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-Under no circumstances should gear fall off your ship at death.

you know what was the best improvement of Skyrim over Oblivion/Morrowind? Not having to repair your shit. I'm really curious why this was put in without any prior discussion with the playerbase at large, like most big changes have been over the years. So... how does this interact with Gear Glue?

but whatever you did to hashing is very nice.

you know what was the best improvement of Skyrim over Oblivion/Morrowind? Not having to repair your shit. I'm really curious why this was put in without any prior discussion with the playerbase at large, like most big changes have been over the years. So... how does this interact with Gear Glue?

Does this mean we no longer need gg at all? If so, I suppose that AI bases should be modified to buy gg at its full purchase price for the next uni or so.

Also, will commods like fuel and missile crates still fall off of ships?

One more thing: You really should change the name of the "durability" attribute. That name suggests the degree to which an item will resist wear, not the amount of wear to which it has already been subjected.

It was discussed extensively in at least two threads in the past six months. Gear glue now serves no function and will be bought by AI bases for a full refund in the near future. I'm not familiar with the Skyrim system of death penalization; perhaps you can elaborate how it could be adapted to SS.

While I understand your thought process here, it's also an extremely intuitive meaning in MMOs to refer to 'Durability' in this way.

I dont like it. What happens if you DO die more than 10 times? You're effectively screwed, especially on uber runs. There is no point in making you any worse than that, either; it will just inspire rage...imagine being stuck in perilous, 2 jumps from an AI base, and you have 10% of your normal stats. A space rat could oneshot you.

And what about uber runs? What about stuff like Oly, where some snipers might die a great deal, especially absentises. They have no option to fix themselves on runs, other than carrying a lot of rather bulky repair gear? This seems to be more annoying than anything.

Think about it; how often did people lose gear once they learned about gear glue? Not very dang often. The only time it would happen was at low levels where people dont have the money to pay for it, and even that will be fixed by C2 where people make a great deal more money.


Overall this seems like a poorly thought out solution for the occasional loss of a piece of gear. It seems to me that more people would quit just because of the annoyance of this system than ever quit because of gear loss due to lack of gear glue.


I don't often say this, but I don't see any potential for this new system. I think it might be best to change back. If you think I'm wrong, please explain your full thought process that led you to this decision.

Have you considered that i don't have the hull space to hold these things? The smallest they can be is 1 size, and you can't fit a full ship repair into the same size as one gear glue. If you could, then it would be just dandy...but isn't that exactly the same thing as gear glue, except you get a free 10 deaths? It just seems pointless, and removes a major point of excitement from the game.


In other news: Please make a Repair All button.