Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I've been wondering: Why is there only one version of the capsule? With all the ship variants, capsuleer made or otherwise, why haven't capsule variants been made yet? There's a lot you could do with them, improved capsule->ship interfacing to provide more ship maneuverability, at the cost of capsule maneuverability (Read: slower capsule align time), heavier armor (More mass, slower acceleration, but maybe a chance to survive a hit), integrated warp drive enhancements (Faster warp speed for both pod and ship at the cost of structure), etc.

Think of it like a removable rig that offers small bonuses to ships or to capsuleer survivability. Could make all Pod variants Tech 2 ships that require a new skill, or simply require Advanced Spaceship Command, to pilot and have them all manufactured by capsuleers from seeded Capsule BPOs, or from modified capsule BPCs found in pirate structures or other areas.

I'm sure someone has suggested this before, but I figured I'd toss my idea out there.

To be fair brains get fried when they work properly too :D

isnt there a golden pod?

Technically it's an implant that make you (and everyone else) perceive it as gold on sensors and camera... but the pod itself isn't actually gold.

As for the idea... don't see a need for it but don't see a reason to reject it. An extra 50% armor isn't going to matter when your pod's current armor barely reaches 200 hp. Warp speed improvements would probably be the only upgrade that would be worthwhile... at which point you might as well "roll in" that upgrade because everyone would use it.