TL;DR version: Add affiliated engineers for each existing engineer at starports in various locations throughout the populated galaxy.
The Basic Problem: Travel Is Boring
Now that I have finished the unpleasant grind to unlock most of the engineers, I wish to experiment with different ships and builds. But in order to do so, I have to fly all over the bubble to visit the various engineers again. Uhg, what a slog. Luckily I play on a PC and I can alt-tab and do some web browsing in between scoop/align/jump cycles, but it's still boring and time-consuming. If you did something to alleviate this, perhaps the suggestion I am about to make would not be necessary, but I highly doubt there's anything you could / would do, since the FSD jump system is kind of a core game mechanic.
Affiliated Engineers: A Quality-of-Life Improvement
Keep the current grind-based method of unlocking the engineers if you must, but once we've unlocked them, give us the ability to perform modifications at several affiliated engineers in starports. Think of these as the "understudies" for the named engineers. Put a few of them around the bubble for each different engineer, so that we don't have to go quite as far to reach them. They'll still be gated to Horizons since you have to land to unlock them. Put some out in Colonia for the people who enjoy playing out there! Maybe you could even put an affiliate for ALL engineers in a single station, like the one that gets unlocked when you hit Elite status!
Thanks For Your Consideration
I know I sounds like I'm down on it, but ED is a great game. It could be a better game! I hope you will consider my suggestion.
Regards,
CMDR Amerikajin
The Basic Problem: Travel Is Boring
Now that I have finished the unpleasant grind to unlock most of the engineers, I wish to experiment with different ships and builds. But in order to do so, I have to fly all over the bubble to visit the various engineers again. Uhg, what a slog. Luckily I play on a PC and I can alt-tab and do some web browsing in between scoop/align/jump cycles, but it's still boring and time-consuming. If you did something to alleviate this, perhaps the suggestion I am about to make would not be necessary, but I highly doubt there's anything you could / would do, since the FSD jump system is kind of a core game mechanic.
Affiliated Engineers: A Quality-of-Life Improvement
Keep the current grind-based method of unlocking the engineers if you must, but once we've unlocked them, give us the ability to perform modifications at several affiliated engineers in starports. Think of these as the "understudies" for the named engineers. Put a few of them around the bubble for each different engineer, so that we don't have to go quite as far to reach them. They'll still be gated to Horizons since you have to land to unlock them. Put some out in Colonia for the people who enjoy playing out there! Maybe you could even put an affiliate for ALL engineers in a single station, like the one that gets unlocked when you hit Elite status!
Thanks For Your Consideration
I know I sounds like I'm down on it, but ED is a great game. It could be a better game! I hope you will consider my suggestion.
Regards,
CMDR Amerikajin