The second CG is specifically to add services to the station. If it started out with all the services people considered "the basics" (repair, refuel, restock, contacts, missions) plus the services necessary to run a mining CG at all (commodity, outfitting) plus the cartographics service so people can sell their data before doing the CG ... then all the "add services" CG would have *left* is the Crew Lounge and the Shipyard, neither of which are massively useful for a station in the middle of nowhere with minimal outfitting.
It's not as if this hasn't been advertised as the plan since before DW2 set off...
DW Organisers: "How about an expedition to the other side of the galaxy that builds a station at the core?"
Frontier: "Sure, sounds good. One CG to build the shell and one to outfit it."
Players: <do first CG>
Frontier: "Tier 11?! Okay, you can have a bigger station than a Coriolis."
Frontier/DW Organisers: "Here's a station with minimal services and the second CG will complete it"
Players: "This is ridiculous, it should have all the services to start with!"
Also you can’t sell exploration data at it yet
...... pffffffftttttttt whaaaat??? Lol. So effectively all the explorers out there mining and delivering stuff just unwhittingly made a station useless to explorers, but is a great restock station for Sag gankers? ��������
*for now* anyway I see. Still, at the moment, watch your back bois. Can’t drop the expo data but can outfit and restock. Yikes.
Remember the gnosis..
only 2.8% of players care about the Gnosis.
Yep can’t sell exploration data but it’s got outfitting, no shipyard or crew lounge though.
I stayed on the Gnosis and all I got was a Hydra induced rebuy screen & a fine for shooting in the NFZ
FTFY
The second CG is specifically to add services to the station. If it started out with all the services people considered "the basics" (repair, refuel, restock, contacts, missions) plus the services necessary to run a mining CG at all (commodity, outfitting) plus the cartographics service so people can sell their data before doing the CG ... then all the "add services" CG would have *left* is the Crew Lounge and the Shipyard, neither of which are massively useful for a station in the middle of nowhere with minimal outfitting.
It's not as if this hasn't been advertised as the plan since before DW2 set off...
DW Organisers: "How about an expedition to the other side of the galaxy that builds a station at the core?"
Frontier: "Sure, sounds good. One CG to build the shell and one to outfit it."
Players: <do first CG>
Frontier: "Tier 11?! Okay, you can have a bigger station than a Coriolis."
Frontier/DW Organisers: "Here's a station with minimal services and the second CG will complete it"
Players: "This is ridiculous, it should have all the services to start with!"
I stayed on the Gnosis and all I got was this stupid EDSM Badge
A station at Sag A will make the ideal base for explorers, and for anyone who wants to devote their game to hunting down Rumours if and when they start showing up in the Codex. Contributing to making the station as well equipped as possible, even if you're not yourself into these activities, is one of the most worthwhile things there's ever been to do in this game.
I'd really like to help out with this. Can you share any more information about the CG? I have never actually participated in one before, *blush*. I'm currently exploring in the Norma Expanse, but should be able to get to Sag A in time, just not sure I'm set up right.
I hope for repairs at least..
Hook up with someone who has some repair limpets. Am feeling like crap, will probably stay in this weekend and head out there, PM me if you need some help.
It would be nice if someone with actual knowledge could chip in; all I can do is make reasonable assumptions.
I'm assuming it'll be an old-style mining CG. If so, you will be able to get the modules you need to participate at the new station; but not, strangely enough, limpets. However, iron and nickel mats for limpet synthesis can be picked up as you mine. If you have neither you might have to start by scooping up some.
I'm guessing that it'll start a week on Thursday; again, I'd love it if somebody could offer a confirmed date.
Edit: I asked over on the DW2 subforum and was pointed to this post:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...e-FG-Y-d7561?p=7433610&viewfull=1#post7433610