An RID Player "Starport"

Arev · Post by **Arev** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:00 am

I don't know if most of you are aware, but the latest trend is to collect several of the new TCG AT-AT Heads and put them together in one building, which would act as a "Starport" of sorts, being able to jump from a player city on one planet to another player city on another. You can even travel from a player city to outside Aurilia.

There's a couple catches though...

1. All AT-AT heads must be owned by one person. So, as a PA, if we were to do this, one member would have to be entrusted with all of them.

2. Each head is limited to two locations. If you wanted to go to several locations, you'd need more heads.

There are a couple ideas I've had with this. One, put them all in one RID city, and they would be linked to our other cities, plus Aurilia, Coronet, Theed, and a few others. Two, make three smaller "starports" in Fort Oasis, FNS, and Fort Keen, which will allow traveling between the cities easier, but provide fewer travel locations overall.

Interestingly, because this trend is starting with RPers, and one of Starsider's' largest RP hubs is about 2km away from Fort Oasis but without a Shuttleport, this means that number of travelers using FO will decrease.

EDIT: Typos

Post by **Lexx Yovel** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:31 pm

I was actually thinking about this, and I think it'd an awesome idea.

The only problem is gaining ownership of these heads, especially more than one (as 2 locations is kind of limiting).

I was thinking if someone ever "won" a Hangar, we could use that as our "spaceport." Otherwise we could just get some other type of structure and use that instead.

Good destination options would be Fort Keen, Fort Nar Shadda, Aurillia and the Restuss Buff House. That's two heads right there, but if we ever got a third or more heads we should probably put them in Fort Keen, and/or FNS.

Arev · Post by **Arev** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:07 pm

The owner of the hangar should also be an Imperial pilot, because the ships that are used in decorating are from the player's datapad (as far as I know). So, if we want to put Imperial ships up, we'll need an Imperial pilot.

Lexx, get a part-time job at McDonald's and buy those TCG packs!

Daiho · Post by **Daiho** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:37 pm

Arev wrote:The owner of the hangar should also be an Imperial pilot, because the ships that are used in decorating are from the player's datapad (as far as I know). So, if we want to put Imperial ships up, we'll need an Imperial pilot.

Lexx, get a part-time job at McDonald's and buy those TCG packs!

Hahaha! or at Wendy's rofl

Saurat Seerdon · Post by **Saurat Seerdon** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:56 am

sounds like a cool deal. how much do those packs go for?

Arev · Post by **Arev** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:59 pm

$3/pack, but the loot chance is random, as you know.

Saurat Seerdon · Post by **Saurat Seerdon** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:49 pm

hmm next payday i'll buy a few of em.

Arev · Post by **Arev** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:56 pm

Kioet wrote:hmm next payday i'll buy a few of em.

Personally, I'd recommend selling what you can and then saving those credits to buy the loot. Or, look on the Posted Trades (in /tcg) and see if they're trading any for packs. Then buy the number of packs they're asking.

Saurat Seerdon · Post by **Saurat Seerdon** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:57 am

yeah i'll keep an eye out, but i hate selling (takes too much time to find a buyer)...oh wait didn't they raise the listed price on the bazaar? hmm......

Post by **Lexx Yovel** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:44 pm

The more I've been thinking about it, the more I think this should be executed.

They added a new TCG item with the latest TCG expansion: A Cloud Car

The Cloud Car works exactly (or similar) to the AT-AT head in that it could be programmed.

Would be sweet to get a hangar full of Cloud Cars, but I checked the Trade Forums and these things sell for at least 110 mil.

Maybe I'll get lucky and get one in my free pack (unlikely). If I do I can at least set up a small hangar with shuttle points to places like Fort Nar Shadda, Fort Keen and a Buff House.

Maybe that job at McDonalds isn't a bad idea.

Arev · Post by **Arev** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:01 am

LexxYovel wrote:Maybe that job at McDonalds isn't a bad idea.

Told you so.

Xoseh · Post by **Xoseh** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:22 am

LexxYovel wrote:The more I've been thinking about it, the more I think this should be executed.

They added a new TCG item with the latest TCG expansion: A Cloud Car

The Cloud Car works exactly (or similar) to the AT-AT head in that it could be programmed.

Would be sweet to get a hangar full of Cloud Cars, but I checked the Trade Forums and these things sell for at least 110 mil.

Maybe I'll get lucky and get one in my free pack (unlikely). If I do I can at least set up a small hangar with shuttle points to places like Fort Nar Shadda, Fort Keen and a Buff House.

Maybe that job at McDonalds isn't a bad idea.

I thought the Cloud Car was an ITV?

Ysiermo · Post by **Ysiermo** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:03 pm

It is an ITV.

Post by **Lexx Yovel** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:08 pm

It is an ITV, but it's not like the Rattletrap. This particular ITV can be placed in homes, and programmed to go to pretty much any waypoint on any planet (essentially any waypoint where you can place a camp, so this excludes cities and certain zones).

Arev · Post by **Arev** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 1:13 pm

Yep, Lexx is right...for a change.

<3 Lexx