Player Features and Ideas Discussion

This is a very simple, and fun thing to add in-game that I think would add a level of interesting gameplay. Simply put, things like radioactive commodities, and some types of gas products and PI materials should be volatile enough that when the ship containing them gets down into hull, they ship has an increasing chance to explode violently in a big AoE explosion that engulfs the ship and those around it. Here in the states we have an issue where oil tanker cars on trains that haven't had their safety updated in somewhere around half a century in some cases have a tendency to explode violently in these massive infernos that end up engulfing entire parts of some towns. Now, if you're carrying potentially fissile nuclear material or volatile gas or planet products, I think the same thing should happen.

Also, if you're carrying fireworks in your cargo and you're killed, they should all go off at once. That should make for some spectacular fleet battles...

EXACTLY! And if people cry foul, everyone can just say, "Well, you should have seen the freighter on the undock being shot at, bro. Your loss for not keeping on top of things!"

But seriously; there would be something where it doesn't happen in freighters or DST or something to prevent abuse, and the explosions wouldn't be enough to kill anything with a bigger tank than a cruiser.

I consider this to be a goodhearted troll post

I guess there is no need to talk the exploitability and the drift into the mine field discussion and other spam and flame that will soon follow in this thread.
Every ship destruction aoe damage suggestion has been turned down for good reasons, time to end this before it becomes another flame and rage thread.

Well if it's Michal Bay inspired the ships shouldn't even need to be shot. Someone just needs to look in their general direction with a camera.

*lens flare* BOOOOOOM!!

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Actually a creative idea, say your carrying 1 million rounds of explosive ammo, each round has the ability to do 260hp damage, cumulative damage should be enough to take a small moon/spacestation (Insert Star Wars joke here).

Yeah I think 260megatons would make for a nice 4th of July display on the Jita undock, and gives all the RP ''Some men just want to watch the world burn Mr. Wayne'' guys hope in a happy ending.

The tears on Jita undock are a strong argument for doing this, not against.

Jita should see events that break it up as the go to trade hub unless the residents can secure it. This really should not be in an npc protected area.

Besides, I would make it a point to run untanked industrials packed to the gills with the most ludicrously explosive stuff available into lowsec three times a week with a buddy to explode me if the campers don't.