Hi guys.
My first post here but doing so due to an incident that happened to me yesterday while only 30 jumps from Beagle Point.
As we all know, after reaching Explorers Anchorage on the DW2 expidition were on our own with regards to repairs to Hull and modules so having an AMFU is a must and either having a Repair Limpet Controller and some Limpets or relying on the fantastic hull repair service from the Hull Seals, of which i am a member of on Xbox platform.
Sooo, on my route out from Explorers Anchorage to Beagle Point i had skimmed a few stars a bit too close and my modules had taken heat damage a few times, no biggy. But what i wasnt aware of ( and now that i am it makes perfect sense ) every time i repaired my life support it obviously uses up some of the available emergency O2 available and the important thing here is that it does not get replenished unless you either dock at a space dock (which is not going to happen this far out) or replenish the Life Support system using synthesised o2 from your mat stores.
So i had done several small repairs and i had the habit of doing all repairs at once so while they were all small repairs it still took a minute or 2 to get everything repaired but hadn't noticed that my O2 reserves were now dangerously low as i was looking at modules panel not looking forward out the cockpit which is the ONLY view you get information of the O2 reserves. Yes i did have my repairs prioritized and Life Support was grade 1.
At reaching 30j to Beagle i though I'd go and repair all modules one last time before arrival and get the ship all 100%. Well on running down the list and setting everything that needed repairs this also included the life support. So few seconds after doing so i heard the pilots gasps for air and coughing i was given no audible or visual warnings of being low on O2 other than the pilots gasps. On hearing these gasps i turned to the front cockpit view to look at the time remaining clock only to be stunned as the counter turned from 5 to 4 seconds remaining! A desperate return to the modules panel to try and reactivate the life support was too late and boom my ship was gone!
Now somewhat confused initially as to why my air supply was so low and caused my death i spoke to the guys on the DW2 discord and found out that obviously my previous repairs had used up most of my emergency supply of O2. And since i hadn't thought to replenish it the inevitable happened.
Now those of you that are aware of this particular game mechanic are probably laughing and to be honest i did as well as soon as i realised what had happened. But it appears most of the DW2 fleet were also unaware of how this works also and it looks like the loss of my ship served to save a few other commanders from a similiar fate, so no I'm not at all saying this is a bug it's not! This IS how it should work otherwise having a limited O2 supply would be pointless.
So my recommendation and suggestion is, i do think that there should be an O2 time remaining information section in the module info panel and an audible countdown warning from cova along with the red warning lights we get for other situations. I got no warning other than the pilots gasps and on such a critical system that can end your trip i think this would be a valuable addition to the ship especially on a long exploration journey that you'll be doing the odd small repair on.
As for me well lesson learned and im on my way back out to Beagle Point from Explorers Anchorage. I will be hopefully arriving by the end of the week but right now im just waiting for the server update to complete. To all Commanders in the DW2 fleet fly safe and learn from my mistake see some of you at Beagle.
A special thank you to all the commanders in the Seal fleet for thier help and support and their dedication to thier role, abandoning their exploration mission at a moments notice to divert in some cases thousands of LY out of thier way and return back from where they are to help out and save other commanders in peril. Also a hello to all the new friends i now have in this game, your company and absolutely crazy madness at times has made this an enjoyable endeavour and all the more worthwhile (my wife might disagree though) Beagle Point here i come!
My first post here but doing so due to an incident that happened to me yesterday while only 30 jumps from Beagle Point.
As we all know, after reaching Explorers Anchorage on the DW2 expidition were on our own with regards to repairs to Hull and modules so having an AMFU is a must and either having a Repair Limpet Controller and some Limpets or relying on the fantastic hull repair service from the Hull Seals, of which i am a member of on Xbox platform.
Sooo, on my route out from Explorers Anchorage to Beagle Point i had skimmed a few stars a bit too close and my modules had taken heat damage a few times, no biggy. But what i wasnt aware of ( and now that i am it makes perfect sense ) every time i repaired my life support it obviously uses up some of the available emergency O2 available and the important thing here is that it does not get replenished unless you either dock at a space dock (which is not going to happen this far out) or replenish the Life Support system using synthesised o2 from your mat stores.
So i had done several small repairs and i had the habit of doing all repairs at once so while they were all small repairs it still took a minute or 2 to get everything repaired but hadn't noticed that my O2 reserves were now dangerously low as i was looking at modules panel not looking forward out the cockpit which is the ONLY view you get information of the O2 reserves. Yes i did have my repairs prioritized and Life Support was grade 1.
At reaching 30j to Beagle i though I'd go and repair all modules one last time before arrival and get the ship all 100%. Well on running down the list and setting everything that needed repairs this also included the life support. So few seconds after doing so i heard the pilots gasps for air and coughing i was given no audible or visual warnings of being low on O2 other than the pilots gasps. On hearing these gasps i turned to the front cockpit view to look at the time remaining clock only to be stunned as the counter turned from 5 to 4 seconds remaining! A desperate return to the modules panel to try and reactivate the life support was too late and boom my ship was gone!
Now somewhat confused initially as to why my air supply was so low and caused my death i spoke to the guys on the DW2 discord and found out that obviously my previous repairs had used up most of my emergency supply of O2. And since i hadn't thought to replenish it the inevitable happened.
Now those of you that are aware of this particular game mechanic are probably laughing and to be honest i did as well as soon as i realised what had happened. But it appears most of the DW2 fleet were also unaware of how this works also and it looks like the loss of my ship served to save a few other commanders from a similiar fate, so no I'm not at all saying this is a bug it's not! This IS how it should work otherwise having a limited O2 supply would be pointless.
So my recommendation and suggestion is, i do think that there should be an O2 time remaining information section in the module info panel and an audible countdown warning from cova along with the red warning lights we get for other situations. I got no warning other than the pilots gasps and on such a critical system that can end your trip i think this would be a valuable addition to the ship especially on a long exploration journey that you'll be doing the odd small repair on.
As for me well lesson learned and im on my way back out to Beagle Point from Explorers Anchorage. I will be hopefully arriving by the end of the week but right now im just waiting for the server update to complete. To all Commanders in the DW2 fleet fly safe and learn from my mistake see some of you at Beagle.
A special thank you to all the commanders in the Seal fleet for thier help and support and their dedication to thier role, abandoning their exploration mission at a moments notice to divert in some cases thousands of LY out of thier way and return back from where they are to help out and save other commanders in peril. Also a hello to all the new friends i now have in this game, your company and absolutely crazy madness at times has made this an enjoyable endeavour and all the more worthwhile (my wife might disagree though) Beagle Point here i come!
