I don't follow the forums much, if at all, and honestly, I've been out of touch on the last few updates of Elite. Last winter I burned myself out doing a trip to Sag A* and back. This was something that bounced around in my head from time to time so maybe I've seen it before or something but figured what the hell, throw it out there.
My suggestion is the ability to leave behind beacons in a star system. Maybe include exploration data about a system, but mostly to leave behind notes for other commanders to find. It could be like a trail of bread crumbs, used for games or some such.
I really feel that persistent "wrecks" or something left behind from actual commanders as they explore would be nice touch to make the galaxy feel alive. Being able to leave something intentionally, maybe with a random bit of cargo like materials or something would just be a neat thing to be able to do. I could see popular spots being spammed, some of it not nice stuff, but I'm sure there could be ways to mitigate it. (Eg., only x number of beacons, chosen randomly, visible in a system at a given time.)
Anyway, random thoughts. Carry on.
My suggestion is the ability to leave behind beacons in a star system. Maybe include exploration data about a system, but mostly to leave behind notes for other commanders to find. It could be like a trail of bread crumbs, used for games or some such.
I really feel that persistent "wrecks" or something left behind from actual commanders as they explore would be nice touch to make the galaxy feel alive. Being able to leave something intentionally, maybe with a random bit of cargo like materials or something would just be a neat thing to be able to do. I could see popular spots being spammed, some of it not nice stuff, but I'm sure there could be ways to mitigate it. (Eg., only x number of beacons, chosen randomly, visible in a system at a given time.)
Anyway, random thoughts. Carry on.
