I'm lacking only 2 jumps, now I have to make another 100+ jumps, what's the point of this? Where's the logic?
The logic is that you haven't been 5000 LY out, so you need to do it. An alternative would be 'total LY traveled', but that would not mean 'going outside of the bubble'.
"So I got this quest to travel to enter this house and see if anyone is home. I travel all the way there, but stop short when in reaching distance of the door and head home. So now I have to go all the way back just for the final two steps?! What is the logical?!"
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The description says you need to make it 5k away from your starting point. You could have checked before you came back to the bubble. Same page as you posted. This is all on you.
It's not the mechanic. You just need to complete the requirements like the rest of us.
Ian Phillips
Volunteer Moderator
The logic would be, 5000 - 4934 = 66 Ly shortfall, so therefore you have not demonstrated to Prof Palin that you are a dedicated enough explorer to be worth his while talking to.
I had this distance in 2.0 before Engineers came out, at that time I didn't know there will be such requirement.
And now you know. It doesn't make it a bad mechanic or illogical.
Robert Maynard
Volunteer Moderator
I recently came back from doing the Palin run..
When the distance-from-start in the right side panel was showing 5003LY, I got a PM from Palin saying his navpoint and icon had been added to my galmap.
Just keep flying away from the bubble till it triggers seems logical.
I got the similar message from Elvira when I passed 300LY from my starting location (on an Alt-CMDR) today.
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So you want the requirement to be 4900ly for your convenience? Sorry, but that's not how this game operates.
How do you think I feel. Before engineers I went all the way to Sag A*, what a waste of the extra 21,000ly.
While i do appreciate your own personal annoyance (and i do), have to say those screenshots made me chuckle....
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Or 5001lys and a self destruct.
In an fsd engineered ship a few hours, even in a stock explorer build an afternoon. Your choice regardless.
Why should anyone care if you don't complete the requirements? You just won't unlock Palin. Not anyone else's problem but your own.
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I too OP, will never bother doing this ridiculous trip. (Anyone who thinks it adds gameplay is delusional. There is NOTHING to do outside populated space.)
However, unlike the OP, I acknowledge that I won't be getting Palin as a result. (Not a problem. I'll shortly be making a thread outlining my new RP to "deal" with this.)
I think I see OP's problem though. Yes, he's travelled as far as he has. But, right now he's in the bubble? I can understand the bitterness, especially if his distance was made before details of engineers came out. However, whilst I understand the frustration, he, nor any of us, are so important that we'll get things tailored to our personal taste.
However, unlike the OP, I acknowledge that I won't be getting Palin as a result. (Not a problem. I'll shortly be making a thread outlining my new RP to "deal" with this.)
I think I see OP's problem though. Yes, he's travelled as far as he has. But, right now he's in the bubble? I can understand the bitterness, especially if his distance was made before details of engineers came out. However, whilst I understand the frustration, he, nor any of us, are so important that we'll get things tailored to our personal taste.
