Aliandris

Since this seems to be a 'make suggestions about Hulks' thread, I'd like to chime in, since my primary activity during live was hanging out on Dahin dodging lava serpents and looting hulks. My favourite thing about them was the random stuff you could find. Old art, antiques, books, assorted bric a brac that wasn't useful for anything in particular except to sell. I liked it because it was like opening a treasure chest filled with wonderful strange things, and not necessarily useful things. Mind you I only ever got to level 5-6 hulks, so I don't know how the top end one's worked, but all this talk I've been seeing about farming hulks for turn-in items and such has me a little dismayed. If you want ore, mine asteroids. If you want equipment, beat up enemy ships. If you want weird little items that'll turn a good trade profit, risk life and limb to find some Hulks. Crossing the Line to delve into the debris fields was exhilarating, and crawling across the lava rivers to wait for the perfect moment to decloak and grab the hulk was heart-pounding. I'm not there yet, but I'm hoping that's the experience I'm in for again. Speaking of The Line, is it just me or is it not nearly as dangerous as it was during Live? I remember when having an Environment Shield up all the time was critical, or you'd randomly lose all your shields, or your engines or weapons would go offline. I've nosed across a couple times, and all that happens now is piddly damage over time to my shields. I liked that it was a scary place that not many people could go because 'omfg dangerous'. Anyway, I'm still new, so pardon my ignorance if I'm not grokking what's going on here. I've just got my memories of yore to go on, and they are fond indeed.