Mercenaries, Merchants and Spacestations!

Wouldn't be cool if there was the possibility to meet people like merchants, mercenaries or even spacestations with the function of a giant meeting point of multiple races in our journey through the universe?
You could find new quests, buy some rare or unique weapons etc...
What do you think?

 

I was under the impression that there were going to be some things that aren't planets you can visit in space?

like abandoned space stations or something. Not sure. Oh well, I expect either the actual devs or modders to give us something like this as long as its still suggested.

 

Like some kind of intergalactic market thing? It sounds cool, but I'm pretty sure something like this belongs in the suggestions section.

 

mmm... space hulk

 

I'm not talking about abandoned spacestations but ENORMOUS meeting points teeming of life! Mini planets with many different races

 

I hope you can build space stations. Would allow me to build the Death Star. I like star wars.

 

Would be nice if its like in FTL where you have to help them out against some attackers or with some items and after this your able to trade with them. But i think somethink like that is already planed Space-exploring-game without something like that would be a little strange^^

Edit: Something like a meeting point would be surely nice

 

It sounds like a good idea, but are people willing to use it in-game?
Most people would be playing with friends and would rather just meet up and explore together.
People on public servers could just hollow out a planet and post the coords in a forum post for the server for players to meet up and barter.

It's a great concept and it would be cool in game but will it work as intended? and would people use it? are the questions you'd ask yourself when posting these suggestions.

FinalBacon is right, this thread belongs in the Suggestions board.

 

You gota remember, Starbound isn't a multiplayer game. Multiplayer is only a feature. A thing like the grand exchange from runescape will have to be player made, and mostly only usable in 100+ people servers

 

It is intended mainly for the single player, to give the impression that you are travelling in a living and full of diversities universe, like Star Wars

 

That is also a good point to bring up, but there are going to be various NPC's on planets doing almost the same thing. I can see where you're coming from; It'd add to immersion greatly.

I'd say if this idea was added, it'd have to be done post-release considering it doesn't add much to the game for all players.

I for one would use it, but others might not think it's a good addition to the game.

 

Why not just turn a planet into a Dyson Sphere of sorts and make it a hub?

 

That's what I said in my first post, and server owners could share co-ords with the players so they can access that planet. It's a really brilliant idea.

 

I had always assumed the first planet in a server would end up like that.

 

The first thing I would do in a large scale server would look for the smallest planet, and make that the hub. I would probably build all the buildings

 

Seems to me that it's a multiplayer and single player game. The multiplayer component is much too grand to be considered a 'feature'. We do need the ability to edit in space around planets within orbit.

 

I just love the idea of massive space stations, from small outposts to large planet sized stations filled with life, or abandoned stations filled with...well, dead things. Zombies, animals, evil space mercenaries, etc.

 

I like the idea of mercenaries, bounty hunters, guilds and so forth. Tracking down fugitive aliens on the behalf of corporate guilds.

 

"Space station" is a valid biome concept, but it requires more work. On a planet, you can spawn some trees without needing to connect them to an aquifier, but in a tech environment lights and doors would actually need to be hooked up to power sources. (They could cheat and not do that but it would look terribad.) I am firmly in favor of Space Hulk shenanigans and look forward to its being modded in or included in a giant post-release patch, but I don't see them knocking it out before launch.