My idea's! :)

[ahhhonfire]

Hello everyone! I am new to the forumz but not to Star Traders! I played the free version for about 3 months and purchased the Elite edition today. I wanted to be able to do a full review in the comments but the max character limit would not let me. Here's my short version of my review: Best mobile game. Ever.

Go easy on me as I am only level 8 on the game and I only have $100k and here are my idea's for the game...

1) I am not sure if you can already do this but if you are in deep space and run into travelling merchants you should be able to purchase water fuel from them. I know water fuel isn't really like it used to be for me so it's not a problem anymore, but well you know, it'd be a neat feature.

2) (EDIT 2: I saw a post where Cory said this is not possible in with the current engine, sorry ) Again I am not sure about this but you should be able to take over a planet for your faction and if you take over all the planets a certain faction owns then you I guess dominated them and they do not exist anymore. I'm not sure how it would work then if you dominated every faction then what would there be to do in the game? I don't know, lol.

3) You should be able to be an Independent. Maybe this is already a faction or something but I would like to choose this during Captain creation...

4) I already read a post about a deep campaign and I read Cory's reply to why that cannot happen in this game, maybe Star Traders 2...

5) Maybe a crafting feature? I don't know what there would be to craft? Maybe you can craft new ship parts out of a lot of weapons and crystals or something?

6) I have also seen a lot about the "newbie learning curve" and I agree it is a bit steep and there are still TONS of things I haven't tried yet but I will say I have gotten my feet wet and I know my way around the (free version) map. I like the curve though, you don't hold our hands along the beginning similar to the first Elder Scrolls games and I like that you make us learn things.

7) Make a way I can play this game at school

8) There are a few (and I mean minute amount) grammatical errors here and there but they are easily overlooked in this amazing game!

EDIT 3: 9) When in the Star Dock, you should be able to, if your stealth is high enough, steal Water-Fuel from other ships Wouldn't really be a big thing but it would add another feature to fart around with


I hope at least a few of my idea's aren't already posted somewhere and if they are, that means they are a little bit more crucial, lol. And like I said earlier, go easy on me as I am still quite a noob . So that's all! I might edit late if I think of more idea's.

EDIT 1: Is it pronounced Cadar as in "cedar" with an "s" sound or Cadar as in "kadar" with a "c" or "k" sound? It really bothers me lol!

[slayernz]

Hey Ahhhonfire, welcome to the forum.
Bite-sized threads get more responses than huge epics. In saying that, a lot of my answers typically are epic in size (which could annoy more than a few forum members). Nonetheless, here are my thoughts below:

1) already an enhancement request
2) not possible ... player bases coming and ST RPG 2 will possibly support this - bearing in mind ST RPG 2 isn't in active development right now
3) Again, not possible in current game. ST RPG 2 will provide support for playing as an independent.
4) Ditto to #3
5) Not possible ... nor is custom ship creation.
6) Good feedback. People who want to learn the basics should literally play in "Basic" difficulty. It's a great learning environment because the opponents are weak, you have great fuel efficiency, and most importantly, you can't die!
7) You can play the game at school - just don't get caught. Heck, I play the game at work which is probably worse than playing at school.
8) This is an ongoing thing - it's looking much betters in state than is the others producs.t (TA and CK)
9) You might be stealthy, but ship sensors, dock security, and the coupling sensors would say otherwise.

I'm of the opinion it is pronounced "Kadar". Cory might say otherwise though.

