right...nobody has posted in the Engineering Reports...they don't exist...keep living in that fantasy world buddy.

To be fair my questions were aimed at discouraging the idea and others who think it's as easy as the OP and your variation make it look. Don't get me wrong if you can actually solve all the problems inherent in the concept I think you should definately sugest it (or possibly start your own MMO as a truly good implomentation of a multi-player ship system would be a rather signifigant acomplishment), but my experience with game design has led me to conclude that player cooperation is one of the trickiest areas in MMO design, and frankly the best solution for STO given today's genra expectations and technology is to take the one-player-one-ship approach that cryptioc has.

The design got Perpetual in a state of "perpetual" game purgatory for STO...I really do want this feature, but at the same time I don't think it could be done right unless the game was designed around it...Jump to Lightspeed introduced a whole NEW place to play in SWG...it wasn't a revamp of a system where everyone got their own ship.

and sometimes, when developers THINK they are catering to clients...looking at you SOE

I'm sure theres an even larger audiance that's glad player crews weren't implemented.

Using vague terms to push an arguement isn't a great way to get your way. I'm glad there aren't player crews, and i hope to god there never will be.

I have seen gameplay appropriate and indeed functional multi-crew positions in Planetside, a ground based ( shooter ) MMO. It's not an impossible concept, but you need functionality and ease of access above all. And a motivation to work as a team, preferably rooted in the external framework, if at all possible. It is not a hopeless dream, by all means, just a bit of a bumpy ride getting there.


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Exactly where did I imply that? Answer: I didnt. Sorry, but putting words in other people's mouth doesnt help your argument, just makes it nonsense.