Explorers rejoice

[Quester91]

The best Frontier can come up with is grinding to unlock new engineers which we have to grind to get some mods from which allow us to stare the screen a little less during scans?

Fast scans should be standard for every module in every ship. Waiting is not gameplay mechanics, it's just poor game design.

 

[verminstar]

Now, now my fellow explorer's, lets form an orderly queue for these 'upgrades'... oh, seems like there is not a queue. Sounds to me these are for the Sunday drivers who pop out of the bubble for a little look at the wildlife before returning home for an evening in front of the TV.

On the plus side, they will be well used to ganktown by that time considering how much time they gonna have to spend there to unlock them.

The one place in the whole milky way that most of us avoid like the cesspool it has become...

I can barely contain my excitement and inner joy at the mouthwatering prospect...

True story, I dont have a single engineer mod on anything that I own...because 90% of my total time played is spent avoiding where they live ^

Actually I just had an epifany...epiphamy...cool idea I cant spell that word, I hate it. I just thought of a cool name fer my ship now I know my first choice is banned...Im seriously too happy to stay salty long term, so Im grabbing any opportunity atm ^

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

The one thing I take away from this is: the scans have been lengthened artificially all this time for no apparent purpose whatsoever. And now we can unlock the option to remove a part of this completely pointless waitingtime.

The only purpose it now serves is to make engineering upgrades on scans relevant. I have been waiting probably hours in game just so engineers would be needed in the future.

What a farce.

Here's a good entry for the changelog: scans take as long as it needs to get data to our servers, and not a second longer.

 

[Starstrydur]

Rejoice? Nothing new to see here. Wake me up when they add something interesting.

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The one thing I take away from this is: the scans have been lengthened artificially all this time for no apparent purpose whatsoever. And now we can unlock the option to remove a part of this completely pointless waitingtime.

The only purpose it now serves is to make engineering upgrades on scans relevant. I have been waiting probably hours in game just so engineers would be needed in the future.

What a farce.

Here's a good entry for the changelog: scans take as long as it needs to get data to our servers, and not a second longer.

Yep, This is "we added content to exploration, what do you mean it's still the same"...

 

[avow555]

Hardly the most exciting new engineer drivel.

 

[defekt]

The one thing I take away from this is: the scans have been lengthened artificially all this time for no apparent purpose whatsoever. And now we can unlock the option to remove a part of this completely pointless waitingtime.

“Conspicuous artificial difficulty.”
-- FD's game designers' mantra.

 

[Pville_Piper]

Yeah, great... Have fun grinding for Bill Turner and the Alioth permits... One of the worst grinds in the game. It really left me with a very bad taste in my mouth. [sour]

 

[verminstar]

On a lighter note, Im within 2klys of jacques...back to solo mode soon...yay ^

Can travel a kylie minogue an hour...takes 4 months to do 38...gotta love the black ^

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

On a lighter note, Im within 2klys of jacques...back to solo mode soon...yay ^

I'm within 1 kly.

I think, been some time since I logged in. I bet Dilbert is feeling lonely. [sad]

 

[Watcher]

Well, more options good so this is a step in a positive direction.
I'd like to see some more modules though, combined discovery and detailed surface scanner for example - both are size 1 modules and I end up wasting space and making silly compromises on ship builds. I guess that isn't going to happen though. Ho hum.

Of course better planetary mapping and various search tools would be cool too, that is getting in to crazy territory though for the moment.

 

[Rorkan]

They were only removed temporarily until they added in a commodity storage function. Like the shield boost changes, the commodities coming back are inevitable.

Well, are they introducing a commodity storage then? Because I don't see that on the changelog.

 

[Bran Tse Mallory]

On the plus side, they will be well used to ganktown by that time considering how much time they gonna have to spend there to unlock them.

The one place in the whole milky way that most of us avoid like the cesspool it has become...

I can barely contain my excitement and inner joy at the mouthwatering prospect...

True story, I dont have a single engineer mod on anything that I own...because 90% of my total time played is spent avoiding where they live ^

Actually I just had an epifany...epiphamy...cool idea I cant spell that word, I hate it. I just thought of a cool name fer my ship now I know my first choice is banned...Im seriously too happy to stay salty long term, so Im grabbing any opportunity atm ^

I hadn't though of it like that... And your right!

 

[Junky Juke]

Engineers

Detailed Surface scanner (affects how fast you can basic/detailed scan planets):
Long Range
Wide Angle
Fast Scan

That will only make it faster to scan "dots" or be able to scan "dots" from a distance, without the need to move out of the landing star.... Well... I guess that "exploration dot farmers" will be glad for this new stuff.

Meh...

 

[K-Rose]

Guys take a look here: http://imgur.com/a/K7cwh

 

[Jex =TE=]

*FD creates mods that have you do x% more damage*
Combat pilots:"Cool, lets play around with it!"

*FD creates mods that have increase speed with x%*
Racer pilots:"Cool, lets find some canyons!"

*FD creates mods that improve range/speed of scanners*
Explorer pilots:"whine complain yadda yadda we feel so sorry for ourselves and everything is terrible."

Alright then.

If you think scanning is even remotely fun then you have nothing of any value for anyone here. Saying that is like turning up at the village fare sucking on a piece of straw and wondering where everyone is because you got there the day after the event.

 

[Ian Skippy]

On the plus side, they will be well used to ganktown by that time considering how much time they gonna have to spend there to unlock them.

The one place in the whole milky way that most of us avoid like the cesspool it has become...

I can barely contain my excitement and inner joy at the mouthwatering prospect...

True story, I dont have a single engineer mod on anything that I own...because 90% of my total time played is spent avoiding where they live ^

Actually I just had an epifany...epiphamy...cool idea I cant spell that word, I hate it. I just thought of a cool name fer my ship now I know my first choice is banned...Im seriously too happy to stay salty long term, so Im grabbing any opportunity atm ^

True story, I've maxed all small ships with engineers, and have never been killed once there. True, in the beginning I've seen a fair amount of murderers there, but the last months its been much quieter. And if you're really that obsessed with scary gankers just go to solo/mobius. Really, why do you insist on talking about stuff you yourself admit you know little about? You dont play Open much, you dont go to engineers, why not just say you have no clue what its like there now? Yes, you were touched in a nasty place by a scary ganker when you were a noob. You told us often. We are all very sympathetic. But can we please move on now.

 

[Shar]

Gee Lighter sensors and quicker scans, only thousands of players wanted that. How dare fdev make some improvments that dont ruin the game. Thanks fdev nice to see something that was actually asked for. Discard most of this thread its burntout jaded troll central even has all the usual suspects.

 

[Ian Skippy]

Gee Lighter sensors and quicker scans, only thousands of players wanted that. How dare fdev make some improvments that dont ruin the game. Thanks fdev nice to see something that was actually asked for. Discard most of this thread its burntout jaded troll central even has all the usual suspects.

Its even more fun when you go back into the archives and see some of the usual whiners here whine that there were no mods for the scanner and sensors. "FD doesnt care about exploration, its all pewpew!". You couldnt make these levels of hypocrisy up if you tried.

 

[Jex =TE=]

At 5500 systems visited, that alone would have saved me considerable time.

Not really when you add up the grind time to get that extra 5%?

 

[Shar]

Its even more fun when you go back into the archives and see some of the usual whiners here whine that there were no mods for the scanner and sensors. "FD doesnt care about exploration, its all pewpew!". You couldnt make these levels of hypocrisy up if you tried.

I hear ya brother. I just dont think they can help themselves.

Oh fun fun mr grind times here. no dont look up. look at this clown 5% does not even know what he is talking about spreading completely false information as usual.