stupidhero Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 (edited) or just let me select my target planet at the startport(shuttle ship later on). Zoning 4-6 times just to talk to a npc on republich fleet/nar shaddaa/wherever to be told "go back where you came from" (remind you, that's another 4-6 times zoning :>) is absurd and entirely unnecessary. Most people will be sick of it at lvl 50 after doing dailies (i.e. you actually have to visist some planets for those) for a few days. In other words: More playing - less zoning Edited December 27, 2011 by stupidhero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smappy Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I agree 100% Having to zone 3-5 times to get to 1 NPC to a 1 minute dialog then having to zone 3-5 times again to go back to where I was is ridiculous. Not to mention just normal travel. It really wastes an exorbitant amount of time needlessly. I get that the art department spent a ton of time making the game look amazing and they want to show it off, but this is one area that function should be > then immersion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twolow Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 The non noob planets at least let you land your ship so you zone twice. Once to the hanger from the ship and then from the hanger to the actual city. Its the early planets with no landing spot on the planet that are annoying as you dock at the space station adding more zoning to reach a planet. What confuses me is all the screen shots of the ships on the website parked on landing pads on the various planets that don't seem to be true. Also, if we can ride a taxi and have it vanish and have the illusion that the parked taxi siting behind the npc is the one you arrived in then why can't my friggen ship just sit right out in the open on a landing pad. The illusion is that it is mine and not every other Imperial Agent's. Why the need to tuck it away in it's own private instance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJEBarlow Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 (edited) At the risk of stirring a hornet's nest this is something SWG did very right. >Enter port. >Use terminal. >Use shuttle. >Load screen. >Leave port. They way it's done in SW:TOR does seem to cause unnecessary running about. Edited December 27, 2011 by PJEBarlow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afrogeez Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Agree 100%. It's very annoying having to do this everytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enkenon Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 indeed. Enter shuttle then select destination then fly.that's the way it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadback Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Absolutely agree with this OP. The zoning is consuming a great deal of time and for those people with limited game time it really impacts play. As-well as a reduction in zoning I would love to see them implement a return to ship ability with a 30 min cool down or simply add your ship to the Quick Travel locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toepick Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I also agree. The other part of this is..why every time I go to my ship does it take off? What if I just want to use the holoterminal or something. Do I have to take off and go into orbit every time? You shouldn't 'take off' until you select a destination. I feel the entire space transport system is a bit clunky right now. Hopefully they will smooth it out eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekrath Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 At very least, I would like a 'Return to Ship' function like they had in KOTOR. Even if it shared the Quick Travel cooldown, it would save a lot of zoning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptKloss Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 heh... i thought i was doing something wrong... to get the daily PvP quest i had to run from DKass to the station and then back - 15 minute round trip.... amazingly bad design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maconbar Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 At very least, I would like a 'Return to Ship' function like they had in KOTOR. Even if it shared the Quick Travel cooldown, it would save a lot of zoning. That would be a great addition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsillah Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I do agree with this. It's a paint to do space travel. It seems totally unnecessary. Especially the orbital stations don't add anything to the game except annoyance. I would like them to do something about that in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordanvind Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 (edited) They should also add an emergency ship pick-up designator that teleports you to your ship, with maybe 2 or 3 hours cooldown. Edited December 27, 2011 by Nordanvind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagato_Muyo Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I also agree. The other part of this is..why every time I go to my ship does it take off? What if I just want to use the holoterminal or something. Do I have to take off and go into orbit every time? You shouldn't 'take off' until you select a destination. I feel the entire space transport system is a bit clunky right now. Hopefully they will smooth it out eventually. because your companions and the holoterminal will only talk to you once you're in space, it makes perfect sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarTornPanda Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 The non noob planets at least let you land your ship so you zone twice. Once to the hanger from the ship and then from the hanger to the actual city. Its the early planets with no landing spot on the planet that are annoying as you dock at the space station adding more zoning to reach a planet. What confuses me is all the screen shots of the ships on the website parked on landing pads on the various planets that don't seem to be true. Also, if we can ride a taxi and have it vanish and have the illusion that the parked taxi siting behind the npc is the one you arrived in then why can't my friggen ship just sit right out in the open on a landing pad. The illusion is that it is mine and not every other Imperial Agent's. Why the need to tuck it away in it's own private instance? Bioware needs to hire this man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smappy Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I would care a lot less about this issue IF they let you use your speeder in ALL areas between the ship and the planet like they do on the fleet station. Also, for those who may not know... check the security key vender for an item called Fleet Pass. It is a consumable that is sold for 1k credits. It works exactly like the emergency fleet pass, except it is on a 1h cd; not 18h. That little gem has made life a whole lot easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msales Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 That would be a great addition. Good lord, an improvement post that the fanboys haven’t got upset about yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordith Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 At the risk of stirring a hornet's nest this is something SWG did very right. >Enter port. >Use terminal. >Use shuttle. >Load screen. >Leave port. They way it's done in SW:TOR does seem to cause unnecessary running about. I think it's the concept or illusion at least of seamless gameplay that people want for TOR. Having to zone 8 million times to get to and from your ship breaks the continuity and removes the player from the suspension of disbelief that underlies the ultimate goal of any game developer: Total immersion. It's enough that there's no real outer space "overworld" as such (where you can freely travel and maybe even fight in real time within the galaxy proper), but at least we should not have to feel as though the game is clunky and uninspired when moving from place to place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tausser Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Also agree 100% on this, it's a waste of our often limited play-time. And, while they're at it, get rid of the fuel cost for space travel, too; I mean, you actually thought this little detail would lend some verisimilitude to the game? Really?! By the time you get your ship, the possibility that you wouldn't have the few credits the fuel costs seems pretty unlikely and sort of makes the whole idea rather pointless. If the fuel costs were substantial, like several thousand credits, that'd be one thing but, c'mon, 8credits, 27credits ... o.O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorgion Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I understand this the first time you come to a planet, great. Sure lets do that little spacestation/airlock run. But after that it just starts to suck horribly. Certainly as you come up in level and get the "go to planet x, run thru the entire thing, talk to one npc, run all the way back to your ship, off the the next planet, repeat" ... that is just soulcrushing and annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeaig Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Yeah, it would be nice for them to cut out a few loading screens, No matter which way they decide to do it. Some of the load times are super long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloubird Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Yes, please, BW, this is ridiculous. Why can't I call a shuttle to pick me up and take m e back to my ship -- or call my pilot and have him bring my ship to me, for that matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightsyde Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I agree 100%. Airlocks zones are 100% pointless... and we probably dont need to visit the orbital station on most planets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincethejedi Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) Agree, also don't care for the arbitrarily long length between elevators and ship,....nothing there, why make it so long? Edited January 15, 2012 by Vincethejedi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerdwing Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Agreed. Whoever decided this was a good idea should be drawn and quartered in front of Bioware HQ, under the supervision of Hamburger Helper herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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