Goonhub
09-16-2019, 09:02 AM
Yes.
I had a similar idea on this before. Gosh let me find... nope. It's lost in the broth of posts that are these forums. I think it was probably as far back as 2015, showing my age.
But the reasoning behind it is effectively the same as Gerhazo.. in that it would encourage QM mass buying items for potential profit, expand trader stocks (include wacky things that normally wouldn't fit in a round (such as a knock off go-kart), even some weaponry) and basically have a "Hub" where you can buy things during a round. This means credits during game of course have potential use, much further than they would currently have.
Some trader stocks may have card locked crates if the items contained are particularly heinous (such as a weapon) but as they're businessmen, you could pay them more for an unlocked crate, as a separate option. Nefarious business could absolutely be expanded, such as a chance for them to sell counterfeit items that are faulty.
Basically my idea was to move the entirety of the merchant shuttles over to QM, increase the level of arrivals to establish this hub. The issue was that there wasn't really... any room in QM for this to happen. This was during the time of Cog2 release you see - and if you see where the merchant shuttles are on this map, it was not really designed with them in mind.
The ability to call merchants manually from QM is a good halfway house to this, but I would go far to say that there should be TWO active merchants shuttles at all times. One that is QM controlled, and one that comes and goes at random (3-4 times during a round, instead of a subtotal of 1), but is replaced just as quickly. I'd remove the station-wide announcement, and instead make it a PDA ping.
What this idea needs more than anything is the current item list that merchants actually offer. From my knowledge, it's VERY lackluster (items that can easily be stolen on the station and/or real basic shit) with a sprinkle of "Neat" items throughout. I know some nerd definitely has this on a spreadsheet somewhere.
I had a similar idea on this before. Gosh let me find... nope. It's lost in the broth of posts that are these forums. I think it was probably as far back as 2015, showing my age.
But the reasoning behind it is effectively the same as Gerhazo.. in that it would encourage QM mass buying items for potential profit, expand trader stocks (include wacky things that normally wouldn't fit in a round (such as a knock off go-kart), even some weaponry) and basically have a "Hub" where you can buy things during a round. This means credits during game of course have potential use, much further than they would currently have.
Some trader stocks may have card locked crates if the items contained are particularly heinous (such as a weapon) but as they're businessmen, you could pay them more for an unlocked crate, as a separate option. Nefarious business could absolutely be expanded, such as a chance for them to sell counterfeit items that are faulty.
Basically my idea was to move the entirety of the merchant shuttles over to QM, increase the level of arrivals to establish this hub. The issue was that there wasn't really... any room in QM for this to happen. This was during the time of Cog2 release you see - and if you see where the merchant shuttles are on this map, it was not really designed with them in mind.
The ability to call merchants manually from QM is a good halfway house to this, but I would go far to say that there should be TWO active merchants shuttles at all times. One that is QM controlled, and one that comes and goes at random (3-4 times during a round, instead of a subtotal of 1), but is replaced just as quickly. I'd remove the station-wide announcement, and instead make it a PDA ping.
What this idea needs more than anything is the current item list that merchants actually offer. From my knowledge, it's VERY lackluster (items that can easily be stolen on the station and/or real basic shit) with a sprinkle of "Neat" items throughout. I know some nerd definitely has this on a spreadsheet somewhere.