Solution for too weak weapons/ships

[bllast984pl]

Ok so my idea is to add levels to AMC's* and salvage cannons etc. This could work that you have to use factories to make those blocks, which would make factories and mining more usable because right now you don't really have to mine ores as you can only produce parts that you can buy from shop. Obviously this can't too OP. I was thinking of something like:

To make AMC-L1:
You could need 2 of normal AMC's that you can buy from shops + 10 of some ore and that will make an AMC-L1 that will have 1.5x the power of normal AMC. Same for AMC-L2 but using AMC's-L1 instead of normal ones and that could give you 2.5x the power of the normal AMC etc.
The equation could be power of the normal AMC x 2 - 0.5 (because of the ore used in that process)

So:
L1 = 1.5x power of the normal AMC
L2 = 2.5x power
L3 = 4.5x power
L4 = 8.5x power
L5 = 16.5x power
Obviously this can be different, I just gave you my idea

This could also work for Salvage Cannons, Shields, SD HCT xm3.4 Power blocks, ATB's** etc.
Obviously blocks with levels would need more power suply to work.

I think it's a great idea because it will encourage people to make space stations or to colonise planets to set up a factory and make more powerful and space saving ships.
Please say your opinion about this solution in the comments

*AMC = AntiMatter Cannon
**ATB = AstroTechnobeam

Bllast

 

[Zoogoo40]

People would use it on big ships too. Nothing would really change.

 

[bllast984pl]

Well sir, they might use it on bigger ships but this takes resources, so it\'s kind of too hard to make 1000 of AMC\'s L5 isn\'t it?

EDIT:
This also takes TIME cause you have to use factories to make them

 

[Trollerbobman]

heard of sandbox admin commands? make them L5 then spawn em in the MP server...

 

[bllast984pl]

As I know a normal player CAN\'T spawn things on MP server...

 

[MindSpark]

What Trollerbobman meant was that people go into singleplayer, /give themselves some crazy amount of one block (in this case your fancy L5 AMC), building a massive brick of that block, importing the blueprint onto the server and bam. Another reason why this idea is stupid is that if you can just buy a more powerful alternative (using above method) why bother designing your ships systems. Being able to design your ship is what makes this game so good. Your suggestion will ruin that.

 

[bllast984pl]

If someone would save a blueprint of that \"ship\", he would have to buy it from shop, don\'t he? So he would have to make money to buy it.

How does that prevent you from designing your ship???

 

[MindSpark]

You just buy better stuff instead of thinking of how i can get as much power out of this 5x5x5 space you just go off and buy this fancy uber alternative and just put some basic reactor in there.

Make money? You do understand that it takes about ONE pirate to get around 400,000,000 credits, and thats on a bad day. Money is worthless at the game\'s current state.

 

[Stakhanov]

It\'s a bad suggestion , just let it go.

 

[bllast984pl]

I know what you\'re talking about but you can still do 5x5x5 generator but using SD HCT xm3.4 Power-L5 wich will give you more power which is needed to use AMC-L5. I\'m not saing to put it in game NOW, when you can get huge amount of money, but when you will have to play some time to get it.

 

[MindSpark]

Stakhanov said it perfectly, balance around cost is not how it should be. Besides, weapons are too OP already

 

[Nootau]

Salvagers to salvage planets to get resources to make lv 5 salvagers to mine planets more quickly to then fund to simply make lv 5 AMC and murder everyone using the same larger ships they were before but every item being lv 5 not lv 1. Nothing new other than a slight delay to the end game. So it takes me a few days to make my OP ship rather than one.. Wow.

 

[Riftmaster]

Are not too weak.

 

[MichaelSeph]

The weak ships ARE the big ships right now, so it\'s actually quite a good idea :P Higher level AMCs would use way more energy, so only big systems could handle them.

 

[MichaelSeph]

He menas building it in Singleplayer then uploading the blueprint of the ship to buy that ship on a server.