Homeward bound and worried about it.

Ulysses_W · Jul 28, 2015

I left civilisation way back in February for a little trip to Sagittarius A*. I'm still out here now nearly 6 months later, faffin' about 38,000LY from Sol looking for Black Holes and Neutron Stars and kind of heading homeward.

But am I? As I look down the Arm that will take me from the SEGNAO region to the human bubble, I really don't have any interest in getting back home and to be honest, this disappoints me. What the hell am I going to do when I get there?

How can hauling tea from station A to Station B possibly compare to dropping into a ternary contact system?
Bounty hunting some low-life for a few credits seems (to me) to be a very shallow day to day existence.
Earning credits and owning big and expensive ships holds absolutely no interest for me whatsoever.

I just know that when I do get back home I'll be back out here in a matter of hours.

Is there any form of therapy available for this mindset?

iain666 · Jul 28, 2015

Ulysses_W said:
Is there any form of therapy available for this mindset?

More exploring, it's the only way.

Jesters09 · Jul 28, 2015

It's got you bad hasn't it?

You've been out so long, home is now "out there" and human space is now your new frontier.

I've only been out a week and already I am having the dilemma.

I think I may have to pop back to fix up my ship, buy some upgrades, then get my backside back out here again.

I bet you have some stories to trade?

Ziggy Stardust · Jul 28, 2015

Ulysses_W said:
I left civilisation way back in February for a little trip to Sagittarius A*. I'm still out here now nearly 6 months later, faffin' about 38,000LY from Sol looking for Black Holes and Neutron Stars and kind of heading homeward.

But am I? As I look down the Arm that will take me from the SEGNAO region to the human bubble, I really don't have any interest in getting back home and to be honest, this disappoints me. What the hell am I going to do when I get there?

How can hauling tea from station A to Station B possibly compare to dropping into a ternary contact system?
Bounty hunting some low-life for a few credits seems (to me) to be a very shallow day to day existence.
Earning credits and owning big and expensive ships holds absolutely no interest for me whatsoever.

I just know that when I do get back home I'll be back out here in a matter of hours.

Is there any form of therapy available for this mindset?

Of course.

You can go exploring in a different ship. I tried the Python, and am now giving the Orca a run. The great thing about this is, outfitting for exploration isn't as costly as fitting it for combat. I had the Python at 150 mil, and still needed to upgrade for 10's of millions of credits. The Exploring Python is 93 mil in total, and is fully upgraded to go exploring.

Ulysses_W · Jul 28, 2015

Ziggy Stardust said:
Of course.

You can go exploring in a different ship. I tried the Python, and am now giving the Orca a run. The great thing about this is, outfitting for exploration isn't as costly as fitting it for combat. I had the Python at 150 mil, and still needed to upgrade for 10's of millions of credits. The Exploring Python is 93 mil in total, and is fully upgraded to go exploring.

Maybe you're right. I must admit, I do like the idea of 'splorin' in an Anaconda. I'll figure I'll make enough credits from this trip alone to buy one and kit it out.

Yes, I do like the sound of that indeed.

Traveller_GG · Jul 28, 2015

You do know asking that question in this forum is the equivalent of going into a crack house and asking for an intervention?

tarks382 · Jul 28, 2015

Ulysses_W said:
I left civilisation way back in February for a little trip to Sagittarius A*. I'm still out here now nearly 6 months later, faffin' about 38,000LY from Sol looking for Black Holes and Neutron Stars and kind of heading homeward.

But am I? As I look down the Arm that will take me from the SEGNAO region to the human bubble, I really don't have any interest in getting back home and to be honest, this disappoints me. What the hell am I going to do when I get there?

How can hauling tea from station A to Station B possibly compare to dropping into a ternary contact system?
Bounty hunting some low-life for a few credits seems (to me) to be a very shallow day to day existence.
Earning credits and owning big and expensive ships holds absolutely no interest for me whatsoever.

I just know that when I do get back home I'll be back out here in a matter of hours.

Is there any form of therapy available for this mindset?

Once in the black, you'll never go back.

Leper Messiah · Jul 28, 2015

Ulysses_W said:
I left civilisation way back in February for a little trip to Sagittarius A*. I'm still out here now nearly 6 months later, faffin' about 38,000LY from Sol looking for Black Holes and Neutron Stars and kind of heading homeward.

But am I? As I look down the Arm that will take me from the SEGNAO region to the human bubble, I really don't have any interest in getting back home and to be honest, this disappoints me. What the hell am I going to do when I get there?

How can hauling tea from station A to Station B possibly compare to dropping into a ternary contact system?
Bounty hunting some low-life for a few credits seems (to me) to be a very shallow day to day existence.
Earning credits and owning big and expensive ships holds absolutely no interest for me whatsoever.

I just know that when I do get back home I'll be back out here in a matter of hours.

Is there any form of therapy available for this mindset?

I mainly explore, nothing as much as you though! Not sure I could trade, I've dabbled with rares to get me going at the start, then did some BHing and it's quite good fun (though not as much fun as Freespace and the Xwing/TIE games!).

