Default Trade Station Poll

[jath]

I recommend visiting the station with a tiny ship equipped with overdrive, parking nearby and pressing C, then exploring using build mode.

A few things I looked for with the trade stations: Good lighting, useful spaces, easy to navigate, pleasing to the eye.

Bonuses, use of permission blocks, docking modules my ship fit on.

Couple of negatives for me were use of gravity modules in place of lifts, confusing layout, hallways to nowhere, good exterior looks but terrible interior.

 

[FunnyBunny14]

Tip: just vote for the best of the best. And then sdd the rest to your game later

 

[BigD145]

5? At least a dozen of those should be in as defaults.

 

[max stripe]

what dev server IP?

 

[Ithirahad]

5? At least a dozen of those should be in as defaults.

I, for one, agree... It's boring to see the same 15 stations all the time. IMO, any submitted station that at least 6-10 people like should make it in.

 

[AndyP]

what dev server IP?

play.star-made.org:4242

Or hit 'server-list' and click on "Official Testserver (Main)"
- Don't forget to set your branch (in installation settings) to 'Dev'

- Andy

 

[max stripe]

lol thx (found it anyway after like 5 minutes lol)

 

[jath]

5? At least a dozen of those should be in as defaults.

I agree. I think there should be a couple of "standard" versions, and about a dozen offshoots or simply something completely different.

eg. Trade guild arrives in sector to find a battle had just taken place. They quickly mop up the mess and find station P floating untouched by the fray. All the escape pods had been ejected. They set up shop and are quickly online by the next day. Adding a few upgrades and enhancements of their own over the course of the next few weeks, they come up with several new designs and technology that they can use on subsequent stations.

Trade Guild Bob finally got his own assignment. He chooses his crew and packs his fleet for sector 666.666.666. He doesn't realize at first that he's being sent to this sector purely because of his military background, but as one of his crewmen informs him, he decides to commission a new station design to his specifications. 2 weeks later, they jump in and begin building. The new station is nothing like the trade guild has fielded before. It uses dual anti fighter-beam/artillery turrets, multi-phasic ion shielding, massive armor plates, funnel systems to push fighters into the right place, fighter launch tubes, and enough room to comfortably house everyone in the sector. With only minor repairs done on occasion, Bob is the first Trade Guild Commander to survive more than a week in the sector. 6 years of upgrades later, the station is next to untouchable, and Bob is ready to retire.

 

[ShinNoir]

Is it just me or did "Contested" by - Dark_Inquisitor get put into the wrong category? Looks to me like it should be in the abandoned section not the trade guild section.

~ShinNoir

 

[matheod]

The problem with this pool is that first entry will have lots of more vote than entries at the end.

 

[Lecic]

Is it just me or did "Contested" by - Dark_Inquisitor get put into the wrong category? Looks to me like it should be in the abandoned section not the trade guild section.

~ShinNoir

I think they (@Dark_Inquisitor) actually said something about that earlier.

 

[Reilly Reese]

He did

 

[Dark_Inquisitor]

Is it just me or did "Contested" by - Dark_Inquisitor get put into the wrong category? Looks to me like it should be in the abandoned section not the trade guild section.

~ShinNoir

I did report it, but seems like it cannot be moved to another poll.
At least that's what I understood.

 

[ShinNoir]

I did report it, but seems like it cannot be moved to another poll.
At least that's what I understood.

Well that sucks because statistically you have a better chance as there are less entries in the abandoned station poll.

~ShinNoir

 

[Dark_Inquisitor]

Well that sucks because statistically you have a better chance as there are less entries in the abandoned station poll.

~ShinNoir

Plus, it wasn't designed a a Trading Guild station, more so, it doesn't even fit in TG station classification.

Spoiler

"(...)
Blue-ish for trading guild, (a prefabbed/factory built look with a civilians eye for aesthetics and prestige or class.)

• Needs to include a spawn block.
• Needs to include a faction block.
• May include a shop block, but not all trade guild stations require one

(...)"

Plus, I recalled that I've put a subtle note saying it is abandoned...

Spoiler

(http://starmadedock.net/threads/closed-contest-default-stations-submission.2029/page-37)
"(...) Station was abandoned a very long time ago due to the reactor malfunction (...)"

Still - I've got reply from Andy, so I don't see a reason why it shoud be discussed more. They have their reasons to make things how they are now.
Before anyone say I have butthurt - I don't have. My friend who helped me does, however. That's why I'm posting all this.

 

[Keptick]

So many nice stations to choose from ;_;

This is hard!

 

[Planetside Industries]

I really hope a lot of people vote for "Contested" The other stations just focus so hard on small ships, and besides....if you're buying blocks you're likely going to put them on your ship anyway....how many people are going to stop and "sleep" in the station? I get that the whole point there is design and all, but come on....a "claw" station will probably fit larger ships anyhow. Plus : Trading stations would probably not be super exotic anyhow due to the need for function.

 

[verigone]

Great batch of stations, I wouldn't be upset to see any of them in the game...lol. That was a very tough choice.

 

[CodeBlack]

THIS were some of the hardest decisions in my life Oo
i liked nearly every station Oo ...but some were just more awesome than the others XD

 

[Criss]

Finished my reviews for the trading guild submissions and casted my vote. Pirate stations are next!