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Let us change capital ship color despite having enduring title

Sep 27, 2022 tjgaming8324 link
Right now enduring title locks the color & name of the capital ship. I think it should only be the name that is locked & we can *optionally* take a mission to change if the title locks the current color or not.

It can be a separate mission which can be taken as many times as we want. Mission toggles if our next insurance claim will be of the same color or the color of our active ship (or the last ship color that we purchased)

Or in the ship insurance mission it can give us option saying "keep the existing color" or "apply color of your current active ship"/"last purchased ship color" (in case of no active ship)

Locking both name and color permanently is quite annoying for those who prefer different colors everytime they get a ship(like me)

Only name should be permanently locked.
Sep 28, 2022 We all float link
+0

Might be a nice QOL addition for the future. But you are not locked into the color currently. You can strip the title and change the color and fly without the title. You can also strip the title and place a new title with a new color on it. Farming more RHA doesn't take more than week.
Sep 28, 2022 Aryko link
+1

I don't see why changing the color should be made into a grind.
Sep 28, 2022 We all float link
What inc said in the past (about liverys, but same idea here) is:

"It is not possible to dynamically add Livery (or change the Livery) of a vessel after you have created an Enduring Title for it. The visual state of the ship becomes a static concept.
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My recommnedation would be to get pretty secure with the visual look of your ship, before creating an Enduring Title.
"

This is clearly something they deliberately did. The enduring title makes the ship a permanent item in the game. If a player doesn't want their ship to be a permanent item, they can always strip the title and leave it in their cargo hold at a station.

Similar suggestions from the past:
Customizing Colors for Ships Already Purchased (2005)
Sep 28, 2022 HunPredator link
Or
Why not to have a mission what lets you to reset a title?
Basically destroying it, and u get back some, or all of the RHA what u invested in it
Like that you can create a new title for a fraction of the time spent farming, for a minor, but costly mistake (what I did kind of with my goliath).
Is this could be a possibility?
Sep 28, 2022 tjgaming8324 link
My point here was to keep the stats that the enduring title has otherwise why did I make it in the first place? Well maybe allow color change once or something. But I do want to keep the statistics it's stored
Sep 29, 2022 incarnate link
Only name should be permanently locked.

Leaving aside whether this was an intentional decision or not (and why), or other alternatives that do not do what the OP wants (reset missions, etc), it would be helpful to see more player feedback on the actual proposal?

If it were possible to change color/visuals on an Enduring Titled ship, would that be preferable?
Sep 29, 2022 HunPredator link
"If it were possible to change color/visuals on an Enduring Titled ship, would that be preferable?"
Yes, for sure Incarnate. As my proposal above was just an option. But if modifying an existting title could be possible, that would be way better. Even if just the color can be changed, for a credit fee.
Sep 30, 2022 Renaar link
+1 to color change.
I mean if you chose a color based on your guild or race or alignment, and decided to go a different direction would you want to keep sporting the same color scheme? I.e. I'm using TRI's purple scheme now and like it, but why should that be fixed if I choose to leave or my alignments change? Would hate to lose enduring progress just for a simple paint job.