Trading Accessories

Shtoopid · Post by **Shtoopid** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 6:28 pm

Sells scouts, CDs, cargo holds, sheilds. Scatter them about. Have at least 5 per game. Or let racial HQ uno's sell scout drones and CDs. Just to keep traders from having to run the gauntlet that is CA.

N.ator · Post by **N.ator** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:06 pm

but the only thing is that hunters will have that whole galaxy scouted!

what i think it sh4oul dbe is just scout drones, not combat drones, ikky alreayd has that, but then only that race can buy those scouts from that fed.

so salavene fed, a wq cant buy scouts from that fed, but could still uno and stuff, but then salvenes can get everything.

Post by **Astax** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:29 pm

Yeah I would love to be able to make scouts more accessible without giving hunters access to excessive scouts aswell. If you turned up the decay rate of forces in racials so that carpet scouting wasn't really viable, then maybe. Trade ships have scout slots for a reason,s adly most people cannot get scouts

A trip to CA is almost suicidal.

Ardbeg · Post by **Ardbeg** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 10:15 pm

You would need to make a new class of scout drones that only tradeships can buy, and that cannot be added to teammate forces.

DarthNihilus · Post by **DarthNihilus** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 10:24 pm

How about at Alskant HQ they sell scout drones to Trader Class Ships only. When a Combat Class ship trys to buy scouts the player gets " Are you out of your mind? Go to your local C/A." Or even have the messages on a random thing so it doesn't seem so robotic where everone says the same thing all the time. (Idea for a little "color" in game text that would not affect the game)

DarthNihilus · Post by **DarthNihilus** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 10:29 pm

Other wise I do like the new scout idea ( Name suggestion: Trader's Buoy.)

My idea is the quick fix kind. This might require a little code work. Of course the only computer language I'm profiecient in is Basic (no laughing (Commodore Basic)). Im currently learning how to do HTML from http://www.tizag.com/htmlT/

Post by **Baalzamon** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:49 pm

honestly, i was unbder the impression from about 3 games ago where i could have sworn that scouts would be sold in alskant HQ starting the following game.

Why this hasn't happened is beyond me. What special tech does skant have? Nothing. The Drone Scrambler you can buy at Nij HQ, Cloak at WQ, Illusion at Salvene, CDs at Ikky, Jump at Human, and that leaves only the scanner at thevian and alskant.

Purify · Post by **Purify** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:59 pm

Baalzamon wrote:honestly, i was unbder the impression from about 3 games ago where i could have sworn that scouts would be sold in alskant HQ starting the following game.

Why this hasn't happened is beyond me. What special tech does skant have? Nothing. The Drone Scrambler you can buy at Nij HQ, Cloak at WQ, Illusion at Salvene, CDs at Ikky, Jump at Human, and that leaves only the scanner at thevian and alskant.

wth.... don't Alskants have a ship with a Jump, a ship with a cloak and a ship with an IG???.... Scouts being sold at Alskant HQ is logical i guess... but i don't think it would help much as any hunter who visits the galaxy would have the place hardcore scouted...

Post by **Trigek** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:21 pm

Purify wrote:
Baalzamon wrote:honestly, i was unbder the impression from about 3 games ago where i could have sworn that scouts would be sold in alskant HQ starting the following game.

Why this hasn't happened is beyond me. What special tech does skant have? Nothing. The Drone Scrambler you can buy at Nij HQ, Cloak at WQ, Illusion at Salvene, CDs at Ikky, Jump at Human, and that leaves only the scanner at thevian and alskant.

wth.... don't Alskants have a ship with a Jump, a ship with a cloak and a ship with an IG???.... Scouts being sold at Alskant HQ is logical i guess... but i don't think it would help much as any hunter who visits the galaxy would have the place hardcore scouted...

Right, if anything scouts should be sold at Thev HQ which could also fit in their description as either notorious criminals or notorious bounty hunters/police.

JettJackson · Post by **JettJackson** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:37 pm

unless coded in as a seperate trader only scout, this is a bad idea, thou i would love to have scouts at thev hq :-p