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Why cannot we transport others players? (as pure passive occupant)
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Brendan Anneto
Gladiators of Rage
Fraternity.
#21 - 2013-11-29 07:12:20 UTC
Mr Epeen wrote:
I'll give rides to whoever want's to pay my exorbitant fees (Hey, Rorqs aren't cheap, people).

Mr Epeen Cool


And neither are Jumpfreighters

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes, When your terror comes like a storm, And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.   Proverbs 1:26-27
Lipbite
Express Hauler
#22 - 2013-11-29 07:15:18 UTC
Even StarWars: Galaxies had multi-passanger vehicles many, many years ago. Not to mention *the other* game where ships can be operated by 1-20 people.

Yet EVE devs have "no content" mindset.
Brendan Anneto
Gladiators of Rage
Fraternity.
#23 - 2013-11-29 07:27:10 UTC
Lipbite wrote:
Even StarWars: Galaxies had multi-passanger vehicles many, many years ago. Not to mention *the other* game where ships can be operated by 1-20 people.

Yet EVE devs have "no content" mindset.

Well go and play the other game then. im pretty sure the Devs are more concerned with other things right now than giving the ability for players, to Troll people.

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes, When your terror comes like a storm, And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.   Proverbs 1:26-27
Mhax Arthie
Doomheim
#24 - 2013-11-29 08:00:42 UTC
This is a great idea. Just imagine James 315 driving a bus full with miners ... omg :))
Trishtan DeMore
There Is No Alternative
#25 - 2013-11-29 08:04:02 UTC
it would be pretty easy to realise.
Just be able to make a collateral for the transporting job. So you can cover your expenses if you get podded due to bad service.
The collateral should be stored on an interbus account and will be paid out if the passenger got podded.
So you could make a collateral of 3bn if you for example transport a person with a snake set in his head. The transporter can surely demand a higher fee per jump since his cargo is very precious.
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#26 - 2013-11-29 08:06:58 UTC
Trishtan DeMore wrote:
it would be pretty easy to realise.
Just be able to make a collateral for the transporting job. So you can cover your expenses if you get podded due to bad service.
The collateral should be stored on an interbus account and will be paid out if the passenger got podded.
So you could make a collateral of 3bn if you for example transport a person with a snake set in his head. The transporter can surely demand a higher fee per jump since his cargo is very precious.



Ok, so I claim I have a bunch of expensive, high end implants, but I really don't.

I put up a high collateral transport option to a specific place.

My friends are waiting, and kill you on the way there.

I scoop the collateral, and I laugh.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.
Chance Harper
Doomheim
#27 - 2013-11-29 08:30:46 UTC
I think it's a great idea, would be nice for people wha have bad standing but want to get into Empire space. Concord could also do scans to check if you have criminals on board. That way there would be a general risk to transport those ppl. The fun you could have, as some ppl here already mentioned. Kidnapping, griefing unloading the pods in a belt in .0 XD
Aralyn Cormallen
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#28 - 2013-11-29 11:22:22 UTC
I've always thought Carriers should be able to carry pilotted ships, so arguing for other ships to carry pods does strike me as just as useful - and you could get around the obvious (and hilarious) issue of kidnapping by allowing said pilotted ships/pods to undock themselves (obviously not allowable while in warp, or if you did allow it, have the ejected pilot careen off in a random direction at warp speed for as long as it takes to deccelerate (anyone whose ever jumped through a titan bridge as the cyno died and been spawned in the sun knows what I'm talking about here))
Aralyn Cormallen
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#29 - 2013-11-29 11:23:46 UTC
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:

Ok, so I claim I have a bunch of expensive, high end implants, but I really don't.

I put up a high collateral transport option to a specific place.

My friends are waiting, and kill you on the way there.

I scoop the collateral, and I laugh.


You say that like doing that would be a bad thing Sad
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#30 - 2013-11-29 11:26:12 UTC
Aralyn Cormallen wrote:
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:

Ok, so I claim I have a bunch of expensive, high end implants, but I really don't.

I put up a high collateral transport option to a specific place.

My friends are waiting, and kill you on the way there.

I scoop the collateral, and I laugh.


You say that like doing that would be a bad thing Sad


Oh, it certainly would not be.

