FSD charging time

[Krawler]

newb question... but even when im out of combat, just traveling from one system to another.. sometimes my FSD charges super fast, other times it takes.. 10 times longer. whats the reason behind this? what is my brain not comprehending? lol

 

[GluttonyFang]

newb question... but even when im out of combat, just traveling from one system to another.. sometimes my FSD charges super fast, other times it takes.. 10 times longer. whats the reason behind this? what is my brain not comprehending? lol

Depending on if you are jumping into super cruise or witch space.

Also Mass Locking can cause your low wake time to extend.

 

[Sapient6]

Nearby high mass objects, like a bigger ship, will impede your FSD and cause charging times to take longer.

 

[Jordan Cobalt]

newb question... but even when im out of combat, just traveling from one system to another.. sometimes my FSD charges super fast, other times it takes.. 10 times longer. whats the reason behind this? what is my brain not comprehending? lol

Other ships can mass lock you increasing the time it takes to jump to super cruise. The multiplier is based on the ship that is doing it. 6x for a sidewinder, 24× for an anaconda.

 

[Krawler]

Thanks for info guys, appreciate it. I'm pretty sure I was just star hopping tho, does the stars mass have an effect too?

 

[Jordan Cobalt]

Thanks for info guys, appreciate it. I'm pretty sure I was just star hopping tho, does the stars mass have an effect too?

Oh so it's not ships then. We'll there's also 2 separate fsd cooldowns. One for a soft exit of supercruise and one for a hard exit. 10 seconds for the soft, 40 for the hard exit.

Soft exits include slowing down to 30m/s and dropping out of supercruise, and submitting during an interdiction. Hard drop include flying to close to a star, and getting interdicted and losing the interdiction.

 

[TankMaster]

Thanks for info guys, appreciate it. I'm pretty sure I was just star hopping tho, does the stars mass have an effect too?

No, but jumping star systems requires a lot more energy than jumping into supercruise, thus a lot longer charging up.