There's a rumor floating around general chat that once you fly a ship you own in the dogfighting module, you can no longer melt that ship. Is that true? Or does it only apply once the package or ship is applied to a character in the Persistent Universe?asked by Sue Backey
TL;DRNo decision yet on melting ships flown in the dogfighting module, with a leaning toward allowing it without promise, but ships applied to a Persistent Universe character can't be melted.
So we haven't made a decision on that. Definitely once the game is live and the Persistent Universe is live and you take your ship and apply it to a Persistent Universe character, yes, you will not be able to melt it, you will not be able to trade it back in, because you're playing the game and using the ship. My sort of initial response right now is on the dogfighting module we'll probably give you a pass and let you fly around and have some fun and potentially melt your ship. But I'm not promising it just yet because I wouldn't want people to abuse that. But I think maybe it will be an opportunity for people to try out things that they like and decide what they really want to play with. But definitely once the Persistent Universe happens, once you apply your package to a real in-game character and the in-game character enters the world, then you won't be able to just arbitrarily melt it and change it around.