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I personally design my ships around a crew of 2-5, even the massive ones, with +1 per small-ship hangar space. You don't need a lot. 1 pilot, 2 gunners, maybe a couple engineers, and then small-ship pilots, who can do plenty of other things while not piloting their small-ship. What I look forward to is playing the game with friends who maybe don't know how to build ships but can totally fly/crew things the rest of us make. I hope that the game pans out to be accessible and fun like that.

I could definitely see crews working with people you know, but I design my ships to be runnable by one person (with more as optional) simply because, after a decade of playing various games online, as a rule I never rely on the people in public servers for anything other than meatshields.

[QUOTE=Pigbear;43264299]Maybe YOUR ships won't have a crew but mine will, I mean what kind of ship can be operated by 1 person in a combat situation?[/QUOTE] You see this is what I'm talking about. You automatically assume that people will be crewing [I]your[/I] ships everyone does everyone is captain but this is where you go "oh but i will crew other ships too!" as an afterthought to somehow validate your point

Didn't they say there would be pirates or some sort of NPC ships in the future? That implies npc peoples, perhaps you could have some of those guard/crew your ship to like repair stuff or operate turrets or something like that. Or hell serve as guards or just for decoration.

nope

So, a 10,000+ warhead bomb box on an asteroid = HOLY FUCKING BANANAS

[QUOTE=matreox;43265391]So, a 10,000+ warhead bomb box on an asteroid = HOLY FUCKING BANANAS[/QUOTE] that reminds me of minecraft

[QUOTE=Pigbear;43264299]Maybe YOUR ships won't have a crew but mine will, I mean what kind of ship can be operated by 1 person in a combat situation?[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=HumanAbyss;43264305]depends on if we have any version of wire or what not. having to always need other people for your ship is not always going to be fun why? because it's not always going to be fair that some shmucks have to be your crew all the time.[/QUOTE] Honestly when PVP comes out I think everyone going to realize that building smaller and faster ships would be a better idea then creating large ones. If people do make larger ships it will probably be clans with their members piloting boarding crafts or fighters.

[QUOTE=SpartanXC9;43265666]Honestly when PVP comes out I think everyone going to realize that building smaller and faster ships would be a better idea then creating large ones. The larger ships are probably going to be commanded by clans.[/QUOTE] I imagine that people are going to build cargo transports though, so they can haul larger amounts of minerals back to base or have a portable refinery ship. [editline]21st December 2013[/editline] some people are probably going to make large ships into their base too I guess. gonna have to recreate the Pride of Hiigara

[QUOTE=SpartanXC9;43265666]Honestly when PVP comes out I think everyone going to realize that building smaller and faster ships would be a better idea then creating large ones. If people do make larger ships it will probably be clans with their members piloting boarding crafts or fighters.[/QUOTE] well this is part of the problem, right? as far as we can tell right now, in the state the game is in, building a small ship is going to be better than using large ship blocks because of the low top speed, and the crunch on materials but building small ships is limiting and boring so something has to happen to allow us to fly our bigger creations, for them to be viable having to rely on a clan of people to run a ship pretty much guarantee that this game will be pretty boring if we HAVE to do that to see some level of viability.

[QUOTE=SpartanXC9;43265666]Honestly when PVP comes out I think everyone going to realize that building smaller and faster ships would be a better idea then creating large ones. If people do make larger ships it will probably be clans with their members piloting boarding crafts or fighters.[/QUOTE] We'll have to see how viable small ships (small blocks) weapons will be. [editline]21st December 2013[/editline] If they're worthwhile I could seea frigate weight ship with a few small ships hangar slots being the main go-to for general exploration+combat.

[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;43265701]well this is part of the problem, right? as far as we can tell right now, in the state the game is in, building a small ship is going to be better than using large ship blocks because of the low top speed, and the crunch on materials but building small ships is limiting and boring so something has to happen to allow us to fly our bigger creations, for them to be viable having to rely on a clan of people to run a ship pretty much guarantee that this game will be pretty boring if we HAVE to do that to see some level of viability.[/QUOTE] I was just thinking that clans would have the larger ships to show off their status and to have some sort of mothership [QUOTE=Mbbird;43265712]We'll have to see how viable small ships (small blocks) weapons will be. [editline]21st December 2013[/editline] If they're worthwhile I could seea frigate weight ship with a few small ships hangar slots being the main go-to for general exploration+combat.[/QUOTE] To me it seems like smaller ships would be the main thing you fought since they can easily dodge warheads and other things thrown at them.

