Jaques Station Review.

Athera

Athera
Jaques Station. Could not wait to see this new beauty and what it had to offer. First of all, i must say that when i arrived there i wasnt too much impressed by the traditional copy pasted look of the station. Maybe it will evolve in the future but for now the station doesnt have much to offer visually. I must admit though that the FSD engines are quite impressive when you stand next to it. The interior of the station is again very traditional. When you scroll in the commodities you can find a rare item called ''Jaques Quinentian Still'' which by the sound of it seems absolutely delicious. Other than that nothing special is offered in the market. Then comes the outfitting. I heard Jaques Station was specialized in FSD modules but i found nothing but a couple of low graded class 2-3-4-5 modules. The prices seems radically lower but the lack of module choice makes the trip to Jaques Station useless. Overall its a pretty common station. The biggest downside of Jaques Station is that its going to be moved from system to system during server maintenance. I really hoped that we would see a dynamic event but its a bit of a let down from Frontier. They stated that it would be difficult near impossible to make the station jump by itself as its integrated in the map like other stations. I do hope to see a kind of warp animation when its gonna jump to another system. Only time will tell. The design and idea behind the Station is good and innovative but the it feels like its been rushed out of the window. I know what Frontier is capable of and clearly they could have done better.











In conclusion, if i had to review this new feature in a couple words it would be something like...

Great, Ambitious idea... poorly realized.

My final note is a 5 out of 10. :(
 

BennyBoyW

BennyBoyW
What is this ? The Holiday Show ? I thought this was the moan-fest that has replaced the ED Forums
Thanks Judith Chalmers for your review of the destination ;)
 

ollobrains

Banned
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as with everything in life the hype always outdoes the reality. But it will be the only station that move around, and if FD are smart theyll send it into deep space and not just tour raound the settled space. And take a few hundred explorers with them so they can spread out into unsettled space and at the same time have some form of RP.

Im sure that some role play group can be formed around this station and its tales told on the groups or fiction forum.
 

tricky

tricky
ollobrains said:
as with everything in life the hype always outdoes the reality. But it will be the only station that move around, and if FD are smart theyll send it into deep space and not just tour raound the settled space. And take a few hundred explorers with them so they can spread out into unsettled space and at the same time have some form of RP.

Im sure that some role play group can be formed around this station and its tales told on the groups or fiction forum.
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The next target of the Buckyball Run? From Lave to Jaques Station. Should be interesting in open trying to get past the griefers at the start.
 

Monk

Monk
ollobrains said:
as with everything in life the hype always outdoes the reality. But it will be the only station that move around, and if FD are smart theyll send it into deep space and not just tour raound the settled space. And take a few hundred explorers with them so they can spread out into unsettled space and at the same time have some form of RP.

Im sure that some role play group can be formed around this station and its tales told on the groups or fiction forum.
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+1

Exactly, this is less about cool shiny things (I really wish it had some cool shiny additions to it, oh well)

This is about creating a new situation for players that didn't exist before...travelling while inside a station that acts as a sort of outpost on the fringes of populated space. The idea is great. To add to it, I'd like to see one event where the station has been interdicted and a sort of conflict zone occurs with the station in it like a capital ship.
 

Jerakeen

Jerakeen
I'm just lookig forward to the "OMG!!! WTH!!!!11!one!!. I parked in this station before I logged out and now I'm 500 light years away. I wanna refund" threads the first time it moves.
 

ElectricZ

ElectricZ
tricky said:
The next target of the Buckyball Run? From Lave to Jaques Station. Should be interesting in open trying to get past the griefers at the start.
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Actually you read my mind... Definitely looking for this as the finish line, depending on where it is and how well it fits into the race...
 

metzger

Banned
metzger
Just got there, and am disappointed as well. Thought there would be something unique to the station services, like exploration missions, but no. Back to grinding the kickstarter stretch goals, uh, i mean community goals then!
 
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