and I've thought if FD was not going to implement deeper exploration at a later stage, and if the POIs counter we get now is not just a dirty fix so we can enjoy content while sensors are being developed. Who knows.
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ahahah I'm getting the idea!This is what people thought before they made this version.
It used to be "Press button to explore system"
This is the vastly improved version.
Imagine what it used to be.
It used to be "Press button to explore system
Quite a few FSS/exploration posts popping up recently.
Has something different changed since they added the fsighsigh last year or is this just people coming round to the realization that its boring?
It can be boring, yes, but it's better than checking every single planet by flying to it.
Sorry folks, when I first opened the FSS I thought that I had to fiddle with radiations and interpret waves, but tonight... truth stings.
You need to probe the planet first.Never tried it, does it really shows directly a planet POIs?
I also play ED to fly my ship, but I much prefer to fly my ship for a purpose or a reason instead of pot luck and hope.Better is subjective, it is different. Fundamentally I play ED to fly the ships, gathering data is very much a secondary priority for me.
Nah, it's just mostly the same people saying the same stuff with maybe the odd one extra.Quite a few FSS/exploration posts popping up recently.
Has something different changed since they added the fsighsigh last year or is this just people coming round to the realization that its boring?
I also play ED to fly my ship, but I much prefer to fly my ship for a purpose or a reason instead of pot luck and hope.
The FSS does not stop you from flying your ship to every planet in a system.I have no desire to take that away from you Max. Play your own way. I used to be able to play my own way but then I took an arrow to the knee
The FSS does not stop you from flying your ship to every planet in a system.
No, not directly, but it tells you the amounts and kinds of POIs so, well, you know immediately which planets are worth probing.
This seems to be a requested feature by most, but I don't like it because, well, it doesn't require any skill at all to find interesting stuff. Take guardian ruins, they're supposed to be a big discovery, but all you really have to do is to aim at all planets until you see "guardian(1)" and you're on it. Failproof. It's not a game of skill, but patience and fortitude, aiming all planets one by one.
I believe it would be fabulous if the scanner would give waves and colors in a more natural matter (imagine a submarine sonar, but stellar!), after scanning a few systems you get to learn what patterns are meaningless, and what corresponds to something, and then one day you get that something alien... This way an experienced explorer would actually learn what to look for, but the best part is that it would not be as failproof as the current thing. The way it is now, it's just tedium. At least for me.
This is how I would have done it.So, nobody is actually exploring in this galaxy? We all have an FSS that knows everything, you just have to aim it and it will tell POIs and even divide them into categories? Then we launch probes on a planet, and there's all exact locations... That it?!? If we have sensors that know everything, that's pretty advanced technology alright, so why don't they take care of the trivial business of aiming themselves and be done with it?
Sorry folks, when I first opened the FSS I thought that I had to fiddle with radiations and interpret waves, but tonight... truth stings.
I thought I could be done with posting on the first thread that mentioned FSS, but no.
FSS makes no sense
Tried exploration today and found it real tedious, fast and tedious. I imagine it could have been a more involved process and require at least some planning like the OP suggests but no. Even probes are infinite. Maybe FD just wants us to finish explore the galaxy real quick so it can pull out...forums.frontier.co.uk
Why not implement actual sensors? Do we really need to scoop through the galaxy doing mindless scans?
I have the same great enthusiasm for the FSS today that I originally did, with the exception of bugs / glitches in the UI. I find with threads like these, one new guy says, "I don't like it" and the same ten old guys who didn't like it from day one come in and sing their well-rehearsed chorus loud and proud.Some of us predicted this was likely to happen ..... the initial flush of enthusiasm out in the black for the "new" method, then a realization that it's a tedious design.
I have the same great enthusiasm for the FSS today that I originally did, with the exception of bugs / glitches in the UI. I find with threads like these, one new guy says, "I don't like it" and the same ten old guys who didn't like it from day one come in and sing their well-rehearsed chorus loud and proud.
Don't get me wrong, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I don't think the FSS is hated by the majority of players like is often implied.
More like posters making some reasoned attempt to suppress or diminish sarcastic discussions.Oddly enough that impression goes the other way too from posters making some sarcastic attempt to suppress or diminish reasoned discussions.