Quiet and Peaceful On the Forums over the Weekend - Everyone Exploring?

Sim Maker

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I thought it seemd pretty quiet on the forums over the weekend.......not the usual grrrrrrrrrr.........
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I wondered if people like me, had headed off exploring......to escape the NPCs, Cmndrs, Trade Grind, etc etc......
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If so, how did you find it?......I must say I am enjoying it very much. I am about 4000 light years out, have found 3 Earth type worlds, scanned 1000 systems, and had a run in with a black hole and I'm now hunting more, whilst scanning certain stars and planets along the way. Not sure when I will head back. Hull is still at 95% (early refuling error and that run in with the black hole).........so when it gets to 50 I might turn around....I like that I can walk away from the sim to make a coffee, check forums.......you dont have to be quite as "on your toes" as you do in the core systems, though there are certainly dangers out here.......
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Only real downside, is it is a very long way from home.....a friend wanted to link up over weekend for some pew pew...and I was like......er.............lol.
 

ianw

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I think there is an unofficial de facto cease fire on the grrr front - most topics are grrrr'd out.

Expect normal service to resume when 1.2 drops...

Haven't tried much exploring yet - varying my routes and upgrading right now with a bit of NPC annihilation now and again.
 

streki

streki
I enjoyed it at first. Its a very relaxing way to spend time in ED. I spent more time playing my guitar on the bridge of my Cobra than I did actually exploring to be honest. Then I discovered two earth likes, and started panicking about getting the data back first.

When you're heading out into the big black and leaving civilisation (and repair shops) behind, it brings a new level of fear when things go wrong. Simple mistakes can cost big - you've really got to be hyper-alert when jumping. I suffered heat damage and lost some hull intergrity....again panic ensued. I found exploring to be a roller coaster of ultimate-chill vs sudden panic.

I only got to about 1006ly from home though before I started to get twitchy for some action, and decided to head home. About 500ly out, I started to get interdicted...when this happens whilst scooping, its another panic....and more heat damage.

I will never, NEVER go out there without guns again.

My next trip will be longer. I'm in awe of the commanders who go tens of thousands of light years out.
 
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ianw

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Yes - I keep getting too casual with scooping and taking damage - that must be a nightmare on a long trip.
 

Arindor

Arindor
On my outward leg I tend not to scan systems in case I find something juicy and want to head back, but mostly because I don't want to lose a tonne of data in case I go pop. I am making my way to Sagittarius A* and keeping my fingers crossed. As Streki says, you have to be on your toes: there are some scary systems to bump into, so I hear.
 

ICO_hr

ICO_hr
Actually yes, i was in deep space exploring. Now i'm trying to map the sectors around Lave and Comovoy. :)
 

Gogster

Gogster
I dropped out of FS into a LICZ and engaged a Python, lost my bearings and crashed into it, about 3.6m down the pan.

As it was my fault I didn't feel the need to whinge about it here.
 
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