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How to avoid losing ships - clarification needed! - Anomander - 04-02-2019
It happened to me - and I suppose that also for many of You.
Losing ships is a bummer - a specially if You put a lot of effort to creating an your own RP story, visiting stations/systems and collecting equipment and stuff. It happened to me - and I suppose that also for many of You. To be frank it happened to me twice - first time - I must admit that I most likely simply screwed up and forgot about my third and secondary account. Yet second time was different - server scripts simply removed several of my characters due inactivity. In my oppinion - we were dealing with server-error - yet it seems: that there is nothing what it could be done about it.
In my opinion - yet there IS something what could be done.
After fail in my restore ships thread - I was feel powerless and lost almost all my will to continue of playing - yet it seems that I still am somehow attached to this community. I'm not done yet - my ships might be lost - yet In my opinion - there is something what could be done.
What is considered as 'activity' on server site?
I know that it is a lot to test and check - yet what we need it proper clarification - guidelines - supported by mentioned tests : what is considered as 'activity' on server site. During my verbal scuffles with admin team - I received an info that allegedly there are some actions with are sufficient to maintain the character active - list below:
- undock and then dock again
- unmount/mount equipment on the ship
After the list is confirmed and finished - I request to add such guidelines in server rules or to list of the hints which are shown in game.
PS. This thread was created in order to help future players - not to stigmatise admin team - they doing hella good job maintain the server alive and keeping community in check.
RE: How to avoid losing ships - clarification needed! - Laz - 04-02-2019
/refresh
RE: How to avoid losing ships - clarification needed! - Bannorn - 04-02-2019
I feel like I should mention the /refresh command?
Edit: dammit Laz.
RE: How to avoid losing ships - clarification needed! - Champ - 04-02-2019
More or less, if you don't need to undock, it doesn't need to be a ship. If you really really want a ship that doesn't need to undock, it doesn't need to be anything other than a Startracker from a /restart that has the name you need it to have, in which case losing it is no big deal.
I lost everything to inactivity wipes. If you don't play a ship for 6 months, and I know play can be very sporadic, you probably don't need it.
The single most important thing is to pool your resources into a bank ship, and don't lose that - if you have your bank, everything else can be re-bought.
Or share your resources with friends or a faction, which admittedly comes with risks.
Extending the timing of the inactivity wipe could be beneficial for some players, but then we've got __ months / years of ships clogging the server, rather than the current 6 months, not to mention that none of those ships would be contributing to server activity.
For the sake of the list, I think buying or selling cargo also counts.
My condolences.
RE: How to avoid losing ships - clarification needed! - Anomander - 04-02-2019
(04-02-2019, 08:53 PM)Bannorn Wrote: I feel like I should mention the /refresh command?
It's awesome news for all players around!
As long there is a warranty that using that command truly prevent from deletion ships due inactivity.
Unfortunately for me - it was implemented too late...
Several billions credits and hundreds of hours gameplay too late...
(04-02-2019, 09:40 PM)Champ Wrote: The single most important thing is to pool your resources into a bank ship, and don't lose that - if you have your bank, everything else can be re-bought.I've lost 3 of 6 main bank characters - and before: several other with hundreds of thousands credits... But I guess that I have to deal with it - no matter how frustrating it is.
(04-02-2019, 09:40 PM)Champ Wrote: My condolences.Thanks.