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General Discussion / Re: Do you like traveling in the hyperspace?
« on: May 09, 2023, 09:24:47 AM »
I mostly just autopilot through everything. The problem as I see it is that the storms are too unpredictable. Sure, I could spend 5 seconds trying to move around a storm and get it to kick me in the right direction that saves me... the 5 seconds I just spent? But it's just as likely wherever I land after that kick is going to knock me off course with another storm... and another... and another... I've literally lost fleets because storms have eaten a dozen or more lightyears worth of fuel by knocking me off course in a way I couldn't possibly predict.
At this point I just regard the whole thing as a big RNG tax on my resources and time. The slipstreams are at least, situationally helpful... but to be honest I'm either going to a specific place and the slipstream is unlikely to be moving in the ~30 degree arc that would save time, or I'm just randomly exploring and I'd rather explore all the stars in an area than take a slipstream away and need to backtrack to the area in case that one system I skipped has the perfect terran world in it. The slipstreams feel like they'd make more sense if there were factions in deep space that were worth travelling to when it's convenient. I suppose missions fill that role? But I'm not going to take a mission just because a slipstream goes near it, there are too many other considerations for missions.
At this point I just regard the whole thing as a big RNG tax on my resources and time. The slipstreams are at least, situationally helpful... but to be honest I'm either going to a specific place and the slipstream is unlikely to be moving in the ~30 degree arc that would save time, or I'm just randomly exploring and I'd rather explore all the stars in an area than take a slipstream away and need to backtrack to the area in case that one system I skipped has the perfect terran world in it. The slipstreams feel like they'd make more sense if there were factions in deep space that were worth travelling to when it's convenient. I suppose missions fill that role? But I'm not going to take a mission just because a slipstream goes near it, there are too many other considerations for missions.