[QUOTE=SpartanXC9;43265749] To me it seems like smaller ships would be the main thing you fought since they can easily dodge warheads and other things thrown at them.[/QUOTE] that might change once actual weapons are in

[QUOTE=SpartanXC9;43265749]I was just thinking that clans would have the larger ships to show off their status and to have some sort of mothership To me it seems like smaller ships would be the main thing you fought since they can easily dodge warheads and other things thrown at them.[/QUOTE] well if guns exist, I hardly expect the best method of destruction being just throwing warheads away. well the massive ships we're all building that are more or less hollow shells won't be viable, that much I tihnk we agree on, but there's plenty of more mid ranged ships that are probably possible with some form of wire or programming or extended control, as it is now though I kind of feel like small fighters will be the only form of craft we really see a variety of.

I'm guessing any specialized large ships in the future will be for mining/kinetic weapons fueled by rocks, perhaps having a conveyor drop a rock into the gravity chute bound to a hotkey or something.

fuck big ships with crews, i'm looking forward to traveling through space with 3-4 other dudes, each in small, fighter styled ships, destroying ships that are much bigger than ours it's the kind of stuff that's cool to think about and also very possible in the game's current state

[img]http://i.imgur.com/Hlhgnjs.png[/img] I'm testing out some stealth Camouflage, what do you guys think?

[QUOTE=ZnT00;43266668][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Hlhgnjs.png[/IMG] I'm testing out some stealth Camouflage, what do you guys think?[/QUOTE] gonna need a larger image

[QUOTE=ZnT00;43266668][img]http://i.imgur.com/Hlhgnjs.png[/img] I'm testing out some stealth Camouflage, what do you guys think?[/QUOTE] Be nice if the photo wasn't 1x1 but it seems to work, took me a few seconds to see it.

[QUOTE=ZnT00;43266668][img]http://i.imgur.com/Hlhgnjs.png[/img] I'm testing out some stealth Camouflage, what do you guys think?[/QUOTE] isnt all camoflage meant to be stealthy?

[QUOTE=ZnT00;43266668][img]http://i.imgur.com/Hlhgnjs.png[/img] I'm testing out some stealth Camouflage, what do you guys think?[/QUOTE] the white bits are really convincing but i'm wondering if green would work better than black

I've said it before and I'll say it again, with as little offense as possible, why do almost all of you talk about the game as though it will be the same at release as it is now. I can almost guarantee you that the only weapons will not be physical, awkwardass torpedoes launched by landing gear. [editline]21st December 2013[/editline] [B]For example:[/B] I would not be surprised in the slightest if the rotary guns and missile sites for large ships right now were for exclusively point defense. It doesn't make sense to fight other ships with what [I]is[/I] point defense. They're the space equivalents of [t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Close-In_Weapon_System.jpg/200px-Close-In_Weapon_System.jpg[/t] and [t]http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/images/spacewardefense/RAMmissile.jpg[/t] and it's becoming more and more obvious to me that those warheads are super-WIPs.

[t]http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/684843638605912674/21CAA0208F4FC0463391251C4B27BCAC8637807D/[/t] gonna be so awesome to find stuff like this around on multiplayer servers. large, broken derelicts.

yup, while i normally think the mechanics should be realistic I would be happy with some system that slowly stops wrecks and substantial bits of debris from drifting out of the gameworld. Otherwise they're just going to float off at the velocity they were when they were destroyed. I mean its pretty much a trope that asteroid belts should have wrecks sat perfectly in them

[QUOTE=NoDachi;43267171]yup, while i normally think the mechanics should be realistic I would be happy with some system that slowly stops wrecks and substantial bits of debris from drifting out of the gameworld. Otherwise they're just going to float off at the velocity they were when they were destroyed. I mean its pretty much a trope that asteroid belts should have wrecks sat perfectly in them[/QUOTE] maybe low ambient friction for recently made gibs?

I hope they make a biome thingy that's pretty much a Space Hulk. [img]http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121226091812/warhammer40k/images/5/56/Sin_of_Damnation.jpg[/img] Hulks look fucking awesome.

cruising through space in your newly built ship when BAM debris from a fight that happened 2 days ago on the same server cuts your ship in half

[QUOTE=Ganerumo;43267269]I hope they make a biome thingy that's pretty much a Space Hulk. [img]http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121226091812/warhammer40k/images/5/56/Sin_of_Damnation.jpg[/img] Hulks look fucking awesome.[/QUOTE] This is the kind of W40K art that I like. Screw that clusterfucky propaganda-like stuff, this is the shit.

[QUOTE=Mbbird;43267395]This is the kind of W40K art that I like. Screw that clusterfucky propaganda-like stuff, this is the shit.[/QUOTE] There's some good W40 propaganda art [t]http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111202170240/warhammer40k/images/e/e8/God-Emperor.jpg[/t] The [I]actual[/I] golden throne is a lot less magnificent.

What does the actual golden throne look like?