On 2002-04-23 10:58, K0ncept wrote:
Will this be in the next release? Also is the next release going to be this Wednesday? Anyone know?


Please Advise.

On 2002-04-17 03:02, joshbond wrote:
it would also be neat if a buildable platform was required to construct dreads and maybe cruisers. only smaller ships could come out of the gates any more and would increase the value of the dread. The dread would become something a team must earn by owning planets and collecting taxes from them and the cost of the dread would come directly form this.

By doing this you would be making the metaverse more friendly to newbies because dreads would be less frequent and the destroyer and cruiser class would become the prevailing class of ships

On 2002-05-13 17:24, Waffles wrote:
Well, here's my (super-noob) opinions on this.

Limit: I'm kinda undecided on the server limit, I know you need one, but it seems unfair. Once the limit is reached, it will quickly descend into a battle of 'Destroy 1 piece of their base so we can build one on ours!'. Maybe a limit per planet or moon in each system would be more appropriate.

Upkeep: There needs to be some sort of upkeep cost involved, especially when you start building the super bases.

Size Limit: If you can arm these things with defense pieces, you definately need to have a size limit on the platform or it will just be too deadly. You should impose an upper size limit on each platform.

As far as pieces go, here's what I think should be there.

Starport (for importing/selling resources from other planets)
Mining Bay (for launching AI miners to gather resources?)
Factory
Power Generators
Defense Platforms
- Point Defense
- Missiles
- Fighters
- Cannons
Training Bays
Depot
Scanners (ECM/ECCM)


These all should be lesser than their planetary equivilant, a platform barracks would train troops slower than a planetary one, a depot would reload/repair slower than a planetary one, etc.