Move Stations Closer to Planets and Moons

[GODofDUTY83]

Much closer.
As I exit a station I would really like to see the area dominated by a planet or moon.
What a sight that would be.

 

[Lestat]

Much closer.
As I exit a station I would really like to see the area dominated by a planet or moon.
What a sight that would be.

Think about how long it would take to get around that planet/Moon to a Targeted system or planet or another station.

 

[varonica]

Much closer.
As I exit a station I would really like to see the area dominated by a planet or moon.
What a sight that would be.

They actually moved all the stations further away from bodies for the game release due to players requests because it took to long to get out of the gravity well. There are still a few very close stations to bodies in the old alpha area you can experiment with to see the difference. There's even one you can't get to without horizons due it being inside the exclusion zone for non-horizon players.

 

[Screemonster]

My old home system was a ringed HMC with a coriolis station inside the rings fairly close to the planet. It was an absolute pain to line up on the mailslot in supercruise without the planet getting in the way.

 

[GODofDUTY83]

Unbelievable

 

[Ian Doncaster]

There's some out in the Colonia region that are pretty close to their planets - and yeah, it's much cooler.

It really doesn't take that long to get around the planet if your hyperspace destination happens to be on the other side, and being close up to the planet can actually help on approach by making gravity-braking more efficient.