If I could change or add one thing in Star Traders

[HarryKILLSworth]

Heather is the sweet little thang that owns and operates the bar of birds in aztec territory....Mm!! Mm.!! Mm.!! Gawd! She can really... Mm!! Mm!! Mm!!

*takes a puff of cig just thinking about it*

[blackgauntlet]

I dunno what you do with your android phone and frankly, I regret asking...

[slayernz]

Hopefully it's nothing that can't be hosed off

[blackgauntlet]

If cigarette-puffing is part of the aftermath, it usually couldn't...

[HarryKILLSworth]

Hey, me and heather has got sumpin' special goin' and you all are just jealous!!!

[blackgauntlet]

Like I said, I regret asking...

[Slide87]

Oh my god...oO

[HarryKILLSworth]

Slider?...would you like to join? Cuz,Heather is a freak like that, you know.

[Slide87]

Ahahah i met girls more freak than heather xD points of view...=) anyway,slide not slider pls ^_^

[Cory Trese]

This thread used to be good it would include people's random wishes about ST RPG in a concise format

[HarryKILLSworth]

Now, Cory you know you're not supposed to leave us unattended with our own thoughts.....

That being said....


I propose conquerable planets. Obviously, the home planets could not be conquered. Probably would make more sense to only be able to conquer independant planet.
Upon entering the palace grounds you would have an option to make hostile dwclaration of war. This would trigger Another screen in which a bribe was offered to withdraw the declaration or the colony leader refering you to "TALK" with the military commander rwgarding any problems you have. This would then trigger an auto scene in which you and your crew are taking fire from grounds weapons, with a hulking looking decorated military official shouting orders from behind, as you are hastily lifting off. from a star dock.
A button marked [continue] would appear. This would trigger a wave of attacks from planetary ships until the finally flag ship was defeated.
The planet would then turn green and you could return below and return to the palace grounds and recieve the crown jewels in which are informed that the prince or leader had fled. In the star dock all ships are reduced to half cost as well as current planetary upgrades. Crwdits would slowly accumulate in a palace treasury in which you would have to return periodically to the planet to periodically collect. The planet would be eternally yourself yet you could recieve a message that corrupt politicians had made off with the treasury. This would encourage you to return quite often to recieve your small contribution, because large amounts of money would cause politicians to turn corrupt.

[alienfodder]

I stumbled upon this game when searching the Market for something similar to Elite.
I played on Normal for a while, always silently cursing the menu system. Then I saw a lovely new ship in a dock, checked my funds, and was denied. I uninstalled in a fit of rage.
Once the frustration died down, I saw the big picture and downloaded it again.
I have been playing for long enough to work out which niggles I can live with and which I cannot. The biggest problem with the game is the interface. My one wish would be a complete overhaul, but I shall be a bit less demanding:

1) Remove [Contracts] and [Rumours] tabs from the [Faction] menu (they can be found in [Captain] and [Cargo] anyway - does my head in having to click through those to get to Faction Conflicts!)
2) For beginners, the Achievements pages are a flocking nightmare! Having duplicates not just from different difficulties but from different captains on one page - please trim it down to single listings per achievement and grey out ones you're on the wrong difficulty to acquire.

There are more, but I will wait until I've paid for STRPG before mentioning them.

[slayernz]

Fastest way to get to faction conflicts while in space is...
1) press phone menu button
2) select "rumors"
3) select the conflict lighting bolt icon at the top-right of the screen.

Still 3 presses though.

The achievement screen is a bit chaotic, even for players who spent more hours in the game than is sensible

There are a number of enhancement requests in this section ... off the top of my head, I remember:
- Ability to sort/filter - eg by difficulty, reward, un-achieved
- Flag those that are not achieved on the main list (even if you can't filter)
- On list of those achieved, have an option to display only the oldest+highest difficulty achieved by award.
This would mean you only have each achieved award listed once, naming the first captain that achieved it on the highest-difficulty

[alienfodder]

Achievements sorted by oldest/highest would do fine I didn't even think what it must be like after playing a lot of games - I suppose I've got it relatively good!
I was aware of the in-space menu, but the vast majority of my faction checking is done in urban.
One thing I have learned from here is the long press planet info - that was to be another suggestion. ;D

[rabidbite]

May 6, 2011 1:47:44 GMT -5 Cory Trese said:

Answer me this question if you care to:

"If I could change or add one thing in Star Traders RPG, what would it be?"

Modular faction territories. If one faction is at war with another faction, X faction could take over some of Y faction's territory.

Also, if the player HELPS in the war, that affects some of the faction change.
There has to be a hard cap of how much territory can be taken.

Not sure how this would work against independents and "deep space"