The Development Team #02

[Gon]

Also I would like to add:
Cryo drop penalty should go away. It serves no purpose. Getting cryonite with suitable tech isn't worth it and it won't be. And also getting penalty on for example Baumar for playing full Fusion Force tech is also laughable.

About unbalance of RD ships, I think that it could be also resolved in another way. Shield is inferior to protector in every possible way, probably because protector was made for engineer class which is bad ship for solo playing and therefore it's balanced on that ship. But not on normal ships. Strong protector has both much more HP and much faster cooldown than Rapid shield, this is unacceptable. Other problems with superior RD ships could be also resolved by Scorpion treatment, I mean, making all RD ships most paper prototypes(especially Poenari and Granite) for exchange for their superior items. You need to make old prototypes worth anything once again. Not everyone has that amount of time to build second prototype. Without fixing this you won't see players like me back in game even after Tau Ceti release. My friend wasted cryonite on buying Constructor just before RD even announcement. Other friend couldn't even finish Parsec Storm during few years.
It will be difficult to fix this huge unbalance and mess with RD ships, but I'm counting on you. I would like to return with friends to this game once again, but your decisions(extremely time-consuming Sirius and RD ships) gave us no choice.

 

[Rainbowdash]

I am very honest with you, even if they really continuously work on Pirate galaxy now, i don't place too much expectations on my list. Sure "Armor Adjustments" and "Tau Ceti" sounds great after this long time period, but the base problem is still there. I will soon or not-so-soon upload a German video where i will talk about these problems for short instead of writing a big wall of text. But maybe the developers improve the cryonite farming time from 4 hours to 1 hour and give us players a smooth and long lasting playtime... really, i would play much longer a day if the game wasn't less based on farming.

For now, i wait and i drink some tea. If i expect nothing i won't get disappointed. Might check out Dino storm even if this is not the genre i usually play.

regards ~

Ahh yea, is there anyway that i can change my forum name? Would love to use my usual standard name now (Nightsky)

 

[Highway]

but i still have the question, why do u don´t even told us the truth from the beginning? u know what i mean.
that u lied at. ath the Q&A, so i just wanna know, maybe i can trust u than for the next things u gonna tell us

We really wanted to get the first update out in 2015. But we got delayed with the Dino Storm update that is in the testing/polishing phase right now. That's why we struggle to give out dates, since they can cause frustration if you can not hold them. Sorry for that.

"Player controlled invasions" this sounds tricky^^

Does it mean there would be event similar to giza's "intel time" ? I had a sudden thought of that^^ So there won't be needed for GMs to come and do it. Players would be able to start this event after collecting certain resources spread all over the map And all participants should get nice reward for defending from invasion~ I think that would be cool.

This will be tricky indeed, especially because we plan to mix PVE and PVP players and give them both enjoyment with that feature. The the idea is that players are able to fly mother ships and use them to invade other players with it. But before that we need to make the PVP system enjoyable. I won't go into details now, since this is planned as a entire Dev Shack article.

 

[Water]

the frustration is just for the last 4 years

thats why we want dates !

it cannot be the update for dino storm for the only reason that we wait 4 years ! i dont believe that !

well i dont play since dezember 22 and i dont missing pg ! i just missing the people i played together !


and i dont spend money on pg until a realy realy good update is coming ! and many other players think like me

 

[Rainbowdash]

and i don't spend money on pg until a really really good update is coming ! and many other players think like me

That's not a solution. This just makes it worse. Developers live from that money, without it:

- Server fees wouldn't be paid.
- Updates would be even less frequently.
- Would increase the chance of giving the game up.

Not paying is not a solution. Even if the 10 or 20 bucks hurt in some point, a bit of money, even if you only spend 5 bucks, would help the developer working faster because they wouldn't have to care about:

- Missing money for their real life
- Missing money for the server fees
- Missing money for the employees... if there are paid ones... don't know though, maybe they are also just hobby coders.

 

[daniel48090]

We are a small team and we can only work on one game at a time. ( eg: Pirate Galaxy -> Dino Storm -> Steel legions -> Pirate Galaxy ->...) Since all of our games are important, we try to fairly distribute our time to each game. Our new coder is really looking forward to work on Pirate Galaxy. He is very talented and he loves space/sci-fi games

Well, I understand my part that they are a small team. They could use four months for each game and ready. In Pirate Galaxy we ask you to be constant. I believe that even though Dino Storm has more players, Pirate Galaxy is a game most promising games that ships like this are almost nonexistent. So I have taken the liberty to publish stories and game dynamics beyond what is Tau Ceti, Viewing please analyze and give me an answer. Thank you so much!

Are in Spanish, use the translator:

1.) http://forum.pirategalaxy.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=30772
2.) http://forum.pirategalaxy.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=31179
3.) http://forum.pirategalaxy.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=35112
4.) http://forum.pirategalaxy.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=35127

Suggestion for Trading System:

1.) http://forum.pirategalaxy.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=34245

PD: I hope you can understand all that stuff. I love this game and really wanted to progress. I expect an answer.

