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Re: On Trade Design
« Reply #105 on: March 19, 2014, 05:15:50 PM »

-snip-

You know that nothing is finalized, right?
He's really only presenting the basic premise of where this game will go next.
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Re: On Trade Design
« Reply #106 on: March 19, 2014, 05:56:51 PM »

I think he knows. No need to be defensive.
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Re: On Trade Design
« Reply #107 on: March 19, 2014, 06:11:28 PM »

-snip-

You know that nothing is finalized, right?
He's really only presenting the basic premise of where this game will go next.
Indeed, what would be a better time to bring these things up than when things are still in motion! ;)
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Re: On Trade Design
« Reply #108 on: March 21, 2014, 11:19:29 PM »

to think this game has been in development for nearly 4 years now. It's pretty awesome how far this game has come from it's early stages that was a simple system of fight loot sell buy better stuff repeat to now character development and management of your fleet and now an actual economy. I just love watching this game grow and blossom into hopefully something amazing
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Re: On Trade Design
« Reply #109 on: March 22, 2014, 12:24:06 PM »

Yeah, me too.  I can't wait to see the next installment of this saga; having this new system in place is going to be a really big step forwards :)
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Re: On Trade Design
« Reply #110 on: March 22, 2014, 12:57:16 PM »

Agreed. It will be the first big mechanic outside the combat system. As such it will be indicative of if Alex' ability to carry over his design skill from combat to other aspects of the game. How great of a game can Starsector become? I'm very hopeful.
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Re: On Trade Design
« Reply #111 on: March 22, 2014, 07:19:53 PM »

Agreed. It will be the first big mechanic outside the combat system. As such it will be indicative of if Alex' ability to carry over his design skill from combat to other aspects of the game. How great of a game can Starsector become? I'm very hopeful.

The campaign system isn't entirely combat related. Mostly, as of right now, but not wholly. I do agree that it'll be the first big thing almost completely unrelated to combat, and that it will show how much better this game can become. Which is a lot of pressure on one update. If it doesn't go well, however, I imagine Alex will fix it until he's satisfied.
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Re: On Trade Design
« Reply #112 on: March 28, 2014, 07:34:03 AM »

New version shall be released on Fri, April 11th 2014. How do I know this?

Simple. I have two MBA assignments due the Monday after.
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Re: On Trade Design
« Reply #113 on: March 28, 2014, 08:17:10 PM »

New version shall be released on Fri, April 11th 2014. How do I know this?

Simple. I have two MBA assignments due the Monday after.
idk, that seems soon. more likely right before finals
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Re: On Trade Design
« Reply #114 on: April 11, 2014, 04:13:17 PM »

To add on to the "The player can be informed of an event before it occurs" endeavor, the player could be able to deliberately force an event to occur through the manipulation of various conditions. For example, a civilized planet may have a stable economy and trade routes, but if the player blockades the planet and starts to intercept the trade routes, the planet's economy should begin to suffer, which is the actual event. You can then arrange for a deal with a trading company that will trade with that planet while you continue intercepting any other trading company's ships - as a result, the trading company you made a deal with will make more money, and you get a nice share. Or, you could attempt to spark a war between two factions by attacking one faction's ships with ships of the other faction (as to how a faction is identified, perhaps digital signatures that identify ships as faction X or Y that can be manipulated and used for deception through the use of specialized hardware) - the war being the actual event - and when a faction is at war, it should buy supplies, ships and weapons at higher prices (to fuel the military campaign), which is an opportunity for the player to cash in big time.
If the player actually attains enough power, he can actually start pulling the strings on an entire star system.
All suggestions aside though, Alex is a genius - I'm more than confident that he'll deliver :)
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