{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/endless-sky/endless-sky/issues/927","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/endless-sky/endless-sky","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/endless-sky/endless-sky/issues/927/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/endless-sky/endless-sky/issues/927/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/endless-sky/endless-sky/issues/927/events","html_url":"https://github.com/endless-sky/endless-sky/issues/927","id":145714613,"number":927,"title":"Enhancement: outfit variants","user":{"login":"LocalGod79","id":16969517,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16969517?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/LocalGod79","html_url":"https://github.com/LocalGod79","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LocalGod79/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LocalGod79/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LocalGod79/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LocalGod79/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LocalGod79/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LocalGod79/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LocalGod79/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LocalGod79/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LocalGod79/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":4,"created_at":"2016-04-04T15:16:45Z","updated_at":"2016-04-04T17:27:42Z","closed_at":null,"body":"it's been raised before that the Hai and Lovelace sell the same Fusion Generator.  There are other examples of outfits that seem to merely be \"similar enough to x to be represented by it\", and lose potential character (and player immersion) as a result.\r\n\r\nsimilar to ship variants, perhaps slightly different spec outfits that carry the same name - the Syndicate sells stuff that falls closer to the lower end of their quality threshold to distributers in far flung markets, or the Hai/Lovelace fusion generators, or the Deep has begun using a new material for their Laser lenses, and the old stock is still being cleared from outfitters carrying only their \"basic\" offerings, or the 'prototype' ebeams on the upper tier Marauder variants...just a couple of applications off the top of my head...\r\n\r\ni haven't thought this idea out very thoroughly, so forgive me if there are potentially fatal flaws in it."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/endless-sky/endless-sky/issues/comments/205405760","html_url":"https://github.com/endless-sky/endless-sky/issues/927#issuecomment-205405760","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/endless-sky/endless-sky/issues/927","id":205405760,"user":{"login":"LocalGod79","id":16969517,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16969517?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/LocalGod79","html_url":"https://github.com/LocalGod79","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LocalGod79/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LocalGod79/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LocalGod79/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LocalGod79/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LocalGod79/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LocalGod79/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LocalGod79/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LocalGod79/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/LocalGod79/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-04-04T17:27:42Z","updated_at":"2016-04-04T17:27:42Z","body":"that was the original idea...\r\n\r\nperhaps in my initial expression, a brainstorm took hold of me and expressed more of a stat direction."}}