OK, I'm not a new player- far from it; but pretty much a virgin on the forums here. Some background. I've been playing ED on and off for years, always enjoyed it but sometimes you need something different to capture the imagination so you can then return to ED refreshed and ready for more. I am Elite in combat, Tycoon and Elite in exploration.
So..... having hit Elite in exploration this last weekend I was wondering what to do. I eventually settled on filling out my codex entries for the Inner Spur territory. Long story greatly curtailed, I end up in a system in the Spirograph sector and log a spheroid mineral form in the rings of a planet- system is BD-12 1172, and then my troubles began. How the hell to navigate around an ENTIRE SECTOR which is permit blocked? I've now spent about 10 hours trying to find a way back to the bubble and failed utterly. I would greatly appreciate any help/advice or guidance in resolving this hideous situation- how to escape the enormous sprawl of the col 70 sector? Is there a way in the lower reaches of the galaxy? The upper? Go west or east? I've clocked well over 3000 light years in jumps and just ended up back at BD-12 1172 in an effort to retrace my steps which is not working.
I'd like 5 minutes alone with the person responsible for permit blocking entire sectors along with a rusty pair of pliers, a bag of marshmallows and a rat's foot- they'd wish their grandparents had never been born!
I've considered bailing out of my ship but as it's 5* engineered on FSD this really is a final solution as that engineering was a massive pain to resource. I didn't use any FSD boost to get here btw.
Thanks in advance for any help offered- I wonder how many people FD has put off this game for life owing to being trapped in the same situation? A fair few is my guess.
So..... having hit Elite in exploration this last weekend I was wondering what to do. I eventually settled on filling out my codex entries for the Inner Spur territory. Long story greatly curtailed, I end up in a system in the Spirograph sector and log a spheroid mineral form in the rings of a planet- system is BD-12 1172, and then my troubles began. How the hell to navigate around an ENTIRE SECTOR which is permit blocked? I've now spent about 10 hours trying to find a way back to the bubble and failed utterly. I would greatly appreciate any help/advice or guidance in resolving this hideous situation- how to escape the enormous sprawl of the col 70 sector? Is there a way in the lower reaches of the galaxy? The upper? Go west or east? I've clocked well over 3000 light years in jumps and just ended up back at BD-12 1172 in an effort to retrace my steps which is not working.
I'd like 5 minutes alone with the person responsible for permit blocking entire sectors along with a rusty pair of pliers, a bag of marshmallows and a rat's foot- they'd wish their grandparents had never been born!
I've considered bailing out of my ship but as it's 5* engineered on FSD this really is a final solution as that engineering was a massive pain to resource. I didn't use any FSD boost to get here btw.
Thanks in advance for any help offered- I wonder how many people FD has put off this game for life owing to being trapped in the same situation? A fair few is my guess.