That's because the only thing you think of is what you want and not what the game needs.
no, i was thinking of what the commenter i was replying to wanted and what seems fdev generally aims for... which has nothing to do with what the game needs ever.
what they were asking for is not in conflict with the game nor how fdev has positioned the game via the way mechanics are implemented.
It's done that way intentionally to prevent the chaos that would be caused by carriers jumping en masse non-stop every single second. Bad enough they have to compute all the jumps that every ship in the game makes. To allow carriers to simply go on autopilot all the time instantly would be a disaster.
A. nobody is doubting it's done intentionally. what is in doubt is the motive behind the intention.
B. nobody is suggesting the limit to jump frequency be reduced to 1 second. or even close to that.
C. navigating routes that don't require user intervention for each jump wont cause disaster nor would it increase the load on what amounts to a mongodb update query. the only certain thing it would do is reduce the unnecessary micromanaging at each jump... something normal ships don't have to do because it is universally agreed that having to do that is a stupid use of game time.
What's more, it would give carriers an unfair advantage over long range ships that can travel faster and render them completely useless to the game, which would have caused such an uproar that many people would have simply quit playing altogether.
no, it would do none of that. the crying about carriers have been going on since they were introduced behind a paywall and none of the hypothetical end of times have come due to them. other players matter far less than you give them credit for in this game. fdev literally made most of what a player can impact not meaningfully matter to anyone else.
But then again, you never considered that, did you? Of course not, because you want the game to do everything for you without any regard at all for fair play and what the game actually needs to survive and function properly.
what i want out of the game is very different from how fdev designed it. this suggestion doesn't contradict the 'play as i want' mentality that elite has been developed with. fairness doesn't factor in because the game actions of other players in their carriers even if this suggestion was implemented wouldn't matter to anyone else.
nobody's game is getting upended because someone could schedule some jumps and not have to babysit the carrier, or get fuel without falling asleep mining, etc.
the game is what it is already. it's not gonna die due to some sense of punishing players with crap gameplay because there's no better option... the players still playing this game have accepted its flaws and lack of any desire to test player skills or reward them outside of maybe thargoid combat. fairness only exists in your mind, not the game. if anything, this reduces unfairness caused by players who have more time to babysit the game vs those who don't.
if we were talking about circumventing game mechanics that involve skill... we would be having a different discussion. We're not though, We're talking about pointless time sinks and circumventing time sinks is what elite dangerous is all about