 

[-Decimator-]

Hello,

About your comment Highway:

The the idea is that players are able to fly mother ships and use them to invade other players with it. But before that we need to make the PVP system enjoyable. I won't go into details now, since this is planned as a entire Dev Shack article.

My clan 'Death Watch' came with an idea that would fit in yours idea and probably will be good for players without gold to spent for Cryonite Vault.
The idea is divided in a few cryonite vault boosters.
> The first one is for Conquests, players can buy a special cryonite vault for 8k Cryonite for a duration of 30 minutes. (You simply are betting you gonna loose alot cryonite but due the booster you won't loose more then 8k) BUT players can only buy it on start of a CQ, not when its going on!
> The second is for Collosus, this one could have a duration for 2 hours, costs 10k Cryonite.
> The third one is for common PVP's, a duration of 30 minutes for 4-5k Cryonite (This boosters only protects your cry from podding by players, not when get podded by NPC's, you will need the normal Cryonite Vaults then wich cost gold.

All Cryonite numbers above are calculated for players of lvl 85, offcourse for players with a lower level the booster cost less cry because they also loose less Cryonite when podded.

The next one is also for Conquests and probably Collosus also, wich is about the use of Gravitons.
They make fights simply not fun and unbalanced, so I come with an idea that will make the use of Gravitons get a balanced twist.
> First:
As an example: if an player from Alliance A uses Citrine grav, the enemy (Alliance B) gains +0,5% damage resistance, so each graviton used gives the enemy that boost. BUT if someone from Alliance B also uses the same graviton, the boost of his Alliance gets -0,5% till its 0 again and Alliance A get boosted.
So this way, using Gravitons can be usefull on start, but you will get punished on the long run.
> Secondly:
The cooldown of Gravitons are currently 4 minutes, they also could get increased to 10 minutes on CQs.

Last idea is overall, based on the Ancient techs gained in Sirius (Long, Rapid, Strong)
They really should get balanced for PVP, CQ and Collosus, can't be possible a 4M ship gets destroyed by a strong rocket that simply cost 110k?
A fight must be won by good tactics and skills, not 1 single weapons (this is for all techs, not just rocket)

Hope you have a look in these ideas and hope for an reply,

-Decimator-

 

[_PLaYeR_]

Less word and talk more WORK !!!!
I want a policy of fait accompli

 

[LimitedHansen]

Why is there Antares tech at wednesday?
There should be Gemini tech! Finally i got some freetime the last 30min and i come to this. :frown:

 

[El_Metallick]

Please review the server (or data center) of Gaia, since it has a terrible Lag. And it is only that server, the other servers are running smoothly.

 

[CaptSmiley]

Please review the server (or data center) of Gaia, since it has a terrible Lag. And it is only that server, the other servers are running smoothly.

i wouldn't be so sure. ive heard people on solaria complaining about lag.

 

[jeff5930]

Pas Grand chose de nouveaux on passe derriere vos nouveaux jeux sympatique thanks
Souhate plus d avenir dans ce jeux bon courage

 

[SG1DO]

Interesting.....

 

[-BoH-]

When is the next dev shack?

 

[Mastian]

When is the next dev shack?

If they have new information for us then will be the next dev shack.

 

[Droxor]

But be patient not see the boys! (Its been 3 years we waiting !!!)

Like the 1st Tau Ceti, the 1-2- episodes "3"?
He will have Dev Shak 1-2-3-4-5 .... lol
And the way it's gone, it is necessary to finish repaired bug Dino Storm, as they we stated it made its adjusted one game at a time, for "x" reason ...

I just hope to have news soon, as we all do!
A small image or date her would be even better!

Besides that I force myself to speak in the language of Shakspiere,
Fortunately we google translation ... lol ^^

 

[gonzaabel]

Like the 1st Tau Ceti, the 1-2- episodes "3"?

They don't release the episode 3 for Gabe Newell, else He will pressed to develop Half-Life 3, hahahaha.

It's a joke, guys. :mrorange:

 

[gonzaabel]

When is the next dev shack?

Only Highway knows...

 

[_PLaYeR_]

While completing the upgrade of DINOSTORM can make small changes in the pirate that do not require a great effort from developer. These enhance the experience of the players were even.
CHANGES:
- Increase the number of planets in the fifth orbit of Sirius (6 -> 10).
- Increase the number of planets in the fourth orbit of Sirius (7 -> 12).
- Increase the speed of the planets located on the fourth orbit of Sirius.
- Reduce the cooling time of the mother ships:
18h -> 10h
24h -> 18h
30h -> 24h
- Reduce the lifetime of the fifth planet orbiting Sirius ( between 4 or 6 days).

 

[CaptSmiley]

reducing the life of r5 planets is a bad idea. everything else is good