Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
1791
   |
Posted - 2012.05.04 15:36:00 -
[1] - Quote
Cerulean Ice wrote:Instead of adding Datacores to the FW stores, why not give FW pilots something they'll actually use? New shiny ships or modules or something. Industry pilots and FW pilots don't have much, if anything, in common. I'm sure FW pilots would rather have something they can use. If the goal is to remove passive income, it'd be better to update T2 production. It seems like that's part of the goal, so here's some ideas.
- Change moon goo! I don't know enough about it to make any suggestions on -how- to change it, but I hear plenty of people complaining about it. Perhaps a different way to obtain the all powerful technetium?
- Remove T2 Blueprint Originals. Setting up copy jobs for researched T2 BPOs is as passive as R&D, and it pays better. Replace them with a bunch of max-run copies at their current research level. Then, when they're used up, they're gone. Simple phase-out.
- Move datacores into R&D Corporation LP rewards. Change all the R&D agents into distribution or some other type of agent. This makes datacores something you have to earn actively, and it makes sense with where you have to go to earn them. People who have R&D agents had to get the standings to use them somehow, so it doesn't leave anyone out of the loop. They've got at least one mission runner. It also makes a ton more sense than suddenly having datacores become part of FW.
To answer some of your points.
Data Cores will be ADDED to the FW stores, along side the existing shiney ships and modules that FW pilots can (but don't often) use.
1: Moo Goo changes are already being discussed, and quite probably will soon end up being produced by a new form of mining (Ring Mining) or possibly even via PI (although the latter is unlikely).
2: T2 originals are fine and serve as a balancing mechanism to the T2 market. People do not do copy jobs from T2 BPO's as this takes FAR longer than simply producing the item. Max ship production from your average T2 BPO is about a ship a day, hardly a detrimental factor.
3: Data Cores will be available from the FW loyalty point store and continue to be available from research agents at a reduced rate. Two competing methods of obtaining them is healthy, and allows both combat and non-combat pilots to compete directly for them.
When I check troll in the dictionary, it has a photo shopped picture of you standing somewhere in the vicinity of a point.
Also, I can kill you with my brain. |