My little system has a population of four thousand, now. I just hope I will be able to someday build more for them...
Elite Dangerous | System Colonisation Beta Details & Feedback
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The internals are based on the type of system economy and I would assume be based which economy type has the most build points allocated on your bases.
Not all systems allow for a ground base. But all of them allow for a space station.
It is to limit system hopping. If all bases are near the star, no one would develop anything until they have claimed a ton of systems.
Mmm two issues here. Firstly the game itself doesn't agree, given the easiest thing to build is an Outpost.
Secondly it's not true, you're hauling in all the materials for for structure, not mining them. The only thing putting it on the surface does is add a bunch trips to the bottom of a gravity well.
It's 15ly. But I have seen multiple forum users quote 16, so I guess FDev wrote it down wrong somewhere in an announcement. The announcement on here says 15.
Up to 5 million, any earnings after 5 mill are 'taxed' to pay for executive holidays or liaisons with Eccentrica Gallumbits to be given to the uppper echelons of the faction controlling the colonisation system.
Ah thanks, I couldn't find the information
Liking this update a lot. Only real issue is that there is no real incentive to mine for required commodities.... easier and quicker to simply purchase required commodities from a station.
Also, I've heard rumours that one of the main reasons for the "pause" is that a Cmdr or some Cmdrs had found an exploit that allow them to complete their system claims really quickly .....which resulted in a very large number of systems being colonised.
If this is true....what action will be taken against those Cmdrs? Will the systems concerned be made available once more?
Also, I've heard rumours that one of the main reasons for the "pause" is that a Cmdr or some Cmdrs had found an exploit that allow them to complete their system claims really quickly .....which resulted in a very large number of systems being colonised.
If this is true....what action will be taken against those Cmdrs? Will the systems concerned be made available once more?
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Solo, with 1x T9 @ 736 cargo capacitty (no FC) it took me 3 days to get to 60% .. a month is more than enough for the smallest station, it seems.Hello FDEV
Resume of the first experiences.
We fly with a HOTAS system and manually.
This means (for us as pilots) very precise and effective take-offs, flights and landings.
We are building a large station.
On average, we need one delivery for one jump,
using all available techniques (overload engine): 9.11 minutes / approx. 10 minutes,
with a load volume of 725 tons / units. From the station to the collony ship and back to the station.
We bought the T9 optimized with real money. Although we already had a T9
With a delivery volume of 58000 tons / units, that's : 80 flights, take-offs and landings, that's approx. 800 minutes / 60 = 13.33 hours.
Now you can say that the deliveries, since they are not all that big, can easily be done in a month.
Unfortunately, this is not the case. After approx. 10 deliveries, the energy is usually already at the end. In a small group, clan or organization of 1-5 players, the average is less than 40 deliveries per evening. As we all have a job and a family, it's a really tough race
Another station in a new system will probably be canceled because nobody wants to do it again.
And again, as with the carriers, large organizations have an extreme advantage.
All the deliveries are also extremely boring in the long run. A change would be an advantage.
Suggestions:
Maybe you can enter the construction ship and assemble parts delivered by a refinery on a monitor.
We liked one suggestion here in the forum:
Include different missions. We didn't think fighting pirates was such a good idea, as it doesn't fit in, but basically a bit of variety like just the extremely large number of deliveries would be very nice.
The number of deliveries is also too high.
Or a new freighter ship or ship modification of the T9 / T9 Extended with a larger cargo hold of about 900 tons / units!
We all (even the small loyal clans/orgs) need the incentive and the chance of success to colonize more systems
We're looking forward to it.
I'm sure you can think of a few better actions for this really nice expansion.
We look forward to working with you in the future.
Best regards
I was trying to find the reference for you, but I can't remember exactly where I saw it - I'm sure I'll have that 'light bulb moment' at 3am tomorrow...
Mine too. What goods can you buy from your station out of interest?
My station has a population of 4 (yesterday) and had 5 units of Biowaste in the market.
Those 4 are obviously overfed!
All good, thank you for the information. Now I just have to figure out how many stations/facilities I have to build to get the 5mil and populate as many systems until the 35mil maintenance costs for a fully equipped carrier come together
4 people? The people manning the station functions clearly do not count. OR... are they not 'people' at all? cue Twilight Zone theme
@Paul_Crowther please look at this post. Its important.
forums.frontier.co.uk
Changes are needed for making claims at new outposts
I just spent 12 hours straight grinding to daisy chain out to a star system I wanted only to have it stolen by someone else who was camping out waiting for my last load at the colonization ship. That felt really bad. It’s like ganking has been added to my solo/pve world, but worse. Getting...
Industrial. In very small quantities.
I think it's probably more like a 'box' rather than a 'sphere' around the system you make your claim from. It's around the 15ly mark, but depends how the starts are positioned nearby.