Hyperspace Drives

[JIVA]

if you make "using" a feature too hard, you can also add a useless RP item for keeping in the hold - like...

order cloaking device ( no effect but it looks nice in your hold )
liberty hyperjump generator ( again no effect but makes you look neat )

if you wanne add a feature that is actually fun to use - it shouldn t be based on a full production chain. - when you re a trader tryding consumer goods, you don t wanne trade raw materials first to trade consumer goods.



if you make it too hard to get - you get the grinder effect. ( remember ... battleships are expensive - and trading was made more complex. - who complained the most about it? - so called "true" roleplayers, while the "silent" grinder simply traded and got himself what he wanted. )

adding a long process before your reward - doesn t necessarily increase the quality of roleplaying, it just increases the time it takes until you have what you want. - and the people that get it are those with enough time to spare.



right now, i d guess that getting hyperdrives is about as likely as getting cloaking devices - but its nice to argue about it of course.




on the other hand - ask yourself - what is a hyperdrive / instant travel actually good for?

- flying a distance that usually takes a lot longer to fly in an instant? - what about your "escorts" that are supposed to be with you all the time? - you hang out there at your destintion waiting for them? or do they fly ahead of the big ship...

- escaping from a fight? - well, that d be like fleeing. but if it was made so that its actually escape from a fight - is it a fair balance? - ( those that fight you won t care too much how long it took you to accumulate what you need for a jump, they only see you vanish ) - but if it takes long and makes you vulnerable to jump out of a fight - whats it for anyway.... only travelling? ( see point 1 )

- when something takes so long to activate... you want to show off with it. - so lone travelling is hardly an option. - after all, you don t wanne spend hours mining / buying stuff - or even having a tanker fly up to you - just to pop a hyperdrive all alone to get from A to B.

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