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capships and guilds

Apr 26, 2009 ratrat6 link
i think that some guilds should have their own capships. such as the guild [EMS]. they could use a certain station or capship to call their base of operations. that way they can be flying around the universe in their capship and when they get a emergency call can send out one or more of their members, or pm the requester and notify them of the capship location so they can come be healed.

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Apr 26, 2009 Kierky link
This has been suggested before, for god sake if someone else suggests this i'm going to kill them.

Please stop. This has been greatly discussed in a number of threads.
Apr 26, 2009 Dr. Lecter link
Uh, no. Guilds are made up groups of players--they get nothing not available to ordinary players who are out there on their own.
Apr 26, 2009 smittens link
No Lecter that's silly. Obviously EMS is more deserving than any individual, hell any other guild, that has ever played this game. I think the devs were just waiting for a group with high enough standing to come along and ask for a personal capship, and that's why we haven't seen a privately owned capship yet. What a great idea.
Apr 26, 2009 vIsitor link
It'd be nice if we could at least buy Tridents. Just having them for the utility of an on-site repair bay would be nice, really. Additional features could be added as they become relevant.

I can understand that the bigger cappies need the infrastructure first, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that the 'noses' of Tridents fit inside of the standard docking bay (or at least, they're supposed to).

Besides, it'd finally make the third-person-view somewhat useful besides for screenshots.
Apr 26, 2009 Dr. Lecter link
I think the major hurdle is the launching of the trident. But really, that the trident hasn't been implemented yet is a particularly sad comment on development priorities in this game. Control issues or not, waste of credits or not, the basic trident should have gone in over a year ago. Instead we have beefed up BS (still meaningless space quake, though), and FOG!
Apr 27, 2009 vIsitor link
Hmm...

Maybe the Trident could launch...backwards? To give the illusion that its un-docking?
Apr 27, 2009 ratrat6 link
i still think [ems] should have a capship. it doesnt have to be that big just a light cruiser or something.
Apr 27, 2009 ratrat6 link
ok just looked at a trident on the wiki and i think it would be perfect for the [EMS] operations. even if it didnt have to dock it could just get a shuttle or something to launch from it and bring stuff back from the station!!!
Apr 27, 2009 ratrat6 link
also if not have a capship why not a station. then when an [EMS] member gets boomed they can respawn at their base. also if the [EMS] do get a trident it should have some guass cannons (2 one front one rear) so that if a member is being persued they can at least protect their member. and then the other cannons can be rep cannons so that people can just come up next to a cannon and get rep'd without docking.
Apr 27, 2009 Aticephyr link
1) learn to use the "edit" function.
2) cappies are coming. cool your jets.
3) do you get off on people trolling you?
4) When making guild-specific suggestions, it is best to consult your commanding officers first.
5) How the hell would the devs pull off letting EMS have a cappy but no one else? If you come up with a good answer to this... do let me know.
Apr 27, 2009 ratrat6 link
heyi didnt say only ems should have a cappy i just said its a good idea for ems to have one because of wat we do. and i dont have to consult my commanding officers first, because we all get a say and this is my descision to suggest it. i like the idea. i mean u dont see any other guilds posting that they want a cappy. cause they would have no use for it except to look cool. we [EMS] are trying to make a difference in the world
Apr 27, 2009 smittens link
Yes Atice, can't you read?? EMS is just way more justified than any other guild, because they're so awesome and great. Way better than the longer running, more active, more contributing guilds.

Every person, every guild, could use a capship. We just aren't asking because we aren't fucking stupid enough to think "Oh maybe the devs havent put in player-owned capships and stations because no one suggested it yet!"

We have fucking brains and follow the rules, such as "Look at other suggestions before you post your stupid shit"
Apr 27, 2009 Dr. Lecter link
too fucking stupid; can't respond
Apr 27, 2009 Aticephyr link
i dont have to consult my commanding officers first, because we all get a say and this is my descision to suggest it.
Please read what I wrote again. I said it "is best to consult your commanding officers first", not that you have to. Suggestions that relate specifically to a guild are best not posted until a CO approves or at least reads the thread... as threads of this nature may very well be detrimental to people's view of EMS (or some of its members). Not saying I have a lesser view of EMS because of this thread, but you should be aware that others will.

i mean u dont see any other guilds posting that they want a cappy.
that's because we know that cappies are coming, and are waiting patiently.

cause they would have no use for it except to look cool.
you don't think TGFT would love to have the cargo hold of a cappy? You don't think that a cappy would help ONE and ITAN in CTC or at least help them in the Itani/Serco war. You don't think that CLM would love to house all their "confiscated" cargo in a cappy hidden somewhere (instead of a well-known station location)? You don't think that the griefer guilds would love to have a cappy to further their griefing? You don't think that ACE would love to have a cappy to protect their newbs and defend against the griefers? The list goes on, and it's a long one.

we [EMS] are trying to make a difference in the world
ever hear of VPR?

Can someone lock this? This thread is getting ridiculous. Also, ratrat6, please read these threads before posting again:
http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/3/7692
http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/3/19462
http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/3/1494
oh and does that list go on...
Apr 27, 2009 Dr. Lecter link
Hey, [CLM] is out making a difference in the world, too.

That difference is the snuffing out of yer pathetic existance and the liberation of yer cargoes.
Apr 27, 2009 Aticephyr link
My "trying to make a difference" comment was far from exclusive... just highlighting a point.
plus, you guys (CLM) absolutely are "trying to make a difference". That difference just isn't a good one. :p
Apr 27, 2009 Dr. Lecter link
It's good for us! And for the cargoes!
Apr 27, 2009 peytros link
trolling 13 year olds...when will this community ever learn
Apr 27, 2009 incarnate link
I think the major hurdle is the launching of the trident. But really, that the trident hasn't been implemented yet is a particularly sad comment on development priorities in this game. Control issues or not, waste of credits or not, the basic trident should have gone in over a year ago. Instead we have beefed up BS (still meaningless space quake, though), and FOG!

Lecter, the whole "beefed up BS" that we've been doing is making capships not crushingly f***ing slow on the server. Control issues aside, docking issues aside, it would have been very bad to release any of the capships to the general population, before having done the recent modifications to the collision hulls and other areas. BS is a perfect benchmark and testbed for this sort of thing, and demonstrated the problem in one sector, running on one cluster server.

Aside from that, I think we've covered the fact that this has been suggested elsewhere. If people want to discuss this topic again, and add something meaningful, start another thread that doesn't seemingly revolve around which guild deserves capships the most.