04-13-2017, 04:32 PM
So with the jumpdrive limitations that we currently have in place I honestly cant see any harm in bringing back the barge. I think adding it to the game again would bring in a lot of activity, both for the faction flying it and those who might want to interact with those flying it.
For those that weren't here or forget I'm just going to list some of the pros and cons of the old barge as it was last implemented. It had 40,000 cargo, but at the same time it took roughly 5 minutes to charge cruise and even once charged it only went about 90. It was also so large that it had a lot of trouble fitting in tradelanes to the point where most people did not even bother attempting to use them.
As you might assume from what is previously mentioned, this makes them a rather large target. I feel that things like these, if a faction wants to risk using them for any reason would in turn give people a rather large target and thus a reason to log. On the other end bringing the ship out would mean that the person or faction making use of it would need to attempt to defend it appropriately.
Another option that has been suggested to me is that while barges are brought back, they can only be used by proper "trading" factions, meaning those that do not mine. This would mean the shipping factions like bowex / gateway.
For those that weren't here or forget I'm just going to list some of the pros and cons of the old barge as it was last implemented. It had 40,000 cargo, but at the same time it took roughly 5 minutes to charge cruise and even once charged it only went about 90. It was also so large that it had a lot of trouble fitting in tradelanes to the point where most people did not even bother attempting to use them.
As you might assume from what is previously mentioned, this makes them a rather large target. I feel that things like these, if a faction wants to risk using them for any reason would in turn give people a rather large target and thus a reason to log. On the other end bringing the ship out would mean that the person or faction making use of it would need to attempt to defend it appropriately.
Another option that has been suggested to me is that while barges are brought back, they can only be used by proper "trading" factions, meaning those that do not mine. This would mean the shipping factions like bowex / gateway.