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I’ve decided to make this mammoth of a post to hopefully fix the customization features of the game.
I really do wish @InterAction_studios keeps this topic open since this is indeed meant to be a large hub of discussion surrounding customization, both of spacecraft and of UI theme.
One of these issues is the rather steep pricing for certain customization options.
I still stand by my statement, that paintjobs should be permanently unlockable instead of charging keys every time you change them.
The same should also apply for exhaust styles. This should also apply to the UI theme’s glow size and font brightness.
Alternatively, the price for changing exhaust should be 30-40 keys instead of 55. The paintjob prices do seem to be fine I guess.
Additionally the price for the shield should be 15 keys and the name change of ships 10-25 keys. People can suggest their own price tweaks in replies if there’s a good reason to change them.
Customization Coupons
Since then, I realized that limiting my coupon idea to only my potential future boss is selfish, so I give you permission to use my free customization coupon idea as a part of your own ideas if you mention this post and ping me.
These coupons can be an additional reward for competitive missions and maybe even as an occasional reward for regular planetary missions. Once a coupon is in use, the user can customize everything for free in a limited amount of time. The proposed duration for its effect ranges from 10 minutes to 3 hours.
- 10 minutes
- 20 minutes
- 30 minutes
- 45 minutes
- 1 hour
- 2 hours
- 3 hours
Customization Options and Tweaks
I’ve revived a long forgotten topic about bomber customization and I’ve also made side suggestions like:
(You can ignore the part about stars since there doesn’t seem to be a solution for that problem)
Thanks to @GgWw1175, I’ve discovered that the base windshield for all three existing family of ships have an orange-yellow tint to them which makes windshield customization awkward. Can the base paint be completely desaturated without any tint?
I also wish there were more options instead of just 5 levels for changing the size of the HUD glow size
You can also suggest or link your own topics about new paintjobs or customization tweaks.
Other people’s ideas which I like
Here we go again, yet another promotion of ideas I want to see in-game:
For Idea 1, if it gets implemented, there could be a method of calculating the keys required to change color by calculating the degree of change made to the H/S/B values. This would really make life A LOT easier for players who really want their ships to look perfect.
(Idea 2 isn’t important in this context, feel free to ignore that one)
I also found some new ideas for customization that I quite like:
Mainly the different shield texture options.
On @SpryterTerraxian behalf, I wish the chipped effect of paintjobs to be removable/customizable for 5 keys.
While I don’t focus on lightly colored base paint on ships atm, I still agree with GgWw’s opinion that the ship base color should have a brighter base paint, while still retaining the option for the base paint to be pure black.
If I find any more customization ideas I really like, I’ll add it here and announce the addition. You can submit links to your ideas in replies as well.
Once again I must state that the idea medals belong to the original owners and NOT me.
I sincerly hope that this time, iA does listen to these ideas, many of which have been resuggested A LOT.
As always, may the forks be with you all!