mobile spacedock

[tec_server]

mobile spacedock (class 4 ship)

in the spacedock you can convert your ships into other ships. it uses the material of the old ship to construct another one. the mp of the new ships has to be about the same


attack/life: 0/1000
manpower: 800

researchtime: 2 d
buildingtime: 12 h


needed research:
improved computer technology

[blackmagic]

wat the crap is this. The description doesn't explain anything about it. Grrr. Why bother no battle syntax. If its a building there should be a better explainatoin

[admin]

it is a ship.
it is like a mobile productioncenter. you can alter the ships in your fleet while you fly.
for example, you are attacking an enemy and on while you are already on the way, you notice, that the spectre, you brought isn`t of any use anymore, so you convert it into interceptors

[blackmagic]

well wouldn't it be a bit hard to create this ship? For example: If you are a nanite and you have...say a carrier...you have to create a different programming so that people of different races can't build eachother's ships. nanite can't build eagles as e-rays can't build carriers

Also, would it be really fair? Say your at the BH and after one battle you need a class1 fleet. It just makes it unfair for the person who was planning to attack a class2 fleet and then encounter a totally different fleet =) Well, thats just wat i think =)

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[BladeTech]

yea i wish i could do that but it is kinda unfair, especially for 800 mp

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[doomstar]

I am for the Mobile Spacedock.

@Blackmagic, the programming should be similar to the current Shipyard, except for the condition that allow the ship to move.

@Blackmagic, the ship has the drawback of the time to reconstruct(assuming that the reconstruction time is about the 1/2 the building time), and also the ship commit about 16% of your mp (assuming that you have 5000 mp).

[blackmagic]

Not a clue on wat you were talking about, but the mp is no difference to me. The programming will be different from the shipyard because the pioneeership take your actual shipyard, while this ship reconstruct depending on your race. Therefore there needs to be a restriction in the programming to keep another race from building someone else. There has to be either 5 different, but quite similar code for each race or some good programming. I was just pointing out previously that it would be a lot of work making this ship. That is, if the admins really likes this ship, then i suppose they would bother using thier time to put this ship into the game.
I have to admit that i would probably use this ship for multiple attacks. But i feel that if i am able to rebuild in space, then it wouldn't be fair for the person i'm fighting. I try to look at a different point of view. Anyways....i could just be blabbing on about nonsence LOL It just my thought

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[BladeTech]

with this sort of ship, we can hold the black hole indefinitely

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[doomstar]

I believe the ship is only for reconstructing instead of rebuilding your fleet.

[BladeTech]

what's the difference?

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[darklim]

Reconstruct:
Replace losses

Rebuild:
Make another

And hey, if i can Reconstruct my whole fleet, the Penguin will be invincible

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[An offer you cant refuse]

Im confused about this whole thing.

How long would it take to "convert" your ships?

Can you only use the mp you have in your fleet, or can you use mp from base, too?

Would it really be fair? At least, you could recycle ships that are a liability to you, and that's too easy.

I have purposely lost ships in battle, or had my allies fight them, because they would be no good to me. I have also thrown away motherships in battle, so I could build a new one instead of fly home for reinforcements. This would make it a bit too convenient while away from home, I think.

[mackman]

I agree with magic and an offer I dont like this idea.It makes the game more complicated than before I like the drawbacks we have now.I mean you could sit at the hole watch fleets come in and then change ships just like that?No way now you can build different ships and have a few motherships and change them as needed but if you dont have lets say a spectre then oh well thats the way the ball bounces.But with this ship I would see a fleet with 3000 fighters lets say comming in then I would be like wow lets recycle these cruisers and make 3 spectres.....

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[Lord Lou]

I like it is.
Convert time should be same as building time!
as for mp it would be ok if you use only mp in that fleet.

I would be new screen in gui.

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[mackman]

I must say it is a likeable ship but I still say that the ship is unfair to the newer players.N00bs already have a hard enough time in this game now so lets just build another ship to make it easyer to kill them.I say no to this invention even though it seems cool.

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[BladeTech]

lol all this is too true. the ship is awesome but extremely unfair and would problie mess up the balance of the game. i mean, as mackman says, the game is good the way it is. introducing this may be fun, but would also be unfair for its disadvantages is far from enough to counterbalance its advantages.

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[blackmagic]

yeah it is. So since most of us agree...why not end the topic right



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[ This Message was edited by: blackmagic on 2004-07-16 00:51 ]

[ This Message was edited by: blackmagic on 2004-07-16 00:51 ]