A few thoughts here from an owner of an armored large core AGG hauler with 90 large containers. For reference, current dry weight is around 9.5kt and can get off Alioth with 20+ additional kt of cargo.
(1) Ships that can haul rather large amounts of stuff get expensive to warp very quickly. That kills margins and will make a lot of the hauling jobs not even remotely worth the warp.
* For reference I'm currently paying at least 1185 cells to go from Alioth to Lacobus ONE way.
*Even if I remove all the armor and modify my ship, I'm still paying 875+ cells each way minimum.
(2) Due to cost, no one in their right mind is even going to consider warping for the kind of missions that require such large ships, or even some of the medium ones unless the mission creator is offering a premium. There's going to be two distinct kinds of player-generated hauling missions for this stuff. Those which are calculated with the intent of catering to slowboating margins, and those calculated with the intent of catering to warp margins.
All those whining that they won't get a chance to kill the warp haulers... Cry more, you're not entitled to a free lunch, and I can always use more sodium in my factory. Both the creator of the mission and the hauler have every right to pay a premium for speed and safety. That premium should be high and in some ways already is. Most people can't afford pay those rates, and you're going to see plenty of slowboaters on the lanes.
(3) The day is coming for haulers that are armored, armed, and have enough crew to fight off not only solo pirates, but dedicated hunters. These missions are a step closer in that direction.
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A few thoughts here from an owner of an armored large core AGG hauler with 90 large containers. For reference, current dry weight is around 9.5kt and can get off Alioth with 20+ additional kt of cargo.
(1) Ships that can haul rather large amounts of stuff get expensive to warp very quickly. That kills margins and will make a lot of the hauling jobs not even remotely worth the warp.
* For reference I'm currently paying at least 1185 cells to go from Alioth to Lacobus ONE way.
*Even if I remove all the armor and modify my ship, I'm still paying 875+ cells each way minimum.
(2) Due to cost, no one in their right mind is even going to consider warping for the kind of missions that require such large ships, or even some of the medium ones unless the mission creator is offering a premium. There's going to be two distinct kinds of player-generated hauling missions for this stuff. Those which are calculated with the intent of catering to slowboating margins, and those calculated with the intent of catering to warp margins.
All those whining that they won't get a chance to kill the warp haulers... Cry more, you're not entitled to a free lunch, and I can always use more sodium in my factory. Both the creator of the mission and the hauler have every right to pay a premium for speed and safety. That premium should be high and in some ways already is. Most people can't afford pay those rates, and you're going to see plenty of slowboaters on the lanes.
(3) The day is coming for haulers that are armored, armed, and have enough crew to fight off not only solo pirates, but dedicated hunters. These missions are a step closer in that direction.