What are the chances that there will be one of a kind, never before seen, ships, weapons, gear and etc out in the PU for explorers to find?asked by MrFixIt
TL;DRChris Roberts says there will definitely be unique ships, weapons and gear not sold before release, and he wants to encourage exploration through rare items and location-specific shops.
Yes there will definitely be a bunch of that stuff. So we are going to have ships, weapons and gear that we will not sell pre-release, so collectors of ships/items etc are safe and will still have lots to do in the PU. I view a lot of these items as rare/unique items like in a traditional fantasy MMO. I'm very keen on creating a need for players to explore, for instance you won't be able to get all the weapons in all the shops in all the locations, so there might be a gun shop on a planet that has a particular guy that can make ballistic weapons that are 20% better than the rest of them, say, so players will have to go here to get those weapons specifically etc. I want to encourage players to travel around to look and find things, like going onto a derelict wreck in an asteroid field, where there might be some alien tech, or some salvageable weapons, all that kind of stuff.