I think MA/FPC should continue to let us teleport to CND, CP, and anywhere else even after the hangars are up and working again. Split the peds, once per month, to all hangar owners. Now at this point, some of you are saying this isn’t fair. Just hold on and read the rest. Pilots will still be able to fly and charge for their flights. But, they will have to lower their prices and provide much better service. So, an active pilot who provides good service will be able to get their monthly cut and make peds flying customers. Pilots who are no good will not be able to provide a quality service and will only get their monthly peds. This will force the pilots to come up with schedules and other things that appeal to potential customers. We will not have to wait for hours or days to get down off of CND. Neverdie will make more money due to easier access to and from his asteroid. Etc, etc.
Not that great, because pilots don’t go up immediately unless you either go VIP or they’ve already got a full flight. This means they won’t get any customers at all because who wants to wait an hour to go up if you can go up immediately for as little as 5ped more?
Maybe one way to make it work would be to leave the option to TP there/back, but raise the cost of the TP to 35-40ped?
This would leave the option to immediately go there/return if you were in a hurry or not willing to wait for a flight, but still leave waiting for a pilot a viable option?
People WILL pay more for convenience, even as others are willing to wait for a cheaper option.
no pilots would fly and then get a share of revenue for not working.
I’m sure some pilots would still fly though, but I would be willing to pay a few ped extra to come and go as I please without having to wait for 2-3 hours to fly back down again.
That’s always put me off of going before, besides having my screen shaking like crazy every few minutes from miners in the dome.
Currently, the time zone that i live in does not fit the pilots flight schedule. I need to fly up as VIP which does cost more than 25ped. Besides, i can always TP up to CND at my own leisure without having to queue which is just wasting my time. Nothing i can do about it but for me, this is the best option and i would like to keep it this way.
Some pilots would probably retire their service and just get an idea of monthly revenue… as their cut would be higher now due to higher TP fees.
Pilots could then trade or do other activities and just use the hangar like an LA that spits revenue.
Of course working pilots could double their revenue… but already last time I flew there was far to much time spent between travelling to get a full plane… cut out the big cats who dont care about spending a bit extra for a quick ticket down VIA tp and you’ve got even bigger waiting since some people wont or cant afford to do 80ped round trip…
Unless you severely cut the cost to fly with a pilot so a pilot could go with maybe 30ped revenue to break even and then anything above is profit.
Plus like I said before I still think its unfair that pilots who have hangars for personal use or resale are making profit off the travel fee which should be going to IMO the working pilots…
MA introduce a Flight Centre a huge airport that houses Flight Terminals.
A flight terminal can be used by pilots to set their rates and by passengers to catch a flight from the terminal. Note once they catch a flight from flight terminal they are immediately transported to their destination.
This would allow pilots to set their own prices, and save passengers the headache of finding a pilot.
Seeing as several hangers were just bought as an investment and never used it means that the pilots who were active are loosing out at the moment as people who have never run a service are being paid an equal share.
There are times where a tp is handy where you just can’t wait. If the hangers were automated so you didn’t need a pilot then it may improve that especially if it were ticket based. A group could just find the best price buy their tickets and go rather than having to wait around or search for a pilot who may or may not have to log in especially just to take them.
Bah, poll is maybe not fair because Pilots are fewer than non-Pilot but I cant totally disagree if they dont take back my Hangar totally.
I thought about it the other day. What if MA decide to remove Hangars and share the TP fee as compensation permanently instead? But to be honest, I love my Hangar. I love the freedom to fly whenever I want. That’s why I bought it. I’d be a little bit frustrated if this happen even with compensation.
I also thought they could keep the TP service for CP and CND permanently but transform the actual SpaceShips in interplanetary carriers to go on other planets. That’s what I wish if they decide to change something. Or transform actual SpaceShips in interplanetary carriers and put some smaller ships in auction for CP/CND.
Another thing I wish is that we should have the exclusivity on a lot of things. Everything should start from Calypso. We are the first colonists. I think we deserve it. (We deserve it = Calypso citizens . Not only Pilots.)
Then surely for you a TP would be even more convenient?
You could TP from any town/TP instead of having to make your way to your hangar, add friends to FL, wait while they climb into/out of buggy seats, wait for them to relog, etc etc
I voted no..however with the pre patch system you just got a white screen and bam youre there…that has to go. There needs to be an actual visual experience for all. Go one better and make piloting a skillable profession and steer the ship real time.
Can you image what fun it would be to have the potential of crashes into asteroids, other ships on the way down etc. Place a few MA rouge ships in the flight path to cause some uncertainty, DMG the pilots ships (unless they can avoid it), increasing the fun and stress levels of all onboard. Make it to the planet and the pilot skills…I know its crazy …:laugh: :wtg:
If not then at least make the ppl shoot up in tubes to which ever planet they are going…sort of Futurama (yes i watch Futurama and i love it) like, so you can see them shoot up the tube…:laugh:
A cheap TP down (10 ped like CP) with no cost to pilot to go back down would be the optimum I think. That way Pilots can stay in business but more ppl will go to CND and not be stuck there for hours.
This sharing to all hanger owners isn’t really fair as some are active pilots, others not playing and even others that use for their own personal use. The ones that are actively flying and have been should make more as they are providing a service.
Lower costs overall to go up would also help as CND needs the boost. It’s a shame it cost $5 to go up and back. That’s not at all reasonable and never has been. A person can take a rl bus across town for much less. It’s always been unreasonably high to get to CND. I understand the perspective of the pilots and their standing around for hours etc… BUT… many ppl don’t go there at all because we get stuck there for hours waiting for a pilot to fly down.
