It's the not knowing what we'll find in the next system, what amazing sights we'll see, what moments of stillness we can experience when parked in a sparkling, icy crater on a crinkly moon on the other side of the galaxy watching unknown suns set over an unexplored horizon...and realising that each such vista is a unique sight no one has seen before - and in all probability given the size of the galaxy, no one may ever witness again.
That's what makes exploration, not peril!
The only real peril is self inflicted like making mistakes when landing. And given the willingness of support to magically restore people's ships even that peril is largely non-existent.
Famous explorers are famous because of the perils they faced & overcame. Many explorers died. Some of us want to be able to recreate their feats - and, yes, face the sort of dangers they had to (albeit safely via our computersIt's a false premise anyway - as explorers, we don't want peril : if that was our overarching desire, we'd still be back in the bubble because there's peril aplenty to be found back there. And the other thing about being back in the bubble is you can easily stop somewhere to repair the consequences of all that peril, something that's impossible out in the far black.
Explorers are not trouble junkies. No, what we want, the very reason we've chosen to explore is because we're seeking WONDER and AWE - that's what keeps us going so far from home!
It's the not knowing what we'll find in the next system, what amazing sights we'll see, what moments of stillness we can experience when parked in a sparkling, icy crater on a crinkly moon on the other side of the galaxy watching unknown suns set over an unexplored horizon...and realising that each such vista is a unique sight no one has seen before - and in all probability given the size of the galaxy, no one may ever witness again.
That's what makes exploration, not peril!
) - not just be tourists. Shouldn't this be what separates a game like ED from something like Space Engine?Once again though, incidents like yours make me shake my head even more at Michael Brookes' comment in that recent livestream that "exploration needs more peril". If you ask anyone on the Distant Worlds Expedition,
...That's what makes exploration, not peril!
The only real peril is self inflicted like making mistakes when landing. And given the willingness of support to magically restore people's ships even that peril is largely non-existent.
Famous explorers are famous because of the perils they faced & overcame. Many explorers died. Some of us want to be able to recreate their feats - and, yes, face the sort of dangers they had to (albeit safely via our computers
Even with Horizons, exploration is still extremely safe if you follow even basic procedures.
-2 beers per hour max
-don't boost into planets
-4 pips to shield when within 1km of the surface
-always be aware of your vertical speed
-when you're feeling punchy, call it a night
Everyone has a different idea of what makes exploration. Maybe for people like you with great story telling abilities, a safe sight seeing trip has enough material to spark your imagination for a lively role playing experience. But for people like me who put stock only in the actual game mechanics and the science behind it, the utter lack of any challenge is disheartening to say the least.
Whenever I engage an extended trips to the core or on longer trips like DW, and I make it home with 94% hull after months in the black, I feel no sense of accomplishment at all. Yeah it was pretty, but that's nothing I can take credit for. I may as well have been a passenger on a train for all my input mattered. So I didn't fall off my chair and onto the tracks. Yay?
Now when Michael Brookes talks about solar flares hitting my shields, and hints at dangerous aliens lurking in the black, my heart actually skips a beat, and then my pulse actually quickens in anticipation of what I might find. ...That is what exploration should be in my humble opinion.
You're one of the old time explorers, never expected anything else
