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Scorched Soul[+R]
Marshal
Pitch Black
Joined: November 14, 2005
Posts: 378
From: USA, NJ, Princeton
|  Posted: 2010-08-18 16:04
Im not sure if any one has suggested such an idea so im gonna say it. it would be great if there were platforms that could mine a planet and then either put the resources back on the planet or distribute it to the platforms around it. hopefully they would be able to mine rather quickly and would come in handy in the scenario server or when a new fleet or grand admiral is looking for a place to spawn that new station.
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Antra
Admiral
Agents
Joined: February 16, 2002
Posts: 657
From: Grand Rapids, Michigan
| Posted: 2010-08-18 22:13
Great idea! Since each one would count against the total platform count, they should be worth it. 
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NoBoDx
Grand Admiral
Joined: October 14, 2003
Posts: 784
From: Germany / NRW
| Posted: 2010-08-19 02:27
why distribute the ressources they've mined ? why not make em like starports so you can pull the ressources when you need em
oh, this way people have to look for their platforms so they dont run dry
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Rebellion
Marshal
Faster than Light
Joined: June 20, 2009
Posts: 730
From: sol
| Posted: 2010-08-19 15:42
All ideas of new platforms have been shot down and i think if my memorie serves this one was also shot down a few times.
i like this idea but i just hope thay dont shoot it down so quickly this time.
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Eledore Massis [R33]
Grand Admiral
Templar Knights
Joined: May 26, 2002
Posts: 2694
From: tsohlacoLocalhost
| Posted: 2010-08-20 19:54
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| On 2010-08-19 15:42, Grand Admiral CRAZY45 *XO* wrote:
All ideas of new platforms have been shot down and i think if my memorie serves this one was also shot down a few times.
i like this idea but i just hope thay dont shoot it down so quickly this time. |
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No really, gathering resources is a players job to maintain, if you want more mining than build mines, deep core mines, mantle extractors or additional factories to multiply it.
Platforms currently have a Repair, Offense and Scanning function.
We may add others at a later date but Mining, fighter or interdictor platform will not be added.
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Scorched Soul[+R]
Marshal
Pitch Black
Joined: November 14, 2005
Posts: 378
From: USA, NJ, Princeton
| Posted: 2010-08-21 12:09
Cant blame a guy for trying, but I guess thats the end of that.
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Kenny_Naboo
Marshal
Pitch Black
Joined: January 11, 2010
Posts: 3823
From: LobsterTown
| Posted: 2010-08-21 13:14
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On 2010-08-20 19:54, Eledore Massis [R33] wrote:
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| On 2010-08-19 15:42, Grand Admiral CRAZY45 *XO* wrote:
All ideas of new platforms have been shot down and i think if my memorie serves this one was also shot down a few times.
i like this idea but i just hope thay dont shoot it down so quickly this time. |
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No really, gathering resources is a players job to maintain, if you want more mining than build mines, deep core mines, mantle extractors or additional factories to multiply it.
Platforms currently have a Repair, Offense and Scanning function.
We may add others at a later date but Mining, fighter or interdictor platform will not be added.
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It would be good to AI-tomate some of the tasks like mining or res transfer.
Mining plats can be built and have some
kind of ai transport ships ferrying res back to the planets w starports.
Or, there can be special planetary commands where players can request res from starport planets, and these spawn ai transports who then ferry the stuff over.
So, yr enemy can intercept these convoys while combat ships protect them.
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Lark of Serenity
Grand Admiral
Raven Warriors
Joined: June 02, 2002
Posts: 2516
| Posted: 2010-08-21 13:47
things not tried out yet:
bombing platforms
barracks platforms
population platforms
food platforms
blocking platforms (can hide your ship behind them. large platforms to stop incoming fire)
shield platforms (alternate way to defend a planet)
point defense platforms
missile platforms
minelayer platforms (rotate, shoot out slow moving mines that automatically detonate at a given range)
beacon platforms
waypoint platforms (can rename them to label regions of space, objectives, depot planets, etc)
weapons depot platforms (can modify ship at them)
ECM platforms
scanner platforms
Gaifen lure
Decoy platforms (look like ships to enemy)
Temporary jumpgate platforms
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Scorched Soul[+R]
Marshal
Pitch Black
Joined: November 14, 2005
Posts: 378
From: USA, NJ, Princeton
| Posted: 2010-08-21 14:46
Would it be possible to code orders that you could give to planets to go with the existing star port trading system but make it so that the res would be shipped one way to a planet of your choosing.
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MrSparkle
Marshal
Joined: August 13, 2001
Posts: 1912
From: mrsparkle
| Posted: 2010-08-21 15:01
Guys even Faustus a while ago made the suggestion that mining platforms could be a possibility. I don't remember the thread but I think the discussion was about starports and AI transports being broken (edit: nope the discussion was about mining, duh!) . It was at least around that time.
I'll see if I can find it.
EDIT: Found it, page 2 of this thread http://www.darkspace.net/index.htm?module=forums.php&page=/viewtopic.php?topic=49234&forum=1&28
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Red October
Fleet Admiral
Joined: May 30, 2010
Posts: 165
From: Stillwater, Oklahoma
| Posted: 2010-08-21 15:58
Could have tracking ability platforms. Like the Red-Laser idea that you suggested to add to ships for a way to combat K'luth. These Lasers could be applied to all platforms in a way... that it tracks it's target and you know which target it acquired. Should be able to help not running into their fire all the time.
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µOmniVore
Grand Admiral
Joined: September 13, 2006
Posts: 171
| Posted: 2010-08-21 21:56
A mining platform shouldn't be shot down so fast since its going to be implimented to help resource production on sy planets when the new marshal and Chief Marshal ships arrive they are gonna cosy alot i think and players need addiional storage for the resources, a mining platform could act as a resource storage for a planet and extra mining since mining planets are easly capped.
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Lazurkri
Fleet Admiral
Interstellar Cultural Confederation United
Joined: January 20, 2010
Posts: 37
From: Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
| Posted: 2010-08-22 07:50
why just have it work on a planet? why not have it so it could be towed near a moon or a heavy concentration of asteroids and have it shuttle resources back to the nearest friendly AI or planet? Mining plats are usually in asteroid fields in Sci-Fi to begin with...
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Fatal Rocko Willis
Fleet Admiral
Fatal Squadron
Joined: March 01, 2003
Posts: 1336
From: Kentucky
| Posted: 2010-08-22 09:39
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On 2010-08-21 13:47, N'kra The Wolf wrote:
things not tried out yet:
missile platforms
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Had them..... They induced much Lag.... They were removed....
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Fatal Rocko Willis
Fleet Admiral
Fatal Squadron
Joined: March 01, 2003
Posts: 1336
From: Kentucky
| Posted: 2010-08-22 09:41
There was, once upon a time, a way to route from which planets to which planets the resouces would go to. I not sure what happened to that feature but I do believe it had something to do with players farming AI Transports.
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