Definitely make a ticket for support, including any relevant details. We want this fixed - and they will more than likely offer to teleport you to a port for repairs then back again.
Distant Worlds - A journey beyond the Abyss
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Definitely make a ticket for support, including any relevant details. We want this fixed - and they will more than likely offer to teleport you to a port for repairs then back again.
I've had this happen. Not on DW. Its obviously a bug, and not some cloaked aliens (I hope) I agree with Newman, send in a ticket to game support.
I use OBS project, so have documentation if something surprising or unexpected should happen. WP5 is dangerous, visibility is poor, be careful.
Thanks for the info on the distance records. Very interesting and fun.
Landed at WP5 last night and have been doing some exploring around the area. Would like to thank the Prospecting and Exploring wings that have been giving us such great locations! Found the deep impact basin near WP5 from directions on page 8 of the second newsletter and was just blown away at the sight of it! Also, having the green systems narrowed down for us by the prospecting team is simply invaluable.
I fly in the Erimus group and wanted to say it is still growing by leaps and bounds. 154 members currently and I see up to 20 folks on at a time, though many seem to be playing in solo or other private groups. Very interested to see how things play out as we get farther from home and I hope for the best for all my fellow explorers. From what I read on the forums and in the discord chat, many (myself included) view WP5 as a first line in the sand and it's Beagle or Bust after this (I heard the phrase Beagle or Bust last night in discord chat and I am very sorry but I can't remember the name to give credit to the CMDR that came up with it. It isn't mine).
Fly safe out there and have fun everyone.
Landed at WP5 last night and have been doing some exploring around the area. Would like to thank the Prospecting and Exploring wings that have been giving us such great locations! Found the deep impact basin near WP5 from directions on page 8 of the second newsletter and was just blown away at the sight of it! Also, having the green systems narrowed down for us by the prospecting team is simply invaluable.
I fly in the Erimus group and wanted to say it is still growing by leaps and bounds. 154 members currently and I see up to 20 folks on at a time, though many seem to be playing in solo or other private groups. Very interested to see how things play out as we get farther from home and I hope for the best for all my fellow explorers. From what I read on the forums and in the discord chat, many (myself included) view WP5 as a first line in the sand and it's Beagle or Bust after this (I heard the phrase Beagle or Bust last night in discord chat and I am very sorry but I can't remember the name to give credit to the CMDR that came up with it. It isn't mine).
Fly safe out there and have fun everyone.
Where is WP5? It's not up yet on the first page?
I've been following, haven't been able to hit a rendezvous yet though. I'd sure like this to be my first!
I've been following, haven't been able to hit a rendezvous yet though. I'd sure like this to be my first!
Its been posted on the Announcements thread since Wednesday. Bookmark/Subscribe to that thread. Its where all latest expedition news appears first
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Holy crap.
Thank you! I had no idea. I've been hanging out in NGC 6357 for a while waiting for my marching orders!
I'm having a blast with this, even though I've only seen one other Cmdr out there! Thanks again.
You're #297 on the roster and should be in Kamzel group, if you're not, apply and I'll add you.
The only problem I have with Akira's post was the rather heavy handed wording. While I appreciate that English is not his first language the message could have been better communicated.
I don't truly understand the problem here although I do take issue with the prospecting information being removed from the DW Trello site.
That information wasn't encouraging people to move too far ahead and this information is in the public domain from other sources anyway.
We had a heated discussion about this on TS last night because some people took this personally and were threatening to leave DW because of it. The whole fuss is a total storm in a teacup, everyone should just calm down and spend time growing up a little.
Distant Worlds is a group undertaking and some people are losing sight of this.
If you feel the need to leave because of something relatively unimportant then please do so but without causing a fuss.
If you are rushing ahead to Beagle Point then you are not actually taking part in Distant Worlds: DW is not just about getting to Beagle Point it is about getting to Beagle Point as a group and taking part in the Way Point events along the way.
What you do between those WP meetings is entirely up to you and no-one has said otherwise. But if you truly want to be a part of Distant Worlds and be a contributing member of it then you should remember that the WP meetings are where you should be, either at Landing or Takeoff and seriously stick around for the weekend.
As for "leaders and lieutenants"... what a load of tosh. There are a group of people who have slugged their guts out on their own time to make this happen. Because of that they naturally want DW to both succeed and be a memorable event for everyone who takes part. Unfortunately a minority of commanders have, after 15 days, lost sight of this and those organisers are making efforts to get them back into the DW fold.
Everyone involved in Distant Worlds, from Erimus, Dr Kaii, Akira, myself, you and everyone included are volunteers. As such we should pull together, cooperate and above all work as a group.
There is certainly no room nor place for unwarranted and unjustified complaining, it sours the atmosphere to no end.
Pre Horizons I was a little under 39 but for DW I'm at 35. Wanted boost, decent shields for pancake landings, and I have an extra fuel tank fitted for peace of mind in the dark regions. Plus the SRVs of course.
Leaving aside the tone of the message and the strange comparison to cheaters, I'm sure I also saw something said about people in the main fleet also wanting to be able to contribute without having all the best planets already scouted out. So I'm wondering if the post has since been edited.
