In early December I decided to hang up my trading cutter and go exploring in my anaconda.
I decided on a safe 22k jaunt to Jacques Station. Here are a few of the idiotic things I managed to achieve on the way...
1. On one boring long run to a far off planet I wanted to scan, I found out the hard way if you try to do field maintenance repairs in super cruise it kinda damages your ship rather badly.
2. Trying to get an FSD super charge at a neutron star doesn't work well if you head to the centre of said neutron star to obtain said boost.
3. Going AFK to let dogs in the garden while FSD is charging requires more heat sinks than a ship can carry.
4. Trying to find a black hole in the system map doesn't require 10 minutes clicking on every planet in the system, just look for the blacky black thingy.
5. Refulling and restocking at Jacques station was a brilliant idea. Forgetting to Repair before leaving Jacques, and then travelling 4k before realising, was stupid.
Finally... As I approached the bubble I wanted to dock at the closest station I could before hitting founders World to make sure I didn't have to go back to Jacques if I died.
A normal, intelligent person, would open up galaxy map and find the closest station. An idiot like myself will rely on finding one on the plotted route to founders World... which I did... 3 jumps from founders world!
So yes, I've been playing since beta but never went further than a few hundred light years out. Even someone playing this long can be a certified idiot when exploring properly for the first time
If you ever fancy going exploring don't team up with me, your ship will hate you if you do. I tend to find the wrong ways of doing everything
I decided on a safe 22k jaunt to Jacques Station. Here are a few of the idiotic things I managed to achieve on the way...
1. On one boring long run to a far off planet I wanted to scan, I found out the hard way if you try to do field maintenance repairs in super cruise it kinda damages your ship rather badly.
2. Trying to get an FSD super charge at a neutron star doesn't work well if you head to the centre of said neutron star to obtain said boost.
3. Going AFK to let dogs in the garden while FSD is charging requires more heat sinks than a ship can carry.
4. Trying to find a black hole in the system map doesn't require 10 minutes clicking on every planet in the system, just look for the blacky black thingy.
5. Refulling and restocking at Jacques station was a brilliant idea. Forgetting to Repair before leaving Jacques, and then travelling 4k before realising, was stupid.
Finally... As I approached the bubble I wanted to dock at the closest station I could before hitting founders World to make sure I didn't have to go back to Jacques if I died.
A normal, intelligent person, would open up galaxy map and find the closest station. An idiot like myself will rely on finding one on the plotted route to founders World... which I did... 3 jumps from founders world!
So yes, I've been playing since beta but never went further than a few hundred light years out. Even someone playing this long can be a certified idiot when exploring properly for the first time
If you ever fancy going exploring don't team up with me, your ship will hate you if you do. I tend to find the wrong ways of doing everything
