I wonder how ship upgrades work if you're going to use a custom model, because I'd think we'd be able to add pieces to it after certain amounts of money or resources are acquired. But I suppose you could just buy NPC ships if you're looking to get a fancy capital ship to fly about. As for earning th...

I feel the stats on individual metals and alloys might be pushing the RPG elements of the game into inventory micromanagement a little too much. But I also suppose it might be interesting, and it would give all of those rare ores and compounds a purpose other than mining and selling constantly.

having to learn our own periodic table was a menace for me to begin with much less learn a new table each time i form a new game world. and take that a step futher to have to learn the combinations that make useful alloys and the new trade values would make me want to shoot something. and with proc...

Demetrius wrote: So are you more talking about a AI controlled "faction, clan or just a group of peeps" that are just cruising the universe to see if theres anything that they could do really quick to earn some easy money?

Why couldn't we have all three?

I smell a derail coming and dont like it. the OP was 'What about dropping Mines or Bombs during "dogfights" Actually, that derailment happened a long time ago. About 80% (probably more; I haven't counted) of the posts in this thread have nothing whatsoever to do with the OP's idea of dropping a sho...

Hopefully the people who undertake the challenge of hardcore mode would be willing to come to terms with the death of their character.
Because that's the point, really.

It sounds like it might be more feasible just to order a group of your ships to patrol that area, as opposed to implementing an altogether new feature.

I don't think a weapon range of "kilometers of space in all directions" is a good idea for anything short of a capital ship.

Stationary mines were commonly used in Freelancer to guard jump gates, jump holes, and stations, but they were "dumb" mines in that they didn't recognize friend from foe. Which I think would be the way to go with stationary mines. You can use them to create a choke point around a base or a jump gate...

I believe Josh said there would be Joystick support, though not necessarily controllers, and I also think you'll be able to map your keyboard as you like it.

Also, I'm not sure whether I'm keen on procedurally generated resource names. They tend to be hard to memorize and/or not very informative as far as the intended use of the stuff goes. I prefer to deal with generically titled goods like "Electronics", "Precious Metals" and "Slaves" instead of Lette...

What if the mine dropper released a cluster of mines that scatter behind the ship in a sort of semi-sphere pattern to create a wall of mines to deter followers?

Permadeath could be a difficulty option.

Well, unless the game saves like Minecraft. Then insurance would be useful. And it would also contribute to making the universe more persistent while the player character might be more ephemeral. After all, the mortality rate of humans (and presumably all the aliens out there) is significantly short...

I'm confident that you, Josh, are dedicated to this project enough to deliver a satisfactory product. You might be relatively new to the gaming scene, but the whole point of even starting a Kickstarter is to gain attention (and funds) in order to produce a new product. You've got $121k worth of fait...