Expansion destination
- Thread starter El-bizor
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Closest, with less than 7 I believe. Exceptions being permit locked worlds (harder to expand into) and superpower capitals (impossible to expand into).
Additionally a change was made so that factions that retreat from a system do not expand back into it. little detail was given. it is possible that they will expand back into that system if all other options are exhausted (including investment?). I don't have any direct experience of this.
It's *mostly* "closest with less than 7 factions" and that will predict your destination almost all the time, but yes, there are more complications.
Priorities seem to be as follows:
1) Closest* system with <7 factions that you have not retreated from since October 2017
2) Closest* system with <7 factions that you have retreated from since October 2017
3) Closest* system with 7 factions that you have not retreated from since October 2017, provided that there is an eligible target faction not native to that system, and you are not pending a conflict. (Invasion)
4) Closest* system with 7 factions that you have retreated from since October 2017, provided that there is an eligible target faction not native to that system, and you are not pending a conflict. (Invasion)
5) Do some Investment
* There are then at least three complications on "closest".
a) Systems very close in relative distance - within 1LY - may sometimes be selected in the opposite order you'd expect
b) Retreats and expansions are processed serially, so a faction moving "before" you on the same tick may change what the closest system with <7 factions is
c) A small number of systems are completely blocked to all expansions - superpower capitals and other highly important systems. A larger number - the Permit systems - have an additional restriction to make them harder to expand into but the nature of this restriction has not been researched - it might be "you can't" or it might be "you have to expand to everywhere else in range first", or something else.
Jane Turner
Volunteer Moderator
no. Once in game pmfs are treated the same as any other mf
To the best of my knowledge, it's nearest from the system that reached the expansion threshold.
I prefer a whole new world - better songs. Huxley never was much of a singer...
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Jane Turner
Volunteer Moderator
The good news is that the expansion centre is reported in game in the system status summary in any station that they are present in. No more guesswork!
Ranges are all measured from the system you expand from.
Jane Turner
Volunteer Moderator
We have got to 81 LY from source!
'Theoretically' is the important word there. The further your faction is spread out, and the more systems you're having to keep track of, the harder it all becomes, and that essentially puts a cap on your expansion that scales with the number of active players who'll commit to managing things with you. And a conflict state in just one system can bring you to a halt if it wasn't planned or you don't have backup plans.
Blimey!
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my turn!
about 83ly top to bottom and about 40ly wide
furthest system from home is about 70ly
Defiantly? Oh yes
Sorry for the repost in this thread, but it seemed appropriate to the topic.
Jane Turner
Volunteer Moderator
No
You could in theory expand at 1% if the expansion is pending... and it not my guide... its OUR guide!
so is it just the way your inf declines after expansion?
It was more of a reference to "Jane's manuals" than anything else