[UI] Ship Equipping Changes/Default Equipment Assignment

It would be nice if D O would make it so the equipment used for Drones and PET were equipped to ALL Hangars with customization to each adding to the inventory used instead of making us equip every Hangar with more inventory (basically for suicide or tank Drones would require maximum 20 each Shield and Laser, the PET would have the Shields and Lasers and the gears would need to be bought but would be equipped the same unless a change was made to a particular Hangar). This would be done by having an equipment assignment box for default config and if checked the PET and Drone would all be equipped as specified in the default if not then you would assign as desired using already assigned inventory plus any other equipment available (once assigned it belongs to that Ship, Drone or PET inventory) thus they would have to make a change to "Inventory" tab to show Lasers and Shields in PET Gear and Drone Items to see how many are available for use on these but can be increased just by using another on a non default setup. Assigning to a Ship removes from available inventory as it does now, if assigning to Drones/PET you have the shaded showing already assigned equipment (default equipment plus custom assigned) plus any other equipment not already assigned to a Ship. We could go further with the default and make it for the ships also (quick equipping) so IF inventory is available we check "Default" and it equips the ship with this equipment (IF available), the issue would be setting the default with a percentage for generators and adjusting for priority with extras in case of slot issues/preferences. The other change would be the "Switch" being added to allow an item to be dropped on an occupied slot and replace the item automatically.

This suggestion is being made as there are several issues with the NEW Hangar System and different Ship types not being compatible with the "Transfer" feature. It also gets rid of the need of hundreds of items now being used on ready to fly Drones and PET's. We have all seen issues with the Back Page and with the still tabled "Equipping In Client" (second phase of Hangar Update) which has not been talked about much lately (but I am sure is still in the works) will only compound the issues this suggestion could address.

What are your thoughts?

 

I agree.
Most times the drones have two possible setups (1 for run and 1 for battle) and the P.E.T. generally has a single setup.
Both of these should be able to have the same configuration, irregardless of the ship type that is being used.

 

With the PET configs you could also set up for Boxing, Transfer, PvE, and PvP. For your favorite ships doing these activities but still have the default loaded on all of the other Hangar ships without having to use any additional hardware from inventory, except the Gear and Protocols that are different, thus reducing the number of these needed to be purchased.

 

Hi Help,

Need your help again.

I have two ships that I can't add items into the extra slots. They were equipped once, and I stripped the ship for another one. I have more equipment and I want to start to equipment the old ship I used before. I try to put the slot extender and items into the EXTRA SLOT. Everything is rejected. I acted like I was removing an item, but that didn't work either. When I look at the EXTRA SLOT it is empty to me, but the game thinks there is something in there so I can't modify.

To get my C-Elite to work I transfer everything to the Citadel which was empty and mothballed. I resupply the C-Elite, but I can't supply the Citadel Extra Slots. The other ship I am having problems is the Tartarus. I stripped it to supply the Diminisher. I don't have another ship to transfer the Tartarus equipment into that will match. I tried to stripped the extra slot, but again it is empty to me. The game thinks there something in the slots, but I can't see it.

Can you help or have any ideas?

Thank you,
Angus

P.S. I tried to email you with this but it didn't work for some reason.

 

Have you used the delete config cog in the Hangar (next to the "1" and "2' for selecting the config)? This along with re-entering the Hangar (click on "Hangar" of Back Page) is the only way I have been able to get around this issue. Even Support can not suggest anything better than this to correct the issue. Regrettably this issue has been around long before the New Hangar was introduced and because it is random the Dev Team has been unable to actually locate the bad script to try to correct the issue.

The "Transfer" is supposed to move everything between the different ships that qualify for the "Transfer" system, including the Extras. IF you were able to equip any of the Citadel Ships then "Transfer" to the Citadel you want to use might assist in getting around this issue, but will not work for the Tartarus, but again the delete config (do on BOTH configs) should fix the issue, remember to re-enter the Hangar from the Back Page after doing so.