Stringjam
Golden Member
- Jun 30, 2011
- 1,871
- 33
- 91
I was wondering about something....
I wonder how they're going to deal with ships when their owners die in the game. Maybe it's been talked about, but I haven't heard anything.
Say you fire up your Connie, get a crew (friends or NPC), and fly out to a planet - then you exit the ship and get shot. Now what? You'll wake up in a med facility of some sort if your character has enough left in him, but what about your ship and the friends still onboard?
Right now, if you were to respawn that ship - everybody inside would be killed, but this is obviously just a placeholder mechanic.
I'm guessing your friends could fly it back to you, or if it's a solo ship, you could get a ride back there and hope it wasn't stolen. I can think of a lot of issues that will have to be dealt with to make this work, though.
Since you're dead (but not actually dead), do you still remain in possession of the ship? Does ship security resume at that point (if so, let's hope you can add friends to a permissions list)?
A "return to home" auto-pilot mechanic could work here - but once again, if it's a multi-crew ship, that could really screw over your crew in the middle of a battle.
I wonder how they're going to deal with ships when their owners die in the game. Maybe it's been talked about, but I haven't heard anything.
Say you fire up your Connie, get a crew (friends or NPC), and fly out to a planet - then you exit the ship and get shot. Now what? You'll wake up in a med facility of some sort if your character has enough left in him, but what about your ship and the friends still onboard?
Right now, if you were to respawn that ship - everybody inside would be killed, but this is obviously just a placeholder mechanic.
I'm guessing your friends could fly it back to you, or if it's a solo ship, you could get a ride back there and hope it wasn't stolen. I can think of a lot of issues that will have to be dealt with to make this work, though.
Since you're dead (but not actually dead), do you still remain in possession of the ship? Does ship security resume at that point (if so, let's hope you can add friends to a permissions list)?
A "return to home" auto-pilot mechanic could work here - but once again, if it's a multi-crew ship, that could really screw over your crew in the middle of a battle.