[blackgauntlet]

Yo! Welcome to the forum, kid (cos you mentioned that you're in school)! ;D
1) Yes, it was suggested before and Cory mentioned that WF is just too precious a commodity onboard to sell them. Most traders carry just enough WF for a trade-run. Trading other stuff, maybe. WF, no. Which I tend to agree, since my 2nd captain (a star trader) barely reaches his destination every time prior to exhausting his WF.
2) I myself had suggested that. Currently not possible. In ST2, we will be able to build bases on unclaimed planets.
3) Why do you wanna be an Indie-lover? They are scums of the galaxy who does know where their allegiance lie. They'd rather sleep with aliens than to swear fealty to a greater cause that might lower their income by a single credit.
4) Yes, in ST2. ST1 is a sandbox game. Awesome, though.
5) If we were shipbuilders, we'd be landlocked and have no reason to go spacefaring.
6) The difficulty level IS the learning curve. Most people just jump right into Normal, thinking it IS Normal, but no. Normal is tough for layman. Some even start their games in Impossible, thinking that they could rule the game like other Android games, only to get their butts kicked and go crying on the Apps Market, leaving 1-star reviews about how this game is "unfriendly".
7) Stay in school, dude. Seriously. You wanna grow up to be a fat and useless washout like me? ;D
8) We have a resident volunteer editor going through them and will correct them shortly... after she's done playing CK... which is probably forever.
9) I seriously doubt that's a good idea. I dunno how people would react to Captains engaged in petty theft. Also, in the sliding bar, they're just numbers... but in actual fact, they are the size of container units. Meaning, they're HUGE! You'll need cranes, robots, gravity manipulators, hover-pods and tractor beams to move even 1 single unit which takes hours! How would you propose to steal it? ;D

P.S. I pronounce it as "Kay-dar". "Say-dar", "Sa-dar" and "Ka-dar" sounds sissy, soft and idiotic, respectively. ;D

Edit: Ooh! Got beaten to it by the damned Mod again! ;D

[slayernz]

Sock puppet mod. and Kay-Dar ... I said that in my head when I wrote Kadar ... Definitely the Kay ... 'kay.

[Fenikso]

This is fun about non-phonetic languages (my natural language is phonetic meaning you read everything always in the same way).
In my head it sounds like Ry-kart . Just kidding, See-dar.

[blackgauntlet]

Dec 2, 2011 3:09:43 GMT -5 Fenikso said:

This is fun about non-phonetic languages (my natural language is phonetic meaning you read everything always in the same way).
In my head it sounds like Ry-kart . Just kidding, See-dar.

Meh, buncha Richards who just wanna look cool by spelling it wrong. ;D

[Fenikso]

I see, misspelled cedar tree member ;D .

[absimiliard]

FWIW, my opinion on pronunciation is as follows:

Cadar - (KUH - dahr)
Rychart - (RAI - churt)
De Valtos - ( deh - VAL - toes)
Thulun - ( thuh - LOON)
Javat - ( juh - VAHT)
Steel Song - (KRAY - zee - kull - TIST - TAHR - get)

-abs

[slayernz]

Ha ha
I had
KAY-dahr ... close enough to yours Abs,

RYE - chart

Dee VAL Toss

THUH lunn

Juh VAHT

Tar-ghett ... oh ... ... I think my Steel Song is just a shortened version of yours ...

[blackgauntlet]

For me...
Cadar (KAY-dar)
Rychart (can-non-fod-der)
De Valtos (spa-i-s de-bree)
Thulun (skrap-meh-tul)
Javat (it-wuz-dere-a-seh-kund-ago)
Steel Song (look-dey-bilt-a-nudder-wan)
Independent (torp-prak-tees)

[slayernz]

Exalt for such a great way of pronouncing things

[ahhhonfire]

Thanks everyone for the feedback and the pronunciations . I hadn't really read through all the forums so I wasn't sure what ideas I was repeating or not. And I guess I didn't really think about number 9, lol. Well thanks for the nice welcome and I hope I can become an active person on the forums!

[ahhhonfire]

Oh, and I wanted to be an "Indie" because when my crew doesn't like working against them, doesn't their morale drop?

[ahhhonfire]

.....and the crafting thing I was thinking craft weapons for your ship, maybe just something small that will add +1 torps.....

[blackgauntlet]

Yes, they hate it when you are a bully against the "Indies".

But, they hate you more when you are not getting them paid.

So, go right ahead! ;D