CrashMan054
Commander
In terms of money, discovering new systems with new resources and habitable planets could be valuable information to sell, depending on how much demand there is for expansion.
Funding the Carrack?
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GrammarGestapo
Pro Chat Necromancer
what difference will one ship make that, again, we could very easily get by asking for org donations? It's function can be done by so many other ships anyway. If people are willing to give enough money to buy one of course they're willing to give credits.
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That carrack concept pic was reposted on RSI with the name Comingsoon.jpg
Could we be getting it for the big sale soon? I think so!
That carrack concept pic was reposted on RSI with the name Comingsoon.jpg
Could we be getting it for the big sale soon? I think so!
CrashMan054
Commander
One ship could provide long term credit intake, whereas most members aren't going to donate on a monthly basis.
GrammarGestapo
Pro Chat Necromancer
that's a totally arbitrary benefit. It is not critical or particularly beneficial to our finances, defenses or operation as an org. Besides, I'm not debating whether to get one. I think we should! I'm debating whether we should needlessly pay real money for it when we could probably all just donate a tiny 5000 in-game earned credits and buy one on the first day anyway.
GrammarGestapo
Pro Chat Necromancer
monthly? We'll probably have every non-cap ship in the game in 6 weeks if the core of 100 players donated. We have 4000 members, with 1000 being main org members. On that level, they could probably donate what they make in a single cargo run a single time and we could afford a carrack.
The carrack isn't going to be much more expensive than the constellation. The constellation should take 100 hours for a single dedicated player to grind out from an aurora on up. That can be done in a week. The carrack is neither mission critical nor sufficiently expensive to warrant an early purchase, it's just too easy to get.
GrammarGestapo
Pro Chat Necromancer
that one ship doesn't provide much of a benefit, anyway. Our org hangar is already HUGE. We have a frikking 890 jump.
CrashMan054
Commander
Exactly. How in the world is that mission critical? The only reason I'd back this is to have a couple right from the start, as I can't afford one of my own until the PU launches.
GrammarGestapo
Pro Chat Necromancer
it isn't! but it already offers more economic profitability than a carrack! At least it carries a stupid huge amount of cargo.
The fact is the carrack does nothing we don't have other ships for. Our org hangar is supposed to be filled with ships that will give our org an edge against the others early on. Large ships contribute to that by default, but the smaller ones will just be for fun. Again, I'm not debating whether we get one. I'm debating whether we spend real money on it when we could just do what we will HAVE to do for every other large ship and pool resources.
well isnt the carrack some kind of smal (smaler than the jump anyway) flying base? you know with repair stations and medic stuff? so wouldn't it be more independent for exploring than the jump? corect me if im wrong but isn't that what makes it special? does another ship have those?(i don't remember every ship XD) @GrammarGestapo you are right but i think if someone wants to donate to get one go ahead. Hell ill probably would trow in some money too. just not now because i got none XD
GrammarGestapo
Pro Chat Necromancer
yeah, the redeemer has all those things. Minus repair. It has a repair function? That's interesting.
it says so in the describtion*searching for it in the interwebs*:
"On-board accommodations include crew medical and repair facilities, and a mapping-oriented sensor suite."
oh yeah and the redeemer is more fit to fight than explore
CrashMan054
Commander
Those repair functions could give it a leg up, that'd be nice if you had some smaller ships along with you.