That's a good mechanic! And it's one we already have - when a ship is deactivated/overheated/utterly demolished, it is immediately dead in the water. There is then the despawn timer that is based on the size of the ship.
The issue is the pointless disable mechanic BEFORE the ship hits the *utterly destroyed* threshold. What's the point? I'd assume that by the time the ship gets to that stage, you can't honk the horn.
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"Look mate, your personal feelings about some other drama which I simply don't care about it (no offence, I just don't) does not give you an excuse to be rude!"
These aren't personal feelings. Not at all. These opinions are based off of evidence that indicates DoR and WedTM are attempting a massive cash grab before trashing Starmade and walking away. Just like they did with that CubeWorld game. I don't trust them and you should not either. Not because I "feel" they're doing it wrong, but because there is evidence that indicates they are attempting to get as much money as they can from Starmade before they bury it. I was as outraged as you when I first heard this - "You've gotta be kidding. Are you high?" were my exact words when I was told.
"I've yet to formulate my own opinions in the HP system so I won't comment on my views toward it, but it winds me up immensely to see post like this after every update, slagging off the devs and calling their work pointless. They have a lot more patience than me because if I had put that much work into a game and got this kind of response every time I would have told everyone where they could stick their game and gone to the pub..."
I would never call SCHEMAS work pointless. That man knows his stuff and I am always amazed at what he pulls off with the Java language. However, I also have little patience for a company that refuses to plan for the future. I'd also like to help out - but I have a better chance of seeing a flying unicorn when I wake up tomorrow then being invited to contribute at Schine.
"Don't get me wrong, I think it's great to formulate opinions that disagree with the games decision and direction. And to voice those decisions. But there is no excuse at all for it to be done in an insulting manner"
You are right.
That said, I'm still laughing my ass off that this got past the testing stage. I mean, who even tests anymore besides the Schine team and the veterans?