[UI] Update for bonus boxes

Okay I have a few ideas for bonus boxes.

First idea
Have a map made for each company or 1 map that all companies have access too.
In this map there could be 5 npcs themed after the police vengi. They are indestructible and cruise the map from dot to dot checking players by shooting them and will continue shooting until the player shoots back, so any zombie mode ship who plans to afk with program will be destroyed. And perhaps those who get destroyed by this npc x amount of times is checked for unfair game-play.

The first method here is to target program users that don`t directly interact with the game, where as a program that can lock ships would be getting information from the game which would be easier to detect so we don`t have to worry about that aspect.

Second idea
Have a map for boxing set but to enter you have to enter a code which grants the player 1 - 3 hrs on the map before being jumped out to home base or to a connecting map should one exist.(Map can be accessed all day,The limit is that you can not be present for more than 3 hrs)

Third idea
Players must enter a code into a small pop-up window after clicking their first bonus box for the session and will need to enter a code in intervals while they continuously box dealing with the normal threats in game-play.

Will add more as I brainstorm different options or possible functions.

 

This would solve most of the bot problems. But should should add in the third idea a short "invincible" time, because you don't want to be destroyed while entering a code ^^

Another idea for your brain storming:

• Remove all bonus boxes from the regular maps and add a PET map, where are a lot of bonus boxes. Only PETs can enter this map. That means, that you must forego using your PET meanwhile it collects bonus boxes.

 

1st idea, not bad

2nd idea, bad

3rd idea, many will complain, they will say its too much work just for boxing

Programs such as bots, can shoot back to those npcs you just said if they let that kind of function on the program to be enabled.

entering a code whilst having a time limit on boxing everyday will just make the players quit the game, and people wouldn't buy box doublers anymore, incase if you want to give a few uri and energy increase on each bonus box you collect, like lets say 25% more than the original, then 50% uri increase for people who has bonus box doubler (not including the 1.5x bonus from battlemaps)

 

1st, idea is perfect because bots just run
2nd, idea they can easily type in code get in map then turn on bot
3rd, same thing I said for two

Also that P.E.T. idea is pretty good too!

 

I have a feeling the short "Invincible" idea could be abused and it wouldn`t be easy to counter as that would mean to stop it you couldn`t box while under attack. So while being shot your pet would not get boxes in bmaps while you evade enemy.

The PET map looks interesting but if it works like the pet trade gear where you continue playing while your pet is absent does this mean players can sit at port while their pets burn their fuel in this map? Unless the idea is to have x amount of time to acquire boxes in this map.

I`d also like a dev or someone who can clarify if thats possible in this game.Before we get carried away with this lol.

 

The P.E.T map for exclusively collecting bonus boxes would require a lot of time, effort and resources for programmers to do this kind of thing, if this type of idea would both benefit each sides (a good income from their side, a better income of game currency on our side) they would happily make it ready for us.

IF the P.E.T map is added, i would like to suggest it to be somewhat similar to the cargo trader, where the P.E.T will be unusable at that time but the difference is, it will disappear from your side temporarily and conduct the procedures of collecting bonus boxes on a certain map (where all other players do so in the process), have it to be an exclusive payment method for the P.E.T Gear available, so that the company would gain income and benefit from this update, i know this would benefit them more than the player because most players don't use money, and spend things in the game, but for other people who are willing to spend some few dollars it would matter the most for the update to be worth the effort, if their net profit increase, this would likely give them a chance to have enthusiasm to do their job for atleast once (fixing the imbalance in the game, please, its been years)

The auto looter gear should be changed into a cargo box looter, refund back the excess uridium paid by players on their account, then make the P.E.T bonus box collector gear available in payment.

The P.E.T will efficiently collect bonus boxes on the custom map where P.E.Ts can only be entered whenever the gear is used, so be sure to equip salvage protocols (well, the P.E.T moves independently on the map so radar protocols isn't much of a use here)

a window will pop up whenever you use the bonus box collector gear, the windows gives you choices on how long you want to make your P.E.T collect bonus boxes on the map, and the longer you want your P.E.T stays on the map, the more fuel it requires, so whenever you make a choice on how long you will put your P.E.T on the map, be sure to have enough fuel as your P.E.T cannot enter the map without paying for the fuel beforehand.

The fuel consumption normally depends on how many protocols, gears, laser and shield you have on your P.E.T currently equipped, for example:

You want your P.E.T to collect bonus boxes for a fuel worth of 50k, lets say the duration would be 12 hours max, the P.E.T will be transferred on to the map, independently collecting bonus boxes out of its will, and while you do nothing but cause trouble and bully other people, after that 12 hours time frame it will come back and instantly blows you off on how much uridium, ammo, credits and galaxy gate spins it gave to you, now you look disappointed because for you its only few, and yet your pet eagerly did it for you, now you are one selfish person who just thinks of his own greatness while disregarding the effort your P.E.T did for you.

The cooldown of the gear should share the duration of the spent time of the P.E.T on the map, for example:

Your P.E.T spent 12 hours worth of 50k fuel on the map, it fish you up around 100k uridium, 1800 gate spins, thousands of ammo and a lot of credits that you can easily earn in just a matter of 2 hours.
The gear will be on a cooldown for 12 hours exactly the time it is sent to the map.

 

Perhaps: yes, it's more about decision making, using Kamikaze as a Premium player or letting the PET collect bonus boxes.
I think this should be possible, if you would sit at the port. I would go even further: the PET can collect while you are AFK (boxing doubler should be still worth, because it's a great source of income for D O. But at least the box rewards should be lowered a little). This would be a kind of "auto play".

Or they introduce another way to get Fuel and delete the Uri option for Fuel. So you can only gain Fuel while you "do something" (killing NPCs, collecting Palla, killing players etc.) There is a maximum amount of fuel, besides your earned Fuel would decay after (maybe?) 30 minutes. This would prevent AFK boxing.

But IMO they should shift some useful gears in your ship, renouncing the NPC locator and the trade gear is a bit annoying.

 

Payment only would push more people away and now that hardly anybody is in 5-3 anymore this would only destroy the game faster.
Developers and community managers did mention "Phasing out" the pay to play aspect of the game. We don`t need to worry about their income on any idea, thats for the DO team to figure out and pitch possible ideas around what we want.