What? Oh for goodness sake (that is the clean version) - thanks for sorting this expedition out and all but now we have to backtrack all the way to WP1.
Didn't someone check the route?
As Vertical Blank mentioned; we can't hold everyone's hand. There is nothing that is meant to be "easy" the whole way through. SWE is meant to show people cool locations, and also teach along the way; teach challenges you may run into etc. when you actually go [properly] exploring.
And we're doing just that.
I have a 30Ly ship and was able to plot straight to it from WP2, you just have to set yourself up and know where the permit locked sectors are. Hence why I advised it's easier to go back towards WP1; versus trying to explain how to shortcut through between permit locked zones, which I did explain to those who asked. (but it's doable, we had quite a handful of people do it actually).
Evidence that it's doable; and it was checked beforehand actually (because I did it)
It isn't the safest route as you have to understand the risks, and there are quite a lot of unscoopables in the area which aren't helpful (not to mention it's easy to get stuck in a permit zone too).
Again, this is why I recommended most people to go back towards WP1 to cross the gap, as it is likely easier
Except those that like the challenge.
See routes plotted on left to WP3 thanks to EDSM tracking; I know of at least 10 people that did it.
