65000 Ly from Sol Club, thread the fourth
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| CMDR | DATE | DISTANCE | OTHER |
| The2ndHill | 09-June-3306 | 65279.35 | My Xbox Alt CMDR |
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| CMDR | DATE | DISTANCE | OTHER |
| Dr. Chives | 12-June-3306 | 65279 | Time: 5h 52m 28s |
A few minutes ago my trusty Anaconda jumped into Beagle Point. We started in Sol, Gallileo Station, as is customary for a record attempt. Took us 5h 52m and 28s, which should qualify for an entry in the 48-Hour-Challenge. ;-)
What a journey, and no, I won't do that again (soon).
Fly safe out there, commanders!
Dr. Chives
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o7 Cmdr. More than 20 minutes shaved off @Drazkul for a new record, congratulations - that will take some beating.
Good evening!
CMDR DATE DISTANCE OTHER Dr. Chives 12-June-3306 65279 Time: 5h 52m 28s
A few minutes ago my trusty Anaconda jumped into Beagle Point. We started in Sol, Gallileo Station, as is customary for a record attempt. Took us 5h 52m and 28s, which should qualify for an entry in the 48-Hour-Challenge. ;-)
What a journey, and no, I won't do that again (soon).
Fly safe out there, commanders!
Dr. Chives
@iain666 The forum won't let me send you the details, says it is spam... will try again later. Sorry for the inconvenience...
Congratulations - I may have to have another go to beat your record
Congratulations - I may have to have another go to beat your record
Thank you and good luck on your attempt! This is a loooong way, won't do that again too soon(tm). First one under 6 hours is good enough for me.
Thank you and good luck on your attempt! This is a loooong way, won't do that again too soon(tm). First one under 6 hours is good enough for me.
Hehe yeah I know what you mean - though if I do attempt it again it'd be my 3rd run (first was without NS boosting though)
Wow, that's dedication... Well, I'll stay on the shorter route to Sag A* for a while. Good luck mate, make that a 5:30:00 for me!
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Carrier. Yes. I am forced to ponder what this club is worth when someone can dock with a carrier in the bubble and not even log in again before they appear, as if by magic, 65k from Sol.
Thoughts people?
I think you are correct, the club needs to be grandfathered. I mean to say there's kudos to be had from being the first to climb Mount Everest, and even the tenth or twentieth, but when there are traffic jams on the way because so many people are climbing it you don't add them to the roster of brave first wave explorers, they are tourists. Grandfather the entire thing or only add players who fly their personal ships all the way. There's still a shine attached to solo round the world travel, but not if you do it in the QE2.
I agree that carriers have changed what this achievement used to mean. Probably a good idea to lock it up and grandfather it to the ones that achieved it BEFORE carriers came into the game.
I'd like to second the idea to grandfather it. It was cool to travel all the way by yourself, an achivement. But as you said, with the carriers it could get easy. Another idea would be to make it a requirement to travel there without a carrier. I just don't know how you can prove that, apart from a complete honor-based system.
On another note, the 48h-Challenge is something you cannot achive with a carrier at the moment, so this part could stay active/open for anyone crazy enough to try it.
On another note, the 48h-Challenge is something you cannot achive with a carrier at the moment, so this part could stay active/open for anyone crazy enough to try it.
Well, for my personal case I can back my claim with my flight logs. : https://www.edsm.net/en/user/flight-logs/id/108722/cmdr/duuka
I was at Explorer's Anchorage the day before the carrier patch.
Actually that could solve the issue there. Why not ask any player to submit their flight logs to back up their claims?
I was at Explorer's Anchorage the day before the carrier patch.
Actually that could solve the issue there. Why not ask any player to submit their flight logs to back up their claims?
I was casting no aspersions on your achievement, it was just you mentioning a carrier being at Semotus already that triggered my musings.
However challenging it used to be to get somewhere when you can catch a bus then making note of who got there starts to seem less important.
I certainly lack both the time and the will to check flight logs in the long term. In the short term I think I will accept 65k club entries for another couple of months where non-carrier assist can be demonstrated, just to allow anyone who might be en-route with the intention of joining a chance to make it and then stop.
I'll continue to maintain the 48h challenge for as long as people show interest.
We are a moot point. A "remember when this was a hard" meme, soon to be told, "wuteva boomer".