STRICTLY MY OPINION So its all speculation ....just like everyone else !
I constantly hear both sides of the fence claiming that "Space is an epic fail !" I completely disagree with everyone ! The "EPIC FAIL" is the current mindset of most people who travel in space.
If you consider Space as a giant PVP4 area and treat it as such your mindsets may change slightly.
If MA had released Privateers and Unlimited Thrusters to the old Hangar OWners before anything else, The Hangar owners would have had their old trade back. Some may have even turned into "The Pirates!"
Very few Sleipnirs/VTOLs would have wasted time travelling from Planet to Planet if they had thrown in a way for Warp Drives to be available from the get go for the Privateers.(This alone may be the only reason it was done in reverse, to allow time for the components for warp drives to be more readily found.)
If the next stage had been the release of Motherships it could have greatly devalued them reducing the return MA got from their implementation. (That makes the release design a little more understandable). With Privateers already operational there would have been little room for the current "Warp Transport Service System." Mothership owners would have also required a means of being able to get to their ships. This could have easily been overcome by allowing people to Teleport to Space Stations at their respective Planets.
If the final release stage had been Quad-Wing Interseptors and Limited Space Thrusters then we would have been exactly where we are now but with a completely different "Mind Set"
It is possible that this is the ultimate aim of where Space is supposed to be going. Just done badly for good reasons.
The best laid plans of mice and men ....
If the releases of Space had been in this order then we might already have the Mindset of Space is a huge PVP4 and the only safe way to travel is in a Warp Capable Ship. As they were a later release the current mindset is:
"I should be allowedto travel in space without being harrassed !"
"Pirates are all thieves!"
"Space was designed this way to keep non-existant economies non-existant !"
"Equal trade opportunities for everyone between Planets can't happen because it will destroy economies that don't exist!"
"Planet Partners are supposed to generate their own player base and keep them as slaves to that planet. Only those with lots of PEDS/Deposits should be able to get a fair deal !"
.... Blah ! Blah ! Blah !...... Cry me a river of tears ....
What a load of douchebaggery !
I really don't think its about who has the fattest PED Card or the deepest RL Pocket, but more about everyone having the same opportunities of fun, advancement and "Entropia Experience" as those that do.
Logging off on Warp Ships was implemented by NindArk for these reasons. To give everyone these equal opportunities. For about eight months people were being told:
Your not supposed to log off.
Its a bug.
Itts a glitch.
"But you can do it if you pay me double my normal fee when I transport you and ......"
On the 16 th of March 2012, I placed a support case questioning the legality and legitimacy of being able to log out on Warp Ships. I was informed that it was an intentoinal feature by the developement team and not a bug.
I can't help but wonder if this was done to help balance those opportunities ....
I see the whole aspects of all the "Space is an Epic Fail ...and myriad of other similar threads as being little less than"Where is my silver platter, I had it yesterday and now I want it back !"
Somebody, Please, please, please, send the spoilt little boy who is stompping his feet for not getting his own way to his room without a loly-pop !
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