Oleg
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- Oleg Oleg McMullery
OK, you're not thinking this through.
Let's say a new-ish player is standing in twins, owns no vehicle, and wants to visit arkadia.
Cost VTOL: 200+ ped
Cost Thruster: 300+ ped today
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Thruster costs are falling rapidly, but the main point you're missing is that even if you need to hire a pilot, someone with a small ship can provide the service, they don't need a mothership for it.
You cant actively "tank" damage with your vtol. The default 500 hp you see is just a buffer for healers (provided you have them), to liken it to other games. Obviously, the bigger the buffer, the easier it is to keep the tank up
We might have something here. I think this is the first genuine advantage of a mothership that's been mentioned.
Last cost of a light thruster at Auction 340 ped, you get 10 trips with a light thruster(decay) so thats 5 out of plant 5 back into planet that is 68 ped a trip, fuel between planets for VTOL, say 2 ped thats 70 ped a trip, 2 ped to leave planet 7 ped to get back in thats 9 ped add all together its a lot more than 23.99
Try doing the calculation with the correct numbers You're double counting costs (don't need to decay a thruster if you pay the 7 PED, and vice versa), and thrusters give 50 trips not 10 (not light thrusters but they aren't the ones that cost 340 ped). There are good calculations of the current cost elsewhere, it costs about 20 ped iirc and the overall cost is falling due to the thruster price falling.