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@NQ-Nyzaltar @NQ-Entropy You guys need to add a scroll bar to the talent page to get down to a larger view of the queue - it is very difficult as it is to re-prioritize talents as of the last iteration of the menu, and if you are adding more talents and taking more space away from the queue itself it is going to be virtually impossible. (Example attached)

Frankly having the game be a flat fee inclusive of some type of cash shop for elements and other accessories would drive me away from this particular game only because of the fact that the developers would be spending all of their time developing more crap for players to buy in order to maintain their income and to have the funds to continue developing more crap for players to buy it is a ridiculous model and one that the industry as a whole should be ashamed of. Whole thing is a vicious circle and makes her porking play poor player interaction and poor support because quite frankly it's designed to be a cash cow.

Speculation: What if someone just puts your 'sanctuary' under 'siege'. They can't blast you inside the zone per se... but what if they could put a flotilla above it and prevent anyone from moving in or out of it. How would you get supplies in, or people out for that matter. We can 'guess' all we want to see how it's going to work, but as a long time Eve Online player... I can assure you that if there exists a mechanic by which they can stomp on you, they'll use it if they think they can get away with it. My tactic in Eve was to make sure they either couldn't catch me with my pants down... and that meant one of several things... 1) Timing. Not being where they expected you on your own terms, 2) Superior Firepower when needed... blast your way out, or 3) Superior Speed when you needed it, and lastly, 4) Allies that would support you (typically negotiated through wheeling, dealing and diplomacy. Nothing is foolproof, because if you create something you 'think' is foolproof, a bigger fool will come along and prove you incorrect. Plan for everything you can think of.

There are many game mechanics they could employ to allow for intra and inter-system travel within the game. It's technically been stated that the world inside the game will be a contiguous shard... To speculate, they could use robotic probes to travel to other solar systems to set up 'beacons' for FLT Hyperjumps... they could use 'gates' that you fly your ships through. They could introduce space anomalies that you travel through (like wormholes in ST-DS9... wouldn't THAT be a cool effect to see if they did it right?) - or they could just intro a 'deep space scanning' methodology that lets you find stars outside the starting neighborhood on which you can get coordinates that you would have to 'warp-drive' to like in ST-TNG... so many possibilities exist (and frankly I'd like all of them please!) that it boggles the mind. They've done an amazing job so far... I'm loving the things they've told us about so far... I haven't thus far been disappointed with anything they've accomplished... and I would love to see more of it.

The second half of the year, at least on 'my' Calendar, doesn't begin until July 1.... patience. NQ shall tell us when they are ready to tell us. It has been my observation that they have been open and honest about everything they've done. Frankly if it isn't ready, I would neither be shocked nor upset considering the HUGE amount of work that goes into making a game of any kind (and they were VERY ambitious with their scheduling) an extra bit of time to put a bit of polish on some of the things they want tested during the next Alpha phase would not be unexpected in my mind. By 'my' Calendar they've got just under 26 days to tell us if Alpha 2 is going to start on schedule. Hounding them isn't going to speed that up. So... I counsel patience.

The other things you'll need to worry about with a non FTL (faster than light) voyage are things like Fuel and Navigational Accuracy. Simply pointing your ship in a given directly won't be very effective - we don't know if there will be things like gravitational anomalies that might throw you off course, and of course, carrying enough supplies on such an extended voyage could prove to be problematic. It --would-- absolutely be interesting to be able to try though I'd think you'd probably have to run things with other players in 'shifts' to keep the vehicle moving.

Introducing Golden Oak Industries! ABOUT Golden Oak Industries operates on the principal of "For the Group, by the Group!" What this means is that if you help the organization, the organization will help you! GOALS To assist every member in character and educational development, including, but not limited to; Development of Character Ship Construction and Acquisition Base Building Research and Development Mining and Industry ... and more! While we will welcome members from all walks of life, in any area of the world, our primary time zone is GMT-7. As the group grows, this will, perforce, expand. More information to come soon™! Website https://www.dualuniverse.us (still under development, but planned to include; Public and Private Blogs Public and Private Forums Member Profiles Member Blogs Messaging System Organizational Reporting Centralized Resource Management Centralized Planning Tools Instructional Video Library (as developed) ...and more! )

I agree - a recycler should break down anything put into it to its previous 'component part' BUT if you go beyond that it should be at a loss, i.e. if you try to get back to 'raw' stock you should only get a specific percentage back from it (perhaps based on a recycling skill?)

Oh I don't necessarily disagree that this would be a good thing. However, I would imaging that as someone previously stated, things like 'Doors' will be Element based, so some conformity in that regard will already happen naturally, and people who are in the same groups will see how 'some' do it and mimic that automatically. Conventions and Concepts will eventually trickle to the surface on its own based on popular design and success in utilizing it. What works for some might seem totally alien to others. Still more will fully believe that their initial design is the best only to later change it as they discover new methodologies. Drawing up a 'standard' in advance is well and good, but to develop such a thing now would find itself being iterated multiple times with changes and revisions before a final concept actually proves itself to be 'the best' as it were.

OMG LOOK! ZORDON IS HERE! *Looks quickly around for the Power Rangers* Amazing pics btw. Some really great ideas here by everyone who posted! I've definately gotten some good ideas looking at these.

Until recently, I would have suspected that what was at the top of the page on https://www.dualthegame.com/en/ was 'real time'. Of course, 'real' is relative. Just because the server itself is 'live' doesn't necessarily mean someone can log in to it. A multi-stage notification might be better, sort of like a 'health check'. Yes it's up... and yes you 'should' be able to log into it... Yes it's up... but players may not log in at this time.. Login server is up.. but playfield is offline. etc.

Standards... who is to say 'what' is standard....? I might like circular landing pads with a bump in the middle so my ship is more elevated... someone else may prefer that their landing pad be at a 35 degree angle. Someone else might want them to be octagonal or even triangular.... uniformity can be quite boring sometimes. Maybe MY landing pad will have partial walls extending up on the sides to make it appear that the 'wings' of my ship are supported on the ground, where someone else's ship couldn't possibly land there because their wings are at the Bottom of their ship.... Each person, org, alliance, or group is going to build the way they see fit. Heck, maybe I'll build ships that look like a banana split with a cherry on top, and it will need a 'bowl' to sit in when it lands.

Why thank you for that clarification. I didn't understand what you were saying! ::whew:: So let me re-iterate... it is, and in my opinion... should remain... the DU client. If we don't have to expend resources to develop content.. it is neither immersive nor emergent. A couple of 'features' I, and many others, are looking forward to in this particular game. An external (or somehow protected) client, removes such processes from the game, and protects the 'developers and creators' of such items from the consequences that could come along with attempting to develop such items whether they be buildings, weapons, vehicles or what have you and I absolutely hope that we -never- see such a tool with Dual Universe, and am sure that while there are some that might wish otherwise, the creators of -this- game are wise enough to see would be a BAD thing.

You're going to have such a tool... its called the DU client.