How much time to re-enter a system after retreat?

lollo1572 · Jul 30, 2018

Hi all!
As title. I'd like to know when a minor faction can reenter a System after retreated from it. After months? After.... 3/4 expansions? Never reenter?

Tks!

Ian Doncaster · Jul 30, 2018

lollo1572 said:
As title. I'd like to know when a minor faction can reenter a System after retreated from it. After months? After.... 3/4 expansions? Never reenter?

Retreating deprioritises expansions to that system. This appears to be permanent - or at least, very long-lived.

How long it takes you to get back into the system will depend on how many other expansion targets there are within range. You can go straight back on your next expansion if there are no other valid targets for your expansion ... conversely, in a densely-populated part of space you might never return.

You may be able to stack the odds a bit by carefully choosing which system you expand from.

lollo1572 · Jul 30, 2018

"This appears to be permanent - or at least, very long-lived." TKS Ian, this seems to me too!

Jane Turner · Jul 30, 2018

this is my best guess too - need a ton more expansion slots filling before we can say for sure

CMDR RAY-ZOR'SHARP · Aug 2, 2018

Hi,

Would this apply to Player factions as well?

Sentenza · Aug 2, 2018

So now deprioritizing works? I remember it was found not working at all...

Ian Doncaster · Aug 2, 2018

Yes, works the same for player factions. Other than blocking insertion of additional player factions, there's no BGS difference between a player faction and a non-player faction.

Sentenza said:
So now deprioritizing works? I remember it was found not working at all...

It seems to work *provided that* the Retreat took place after the 2.4 release date. Earlier retreats are not accounted for, which may be why tests shortly after 2.4 found it not working.

Ryan Murdoc · Aug 2, 2018

Ian Doncaster said:
Yes, works the same for player factions. Other than blocking insertion of additional player factions, there's no BGS difference between a player faction and a non-player faction.

It seems to work *provided that* the Retreat took place after the 2.4 release date. Earlier retreats are not accounted for, which may be why tests shortly after 2.4 found it not working.

Good to know.

Deareim · Aug 2, 2018

You can re-enter when you have no available target in the 20 ly ish radius than the one you have already retreat from (perimeter that you expand without investment).