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« on: June 17, 2012, 12:13:12 PM »
was thinking, at some point (atm. quite early) you reach a point where you will not get any huge increases in fleet effectiveness. (once you got enough creds to buy capitals and high tier equipment)
Was wondering, if introducing upgrades or research could increase the longevity even further, which would be even more true for the full release.
For instance; having a scan option for the ship you pilot. scanning wrecks after combat might add to your research point pool, which then can be invested into research projects at a science station. Like new weapons, armor plating, better shielding (or just op cost reduction for those when you customize your ship) Maybe new weapon research could allow you to upgrade your excisting weapons into a move powerful or experimental design at a science station with research points once unlocked? Scanning upgraded ship wrecks could yield more research points maybe? which leads me to
Upgrades; what if you could buy upgrade schematics for certain ships at certain stations? the cost should be strict, and there should be multiple tiers of upgrades. next one becomes available once the previous one has been procured etc.
Upgrades could be OP increase, flux/vents, movement speed/maneuverability, added armor etc. Or maybe different trees of upgrades? one which increases OP and armor, one for flux/vents and one for agility. choosing one will lock you into that tree and the next upgrade available will have upgrades centered around the philosophy of that tree. With the final upgrade granting small bonuses to the other stats in addition.
This could also tie into harder fights with the AI, since their ships can be of a high quality even though there are few of them, meaning some level of tension before a battle ensures since you cannot know reliably what kind of upgrades a ship has, if any.
Ofc, salvaged ships that had upgrades should not have the upgrades when you get them.
Thoughts? idk how difficult this should be to implement, but since all it is is number tweaking, it should not be insurmountable right?