Captain Tye Dagget
What I'm looking forward to: Getting my genesis plot up and running. Buying an Expanse settlement license and starting my second settlement. Maxing out my settlement salvage yard (just two more levels!). Starbases going live (yay for giant, armored, weapon-mounted guild clubhouses!).
Things I would like to see: I would like for player ship crew members to contribute to the relevant skill when they are aboard the ship (as opposed to away on missions). For example, Karolyn Duggan, my salvage specialist, should (temporarily) increase my salvage skill when I'm salvaging human ship wrecks. Valerie Hawks, my asteroid mining specialist, should increase my mining skill rate when on board ship. Bev Mccord, my combat specialist, should increase my chance to hit or the amount of damage inflicted while onboard ship when I'm engaged in combat- and so forth.
I would like each kind of skill certificate to increase your skill rating in that particular skill, or have other notable effects (other than being able to turn them in for IP. I do realize that this sort of amounts to the same thing, in the end, but I would just rather have a direct increase to that particular skill percentage from the certificates).
I would like to see some tactical options during combat, apart from arming special equipment and retreating. Maybe have three buttons, where you can choose to fight aggressively, fight defensively, or some middling combination of the two; with different combat styles being more effective against certain classes of ships.
I would like to see an RP aspect added to the game that would be tied in with the Negotiate skill. I'm thinking of something along the lines of the old Star Control series of games, where you had a choice of different attitudes you could take towards the character you were interacting with (aggressive, obsequious, deceptive, diplomatic, etc.).
I would like to see a few star systems in the game have random encounters with enemy ships and space monsters. This could be tied in with my previous suggestions about new combat tactics and NPC interactions. If you are ambushed by a Confed ship, you could choose to bluff, bribe or intimidate your way out, attempt to make a run for it (hey, those super fast player made ship engines should count for something, right?), or raise shields and teach them to regret ever crossing you!
Give the few guys and gals (wouldn't apply to me- Dagget is a loyal Gal-Fed man
) that play pirates their own crew hiring stores. Pirates should be able to hire on a crew of scurvy space dogs! Then make a special piece of equipment, available only to the pirate faction, that can be used to board enemy vessels (instead of destroying them outright) and fight a boarding action to plunder for extra goodies (maybe with some loot unique to that sort of thing). Maybe it could tie into the personal combat system we use when exploring derelicts and planets.
Really though, before adding new features to the game, I would prefer that the existing features be fully fleshed out and completed. Concentrate on getting this done first, then worry about adding new stuff. This includes all stores that are present in the game being open, accessible and having a full range of merchandise to buy and use. Few things are more frustrating/disappointing than having a store that you can't access or a piece of equipment that doesn't have full functionality.
Whatever comes down the pike, though, I always look forward to playing this great game!
