Wormhole Travel

Spidaman1991

Spidaman1991
I just had an interesting idea!

Imagine, someone discovers a wormhole that can be flown through, and come out on the other side of the galaxy! I think that would be the coolest thing.

Maybe have it come out at a random destination or maybe certain ones have fixed exit points.

Curious what others might think, maybe something for future plans?:)
 

M00ka

M00ka
Not keen on the idea of wormholes in ED, it is just another term for instantaneous travel which is something FD haven't been too keen to implement.

Next, to at least be feasible, these wormholes should only appear in low or zero population systems, which means anarchy space. Just think how gankers and griefers would love that situation, a small precise location in space that will have a lot of traffic coming and going, especially if one can only transit the wormhole in normal space (i.e. not in SC). So to transit these wormholes one would have run a possible gauntlet of players you probably don't want to meet.

Lastly, if for some inane reason FD did implement one or two of these wormholes, the forums would suddenly be overflowing with demands for more and more, everyone who wants to go a specific location but doesn't want to endure the countless jumps will be demanding FD set up a wormhole for them.


P.S. I am not Sir Lestat lol
 

Spidaman1991

Spidaman1991
M00ka said:
Not keen on the idea of wormholes in ED, it is just another term for instantaneous travel which is something FD haven't been too keen to implement.

Next, to at least be feasible, these wormholes should only appear in low or zero population systems, which means anarchy space. Just think how gankers and griefers would love that situation, a small precise location in space that will have a lot of traffic coming and going, especially if one can only transit the wormhole in normal space (i.e. not in SC). So to transit these wormholes one would have run a possible gauntlet of players you probably don't want to meet.

Lastly, if for some inane reason FD did implement one or two of these wormholes, the forums would suddenly be overflowing with demands for more and more, everyone who wants to go a specific location but doesn't want to endure the countless jumps will be demanding FD set up a wormhole for them.


P.S. I am not Sir Lestat lol
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Very valid response! Personally, i would accept the risk of gankers and pirates. And i think if something like that were ever implemented it would have to be very limited as to not break the game.

Another approach could be timeouts where maybe the wormhole only opens once a month for a day and then reappears with a different destination or something. It would have to be something randomized.. i was thinking more for rhe deep space explorer who doesnt mind being randomly plopped in the middle of nowhere :p

But i think i agree, it would probably create an outrage which i don't want to see happen as much as fdev hahaha
 

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead
Lol

I've suggested RNG wormholes as a sort of exploration bonus and things to find.

You'd have no idea where you'll end up, but you do get a nice payout for scanning both ends.
Downsides being they're one way, and you could exit anywhere in the system. A neutron star cone, 100m above a planet, deep space, etc.

Pretty much the opposite of fast travel, unless you're incredibly lucky. Lol

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead
 

Spidaman1991

Spidaman1991
CMDR_Cosmicspacehead said:
Lol

I've suggested RNG wormholes as a sort of exploration bonus and things to find.

You'd have no idea where you'll end up, but you do get a nice payout for scanning both ends.
Downsides being they're one way, and you could exit anywhere in the system. A neutron star cone, 100m above a planet, deep space, etc.

Pretty much the opposite of fast travel, unless you're incredibly lucky. Lol

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead
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Yes this is exactly what i was thinking! It could end up marooning you passed beagle point or it could take you 5ly away who knows!
 

M00ka

M00ka
CMDR_Cosmicspacehead said:
Lol

I've suggested RNG wormholes as a sort of exploration bonus and things to find.

You'd have no idea where you'll end up, but you do get a nice payout for scanning both ends.
Downsides being they're one way, and you could exit anywhere in the system. A neutron star cone, 100m above a planet, deep space, etc.

