Sulior
Rondac's Reasearch and Testing Inc.
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Posted - 2013.09.01 17:08:00 -
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OK, if this happens CCP would not get your extra $15 a month. Won't happen.
[quote=Baron Altin]Recently I have been somewhat frustrated by the potential a ship like the ORCA has for being a mobile 'base' and the way that this ship can only operate as such if you have a dedicated Orca ALT. Basically what I mean is that as long as you have an alt, you can use the Orca for over 100k total storage, as well as a 400k ship maintenance hangar, fitting tool, etc.
This is a great option for the solo wormhole pilot, and even just a low or nullsec PI player who operates in an out of the way system where they cannot dock. Similarly, if you fly FW in enemy controlled space, this can be used to good effect as a kind of 'mini-pos' which you can cloak and requires no upkeep like a full-fledged POS does.
So, all well and good, but still -- it annoys me that you need an alt to do this. What I'd really like is an ORCA type structure that basically does the same things that an ORCA does, but which can be accessed remotely by a single account. In exchange for this, you pay the price of immobility -- the 'ship' is only usable in one place -- it permanently sits in a safe spot somewhere. Another downside from the ORCA is that you won't receive any command boosts, etc. It's really just a spot to swap a small number of ships and change fittings in out of the way or hostile systems.
And, to simulate the full effect of 'ORCA' style gameplay, the structure can be cloaked (or perhaps automatically cloaks) as soon as you warp away from it.
As I think about this, I realize that you can even do some of the 'ORCA base' gameplay with just a single account already -- But it's a huge pain, and not in a fun 'gameplay' sense either. It's a huge pain in a meta-game sense and this idea is just a way to eliminate that.
For example. I could just have a second orca alt on the same account in a safe-spot. My main loses ship, or wants to swap ships -- I fly to safe spot where orca is located (logged off on same account alt). Once there I wait, or possibly eject from current ship. Then I log off.
Log onto Orca. Pull abandoned ship into maintence hangar. Drop new ship in space. Log off
Relog with main. Board new ship.
So again. Why all this trouble? Why not just a cool 'mini POS' that has this same functionality with a few drawbacks to go along with it.
And, if you've ever looked at a lot of the cool outposts that are already in the game, we have a LOT of really great mini-station models already that CCP could use. Really they'd just need to implement the functionality.
So, in concrete terms, it would look something like this:
SMALL OUTPOST GANTRY
probably 5000m3 or so. Needs to be anchored at a safe spot. Probably limitations on how close these can be to other objects like asteroid belts, stations, etc
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