On 2004-04-05 15:53, moghedan wrote:

First, what purpose does currency serve? Buying ships, as far as I can tell, costs nothing in currency, but it does in materials. Only things bought in the starport, mods and materials, seem to have any currency value. Does this not make currency an unneeded feature? The stated goal of 1.482 will make all pieces equally valuable in certain situations. WIll this, when combined with the materials requirement to produce ships or components not be enough limitation? Or am I missing a point in my thoughts, which is likely?

I assume currency is intended to make extrator type ships valued, but, even new as I am, figured out that meant finding a Urdanium planet, hitting O, then G. Target the spaceport, and you do not even have to look up from your book to press just press the U Key. I also quickly thought of another way. It makes cash VERY fast, and drains a planet of its reasources VERY fast. I did not try it, because I assumed it to be an exploit, but it did make me consider that currency was perhaps a remnant no longer needed. If Currency carries over between servers, I cannot even find a downside to this exploit.

Another question, what would be the chances of being able to "build" a modded ship in the ship select screen, and then save the ship mod to a quickslot. I would assume it would be "home" tech only, other faction tech, like an ICC ship with a disruptor, would have to be the old system. In this way, a player in a shipyard screen could select either one of the default Heavy Cruiser as they are now, or a quickslot Heavy Cruiser that has the CL550s replaced with Pulse Beams. I assume this type of thing would be closesly tied to the currency question, as it would be another way around it, and I can see where storage space for all the saved modded ships could be too large and expensive. Clearly, even a saved mod of each ship type would be too large. However, even one or two total slots for saved mods would be greatly beneficial.

I gathered that this MIGHT be similar to what was hinted at for the future beyond 1.482, but just in case I was wrong in my interpretation, I thought it wisest to ask.

On 2004-04-05 15:53, moghedan wrote:
and drains a planet of its reasources VERY fast.

On 2004-04-05 21:19, Doran wrote:

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On 2004-04-05 15:53, moghedan wrote: and drains a planet of its reasources VERY fast.

last i checked, planets have a pretty near limitless supply of whatever res they naturally have (could put as many mines on as you can fit and the stockpiles keep getting bigger), and when a extractor is used in its extracting capacity, its basically a orbital mining platform, and draws from the same infinite res pool as the surface mines do