I set out on my biggest exploration in December, a little after the Horizons release. I was bored of local exploration and decided I wanted to get deep. So I aimed for the far right hand side of the galaxy and began jumping. After weeks out there, I decided to finally head into the core as I've not really had much incentive to explore where others have already been. I don't know why I bothered though, A big boring black hole didn't thrill me much. After months away although not playing for some weeks, I decided to head back. Especially after seeing patch after patch release, that had very little impact on my exploration trip, I wanted to see what new ships are around, how the engineers work etc.
It's always nervy heading back into popular space after being away for weeks but this time, with so much data onboard, it was even worse. I was just a few hundred light years from home and in a period of unscoopable after unscoopable stars so once I was low, I decided to check the map for a nearby M class. Bang, interdiction and an almost instant submission....I never play online and I never will, so this was obviously an NPC. Ok, point away, fire up thrusters and boost...ok boost again, snap - crackle and pop, that poxy effect when you're receiving damage. Sheilds down in a flash. Nevermind, been here before, boost again, jump drive is back online so fire it up. Incoming missile, thrusters offline. Incoming missle....ship destroyed.
I lost count of how many earth likes I had discovered, and I must have found 100's of water worlds all untagged of course, I found two just a couple of systems ago which is surprising. I'm off because I didn't stand a chance here, I've got no weapons and only very weak shields(only equipped for planetary landing), when I built this ASP, things were very different and this is a problem with exploration. Patch releases change the game in a way that can't really be seen when you're 30 thousand light years away for months on end. I really couldn't have done anything different here, I boosted instantly which last time I was in popular space, is normally enough to at least get clear of death, I could have used my repair module...it would have actually been nice to use it as I never pick up any damage now since they nerfed the heat damage we used to get from the stars.
This gamble of spending months out there, only to be destroyed in a flash by the very first NPC I encounter, is far too great for me. I'm alive and at my last station and can rebuy my ship so, how does this work...escape pod and rescued ? Is there really not enough room in my escape pod to fit a black box with all my exploration data...or at least 50% of it ?
I have lost all interest in this game as of now and very much doubt I'll pick it up again. It's back to evochron mercenary for me.
Cmdr Mart1001 out.
It's always nervy heading back into popular space after being away for weeks but this time, with so much data onboard, it was even worse. I was just a few hundred light years from home and in a period of unscoopable after unscoopable stars so once I was low, I decided to check the map for a nearby M class. Bang, interdiction and an almost instant submission....I never play online and I never will, so this was obviously an NPC. Ok, point away, fire up thrusters and boost...ok boost again, snap - crackle and pop, that poxy effect when you're receiving damage. Sheilds down in a flash. Nevermind, been here before, boost again, jump drive is back online so fire it up. Incoming missile, thrusters offline. Incoming missle....ship destroyed.
I lost count of how many earth likes I had discovered, and I must have found 100's of water worlds all untagged of course, I found two just a couple of systems ago which is surprising. I'm off because I didn't stand a chance here, I've got no weapons and only very weak shields(only equipped for planetary landing), when I built this ASP, things were very different and this is a problem with exploration. Patch releases change the game in a way that can't really be seen when you're 30 thousand light years away for months on end. I really couldn't have done anything different here, I boosted instantly which last time I was in popular space, is normally enough to at least get clear of death, I could have used my repair module...it would have actually been nice to use it as I never pick up any damage now since they nerfed the heat damage we used to get from the stars.
This gamble of spending months out there, only to be destroyed in a flash by the very first NPC I encounter, is far too great for me. I'm alive and at my last station and can rebuy my ship so, how does this work...escape pod and rescued ? Is there really not enough room in my escape pod to fit a black box with all my exploration data...or at least 50% of it ?
I have lost all interest in this game as of now and very much doubt I'll pick it up again. It's back to evochron mercenary for me.
Cmdr Mart1001 out.
