Resource Gatherers

posted on July 17th, 2003, 5:39 pm

I am growing less fond of resource gatherers - the mining stations and such. They seem to involve highly repetitive work without much strategy. It also doesn't seem very Star Trek-esque. I do like rewarding a player for area explored and secured and playing up the strategic element of guarding vs. attacking. What would people (theoretically) think about just mining sattelites, and getting rid of everything else?

posted on July 17th, 2003, 6:29 pm

maybe just an idea u could take over a moon and have a mine or rifeinary on it instaed of haveing a ship with a beam take the metal or dilitham from it???

posted on July 17th, 2003, 7:14 pm

hm, i think its fiting to the startrek universe to have mining beams.. yust think of what has been done with the tractor beam during TNG they can collect everything

I think its more fun to have variety.. well play the ciadan, they will have Dysons spheres arround moons to collect resources, or play the iconians, who dont have any resources at all..
okok, you cant play them in the current beta, I'm back to work now

posted on July 17th, 2003, 7:16 pm

well yeah and can someone please vote on the worst modder poll please!!!!!!!!

posted on July 17th, 2003, 7:27 pm

I don't mind the orbting base (one operational move), I am just getting annoyed at the repetive work it takes for all of the mining ships.

posted on July 17th, 2003, 7:48 pm

hm, ist it that much work to asign a few freighters to the moons? otherwise you would have nothing to do but watch your construction ship building a mining station or whatever

(btw: i voted with a nullvote to see who the worst modder is )

posted on July 17th, 2003, 10:26 pm

Dyson spheres=

posted on July 18th, 2003, 3:49 am

ughh no null votes jus vote anonamusly.

posted on July 18th, 2003, 8:34 am

lol u really want to know whos the worst modder don't u??!

posted on July 18th, 2003, 3:12 pm

out of intrest if somebody does a wrong vote can docacola or optec change the vote for you???

posted on July 18th, 2003, 4:47 pm

thta would be nice, most forums can't though.

posted on July 20th, 2003, 10:16 am

out of intrest if somebody does a wrong vote can docacola or optec change the vote for you???

Nope, the board doesn't allow it, i could do it by altering the database, but thats to complex just for a vote and also this is a good thing so no baaad admin could manipulate a vote

Dyson spheres=

Dyson Sphere:
http://www.angelfire.com/on2/daviddarling/Dysonsp.htm

DOCa Cola

posted on July 20th, 2003, 1:21 pm

hmm, they could have a big one for base defense, shipyard,trading ect...