I like going "friendship driving" through the space, but some distances are... impossible. Specially if you have another ship in a station that you like to ride to change the pace of the game, changing your role from trading to bounty hunting, for example. You know that, if you go rare trading or exploring (at least populated systems), you're going to be one hour away from your "base" and that's something that discourages this "role shift" and makes the game a bit frustrating.
Also, if there are any multiplayer event (like seems to come in the future), it will be a lot easier to participate if you can get there faster (new guys in Sideys, for eample).
It makes sense that big and important planets (Eravate, Lave, Earth, etc) are able to build this gates (as in Frontier) and charge people for it. I guess the whole paying for fuel thing is there for a reason, so players can choose to go planet by planet, fuel scooping on the way, or paying a big fee equivalent to the fuel spent (or a little less
) to use a gateway and save that much time.
You still need to make runs for everything else, though
Also, if there are any multiplayer event (like seems to come in the future), it will be a lot easier to participate if you can get there faster (new guys in Sideys, for eample).
It makes sense that big and important planets (Eravate, Lave, Earth, etc) are able to build this gates (as in Frontier) and charge people for it. I guess the whole paying for fuel thing is there for a reason, so players can choose to go planet by planet, fuel scooping on the way, or paying a big fee equivalent to the fuel spent (or a little less
) to use a gateway and save that much time.You still need to make runs for everything else, though