Not Going to Sag A.

JeffRyan

JeffRyan
I'm an explorer. And I really love being 'out there', my first mission was to head as far down as I could to the basement of the galaxy, my latest misson is anti-clockwise around the galaxy until my ship can't take it anymore.

But I've put off visiting Sag A because it's become the done thing to do.

Kudos to everyone who makes it, the journey is worthwhile and I'm sure I'll do it one day, but maybe when it's less popular.

(I avoided the Harry Potter books for ages until people stopped telling me to read them too).

I prefer to blaze my own trail, not follow in the footsteps of those first giants who made the trip not knowing it could be done.
 
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Feldspar

Feldspar
I'm headed to Sag A*, but it's not really a direct route and I'm certainly not just rushing there. Mainly so that I don't feel obligated to go there again.
 

EddyRockSteady

EddyRockSteady
I am 4000LY from Sag-A and have only encountered 4 systems previously explored. As far as I am concerned Sag-A is a waypoint only and certainly on my trip, the way there has been a road untravelled, never mind less travelled, making it all the more worthwhile.
 

Nutter

Nutter
I've only just bothered going to SAG A, and that was only because my target system was only 200ly away from the super massive.

I understand why though... I think hardcore explorers want to be first to discover.

If you go to a system that has already been discovered, then really you are visiting, not exploring...

Nutter
 

killminster

killminster
Cool, the hipster Cmdr exists, you should have got to Sag A* before it became popular.

I'm nearing there now and you're right it does feel like the galactic hippy trail. But I'm just getting excited about all the money when I get back..... hopefully it will be at least enough to pay for the asp.

Oh and harry potter, totally with you only I'm never going to read any of the damn things. Got dragged to see one of the films at the cinema once, longest two hours of my life (seemed like 4), never again, poisoned my mind to everything harry potter ever since
 
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withnail

withnail
I got there last night and met up with a fellow commander. The black hole and the possibility of being meeting else so far from inhabited space was the lure for me!

To be fair, I had more fun elsewhere on my journey, and travel in the core is slow due to the problems with route planner lag.

I've been there now, not sure I will go back though.
 
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Ericlas

Ericlas
Do it!
Forget about the others!
Even when you think about them...the later you go, the more will have gone there (I'm german...was it right use of grammar? :D )

Do it for the feels, do it for the right impression of scale.
Do it for the sense of danger.
Every jump can be your last (binaries).
Also...forget about OBAFGKM, sense the danger of not knowing how many unscoopable stars will be there before your next scoopable.
It's the nailbiting thrill and the relieve when your last possible jump gets you to an intergalactic fuelstation.
There is no other "Oh dang it, I'm screwed!"-feeling than emergency-dropping out of SC while refueling, because you didn't pay attention the 580th time, and noticing the freshly appeared crack in your canopy.

DO IT!
 
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Gabberkooij

G
JeffRyan said:
I'm an explorer. And I really love being 'out there', my first mission was to head as far down as I could to the basement of the galaxy, my latest misson is anti-clockwise around the galaxy until my ship can't take it anymore.

But I'm put off visiting Sag A because it's become the done thing to do.

Kudos to everyone who makes it, the journey is worthwhile and I'm sure I'll do it one day, but maybe when it's less popular.

(I avoided the Harry Potter books for ages until people stopped telling me to read them too).

I prefer to blaze my own trail, not follow in the footsteps of those first giants who made the trip not knowing it could be done.
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LOL

So instead of deciding yourself if you want to do this, you let others decide for you because they already did it?
 

The Librarian

The Librarian
withnail said:
I got there last night and met up with a fellow commander. The black hole and the possibility of being meeting else so far from inhabited space was the lure for me!

To be fair, I had more fun elsewhere on my journey, and travel in the core is slow due to the problems with route planner lag.

I've been there now, not sure I will go back though.
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Yep, same thing happened to me last night, strangely enough :D

As for the nav issue, see https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=138759 for my solution to this little bug-bear, should help on the trip out.
 

Whiterose

Whiterose
I am using Sag A as part of a big loop, through the centre and back again, I am only really using it as a waypoint. I have done the arms to the "south" so I am now having a gander at the galactic core.
 

Janichsan

J
Sgr A* is becoming ED's equivalent of Mount Everest.

Mount-Everest-climbers-congested.jpg
 
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Lupin

Lupin
Putting off my trip there until after next patch/update to see what they have added.
Then it's off into the black for a while.
 

Varrag

Varrag
Zulu Romeo. That's the only important name to remember.

I am not bothering with Sag A* either, although I happened to be relatively close to it.
 

DidierDrbois

DidierDrbois
I kind of pity I didn't take the Dropship to Sgr A*. I'd be awarded a 'hipster' explorer rank instead of 'ranger' (or whatever it is). Non-conformism all the way!
 

puca

P
I don't really understand that kind of hipster attitude. You are playing the course, you aren't playing against others.

Do you only do challenging things if others haven't done them, rather than because they are challenging? Is the challenge any smaller if others already tackled it? I just don't get it.

If you only do things others do, you are a conformist. If you only do things others do not do, you are an anti-conformist. In both cases, you are paying very careful attention to outside opinion. The really cool thing to do is to not care what others do or think and plot your own course in the galaxy.

p.s. Everyone hates hipsters, even other hipsters.
 
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