Let's Talk Fuel

[Kauket]

I wanted to respond with a general point that I don't think came through clearly in the main post. The main purpose of this mechanic is the rp flavor and immersion, aka something that is tangible in-game that you can play around. I can today buy mox as rwx mentioned and pretend I need it to fly my ship, etc. etc. But that's not very compelling, and hardly anyone will inherently understand what I'm doing unless directly told - they'll just assume I'm hauling mox towards some pob.

There are other things which are involved in such a system, like the money sink and the pvp balance, but those are secondary. I guess I shouldn't have mentioned them to focus the discussion better, but I felt that it was important to bring them up.

The main parts of this discussion which I like is finding ways to minimize the impact of this mechanic on enjoyment while maximizing rp flavor. One aspect that I didn't really see mentioned is the ability to cruise faster when you have fuel in the hold, and otherwise everything is the same. This and other suggestions like only system gates/holes eating fuel are what I wanted to solicit.

Of course, it's good to have negative feedback too. But people seem to be assuming that this is happening, and that it would be implemented without any fine-tuning or playtesting. I can assure you that this is just food for thought. I also see a general view that I should play other games if I want to experience this. Well, this may be a bold statement, but I returned to disco because no other game comes close to scratching the scifi sandbox rp itch. Otheriwse, I would be playing it. No offense, but suggesting star citizen and eve - let's get real here. I'd much rather keep iterating on what we've nurtured here, especially with more tools on the horizon from Laz, Aingar, and other folks.

Thanks for contributing, and feel free to keep the thread going!

so roleplay it, it's always been an option. everything is make believe. that's the nature of roleplay.

you cannot just forcefully decide to change the genre of the game because you wanted more immersion to a realism-sim much like star citizen. if you want money sinks, there are better ways about it.

and one of the things this thread has yet to consider is new players, how are they supposed to make money if they lose it from playing the game?

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