Considering other people do manage it very well, and there are tons of vids on youtube showing it, I suspect it may not be the ship that is the problem.
So you’re not getting your hopes up to hopefully be pleasantly surprised...
Yep! It’s convoluted I agree.
I just worry that exploration isn’t that important to Frontier, seeing both how neglected it’s been and how it often feels like none of the devs have much of any interest in it. Things like putting it last in the feedback schedule for example, or waiting more than a year to fix the beige planets which 2.2 broke. I’m afraid that while Frontier might have heard the complaints about the lack of exploration development they might not have listened or understood the suggestions and ideas to improve it, nor considered what the people who actually explore in the game really want from it.
So, I’m tepidly looking forward to learning what Frontier has decided to do with exploration, but I’m half expecting them to put in a low effort and instead focus on Squadrons and other things which have a more direct combat use. The update history suggests this is what will happen, but it’s also possible for them to buck the trend for a change, so some glimmer of hope still exists in me.
In the end Elite is just a game afterall, and it’s very possible that the development path just isn’t going to satisfy me. Q4 will be a deciding update as to whether I spend any more money on the game or put it aside instead, and honestly it all hinges on the exploration improvements.
, because if I know one thing, it's best to assume worst case scenario with FD. But I am actively NOT getting my hopes up. No I explicitly expect them to surprise me how much they can screw up. "Hey here awesome guardian ruins!", "And now do it again, and again, and again, and again...", "Hey here, multicrew, oh sorry only combat roles!". Now how will they screw up exploration? Hmm... (i) it will be soo much more tedious, like now you have to honk 10 times, and (ii) it will not involve any skill at all, no brain activity required. You know, like honking 10 times..A MkII DDF, or something similar. Awesome! Perhaps we solo players will now be included in all the topics to be "discussed". I'd like an NPC crew to take part in squadrons and MC in general, or add to immersion. I also may be pleasantly surprised this time.
A MkII DDF, or something similar. Awesome! Perhaps we solo players will now be included in all the topics to be "discussed". I'd like an NPC crew to take part in squadrons and MC in general, or add to immersion. I also may be pleasantly surprised this time.
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