Colonization System Turnover

Aseron

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Can someone explain this to me?

A system I have had my eye on, which had been claimed but which was was looking like it would not be able to finish the initial station when the 4-week timer expired, finally had its 4-week build period expire yesterday evening.

I had been waiting specifically to lay my claim to it once its grace period ended. I literally made sure to be on the minute the 4 week timer expired.

The problem is, once the grace period ended, I still couldn't lay my claim.
I kept trying for over an hour, and then another 2 hours after that checking every 15 minutes or so... but even though the timer expired, it was still being treated as though the initial station was still under construction (the colonization ship didn't actually leave for reasons known only to fdev) and I was unable to lay my claim to it.

I tried again just a few minutes ago (a total of 8 hours after the claim expired), and now instead of that station-still-building bug, the system as a whole is now "Blocked". The only details it gives other than that is that it is now considered an "Invalid System" apparently.
I don't get it... Wasn't the failed construction cooldown supposed to allow other people a chance to colonize that system?

Why am I being blocked from making my attempt? Why is a system that previously could be colonized suddenly being treated as a handcrafted system?
 

Aseron

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Lexxie said:
In my experience it lasts from 2 to 24 hours. Relog into the game so as not to miss the moment when the system becomes available again.
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Well, I'm currently sitting at 23hr, 45min and it is still blocked. I really hope it frees up within the next 5 hours, or I'm not going to be able to claim it due to work.
 

Aseron

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Well, its been far longer than a day and the system is still Blocked. Guess I can only check when I get back from work.
 

Aseron

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Still blocked. If it's not unblocked by the end of the week, I'll give up on the system. As much as I want it, there has to be other systems out there that meet my requirements.
 

Kira Goto

Kira Goto
It usually doesn’t take much longer than a day for a system to clear up - personal experience - so you might or should see it become available again sometime today, or throughout tomorrow.

If not then it might be caught up as a low priority task somewhere. (Total assumption from a mostly non-tech person though, so take it with a grain of salt)
 

Steve the Red

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I had the same issue, waiting for a system to become available again. Eventually a friend I'd been working with to reach that system woke up and logged in, and it was colonisable for him - but still not for me!

Relogging didn't help, quitting to launcher didn't help, but quitting ED and the launcher as well, and then restarting the launcher and ED from the restarted launcher DID make it available!

I suspect the launcher is doing some kind of caching for this, similar to HGEs.

I was just lucky that no-one else tried to bag that particular ELW while I was waiting for a cache that would never refresh.
 

Greasetrap42

Greasetrap42
Two weeks ago I had a system claim that expired and a day or two later I reclaimed it. So apparently the same cmdr isn't usually blocked from reclaiming.
 
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