Pick-up area marker for ship hover mode

[CMDR Hasenearl]

After I recalled the ship for the first time after the update I was a bit perplexed about my ships behaviour. First I thought the animation got stuck or smth.
A moment later I realized that my ship is in a hover pickup mode.

First I thought: Looks really awesome!
My second thought: And how do I get in?

After 2-3 min of driving back and forth I finally found the spot.

The hover mode really needs a pick-up area marker. Just a square thats projected on the ground by the ship would be really useful. Would cut boarding time to 5 secs.
If that is difficult to implement, another option would be to widen the pickup area, because it's damn small.

Cheers,
CMDR Hasenearl

 

[SMcA]

Occasionally strange things can happen. Once my ship tried to land on top of me and I had to get out of the way before it could land.
Then on another occasion. I exited my Python and fell down and down. So I had a quick look after I picked myself up.

Spoiler

Weee!

 

[CMDR Hasenearl]

I did a bit of trial and error last night by recalling and dismissing the ship multiple times.

Conditions:
1: I was in a very hilly area, so there was probably no viable landing spot
2: I did not move the SRV after I recalled the ship.

Results:
1: The ship hovers directly in front of you, you only have to drive straight up to find the pick-up area.
2: Because it was hilly, driving straight ahead was a real problem
3: The pick-up area is as small as when the ship landed normally.

Conclusion:
1: The pick-up area needs to be larger when in hover mode, or
2: my personal preference, a visual area marker on the ground.

Cheers
Hasenearl

PS: Stupid me forgot to take screenshots, will add them shortly.

 

[Daish]

Excellent Idea OP, I didn't even know about the hover mode until I saw it weeks ago, Frontier don't always provide enough info: at times. but agree something like a pick up ground marker would be nice as there is enough grind in game without adding to it...