Pretty much the opposite of fast travel, unless you're incredibly lucky. Lol

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead
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Glad I gave you a chuckle lol

I thought of the random wormholes as well but discounted the idea as sure as night follows day, some numpty idiot will jump through one in his combat FdL with a jump range of 12ly and suddenly find himself 20,000ly away on the other side of the galaxy - and then the whining and salt output starts. Unfortunately FD has to cater for the lowest common denominator (for example the casual player who doesn't read the forums, never read the manual and thinks a patch note is an instruction guide to fixing a flat tyre), so you know that someone will jump through without knowing what the heck was going on. :D
 

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead
M00ka said:
Glad I gave you a chuckle lol

I thought of the random wormholes as well but discounted the idea as sure as night follows day, some numpty idiot will jump through one in his combat FdL with a jump range of 12ly and suddenly find himself 20,000ly away on the other side of the galaxy - and then the whining and salt output starts. Unfortunately FD has to cater for the lowest common denominator (for example the casual player who doesn't read the forums, never read the manual and thinks a patch note is an instruction guide to fixing a flat tyre), so you know that someone will jump through without knowing what the heck was going on. :D
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It's no different to doing a 250ly neutron jump to a main sequence star with no stars within your normal jump range.. :p

I did that once. Luckily my FSD boost got me out, by 2ly. Lol
Learned my lesson, now I check ahead.
People just need to use some common sense and take responsibility for their own decisions.
 

Alec Turner

Alec Turner
I guess we could always travel through the Thargoid's wormholes?

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;)
 

Spidaman1991

Spidaman1991
M00ka said:
Glad I gave you a chuckle lol

I thought of the random wormholes as well but discounted the idea as sure as night follows day, some numpty idiot will jump through one in his combat FdL with a jump range of 12ly and suddenly find himself 20,000ly away on the other side of the galaxy - and then the whining and salt output starts. Unfortunately FD has to cater for the lowest common denominator (for example the casual player who doesn't read the forums, never read the manual and thinks a patch note is an instruction guide to fixing a flat tyre), so you know that someone will jump through without knowing what the heck was going on. :D
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Could have a covas warning come up ie "wormhole detected blah blah"

Ive had my fair share of mishaps and started from a sidewinder twice... all part of the learning curve of elite ;)
 

Jaylem

Jaylem
Spidaman1991 said:
Could have a covas warning come up ie "wormhole detected blah blah"

Ive had my fair share of mishaps and started from a sidewinder twice... all part of the learning curve of elite ;)
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I like your 'star trek-esque' way of thinking here, Si-Fi stuff can be fun to play with! but... I am a little iffy with the prospect of wormholes (although we literally use one to jump from place to place all the time with hyperspace jump) it seems a little too improbable as a 'natural' space phenomena. which Elite does very well with the realistic side of things (yeah aliens and what not) but other than that all stellar bodies are realistic. which is one of the reasons why I love Elite!

So I have to say a no for wormholes I am afraid :( but don't give up suggesting other things! It's great you are putting the ideas out there! :) o7
 

Hell Razor5543

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I once tried to get my Anaconda to travel along a wormhole, but I had to give up on the idea. How are you meant to get a 30meter tall space ship into a hole 5mm wide? :D
 

Kzak

Kzak
Travel through a Thargoid wormhole with less than a second to spare - and arrive at an unknown destination with a fleet of Thargoid ships waiting with weapons at the ready...
 

Le-Betz

Le-Betz
Alec Turner said:
I guess we could always travel through the Thargoid's wormholes?
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You bring me to an idea: How about giving the Thargoids the ability to use their wormholes on our ships? Maybe they could use it as a weapon (attack a hive ship and it 'teleports' you into a system 100ly away) or maybe in the future it could become the only way to access their homeworld or any other of the many currently permit locked systems.
 

Zieman

Zieman
Just make the wormhole a thing you need to fly yourshp inside, not a magic teleporter!
And please no "convenient" wormhole from bubble to Colonia and/or back.

Something akin to Malir gates in Space Rogue, with added quirks:
- you need to steer your ship throught the wormhole and there's an optimal 'path' through it
- every second you spend inside the wormhole damages your ship, so no lingering
- the transit should take some time, like 1 minute for 500 or 1000 LY
- if you stray off the 'path', you get more damage
- straying too much off dumps you somewhere (back at origin? totally random place in tha Galaxy? somewhere in between origin and destination?) with severely damaged ship; if you were already sporting a damaged one, it might be destroyed or become severely crippled
 
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dubsdj

dubsdj
Instead of wormholes. Perhaps a single Ancient Mass Relay hidden somewhere in the galaxy that sends you across the galaxy and back. Maybe one already exists.
 
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