Hands up if you've been to Rackham's Peak and managed to get docking permission for the medium pad without having to wait for that T6?
Nobody?
Thought not.
I took 20,000t of booze up there and I've been shipping it to the platform in my Python, 292t at a time, so I've made a lot of visits to the platform... and never once got docking permission immediately.
So, I decided to investigate more closely.
I took my 900m/sec Viper, jumped into Rackham's Peak and, sure enough, the medium pad was lit up, indicating a ship has landing permission.
My Viper can cover ground pretty quickly so I was able to get TO the station and there were still no ships within 7.5km.
I headed toward the group of "flickering blobs" >7km distant and, sure enough, there's a T6 inbound, about 10km out, heading for the medium pad.
So, what's going on here?
The medium pad was lit up as soon as I arrived.
The T6 was landing on it so that means the T6 must be the ship that gained docking permission and caused the pad to light up.... even though it was still 10km away when I intercepted it, which took about 10 seconds, so it was, presumably, even further out when it gained docking permission.
Why do poop like this?
Somebody has obviously just programmed the medium pad (all pads, I think) AT RACKHAM'S PEAK to be booked as soon as a player drops into the instance, forcing us to hang around for a couple of minutes before docking.
Why would somebody think this is a good idea?
To me, it just seems spiteful and sadistic.
Nobody?
Thought not.
I took 20,000t of booze up there and I've been shipping it to the platform in my Python, 292t at a time, so I've made a lot of visits to the platform... and never once got docking permission immediately.
So, I decided to investigate more closely.
I took my 900m/sec Viper, jumped into Rackham's Peak and, sure enough, the medium pad was lit up, indicating a ship has landing permission.
My Viper can cover ground pretty quickly so I was able to get TO the station and there were still no ships within 7.5km.
I headed toward the group of "flickering blobs" >7km distant and, sure enough, there's a T6 inbound, about 10km out, heading for the medium pad.
So, what's going on here?
The medium pad was lit up as soon as I arrived.
The T6 was landing on it so that means the T6 must be the ship that gained docking permission and caused the pad to light up.... even though it was still 10km away when I intercepted it, which took about 10 seconds, so it was, presumably, even further out when it gained docking permission.
Why do poop like this?
Somebody has obviously just programmed the medium pad (all pads, I think) AT RACKHAM'S PEAK to be booked as soon as a player drops into the instance, forcing us to hang around for a couple of minutes before docking.
Why would somebody think this is a good idea?
To me, it just seems spiteful and sadistic.

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