While you guys might have some valid criticism, please try not to just pick at each other and derail the thread into pointless bickering. This is the only warning shot I'm firing. Thanks!
2d vs 3d: incorrect. it's even more messy and jarring in 3d. see: any bethesda game. however, in both 2d and 3d, it is possible to accept that what you're getting is a representation. take morrowind, for example. morrowind takes place in the lands of the xenophobic dunmer. guess, what, over 50% of all the NPCs in the game are dunmer. the lore for morrowind states that the isle of vvardenfel has a population of thousands. ingame, it's closer to 300-400. i can accept that. that is why i make a stink about the lorebreaking. as i stated on page 8 or 10, it breaks the suspension of disbelief. again i use the analogy of reading the census to see it reported that 95% of the population of the US is chinese. practicality: we already have sizable villages. they are not as big as a small planet-spanning outpost. i think that one statement invalidates your entire paragraph. outpost safe zone: yes, rule by the gun. that's not how "safe zones" work in video games, however. furthermore, i agree with your second paragraph. that's why i advocate racial outposts, as a settlement (not planet) type. you spent that whole post arguing with me over stuff we've already been over. why dont you comment on the alternatives i have presented? that is by far more constructive than this constant bickering and trying to "prove me wrong". i have my opinion, and you have had many pages, yet you have not changed it. just accept my opinion for what it is, and if you'd like to be constructive, criticize my alternative suggestions. edit: continuing from last sentence: ... because, one day, i might have to make a mod to make the game actually enjoyable to me.
Great, now there's more things for me to scan ! Also, I'm surprised you can't be hired as an assassin... Also, finally mirrors! Soon I can fully refurbish a prison! I can't see this elevator everyone is talking about...
Love love love the outpost design. George V is a superb artist! Can't wait to see them in game I doubt outposts will allow you to break them down. They are neutral areas after all so I expect no building or tearing down while inside.
That would be dumb if I couldn't scan every item in the game. If your excuse is that they will attack me, then my excuse is that I will kill them...
So this is nifty and all, but are settlements ever getting fleshed out? I see a lot of cool things here, quests, trading, even renting out space. Wasn't this all "promised" to be part of settlements from the get go? Is CF just skipping that for now to throw in these Outposts for now? Is it easier to just make a new kind of planet type from the ground up than it is to re-work the code from settlements into a working vision of what settlements were supposed to be? This an indication that we aren't going to see something completed or thoroughly worked out for awhile? Just consistently see bits of new content in random directions?
More Biomes O_O. Now, the only thing left is the story line after the first 5 quests. this game is SOOOO FU#?&g AWESOME!!!
Late reply but whatever. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to build a house, it's just I'm plain terrible at building.
Fate Although those are great Ideas I belive thats would be incradiblt difficult plus some users may get lag.
this is agood idea they could have shady characters ,weapon sellers, traders,pet sellers,MECH/TECH SELLERS!, and maybe even novakids!
Please bring this new type of planet soon! I like building and populating my own town, but outposts would really help the universe seem real/alive. Maybe Outposts could be very heavily armed too, so players who wanted to raid them would have a good challenge.
