Very odd that there is no "ship's log" function. Showing where you have been, what deals you made, what ships you killed, how much/many rewards you earned etc.
It would be very helpful for the log to incorporate learned knowledge- ie, if I have been to a system and landed/interfaced with a station I should be able to reference their commodity prices at any time later. While I know prices will change over time, it would help take the guesswork out of trading. And to be honest, trading by guesswork is a recipe for failure. A computer in 3300 AD should have the capacity to retain learned knowledge (commodity prices, ship availability, outfitting costs) that one can refer to at any time in the future.
Note I am not saying we should have perfect knowledge of all prices everywhere, I am saying that if you have personally visited someplace then you now know everything that was on the system interface, and departing a station does not change that fact. Except in Elite Dangerous, where that knowledge is instantly lost, which makes no sense from a logical standpoint.
I was using a yellow pad to note pricing when I visited stations in 1987, it was annoying then. If there was one "feature" that should not have been carried over to the new program...In the year 3300 would pen and paper still exist?
As part of this we really need a way to tag locations, be it on the ships computer, and/or by dropping a personalized navigation beacon (ie one that only your ship can see because it is encrypted etc) so you can return to an exact position later. Another feature that I am sure they would have thought of by the year 3300.
Thank you.
Stanima.
It would be very helpful for the log to incorporate learned knowledge- ie, if I have been to a system and landed/interfaced with a station I should be able to reference their commodity prices at any time later. While I know prices will change over time, it would help take the guesswork out of trading. And to be honest, trading by guesswork is a recipe for failure. A computer in 3300 AD should have the capacity to retain learned knowledge (commodity prices, ship availability, outfitting costs) that one can refer to at any time in the future.
Note I am not saying we should have perfect knowledge of all prices everywhere, I am saying that if you have personally visited someplace then you now know everything that was on the system interface, and departing a station does not change that fact. Except in Elite Dangerous, where that knowledge is instantly lost, which makes no sense from a logical standpoint.
I was using a yellow pad to note pricing when I visited stations in 1987, it was annoying then. If there was one "feature" that should not have been carried over to the new program...In the year 3300 would pen and paper still exist?
As part of this we really need a way to tag locations, be it on the ships computer, and/or by dropping a personalized navigation beacon (ie one that only your ship can see because it is encrypted etc) so you can return to an exact position later. Another feature that I am sure they would have thought of by the year 3300.
Thank you.
Stanima.