Fester Addams
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Posted - 2003.11.05 15:01:00 -
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Mining in BS's I vote for it not being possible.
Not like its not profitable or only doable in 0.0 whatever.
I want them to include a new hardpoint type:
Industry hardpoint.
This would allow fitting of mininglasers
when other similar high power slot items come it they too would fall under this category, for example:
Gas scoops: ever seen one of them gas cloudsthat breaks every law of physics in the book? The scoop would allow a player to harvest the gas, gas that can then be refined into whatever and used in production.
Cutting tools: There are alot of debris floating around, the cutting tools would cut loose smaller more easily stored chunks of those items, haul them back to a station and refine the bits into their pure form, be it mostly trit and some electronics or only minerals.
Repair systems: they would allow a ship to perform repairs on another ship or a drone in mid space.
There are countless other Ideas I have seen on the idea board for fittings in this category.
What you then do is decide wich ships should have many such hardpoints. BS should not, at most one or two.
Low end cruisers could have many as they are now not used by many people and mostly then because they cant afford the top notch cruiser.
Frigs, why not, let em rip :)
Industrials, sure allow the few slots they have to be fitable with atleast one industry hardpoint but also create the supply/mining ship
A large ship demanding industrial lev 4 or 5 skill with a large cargo (~1000m3) a drone bay (500-1500 depending on the skill and price) a large number of high power slots, only one turret hardpoint but the most industry hardpoints in the game.
In order for them not to have too large guns you can keep the ships power down, I dont mind the ship having one M gun but if you select the power level right then that will not happen very often.
Price, they ought to be expensive, not as expensive as BS's but alot more than cruisers, manufacture costs should be around 25M (im talking BP lev 6 and with good manufacturing skills) that will place the price for them at round 30M once the market has stabilized.
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