So far as I can tell, 2 conditions need to be fulfilled for limpets to be available in a station:
1. Commodity trading must be present
2. The specific facility must be installed
The 1st condition can be checked easily in the available services from the system map when you select a station, but the 2nd is only known after you dock and get screwed over. Nobody expects to land at a restock facility and be told that bullets are available, but missiles and heatsinks are not. Could FDev please make it so this isn't a hit-or-miss? Maybe just bundle it with rearming facility instead of commodities+facility, or make it a listed service in the system map. This could be a rarified complaint, but I find it absurd to be shopping around for limpets.
Update:
I believe both commodity trading and restock need to simultaneously be present now. First is a planetary port with restocking but no commodity trading:
Second here is an orbital outpost with commodity trading but no restock:
PLEASE for the love of all that is holy make it one or the other. This is VERY frustrating.
1. Commodity trading must be present
2. The specific facility must be installed
The 1st condition can be checked easily in the available services from the system map when you select a station, but the 2nd is only known after you dock and get screwed over. Nobody expects to land at a restock facility and be told that bullets are available, but missiles and heatsinks are not. Could FDev please make it so this isn't a hit-or-miss? Maybe just bundle it with rearming facility instead of commodities+facility, or make it a listed service in the system map. This could be a rarified complaint, but I find it absurd to be shopping around for limpets.
Update:
I believe both commodity trading and restock need to simultaneously be present now. First is a planetary port with restocking but no commodity trading:
Second here is an orbital outpost with commodity trading but no restock:
PLEASE for the love of all that is holy make it one or the other. This is VERY frustrating.
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