Template:Ship building
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Ships are going to also have classes. Those classes are going to dictate the type of of attachments that can be applied and in what quantity. A military vessel type may have more capacity for weapon based attachments. A transport ship might have more capacity for defensive based attachments. And then you'll have more versatile ships that can share across those types. So in that sense you are constructing a componentized ship for the types of activities you intend to do: Are you a raider? Are you a mover of goods? Are you an adventurer? These types of things are going to inform your decision of what the attachments you're going to have in those three categories.[2] – Steven Sharif
Ship building can be carried out by any player in possession of the right components, recipes, and an advanced enough node, coastal or not, with a harbor.[3][4][5][6]
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- Various professions can craft ship components.[4][5] These components can be sold to other players.[7]
- Ships may only be crafted or upgraded in harbor ship workstations that are unlocked by the advancement of nearby nodes.[3] Previously this was stated to be coastal nodes.[4][7][8][9]
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- Players can choose which "joints" get populated with either offensive weaponry, defensive, or utility attachments they want on their ship prior to construction completion.[2][10][11] The types of attachments that are available are dictated by the ship's class.[2]
- Ships will likely not have closed spaces or internal compartments such as Captain's quarters.[16]
- We are trying to stay away from internal compartments within the ships because that presents a whole different type of user interface and flow that can be a bit cumbersome and problematic, especially in combat and in closed spaces. So we're trying to stay away from that under deck aspect and keep things all on deck for better readability on the player side.[17] – Steven Sharif
