[UI] Ships run on fuel

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  1. EGGLOAF

    EGGLOAF User

    Alright, so a thought just occurred to me. Don't ships run on fuel? I had assumed that the company provided you with free fuel, but then I realized that you have to buy fuel for your P.E.T. So why not your ship? My idea is that you can either buy individual fuel units with credits; the more pricey the ship, the more fuel it burns, or you can buy a fuel CPU for a large amount of uridium that generates fuel for you. Another idea would be to make a third type of generator (fuel), where you can only have one equipped on your ship. Some generators would produce more fuel to meet different ships' needs, while some would provide additional bonuses such as 5% more speed, or 10% less fuel consumption etc. I'm open to ideas, suggestions, and improvements.
     
  2. coobo99

    coobo99 User

    Ooooor you can leave it as it is so noobs don't have to worry about running out of money trying to fuel their ship. As a noob, my biggest difficulty was getting enough creds to buy ammo without running out of ammo trying to get creds (Although this was.. 12 years ago). Buying a PET is suppose to help a player, but there's a small gap where it's more of a burden for the same reason. Fuel, protocols, gear and repairs all cost a lot of uri. Maintaining a PET at a low level can be very difficult. Ship modules are already applying necessary boosts to ships and PETS running on fuel is due to it being a personal item; whereas, your ship is company property.
     
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  3. EGGLOAF

    EGGLOAF User

    Ok, here's an idea: Gas is free, but you have to fill up at a gas station. They could be located one in each home base, and then one with each mission control on x-4 and x-5. Here's the catch: you can fuel up on any company's map, but you have to pay uri to fuel up on a rival map, and meanwhile, it's not demilitarized for enemies of that company.
     
  4. thor714

    thor714 User

    no...just no.
     
  5. memrix

    memrix User

    I don't mean any disrespect, but this is a horrible idea. Also, if DO is science fiction, why would ships have a need to 'refuel'? modern submarines and aircraft carriers already produce their own power so they don't need to 'refuel' and that is with puny 21st century tech, DO is in the far future so i'm sure by then it's even less likely that individual ships will rely on fuel.
     
  6. EGGLOAF

    EGGLOAF User

    Then why does P.E.T. run on fuel?
     
  7. Nope
     
  8. memrix

    memrix User

    exclusivity would be my guess
     
  9. Why would you want to add a feature that adds inconvenience and/or cost to an act that is currently free and easy?

    I've seen a lot of ridiculous ideas and additions to this game, this is up there with the worst of them.
     
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  10. EGGLOAF

    EGGLOAF User

    Hmm, I see people are handling this not too well. Sure makes me not want to post any more of my ideas... :(
     
  11. Bibulus

    Bibulus User

    That's the best idea you have come up with, well done.:)
     
  12. memrix

    memrix User

    it's nothing personal, i would expect you all to do the same to me if i came up with a bad idea. Don't take it personal.
     
  13. It has nothing to do with you personally, it's just the fact that you are proposing something that would only add inconveniences to the game.

    Your first proposel was: make something that is free cost money (as we know BP, they would probalby make it cost Uri too, which makes the game unplayable).

    But even if it is for Credits, why should we have to quite litteraly pay to play the game?
    What would be the benefit of making the ships run on paied fuel?

    What would you gain for the huge inconvenience that a refuel would be?


    The second thing was:
    lets have the gas for free but you have to refuel on the station.

    Once again this woud only add inconveniences to the game.
    What would be the benefit of having to fly back to the base after every single kristallon kill?

    Would that make any fun?
    No It would be a waste of time and would make the game-experience miserable.

    There is a reason for the existance of "QoL*" and QoL*-Features.
    *QoL = Quality of life (means features that make your life easier and the game more fun to play)

    What you are proposing is a QoM (Quality of miserability), basically the opposit of QoL, you want to implement something that would make the game more miserable to play instead of more fun.
     
  14. no no no no !
     
  15. Lol, getting back to the original point.

    The ships are big enough to have on board reactors, to power everything, they don't need fuel, reactors provide everything they need. Pet's however are to small to hold a reactor, so they need fuel.

    Simple as that.
     
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