Haul Chassis
So, the haul chassis… Its … useless. Its too slow to be useful. It carries too little for its speed to be a good tradeoff. So what can be done?
- Two storages at the back
- The seats could be changed to “expansion slots”, allowing you to either have storage containers there (maybe larger than the ones at the back?) or seats (or anything else that can fit in those slots. They could attach like the equipment attachment points.
- Increase speed so it matches the top speed of the Tadpole with the scout chassis atm (which then needs to be buffed as well, as that is also such a small upgrade that its not worth it). However, it has more inertia (so no turning buff and speed changes take longer).
- Add a second power cell slot allowing for it to travel further (maybe for all chassis?).
- Add a dedicated Cavitation Muffler slot to it so you can make it quieter (maybe two slots that are required to be filled in order to work?).
- Make it increase the Tadpole’s health and toughness.
- Maybe allow it to haul other chassis behind it?
- Add lights around it so the chassis can act as a work vehicle.
- Let us turn off the loudest engines so we can sneak around (if at a slower speed)
The Haul chassis could be good. But not in its current form. These suggestions may improve it.
“Two storages at the back”
This alone would make it better than it is currently. I saw the two doors and thought there would be two 30-item storages. Massive disappointment when it turned out to be just one.
It really is just the speed that is a problem honestly. At the slower speed I don’t know what could make me want to use it. As is, even if it had infinite storage I wouldn’t drive it around unless I was moving a base.
I think it is just because the Scout Ray finally gets you up to a speed where it doesn’t feel like you are travelling slowly on purpose. None of the speed difference between other movement options feel anywhere near as significant.
The speed isn’t even the biggest problem for me. It’s the turning speed. It handles like a Cyclops.