Elite: Game talk

Episparh
04 May 2023, 9:39pm
Vasil VasilescuNPCs need to go back to pilot school and stop smacking into planets like mosquitoes into a bug zapper.

800+LY from any inhabited system and surface scans of landable planets in every system have multiple distress beacons or wreckage. I remember a time when finding something on the surface of a planet was exciting. Now it is, "Oh, look. More idiots flying into a big space rocks and cluttering up my navigation window with useless signal sources."

Nothing to do with NPCs - it is called half baked Odyssey development.
Meowers
04 May 2023, 9:40pm
I bet you could find those even being 10-20-30kly away from the civilisation.
Kasumi Goto
04 May 2023, 9:54pm
Those Odyssey POIs stop eventually, but they’re way too far out. Think you have to go like 1.5-2k ly away from Colonia or the Bubble for the dumb things to stop spawning completely. Or at least not find 5-10 on the same planet in an undiscovered system.
Vasil Vasilescu
05 May 2023, 3:26am
Episparh Nothing to do with NPCs - it is called half baked Odyssey development.


I have not yet pulled the trigger on Odessey but I figured that is what it was. I've not played for a loooong time and it took me a while to figure Odessey is probably why I was no longer seeing seeing resource POIs, why the surface scanner looked different and why the surface scans on the back side of the planet had become nearly impossible to see.
User405938
05 May 2023, 10:49am
Don't get me wrong. I'd find it weird of there were never any wrecks out in unexplored space. It's not just Pilots' Federation Commanders who are exploring after all. We're just the ones who can do so completely independently.

But they are far, far too prevalent. Finding a crash site in the black should be a "Hell yes, jackpot!" moment. Right now it's just meaningless. Mundane, even.

I will say though that within 1000 lightyears? There's over six trillion human beings in the galaxy, and thousands upn thousands of populated systems complete with all their respective political factions, all vying for power. In a colonial setting, which Elite most assuredly is (It is, in fact, an age of sail game set in space), cartography is incredibly valuable. And as we all know with this game, not something given out freely. Maps must be bought (Yes you can buy system data, but it is limited to populated systems within 10 lightyears of your current dock), or make the maps yourself.

Needless to say, minor factions will be sending out expeditions as well, to get that information. And some of those will inevitably end in disaster. And as the disatnce gets further, the less value a place might have for a local place as opposed to something nearby. We're all guilty of this, as it is human nature. Closer is better than far away for us. And thus, you will naturally see more accidents closer to the bubble, as that is logically where the overwhelming majority of human beings will be interested in.

So, would an overhaul of how these PoI's be ideal? Yes. 100%

Is it going to happen? To be blunt: Probably not. And we shouldn't expect it or pin our hopes on that changing because that just leads to disappointment. Probably why I don't get dissapointed by much and indeed, enjoy the game a lot...
Sampi Ogonek
05 May 2023, 1:26pm
Vasil VasilescuI have not yet pulled the trigger on Odessey but I figured that is what it was. I've not played for a loooong time and it took me a while to figure Odessey is probably why I was no longer seeing seeing resource POIs, why the surface scanner looked different and why the surface scans on the back side of the planet had become nearly impossible to see.

Yes, sort of. Nowadays both Horizons and Odyssey mean ED 4.0 (while Legacy ED means ED 3.8) and there have been a number of major changes between 3.8 and 4.0 apart from the Odyssey content. All of this was said about in the official game forums, but if one comes back after a long time without reading the relevant dev posts it can come as a surprise
CMDR Calcabrina
05 May 2023, 6:46pm
Kira Goto
CalcabrinaI'm roughly half way to the galactic centre close to the neutron highway - anyone know of a fleet carrier somewhere along the way, or a good place to look? I need to make some urgent repairs after being rear-ended by a high gravity planet.



Check this spreadsheet. It contains all the current locations of DSSA carriers and which region they are located in. If you’re on the way to Colonia, you’re likely better off seeing which of the Colonia Bridge megaships is closest. Ignore the origin system, I just grabbed a direct link after doing the seaech myself.



Brilliant, thank you, just 60 jumps from help!
Baliwasan
06 May 2023, 1:21pm
MeowersI bet you could find those even being 10-20-30kly away from the civilisation.


You will find them a 100k Ly's from the bubble......
Shuwar
06 May 2023, 7:22pm
Is there a way to export my journal logs from Inara or other tool in case I lost my logs from my computer?
Jagger N
06 May 2023, 9:47pm
EpisparhCan someone check something for me.
The search in GalMap do not show this system:
Artemis.
If you make a search for "Kappa Fornacis" which is closest system you can see it and plot route but Artemis is excluded from the search. I wonder how many other systems are addected by this.


Have you checked you are showing ALL types of stars ? Clear the filter.
Venom Skywalker
07 May 2023, 10:14am
is there a server problem?
User405938
07 May 2023, 10:39am
Venom Skywalkeris there a server problem?

I'm in-game right now without issue.
Venom Skywalker
07 May 2023, 10:43am
i got orange sidewinder
User405938
07 May 2023, 10:52am
Venom Skywalker
07 May 2023, 10:56am

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