Add scary war paint (Crimson Holo Disfigurator) #2167
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Allows the player to paint the ship in scary war paint (kind of crimson colored) to earn respect from pirates, and hate from others.
ThrosturX
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covers the edge case when the player is in an auxiliary ship but had a crimson paint outfit fitted, which would cause the pilot flying the player's ship to target and attack the player on being scanned.
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| <desc_extra>Projects an unsettling visual appearance onto the ship's hull, causing a mild shock to those that lay their eyes upon it. Pirates tend to respect those that go the extra mile just for appearance's sake.</desc_extra> | |||
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| <limit>fake_transponder</limit> | |||
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Why did you remove illegality? I like the idea of it being a trade-off between pirate love and other faction love.
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I found after some testing that illegality is not required, since all the factions that check for illegality also do a scan, and anyone that scans you and isn't a pirate will set you as hostile. So this gives the player a choice -- shoot back and lose standings or ignore them (but don't lose standings). I could go either way, but I found it was a bit annoying to lose 2% faction standing at the very end of a journey right before landing.
But, it's up to you and all the other players, as I said, I could go either way, but I think illegality here is a little bit overkill because whoever scans you will start harassing you anyway, which either forces you to respond or run away/tank.
And maybe a quick side note -- pirates will still relentlessly attack you, but they will back off once they finish scanning you. This leads to some dicey situations like a pirate hyena leaving a cargo shuttle at only a few hitpoints left after trying to barrage it with missiles, only to turn around and say "oh, you're cool, nevermind".
Allows the player to paint the ship in scary war paint (kind of crimson colored) to earn respect from pirates, and hate from others.
NOTE: Contains placeholders (logo, store gfx).