Cornflakes_91 wrote:

Scytale wrote:"signal degradation" as a concept could have unintended side effects

For example?

i ca find none right now

I can't think of any either >.> maybe it's safer than I thought

I'm not in favor of either/or polls. I think there should be a third choice, such as, "allow the player the option to make his own choice."

Poet1960 wrote:I'm not in favor of either/or polls. I think there should be a third choice, such as, "allow the player the option to make his own choice."

You have a choice if it is allowed, you use the feature or you dont

Cornflakes_91 wrote:

Poet1960 wrote:I'm not in favor of either/or polls. I think there should be a third choice, such as, "allow the player the option to make his own choice."

You have a choice if it is allowed, you use the feature or you dont

Okay, I guess that sounds reasonable.

If the player can do it, the AI should be able to do it too - through you, just as you would be able to do it through them.

Talvieno wrote:If the player can do it, the AI should be able to do it too - through you, just as you would be able to do it through them.

You arent a worker npc of another AI

Cornflakes_91 wrote:

Talvieno wrote:If the player can do it, the AI should be able to do it too - through you, just as you would be able to do it through them.

You arent a worker npc of another AI

So? I see being an 'errand boy' as a valid job opportunity when you're starting out.

DWMagus wrote: So? I see being an 'errand boy' as a valid job opportunity when you're starting out.

im pretty sure that the player would cost more than a worker NPC

but yeah, the AI should be able to act through you, albeit not be able to force-feed your cargo hold with its shopping.

Aye, that would be my primary argument against. The AI needs to be able to do anything the player could.

Talvieno wrote:Aye, that would be my primary argument against. The AI needs to be able to do anything the player could.

view it in a different way, the "direct access" is just looking at the market and directly ordering the pilot to buy (and maybe load) the stuff.

you as player and executives could choose to simply not comply, evening the field

edit: the buying part doesnt even have to vary, the docked ship just acts as relay for the buy order, regardless of pilot.
this also buys some temporary storage
and the UI just gives the player an easy method to directly (order to) load the goods into the docked ship

If the AI could simply choose not to make the deal, that would be rather frustrating for the player, would it not?

Talvieno wrote:If the AI could simply choose not to make the deal, that would be rather frustrating for the player, would it not?

then you have some ore lying around, but thats the risk in general when you take executives instead of workers

All right, I like it then. Especially if your boss can give you orders to sell/buy and you can choose whether or not to follow through. Setting that up sounds like a whole different can of worms, though.

I think you should be able to trade some things from a distance... like bluepreints for credits, or recieveing credits for completeing a mission, but for other more physical things (with a slight risk of it getting hacked) you could either hire a courier, or send out your supply ship (more seccure). Otherwise, for things like ore, you could use the transfer beam if you where close enough, or dock to trade things like ship coponents and other large conplex goods (most seccure).

You should be able to make a trade in place of an AI. As was said earlier, it's just like giving him an order. I don't think there should be unlimited range on this though.

If there is no penalty for distance, then you could just put a ship in every station and have total knowledge of markets and instantaneous buying power.

The whole point of having AI to deligate too is so they make these kinds of decisions.

I would argue that you have player control up to a distance. Then you assign Smart AI to different regions to call the shots when you are outside of range. This way small time players can handle all of their transactions manually, but large players have to think big.