But I'm now basically confused. I was under the impression that the prospectors were providing a service by jumping on ahead and finding out which planets had which materials. That was definitely the way I was playing it. I prospected planets in systems with black holes knowing that people would be going there anyway and if they knew that a planet in that system had materials they were specifically looking for then they could easily pop down. My husband for example has been looking for specific materials to replace his ammo with premium ammo so I was able to tell him which planets to go prospecting for selenium, zirconium and mercury. I was also looking for anything interesting such as black holes and neutron stars that people could scan and increase their explorer rank and money when they get back home.
There are far too many systems and planets to find to exhaust the entire area so it's not like the cartographers and prospectors are denying people a chance to contribute. I only mapped out a single system completely myself. And jumping on ahead also carries a cost. It was a very long time before I found any polonium to unlock the premium boosts and on using Trello for the first time saw that previous way points had located planets where I could have found some. But it was too far for me to go back.
So I'm wondering whether people actually want the prospectors to start mapping out an area before the rest of the fleet arrive or whether people see it as 'hogging' all the best systems. I'm not sure how it can be hogging because we don't get our names on systems until we get back home and hand in our exploration data, but perhaps people also want to feel like they are exploring as well.
Hmm, just checked the first post where it mentions Cartographer.
Finally back on track, only 1k ly away from WP5...
A little backstory:
After taking a few screenshots at WP3 I decided to travel back to the bubble. My Eleanor (Anaconda) is a good looking ship, but it couldn't keep up with the gorgeous landscapes some planets offered. So my plan was to get an Imperial Cutter, trading edges for curves, black for white, jump range for beauty, and........ it was worth it (for now at least).
Biggest time sink was getting the required rank, starting from zero (bought my HOTAS + ED:H at Christmas). Luckily I needed to burn my remaining vacation days from last year, so after 4 days "nolifing" imperial missions I was a Duke. The next task was to find a starport in a Patreus-exploited system which actually sells a Cutter. Apparently they did run out of stock in many of them...
However, yesterday I resumed my journey to Beagle Point and (hopefully) will meet some of you at WP5.
Good luck everyone and fly safe!
CMDR HansMeiser
my new beauty "Nicole":
A little backstory:
After taking a few screenshots at WP3 I decided to travel back to the bubble. My Eleanor (Anaconda) is a good looking ship, but it couldn't keep up with the gorgeous landscapes some planets offered. So my plan was to get an Imperial Cutter, trading edges for curves, black for white, jump range for beauty, and........ it was worth it (for now at least).
Biggest time sink was getting the required rank, starting from zero (bought my HOTAS + ED:H at Christmas). Luckily I needed to burn my remaining vacation days from last year, so after 4 days "nolifing" imperial missions I was a Duke. The next task was to find a starport in a Patreus-exploited system which actually sells a Cutter. Apparently they did run out of stock in many of them...
However, yesterday I resumed my journey to Beagle Point and (hopefully) will meet some of you at WP5.
Good luck everyone and fly safe!
CMDR HansMeiser
my new beauty "Nicole":
The only concern I had with not knowing exactly where the waypoints are is that I won't know where to go next. The last few general waypoints I reached were done by guesswork and seeing which systems seemed like good places to congregate with others in the vicinity.
I too am playing this leisurely but still I hope to join the big meetups as and when I can. The past week proved that I can catch up with others, funnily enough. I just need to get back to my old exploration mindset and not be distracted.
I too am playing this leisurely but still I hope to join the big meetups as and when I can. The past week proved that I can catch up with others, funnily enough. I just need to get back to my old exploration mindset and not be distracted.
As an aside, I seem to recall it mantioned that stuff gets serious after WP5, where the journey actually commences in seriousness. As such, has any thought been given to maybe, just maybe, rethinking the rules to allow latecomers such as myself to actually be a part of the official roster?
I know it has been decided that if we get to Beagle we will be added retrospectively. I cannot help but feel like an outsider looking in atm. Yes, I know, all my fault etc etc but just thought I'd ask one last time, what with WP5 been viewed as another 'start' of sorts. Would be good to be at least semi-official on this journey
I know it has been decided that if we get to Beagle we will be added retrospectively. I cannot help but feel like an outsider looking in atm. Yes, I know, all my fault etc etc but just thought I'd ask one last time, what with WP5 been viewed as another 'start' of sorts. Would be good to be at least semi-official on this journey
I know it has been decided that if we get to Beagle we will be added retrospectively. I cannot help but feel like an outsider looking in atm. Yes, I know, all my fault etc etc but just thought I'd ask one last time, what with WP5 been viewed as another 'start' of sorts. Would be good to be at least semi-official on this journey
Getting home again after BP is when it gets really serious, after all the gadflys have self-destructed back to the bubble just to say 'I was there'
Getting home again after BP is when it gets really serious, after all the gadflys have self-destructed back to the bubble just to say 'I was there'
I have a new maxim for this journey: twelve weeks out, twelve months back.
I'll post this here, from another thread Karla..
Its really not an issue aimed at those just ahead of the pack and contributing. Its mainly aimed at those who are going further and further out, and especially the ones that are filling my inbox with constant requests of where BC 7, 8, and 9 are etc etc "cuz we want to map 'em for the fleet".
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