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Velicitia wrote:Not entirely sure what the "create pallet" does that a courier contract doesn't... (other than "not costing 10k ISK")?
Saves you the trouble and time of having to use alts just to get little cardboard. |
FloppieTheBanjoClown
The Skunkworks The Marmite Collective
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Posted - 2012.08.15 18:31:00 -
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I can support something like this, with a few limitations:
Containers cannot go inside wrappers, and wrappers cannot go inside containers or other wrappers. If you want volume compression, it's going to require more work.
Wrappers cannot be jettisoned.
The contents of the wrapper should appear on dscan, and if a ship is destroyed the wrapper should be destroyed as well so that the loot drop rules are applied to its contents. After all, we're talking about strapping a bunch of items together for logistical ease, NOT putting them into something that would withstand the violent destruction of their transport.
The Skunkworks is recruiting. -áhttps://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1540711#post1540711 |
Velicitia
Open Designs
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Posted - 2012.08.15 19:26:00 -
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niceandblue wrote:Velicitia wrote:Not entirely sure what the "create pallet" does that a courier contract doesn't... (other than "not costing 10k ISK")? Saves you the trouble and time of having to use alts just to get little cardboard.
eh?
Courier contracts are station to station ... where do you need an alt for setting one up?
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FloppieTheBanjoClown
The Skunkworks The Marmite Collective
2224
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Posted - 2012.08.15 21:17:00 -
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Velicitia wrote:niceandblue wrote:Velicitia wrote:Not entirely sure what the "create pallet" does that a courier contract doesn't... (other than "not costing 10k ISK")? Saves you the trouble and time of having to use alts just to get little cardboard. eh? Courier contracts are station to station ... where do you need an alt for setting one up? You need one character to set it up, and another to accept it. It's an inconvenience that might be avoidable. The Skunkworks is recruiting. -áhttps://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1540711#post1540711 |
Jacob Straven
Lost Dawn Chaos Corrosive.
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Posted - 2012.08.16 01:07:00 -
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Nice theory. Another way would be to "add label" so you can ID the client/owner. Then sort the cargo by label alphabetically.
Job done! |
niceandblue
Mercurialis Inc. RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2012.08.16 13:52:00 -
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FloppieTheBanjoClown wrote: Containers cannot go inside wrappers, and wrappers cannot go inside containers or other wrappers. If you want volume compression, it's going to require more work.
Wrappers cannot be jettisoned.
The contents of the wrapper should appear on dscan, and if a ship is destroyed the wrapper should be destroyed as well so that the loot drop rules are applied to its contents. After all, we're talking about strapping a bunch of items together for logistical ease, NOT putting them into something that would withstand the violent destruction of their transport.
By 'dscan' you're referring cargo scan right? Also, consider the ability to put them into General Freight Containers, though I agree that they should be able to be scanned through the container.
Jacob Straven wrote: Another way would be to "add label" so you can ID the client/owner. Then sort the cargo by label alphabetically.
Nice! |
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FloppieTheBanjoClown
The Skunkworks The Marmite Collective
2232
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Posted - 2012.08.16 14:20:00 -
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niceandblue wrote:By 'dscan' you're referring cargo scan right? Also, consider the ability to put them into General Freight Containers, though I agree that they should be able to be scanned through the container. Yeah, I meant cargo scan. I promise, that's what I said in my head. Too many wormhole-related posts, my fingers go for "dscan" no matter what I mean to type.
I'd say no containers at all. I feel there should be a choice to make: containers for long-term storage, or wrappers for short-term. While I'm all for making inventory easy to manage, Eve is a game that generally doesn't give players an "all of the above" solution. The Skunkworks is recruiting. -áhttps://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1540711#post1540711 |
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