Move Stations Closer To Planets

GODofDUTY83 · Oct 31, 2017

Why are they always so far away anyway ?

Move stations closer to planets so we can better appreciate these huge worlds coming into view as we exit the stations.

Kerrash · Oct 31, 2017

The same reason planets are round, try Googling "desertphile gravity"

GODofDUTY83 · Feb 26, 2018

I guess we cant have the AB traders getting slowed down by gravity now can we.

Lestat · Feb 26, 2018

GODofDUTY83 said:
Why are they always so far away anyway ?

Move stations closer to planets so we can better appreciate these huge worlds coming into view as we exit the stations.

You know you do have a point. Maybe they can be adjusted by Planetary Gravity. Let take a system with .200 g. You need the station closer to stay in the rotation.

I like the idea.

One thing The issue might be Horizon and non-Horizon players. That could be the downfall of the idea.

NitroNic · Feb 26, 2018

Lestat said:
Let take a system with .200 g. You need the station closer to stay in the rotation.

200g holy **** never seen such a HUGE planet

Jaiotu · Feb 26, 2018

Bad idea, IMO. The closer you get to a gravitational source such as a planet the slower your ship moves in supercruise. It would create a JEPOCHAL-G situation (see patch notes from Wings Update 1.2.06 or my youtube video from two years ago:
https://youtu.be/gjx6ztDdGSQ

Hell Razor5543 · Feb 26, 2018

NitroNic said:
200g holy **** never seen such a HUGE planet

I think he MEANT 0.200G! It was just that the leading zero was missing.

Lestat · Feb 26, 2018

NitroNic said:
200g holy **** never seen such a HUGE planet

LOL. You did not see the point or dot lol .200. If I said 200g that would be different. I could of added a 0 to the front of the . but I felt lazy.

[Diplomacy] Carnegie · Feb 26, 2018

The closer the station is to the planet, the more likely that your destination system is obscured by said planet.
They should be moved further away instead.

CMDR Corlas · Feb 26, 2018

There's a lot of stations that are close to planets, just as there's a lot that are far out. I don't think they should be all one way or the other, they each have their pros and cons, and the existing variety seems realistically plausible.

Para Handy · Feb 26, 2018

GODofDUTY83 said:
Why are they always so far away anyway ?

.................

You need to move about a bit more.

Markoz · Feb 27, 2018

CMDR Corlas said:
There's a lot of stations that are close to planets, just as there's a lot that are far out. I don't think they should be all one way or the other, they each have their pros and cons, and the existing variety seems realistically plausible.

I agree. I just wish that stations that are orbiting close to large planets/gas giants were further away, as it's difficult to get between the planet and lining up with the slot - Goldstien Port, Lembava, and Furukawa Port, 61 Viginis, are two examples of the stations being too close to the planet IMO.

varonica · Feb 27, 2018

Lestat said:
You know you do have a point. Maybe they can be adjusted by Planetary Gravity. Let take a system with .200 g. You need the station closer to stay in the rotation.

I like the idea.

One thing The issue might be Horizon and non-Horizon players. That could be the downfall of the idea.

Orbital distance and speed is determined by physics (except for Mitterand Hollow of course) so any distance will work as long as it is not affected by the gravity of another object. There are a couple of stations that are so close to planets you can't get to them unless you have a planetary landing suite on board, so yes they are all distances really.