Hi 3000AD First of all, I'm from Denmark and my english isn't all that good anymore - it's so long time ago that i have had the englishclass in school. Anyway...
I just bought Ver.1.0 of BC3000AD and upgraded it. I haven't spent the time yet to learn to play the game, but it probably deserve it. It looks like to be a very complex detailed game - just the way i like it(maybe). I'm also one of David Braben's many fans (the maker of Elite), I just love his games.
I know u shouldn't steal from anyone, but i miss some of the things from the Elite games in BC3000AD.
I may be wrong about several of things that I say in this letter, because I haven't been playing this game that much yet. 1.First of all i like the hyperjump-thing in Elite. Personally I don't like these jump-gates all that much. I think that I feel that the Galaxy becomes some sort of a net of motorways. 2.Also in Elite I like the way u start. From the bottom. U'll have to work your way from the deep to the top. You start with an okay spaceship and fight your way through, and later you buy a bigger ship. Maybe a goal could be to have one of those big battlecruiser spaceships. Ok, I know that the name of the game is Battlecruiser - but I just like the Idea. 3.I would be nice if the planets would be more alive (atleast the cities). How about hoovercrafts or monorails? Or how about people walking around on the streets?
I read in a German gamemagazine once that David Braben was experimenting with hoovercraft on the planets. Obviously he didn't put those hoovercraft's in his game, but I think it would have been cool. I remember a cool game from the Amiga era called Mercenary III(I think). In this game u could take a cap from one distination to another. And then there were alot of houses to explore (all in 3d).
What if u could rent your own hoovercraft and go around this city and visit important people, go and deliver a package, make some good deals in the weaponsshop and alot of other things. Maybe u could own some buildings, were u could have your own factory making goods,weapons,hoovercrafts or maybe even spaceships. 4.Have u ever seen Starship Troopers? It looks VERY cool when all those great battlecruisers come home from their attack, and almost all of the spaceships are tottally disabled. U can see big holes in their hulls. COOL EFFECTS!!! I think u should be able to see when a ship is damaged. U'LL HAVE TO SEE THAT MOVIE... IT'S A MUST... and hopefully u'll be convinced... =) Maybe these ideas doesn't suit the Battlecruiser games very well... maybe they fit the Elite series better... Or maybe it's for BC3780AD... I don't know... but for me this is some of the things BC3000AD lacks. And I would like the option to have smaller ships, because for some it would be easier to control a small spaceship. Sincerely Stig Norgaard Jepsen