I'm merely pointing out reasons why the person I quoted should be thrilled such a thing as they suggested should exist, doesn't.

Primarily because people like me would be damned happy if it did exist. The tears I could harvest from that in a single month would sustain me for the rest of my misbegotten life.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.
Dangirdas Bachir
The Exiled Titans
#31 - 2013-11-29 11:26:37 UTC
pls ccp pls y u not do dis

EVE EVE STARGALACTIC CITY B I T C H
Jint Hikaru
OffWorld Exploration Inc
#32 - 2013-11-29 11:39:34 UTC
I seem to recall hearing that more than one character in a single ship causes the core Eve code to spazz out.

Jint Hikaru - Miner / Salvager / Explorer / SpaceBum In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
Anomaly One
Doomheim
#33 - 2013-11-29 11:44:36 UTC
Only if when you shoot this taxi cab and it spews pods left and right for you to collect, then you go into first person mode and..
pew pew, pew pew pew
(this could be an idea for Valkyrie implementation)

Never forget. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8sfaN8zT8E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l_ZjVyRxx4 Trust me, I'm an Anomaly. DUST 514 FOR PC
Demica Diaz
SE-1
#34 - 2013-11-29 12:04:50 UTC
Transporting players nah, but I can see clone transport service. If you need your jump clone 34 jumps away in dangerous space you can pay someone to fly your clone there, drop it off and you can activate it. That way your character will not be stuck in Troll Taxi service that spins around Jita station for 100+ hours.
Wyrmlimion
Doomheim
#35 - 2013-11-29 12:23:11 UTC
Capsuler: I need a lift to Jita plzzzzzz!!
Me: Hope in friend!
*Capsuleer gets in my ship*
*Wyrmlimion locks the doors!
Me: I hope you like Null sec XD
Taal Khurin
Acorn Harvesting
#36 - 2013-11-29 12:29:13 UTC
I was talking about this the other day.. I would certainly do bus routes from Rens to Jita or something hehe.
Mia Chiliburner
Unchained Industrial Collective
#37 - 2013-11-29 13:04:25 UTC
Jint Hikaru wrote:
I smore than one character in a single ship causes the core Eve code to spazz out.


As long as passenger are pure passive passenger, I do not think this is too hard to implement.

->The passenger is a pure passive item, like any other, that may order to be jettisond at next subwarp :) so .. not a big thing.

At least I think CCP should allow docking a carier in space, that would be in the norms !
Arduemont
Rotten Legion
#38 - 2013-11-29 13:19:06 UTC  |  Edited by: Arduemont
Imagine for a moment we had Walking in Stations. Now imagine that people could play for free without a "Pilots License" and therefore couldn't skill or fly a ship. They would be station bound unless they were moved by players who had licenses.

Now imagine the grief you could inflict on free to play players. Roll a transport alt, get a whole train full and fly them straight to low-sec and ransom them. Imagine the glorious glorious killmails when you killed a stray Stealth Bomber, only to find it had three other players on-board.

"In the age of information, ignorance is a choice." www.stateofwar.co.nf
Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#39 - 2013-11-29 13:21:51 UTC
This is the stupidest idea in a universe of stupid ideas


"Yea, some dude came in and was normal for first couple months, so I gave him director." - Sean Dunaway

"A singular character could be hired to penetrate another corps space... using gorilla like tactics..." - Chane Morgann
Tul Breetai
Impromptu Asset Requisition
#40 - 2013-11-29 13:26:16 UTC
Arduemont wrote:
Imagine for a moment we had Walking in Stations. Now imagine that people could play for free without a "Pilots License" and therefore couldn't skill or fly a ship. They would be station bound unless they were moved by players who had licenses.

Now imagine the grief you could inflict on free to play players. Roll a transport alt, get a whole train full and fly them straight to low-sec and ransom them. Imagine the glorious glorious killmails when you killed a stray Stealth Bomber, only to find it had three other players on-board.

Only scenario I'd advocate this. If the game were free-to-play but you couldn't fly without a flying license, and players ran transportation for these free-to-play-ers. However, the glaring issue of "d/ced to purgatory" lingers on...

There's nothing worse than an EVE player, generally considered to be top of the food chain in the MMO world, that cannot smacktalk with wit and coherency.
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