I think it would be very cool and also more realistic and harder if ships could only be built in a 'Dry Dock' and that these docks can be of variable size to accommodate the building of larger ships. Using a system like this will make people become more selective in where they build their ships and help to control how big a play can build and so they can not just spawn a new ship in the middle of a battle.
My idea for doing this would be having to place two 'Dry Dock' blocks a distance away from each other but on the same plane parallel to an axis. When activated, these blocks will place and securely hold a ship core in place for building. The dock would also have a mass limit meaning ships could not get to large without them falling off of the dry dock,this can be upgraded. To build off of some idea in the most recent Q&A, these blocks would also be usable for ships to dock to normally and then be repaired over time (With out astro-beams).
There are some possible problems with this, one of which is being marooned in deep space or planet. My solution to this is having an 'emergency pack' which will spawn a small mobile ship just used for traveling. Another problem could potentially be that the size of ships will become more limited, some people may dislike this so having there be a configuration on whether you NEED to use Dry Docks should be available.
All in all the Dry Dock is meant to increase the difficulty in the game and make players slow down and think about where and how they build.
My idea for doing this would be having to place two 'Dry Dock' blocks a distance away from each other but on the same plane parallel to an axis. When activated, these blocks will place and securely hold a ship core in place for building. The dock would also have a mass limit meaning ships could not get to large without them falling off of the dry dock,this can be upgraded. To build off of some idea in the most recent Q&A, these blocks would also be usable for ships to dock to normally and then be repaired over time (With out astro-beams).
There are some possible problems with this, one of which is being marooned in deep space or planet. My solution to this is having an 'emergency pack' which will spawn a small mobile ship just used for traveling. Another problem could potentially be that the size of ships will become more limited, some people may dislike this so having there be a configuration on whether you NEED to use Dry Docks should be available.
All in all the Dry Dock is meant to increase the difficulty in the game and make players slow down and think about where and how they build.
