zrisher
commented
9 years ago I amended the title to reflect the broader issue we're trying to deal with here - basically, even with good info, there's a general feeling that it's too difficult for new players to compete with established ones for licenses. There's a lot of ways we could address this, and the issue itself is highly qualitative, so this is going to need some discussion.
A few options that might help:
- adding static weapons to spawn ships
- allowing an extra unlicensed ship per fleet
- having more CPs by default
- giving people some licenses in their spawn ship (has been suggested but I'm pretty against because very easy to abuse)
- creating a combat-focused spawn ship
- others???
- Decrease CP tick from 15 min to 5 min (with corresponding reward decrease)
- Spawn the SL in a floating cargo container instead of in a winner's inventory
The most direct current analog I can think of is Rust - you need to get into Rad Towns to get the blueprints for guns, but you can't easily survive in Rad Towns without guns if there's someone there. But in Rust you can run in, grab them, and run out without engaging if you're super sneaky or lucky. Here, because reward distribution is directly tied to class, you literally cannot get them without displacing everyone with a larger fleet than you.
We need to find a solution that gives new players the most fun experience while still giving incumbents the advantage they deserve.
chickenbranches
Three people have complained that they have no shot of competing for ship licenses when first starting out and are thus screwed. If we have one or two static weapons on the spawn ship with a bit of ammo, or a second spawn ship geared towards combat instead of industry, it would be illustrative of how to get going and encourage people to go get into combat.