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Starting out the game as a new player can be very daunting, there's a lot of weird mechanics, and the tutorial, while being very well made, doesn't cover absolutely everything when it comes to ship building. This is why I'm suggesting default blueprints for new and old players to use. Reverse engineering is often an excellent way of understanding how things work. However, (and no offense to whoever built them) the current Isanths are a pretty bad example. They only demonstrate a single, underused ship class.
Suggestion:
The implementation of Ship blueprint presets. Aka; default blueprints. Blueprints that are in the game by default, but not in use by the pirates. These ships should be of varying classes, ranging from isanth sized to even 40k mass (this is very debatable). Pirates should NOT have access to these ships by default.
The upside is that it should be incredibly easy to add to the game. And it'd also be a good opportunity for a community build contest!
Edit: Just to clarify, I'm not talking about pre-filled blueprints spawning in a player's inventory at the start of the game. I'm just talking about some default blueprints in the catalog. A player would still have to gather the materials to spawn them if they're playing in a survival setting (aka not using admin commands).
Why?:
To give new players a guide, a template to ship building. It's often much easier to modify a pre-existing thing than completely building from scratch. Once they're ready they could start building their own ships, at their discretion. It'd also instill a higher build standard onto new players, something that is badly needed right now. They'd just see the shiny default ships and tell themselves "hey, you know what? I'm gonna build something better!". Instead of threading down the dark path of the brick.
It'd even be beneficial for the older players that dislike building and prefer survival and PvE/PvP. Instead of browsing through the ocean that is the community content they'd have direct access to a variety of ships balancing aesthetic and combat aspects.
Secondary suggestion:
I'm pretty certain this has been suggested before, but having the ability to create folders in the ship catalog would be really really nice. Those of us with 200 ships would love to have the ability to sort them out between turrets, titans, fighters, etc... It'd also make it easier to shelve the Default ships into their own folder.
Suggestion:
The implementation of Ship blueprint presets. Aka; default blueprints. Blueprints that are in the game by default, but not in use by the pirates. These ships should be of varying classes, ranging from isanth sized to even 40k mass (this is very debatable). Pirates should NOT have access to these ships by default.
The upside is that it should be incredibly easy to add to the game. And it'd also be a good opportunity for a community build contest!
Edit: Just to clarify, I'm not talking about pre-filled blueprints spawning in a player's inventory at the start of the game. I'm just talking about some default blueprints in the catalog. A player would still have to gather the materials to spawn them if they're playing in a survival setting (aka not using admin commands).
Why?:
To give new players a guide, a template to ship building. It's often much easier to modify a pre-existing thing than completely building from scratch. Once they're ready they could start building their own ships, at their discretion. It'd also instill a higher build standard onto new players, something that is badly needed right now. They'd just see the shiny default ships and tell themselves "hey, you know what? I'm gonna build something better!". Instead of threading down the dark path of the brick.
It'd even be beneficial for the older players that dislike building and prefer survival and PvE/PvP. Instead of browsing through the ocean that is the community content they'd have direct access to a variety of ships balancing aesthetic and combat aspects.
Secondary suggestion:
I'm pretty certain this has been suggested before, but having the ability to create folders in the ship catalog would be really really nice. Those of us with 200 ships would love to have the ability to sort them out between turrets, titans, fighters, etc... It'd also make it easier to shelve the Default ships into their own folder.
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