Craftable Printer Pods
Haltus_Kain
Join Date: 2017-03-31 Member: 229313Members
Join Date: 2017-03-31 Member: 229313Members
Originally posted this on Reddit; another Redditer said I should post here too, so... hello!
Anyway, after having a discussion on how cumbersome it is to try to base-build anything above the surface of the water, I realized there's actually a really good solution to that problem already in game!
These are the things that pop out of the mobile vehicle bay, and they're pretty much a remote control drone + a Habitat Builder. My suggestion is to make them individually craftable, and add camera support.
These would be built at, docked into, and controlled from the Scanner Room just like the Camera Drones are now; the difference being that these ones could travel through both water and air, and could be used to build anything the player currently has access to with the Habitat Builder - but from the Printer Pod's perspective, helping to negate that pesky limiting factor of gravity!
Suggested materials to construct:
1x Camera Drone
1x Habitat Builder
1x Wiring Kit
...and some filler mats to account for propeller blades and such.
Like the Camera Drones, these would also be great tools for exploration; but could extend that service to islands and the parts of the Aurora's exterior that are above water.
Bueno?
Comments
I can't tell you how many times I've thought "why can't I just duct tape my hab builder to a camera drone and do my construction from inside?" You have my vote!