Hi
I actually find this aspect of the systems (through traffic) interesting to observe, in the game.
In my 'home' system/s there's about six to ten 'regulars', I've never met any of them as I play mostly solo, but over time I can see which nearby systems they've probably visited the most.
I have three ships at the moment which I use for various missions, so I can dock at all types of station in the surrounding areas/systems. The nearby systems with just the small ports usually show very little through traffic. Obviously the larger Orbital ports get the most traffic, as there's a good percentage of large ships operating in the area, which are unable to land at the smaller ports.
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I'm pretty much allied to all the factions in these nearby systems, so I get profitable trade runs through most of the trade mission structure here, which also include trips to the small ports.
At certain times of the week it's pretty quiet, then towards the weekend it gets quite busy, so I can gauge roughly when it's best to pick up some very well paid trade missions at certain times of the week.
I do pop into Open play now and again, mainly to see if there are any open play Cmdr's about. Never seen any as yet, so I presume they're also in solo like myself!
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At the week end the traffic rises into the hundreds, but it's usually the regulars that are causing this upsurge. At this precise moment I'm 'sharing' a couple of systems with an Anaconda, a T7, an Orca, Cobra and an Asp. The Orca & Asp are mine, with an occasional Adder that I take out for some light combat/trading from time to time.
The traffic is winding down a bit now from the last weekend...but no doubt the 'holiday/weekend' traffic will bump up sharply from Friday afternoon and through this coming weekend again!
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Jack
