Admiral_Adama_

Hi,
 
I know that DU is not planned to be easy, and scripting will be irremovable part of game mechanic. It is something cool... but write hundreds lines of code can be bothersome task for non-programmer players; beside this, scripting is quite boring in form (you know - lines and lines of numbers and letters, nothing fancy).
 
So. Maybe we can made scripting mini-game itself and give it some interesting graphical interface, easier to understand by "normals"? Of course "text hard mode" will be always available as second option  and even "graphical programming" can have less options than text one, like "beginner" and "veteran" versions
 
I not talk about simplification of programming language itself, but more about some kind of GUI/IDE for that - with auto-complete and - most important - easy graphical interface like "blocks" of code for building apps. I know at last two projects, which use this kind of editors ; LEGO Mindstorm and Scratch. Here are pictures of programs build in them:
 
[sCRATCH]
 

 
[LEGO]
 

 
EDT: Here is wiki about this style of programming. And you can even use some like this for LUA, too!
 

 
In my opinion it will decrease "starting cost" for lot of people, and it can be even inspiration for someone for start learn "true" programming
 
Toughs?

I think that there should be multiple ways to travel to different systems some would be only randomly found and some you should be able to harness with your ship
 
Some would be rare and on the edge of a system
And all the ones you harness with your ship would have different pros and con

Hmm... Planet looks a bit small. But graphics is cool!

Guessing solo players will have the opportunity to take advantage of territory owned by organization's. It's a long-term goal of mine to eventually establish a city. I'm hoping it's something that people could come to 'live' in, provided protections are in place in regards to buildings themselves being unalterable by visitors. Much like different visitor claim settings in Landmark.
 
I think solo-ers could survive fairly well on a small scale, but in terms of resources and innovation it's likely where multiple players will be best suited.
 
As someone else said, a small ship and home could be doable in a safe zone. But I'd expect the rest of the Universe to be a fairly hazardous place, especially with blood-thirsty pvp'ers around.

Hey, our organization is growing so fast! I'm sure we will be the most powerful coalition in galaxy! 
Yeah

I actually wonder how many spies from other corps we have onboard. Nothing seroius, of course, but some Eve-inflicted paranoia

Yeah! We are strong! No toasters will survive!

It really is great to see the organization grow rapidly like this so many new members To anyone that recently joined, welcome! We sure do have alot of members that will be great in all various aspects of the game: from building to scripting and exploring to pirating/plundering lol

I think one player should be able to control big ships, but ship, that controled by team should have great advantage. So even bigger and more powerful ship with one player on board should lose in fight with smaller ship but with crew.

Pirates will be beat down Ninjas any day.
 
#pirates2016

Hi all new guys and gals! I am happy to see how our coalition grow up to be biggest powerblock in game (so far )
 
BTW, with such influx of buliding/scripting oriented people we should change our name to "Coalition Of Programmers and Constructors"

Hi all

Hi all

I have read all the recent commentary and I would like to give you all likes, but I am out of likes for the day.
 
​Very happy to have you guys on board! We have a solid group with some very talented people

Please don't forget the role of the explorer alone or in a small team in a small ship perhaps with a small crew (including robots or NPCs)... think Millenium Falcon!
 
Not everyone wants to build a mega corporation, own a planet, star system, empire or a death star... :-)

A very warm welcome to our latest COPS members:
 
Kairos
Xorkil
Cybrex
Admiral_Adama
 
 
Great to have you onboard guys! 

Man....man.....man.........man.............I dont wanna wait.....man......man......I wanna play now!

If you go on YouTube and search "dual universe explorers", you will find a weekly vlog with lots of good information about the game and where they're at in development.  There hasn't been any more game footage put out yet, but if you subscribe to the channel you will get updated when there is a new episode available.

We expect visitors to come from various places and have different player backgrounds.
That's why we opened this section, to know (and understand) each other better.
If you want to introduce yourself, your organization (guild/clan) or just say "Hi", this is the right place to do so!

...buy seriously, I love all sorts of pure cosmetic customization items - hats, ship/gear skins, clothes, dyes, fancy shaped decorative items (and maybe voices for you guiding AI too) and so on. So long such items do not give any mechanical advantages, I am perfectly ok with cash shop and even can buy sometime something for myself.