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Freighting ships still terribly inconvenient.
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Jada Maroo
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2012-07-02 18:38:42 UTC
I know this has been a long requested change, but somehow it's slipped through the cracks with all the other ease-of-use adjustments to Eve.

Isn't it about time we get rid of the packaging requirement, or at least make a swiftly right-clickable "Shipping Package" state for ships going for a ride in a freighter? And no, I don't want to have a half-assed method of allowing us to contract with ourselves. That just takes what could be one step and turns it into 10. And yes, I'd rather just have a new (maybe ORE) freighter made for ships or something so we get a new ship out of the deal.

But I will settle for a shipping state button that then just lets us drag and drop into cargo hold like anything else.

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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2012-07-02 18:42:25 UTC
tl;dr: Let us transport rigged ships Evil

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Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#3 - 2012-07-02 18:44:55 UTC
Make a new T2 freighter variant D:

I proposed this a long time ago too

http://community.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1222545

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Luba Cibre
Global Song Setup
#4 - 2012-07-02 18:51:53 UTC
Get a carrier, problem solved.

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Morganta
The Greater Goon
#5 - 2012-07-02 18:52:55 UTC
Luba Cibre wrote:
Get a carrier, problem solved.


pretty much this
Akirei Scytale
Okami Syndicate
#6 - 2012-07-02 18:55:57 UTC
Jada Maroo wrote:
I'd rather just have a new (maybe ORE) freighter made for ships or something so we get a new ship out of the deal.


There are already 4 ships that do this.
Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#7 - 2012-07-02 18:57:24 UTC
Luba Cibre wrote:
Get a carrier, problem solved.


HIGH SEC Battleship movement D:

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Sentient Blade
Crisis Atmosphere
Coalition of the Unfortunate
#8 - 2012-07-02 18:59:14 UTC
I'd buy a highsec ship carrier / freighter even if it doesn't have any offensive capability.
Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#9 - 2012-07-02 19:01:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Xercodo
I'd also like to propose a new ship transport contract that the new freighter would be able to carry (since a normal freighter can't carry more then a single BS sized courier and cause a SMA can't hold courier packages).

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Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#10 - 2012-07-02 19:04:39 UTC
In essense, a ferry.

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Merovee
Gorthaur Legion
Imperium Mordor
#11 - 2012-07-02 19:13:15 UTC
No

Move them in low-sec by carrier. Alliances shouldn't have the freedom of moving ships in hi-sec,but should be forced to move them in low and null. Leave hi-sec to the bears!

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Speaker4 theDead
Fusion Enterprises Ltd
Pandemic Horde
#12 - 2012-07-02 19:13:38 UTC
Ranger 1 wrote:
In essense, a fairy.



Don't we have enough of them in the game already? Cool
Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#13 - 2012-07-02 19:29:38 UTC
Merovee wrote:
No

Move them in low-sec by carrier. Alliances shouldn't have the freedom of moving ships in hi-sec,but should be forced to move them in low and null. Leave hi-sec to the bears!



b-b-but, the bears are the ones asking for this D:

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Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#14 - 2012-07-02 19:39:40 UTC
As nice as this would be, I can also see the value in not having this... it encourages industry outside of the acknowledged market hubs.

Ease of logistics is a bit of a problem at the moment.

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Denidil
Cascades Mountain Operatives
#15 - 2012-07-02 19:41:03 UTC
Xercodo wrote:
Luba Cibre wrote:
Get a carrier, problem solved.


HIGH SEC Battleship movement D:


i think a "light carrier" idea would be great, weak tank (for a cap), not allowed into lvl 4 missions or below, not allowed into incursions, can use gates, can carry 2-4 fully equipped rigged battleships in it's ship maint bay. faster than a normal carrier, slower than a battleship.

Tedium and difficulty are not the same thing, if you don't realize this then STFU about game design.
Jada Maroo
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#16 - 2012-07-02 19:47:02 UTC
Ranger 1 wrote:
As nice as this would be, I can also see the value in not having this... it encourages industry outside of the acknowledged market hubs.


As it is now, you can freely freight unrigged/packaged ships and those use a lot less space. So it won't have an effect on the market.

But just from a sense-making perspective - what the hell is stopping me from putting my own rigged ship in a wrapper and freighting it? I can do it for someone else, I can do it with my own alts, but I can't do it for myself?
arcca jeth
Dark Alliance
#17 - 2012-07-02 19:55:39 UTC
I think the Orca might be your solution besides, do you really want a target painted on your forehead that says "transporting BIG ships!"

and if in low or 0.0 you have your obvious solutions.
stoicfaux
#18 - 2012-07-02 20:02:22 UTC
Or, you know, go with the really simple solution of removing the "rigs are destroyed when removed" feature.

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Victoria Sin
Doomheim
#19 - 2012-07-02 20:02:29 UTC
arcca jeth wrote:
I think the Orca might be your solution besides, do you really want a target painted on your forehead that says "transporting BIG ships!"

and if in low or 0.0 you have your obvious solutions.


Orca can carry 2 Hulks. It's ship bay is pathetically small.
Pipa Porto
#20 - 2012-07-02 21:00:11 UTC
Maybe just allow the Freighter to put packaged ships in its hold. Can't poop them out in space per usual, the only new thing that allows is transporting fitted ships to POSes in a Freighter.

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