Hey guys I've only just recently started playing the game on the PS4. I've got a Cobra MKIII with some stuff, jump range is around 20Ly. I'm currently around 13,000Ly away from the DW2 waypoint. I would like to take part in the event but it feels like I'm too far behind to catch up. The motivation for finally starting the game was to take part in DW2 but now that I've seen how far away you are and will be even further before the weekend my limited playtime feels like it would be best spent elsewhere. Does anyone have any tips on what I should do to try and catch up so I can take part each week? Any magical stuff out there in the cosmos that would see me get into the action sometime before next Christmas? Cheers.
I think the first thing you need to do is buy a better jump drive and bigger fuel scoop then go see Felicity Farseer, the engineer, to try and boost your jump range even more. Shouldn't take more than a few hours. Pretty sure it's been mentioned on here somewhere that the minimum jump range you need for the trip is around 32ly.
Judging by the squadron I'm in, I reckon I'm up towards the top quarter of the group for distance travelled, and I've been playing around 4-6 hours a week with an average jump range of around 45ly.
I reckon if you bumped up your range a wee bit, got sat down in your comfiest chair (underpants optional), and really went for it, you could catch up with everyone over a weekend's worth of playing.
I'm currently sitting in a space port near WP4, but (whisper...in real life, I'm about to head off to the Italian Dolomites for a week of skiing....whisper), so I'm expecting to drop behind everyone and be forced to play catchup. If you do decide to come along, you could always drop me a line and we could wing up for company at the back o' the bus.