Topic: Something for new players?
Alright, what drew me back into the game was the awesome sounding terraforming and base building.
Ok so now that im back and fully re-addicted i realize that this aspect of the game is reserved for mega-corp-alliances, given you need to be able to defend your base.
Here the issue im seeing. First i forgot how corps seem to not want to take new players or returning players, and as much as i want to beg some corp to take me in which could potentially restrict me from ever joining numerous other corps down the road...well i just dont want it. So anyway...all this gamma base building and terraforming that sounds great seems to be out of reach for me until i can amass an insane amount of goods, get those structure cores...well its not gonna happens since if i ever do get all that stuff ill probably get my base stomped when im at work ect.
So seeing how the game currently seems to be completely focused on mega corp pvp and is lacking for new players and casuals.. Why not cut off one or two of those 20 pvp islands and make them some type of optional pvp small group and solo player base building islands.
Im not sure how much programming work this would take, maybe have a separate section of things that could be built or just make the current items in game cheaper and accessible for newer and small group players. Dont need to make these islands really good, maybe a slight step up from alpha in difficulty and value ect.
Allow mutual mini wars between the players who build bases in case they want it, otherwise non destructible no pvp. Allow the bases to degrade fairly quick.
This will give new players something to shoot for before they get to a place where they want to go full on pvp and base destruction and will give something for players who just might not want to join a mega-corp-alliance.
Just a thought...cheap easy to access terraforming and small-base building that anyone alone or in a very small corp could do without the risk of losing it all, while retaining the option to war another base if they want a small scale mini-war. Content barely more difficult than alpha island, possibly worse resources, no pvp only resources or whatever.
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