I want to eventually have an Anaconda though, and a fleet of ships so my motivations are different to yours....I can see how not having that motivation would make human space pretty much meaningless compared to the Milky Way!

Lupin · Jul 28, 2015

Find a nice outline system (Less change of being jumped by NPC or players), repair and consider another ship to use for exploring.

Ulysses_W · Jul 28, 2015

Lupin said:
Find a nice outline system (Less change of being jumped by NPC or players), repair and consider another ship to use for exploring.

Actually, I think I might spend some time giving the Formadine Rift a good going over... what was it? A straight line from Ridequat to Roerte?

Allitnil · Jul 28, 2015

Ulysses_W said:
But am I? As I look down the Arm that will take me from the SEGNAO region to the human bubble, I really don't have any interest in getting back home and to be honest, this disappoints me. What the hell am I going to do when I get there?

How can hauling tea from station A to Station B possibly compare to dropping into a ternary contact system?
Bounty hunting some low-life for a few credits seems (to me) to be a very shallow day to day existence.
Earning credits and owning big and expensive ships holds absolutely no interest for me whatsoever.

I know what you mean, all the activities in the human bubble feel a bit "meh". I'm currently doing some UA hunting but it's mostly a case of just waiting for a magic box to spawn with not much chance of it containing what you want.

Unfortunately, I can't think of much reason to explore any more either. I can't think of anything left to do other than invent some arbitrary goal for a trip such as "find 100 ELWs". There's nothing new to see, nothing new to do.

The UA hunting is in the almost certainly vain hope that it might introduce some adventure into ED because I don't expect it ever to be discovered whilst exploring

newman1702 · Jul 28, 2015

At the very least you can sell off your data and give your ship a well deserved overhaul before heading back out..

Ulysses_W · Jul 28, 2015

Allitnil said:
I know what you mean, all the activities in the human bubble feel a bit "meh". I'm currently doing some UA hunting but it's mostly a case of just waiting for a magic box to spawn with not much chance of it containing what you want.

Unfortunately, I can't think of much reason to explore any more either. I can't think of anything left to do other than invent some arbitrary goal for a trip such as "find 100 ELWs". There's nothing new to see, nothing new to do.

The UA hunting is in the almost certainly vain hope that it might introduce some adventure into ED because I don't expect it ever to be discovered whilst exploring

In a nutshell, this is exactly why I worry. I too feel that as far as exploration is concerned, "I've seen it all".

It really really really is time that the developers of this potentially excellent game stepped up and started to do something with the galaxy.

400 Billion Systems... FOUR HUNDRED BILLION SYSTEMS. come on FDEV, do something with it that explorers can get the teeth into!

Cmdr Raz · Jul 28, 2015

Traveller_GG said:
You do know asking that question in this forum is the equivalent of going into a crack house and asking for an intervention?

Haha, my thoughts exactly

After the last trip I thought I'd go and do some pewpew in the bubble, but honesty, I only lasted 2 days before selling my expensive combat ship and heading out into the black again

Not sure you'll find much advice for how to pass time in the bubble in this forum

mono · Jul 28, 2015

Agree that human bubble activities do get 'meh' pretty quickly which is why I'm currently back at 5 Kylies out and keeping going. Problem I have is I'll start getting cabin fever after a month with a need for something else to do. Maybe CQC will be a saviour for me in that respect.

Iskariot · Jul 28, 2015

Ulysses_W said:
I left civilisation way back in February for a little trip to Sagittarius A*. I'm still out here now nearly 6 months later, faffin' about 38,000LY from Sol looking for Black Holes and Neutron Stars and kind of heading homeward.

But am I? As I look down the Arm that will take me from the SEGNAO region to the human bubble, I really don't have any interest in getting back home and to be honest, this disappoints me. What the hell am I going to do when I get there?

How can hauling tea from station A to Station B possibly compare to dropping into a ternary contact system?
Bounty hunting some low-life for a few credits seems (to me) to be a very shallow day to day existence.
Earning credits and owning big and expensive ships holds absolutely no interest for me whatsoever.

I just know that when I do get back home I'll be back out here in a matter of hours.

Is there any form of therapy available for this mindset?

You've got the E virus.
There's no cure.

Pilot Mark · Jul 28, 2015

I was the same, trouble is I didn't doubt my decision to go back to the bubble until after I got there. I ran a few cargo trips, got fed up and came out again. If you haven't tried a 'Conda for exploration, I'd certainly recommend it. It is not as nimble as the Asp but has much better facilities for those long trips, and an A7 fuel scoop is a luxury.

Chaz · Jul 28, 2015

Ulysses_W said:
How can hauling tea from station A to Station B possibly compare to dropping into a ternary contact system?

Try hauling coffee instead, it's got a bit more of a kick to it.

nexxo · Jul 28, 2015

Iskariot said:
You've got the E virus.
There's no cure.

The E virus is the cure.

Ulysses_W · Jul 28, 2015

How weird is this.... I just googled "formadine rift reorte" and the first hit is a thread started by myself in this forum when I was only 74 days out.