On Q_Qing about cash and cap ships

[Diomedes]

I basically agree with the OP. The costs of many things are almost prohibitive to the player serious about RP, but casual on time commitment.

Can there be a few status icons (cheetah thruster, BS Scanner) for ridiculous scads of money? Sure why not.

With the battleships costing what they do, and my available time, I'll probably never RP one. Not for lack of a good idea or the want to RP one properly. But I just don't have the time to grind that much. Maybe one day I'll come up with a better way of making money, but for now I'll stick to the smaller ships and maybe someday get a cruiser. Same goes for armours above CAP V, VI, they just cost a painful amount. I'm not even looking at VII or VIII for anything, ever.

Basically, the prices of capships as they are neither really discourage lolcaps nor facilitate RPers getting to where they might make good examples if they don't have the time for the huge grind.


How do we fix this? Don't really know.

Making things cheaper means more people have them. More players who can't RP, but also more who really can. There's a balance point that would be best for the whole community (not just the ones who have stuff already). The trick is finding it.

And for the record, I would much rather fly a cruiser than a battleship if I can get to one.

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[Chrysalis]

An opinion that I like, but to me, caps are just another ship like fighters. The only difference is the massive price.

They shouldn't be, at least not in RP. The time needed to construct such a ship and put it into active usage is rather large, again in RP. When you already need to mine and trade for hours or rather days, why not spend a bit more time to write a simple story that at least contains the most relevant data, and enriches the server RP in many ways? That is how things should be, imo.

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[TheJarl]

I have always hated the prices. I never liked mining, and trading is rather monotonous and boring. What also is a problem in my opinion is the fact that a decent transport costs the same as a cruiser.

The thing at the moment is that those who like to RP, don't wanna waste their time on boring money-making.

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[Chrysalis]

The thing at the moment is that those who like to RP, don't wanna waste their time on boring money-making.

That depends on what kind of RP you actually like. Some people actually enjoy RP-ing as a trader or a miner...

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[Huhuh]

They shouldn't be, at least not in RP. The time needed to construct such a ship and put it into active usage is rather large, again in RP. When you already need to mine and trade for hours or rather days, why not spend a bit more time to write a simple story that at least contains the most relevant data, and enriches the server RP in many ways? That is how things should be, imo.

Oh of course, inRP there is a massive difference. OORP it's just a different kind of boat.

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[Not Espi]

i see a flaw in your train of thought. you say, that if people want to rp a capital ship, they are forced to rp something else. the issue is, that the problematic ones lack the essential grasp of rp, therefore can not 'want to rp a cap' and 'be forced to rp somethign else for a few weeks'.

[Huhuh]

that the problematic ones lack the essential grasp of rp,

Those people don't really have a place in disco. It is an RP server after all.

Perhaps put a limit on ships bigger than freighters. Have a warning on each ship larger than a freighter saying: "You must have approval for this ship, please apply at discoverygc.com" Then we make them write a minimum of two sentences on what RP is. Not too scary for newbies, but enough to make a significant difference to the community.

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[TheJarl]

That depends on what kind of RP you actually like. Some people actually enjoy RP-ing as a trader or a miner...

And they will continue to do so. However I personally do not. With the exception of my hospital liner which is unfortunately not making any money, since it is Researcher IDed and therefore restricted in trading, which doesn't matter since I have fun RP with it. But again the only reason I got that is because my Medics got donations, including 100-200 mil(can't remember exactly) from a leaving player.

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[TheJarl]

edit: double post

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[Not Espi]

we should just send the lolwut capwhores to DoD. can we advertise it in the server messages?