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DarkOutlaw-S|S-
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Joined: April 10, 2003
Posts: 63
|  Posted: 2006-06-20 09:49
i was thinking....what if we could have computer controlled escorts....but have to pay for them? have 2 the max....maybe. and have them fly in a formation. that would be cool. and give them fireing orders....that would take alot of work on the screen it think.. what do you guys think?
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Doran
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Galactic Navy
Joined: March 29, 2003
Posts: 4032
From: The Gideon Unit
| Posted: 2006-06-20 10:06
puts credits to use..
but you guys (the community) complain about lag enough as is.
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Galactic Navy
Joined: March 23, 2003
Posts: 11183
From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2006-06-20 10:07
Wut Ranny said!
It would also take development time away from 1.484, which is what's needed at the moment.
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TheHunter
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Joined: July 05, 2005
Posts: 257
From: 3rd Star from the Left and keep going till Morning
| Posted: 2006-06-20 10:18
sort the lag, then patch 484 after that lets see what can be done.
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Joined: March 23, 2003
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From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2006-06-20 10:24
1.484 is sorting the lag.
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Seamus Rooke
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Joined: July 02, 2005
Posts: 21
| Posted: 2006-06-20 10:36
1.483 was supposed to sort out lag too 
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Jaydawg
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Joined: October 11, 2003
Posts: 150
From: vermilion AB
| Posted: 2006-06-20 11:13
Great scot, that boy does have a point!
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Binks
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Joined: November 28, 2003
Posts: 469
| Posted: 2006-06-20 12:14
The one problem with comp controlled escorts would be the fact that computer controlled objects have a tendency to do crazy things, like flee the fight so they can get a better angle of attack or not fire weapons until well within range...I say, fix the lag, fix the AI, then possibly add in escorts of some kind...
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Fattierob
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Joined: April 25, 2003
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| Posted: 2006-06-20 12:28
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Drafell
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Joined: May 30, 2003
Posts: 2449
From: United Kingdom
| Posted: 2006-06-20 12:32
if Escrots were restricted to scout and Frigates, maybe the PD and ED too, then it could be a workable idea.
Of course, the AI scripting would need to be updated so that you could order them to follow you, and they would be able to fire freely unless you have a target selected - in which case they would attack your target, and fall back to formation once it dies.
Problems would be the hefty fee's involved. The hire cost would need to be higher than the hired debris value, to prevent player intentionally crashing them into planets. Another concern would be supply ships hiring escorts and sitting them just within the range of a planet, and farming them for supply prestige. The AI code would definately need updating so that ships automatically move away from enemy planets when getting damaged.
A good idea in principle, but there are for too many ways for it to be exploited atm. Definately something worth considering though, for future versions.
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Sixkiller
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Joined: May 11, 2005
Posts: 1786
From: Netherlands
| Posted: 2006-06-20 12:42
no, dreads and stations should get escorts, like little ships wich you can put a few weapons on (1 or 2?)
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-RevenG-
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Joined: March 03, 2004
Posts: 2673
| Posted: 2006-06-20 13:08
Hmmm, about the supply thing. Couldn't you set it so you didn't gain repair pres from repairing your escorts? I don't know how the code works, but setting the flag so it resembled when you supp yourself might be possible. That way it couldn't be exploitable in that area. Probably a problem with that, but eh, you can find it for me ; )
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Doran
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Joined: March 29, 2003
Posts: 4032
From: The Gideon Unit
| Posted: 2006-06-20 13:36
good idea for when/if grouping is brought back
any* ship class is available for recruiting, however you can only have 1 ship of particular class in the group**, say a frig and a dessie, but not 2 frigs or 2 dessies.
*basic combat version or nearest equivilant of any given class, ie gunboat dessie, not assault, heavy cruiser, not AC
**max 8 ships per group, scenario servers can restrict group size (like 4 for newbie, 6 for admiral) or available classes
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DOM700 [-IMO-]
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Joined: July 26, 2001
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From: Eckental, Germany, Sol-System
| Posted: 2006-06-20 14:00
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Just wanted to write the same reply...
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