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Frank Ravelli

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My first suggestions as a new player
« on: April 06, 2021, 03:31:51 AM »

Hello forum! I´ve been playing the game since I bought it last saturday night. Let me tell briefly how I found this gem of a game. I´ve been watching The Expanse (the TV series. Guess you all know about it already. If not, stop what you are doing and go watch it NOW) and I started searching for a game that could put me in that sort of scifi world. I resumed playing Surviving Mars, but it got recently broken by a rushed patch (in another attempt by Paradox to squeeze a game that they´d forgotten for a long time). I also went back to SoaSE, but it still feels designed for multiplayer, as good as it is. Stellaris is not an option, since I got buried under the immense boredom of the late game, and the constant updates and forced DLC´s drive me crazy. Endless Space feels casual...
Distant Worlds looks very interesting, but I´d rather wait until they release DW2, which is to supposed to come this year.

So, I found a video about this game on youtube and it instantly caught my attention. Indeed, it displays the same grim atmosphere that is portrayed in The Expanse, and a lot of other relatable elements that you can figure out by yourselves if you´ve watched the show (including newtonian physics for the ships´movement) 

So here I am, enjoying a new game which I think I can fall in love with, and becoming a part of this nice community. In the few hours I´ve spent with the game a couple of ideas have come to my mind as suggestions for the devs:
- including the ability to negotiate with pirates and give them part of my cargo, so they leave me go without a fight. Don´t need to expand of this one, i think, beyond declaring that I´d rather lose some money than one of my beloved ships.
- Being able to know in advance if a station is disabled. i say this because i planned a trade route that used a pirate station, but on arrival i found that it had been disabled by a recent attack, so there went my plan. So it would be very convenient I think to have info about the station status, either as a specific icon in the map, or in the corresponding tab in the intel section (or both)
Those are my two suggestions for the moment being, but expect more ;-)

I checked the frequent suggestions thread before posting this, so I hope i´m not repeating another previous post.
Glad to meet you all here o7
 
« Last Edit: April 06, 2021, 03:40:14 AM by Frank Ravelli »
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Dex

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Re: My first suggestions as a new player
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2021, 03:45:16 AM »

Hello and welcome!

THe pirate station being disabled prevented you from landing? It really should not have in my experience.
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Frank Ravelli

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Re: My first suggestions as a new player
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2021, 05:47:32 AM »

Hello and welcome!

THe pirate station being disabled prevented you from landing? It really should not have in my experience.

Thanks for your answer. May be I landed, but definitely I couldn´t use the market, or couldn´t find the way to do it
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Re: My first suggestions as a new player
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2021, 06:39:51 AM »

Ah, then probably you are hostile with the pirates. You will have to land with your transponder off. be careful not to be near and patrols by the system authorities when you do.

Edit: transponder, not responder. ive got a cold
« Last Edit: April 06, 2021, 07:07:28 AM by Dex »
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Frank Ravelli

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Re: My first suggestions as a new player
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2021, 06:34:57 PM »

Ah, then probably you are hostile with the pirates. You will have to land with your transponder off. be careful not to be near and patrols by the system authorities when you do.

Edit: transponder, not responder. ive got a cold
Thanks, it worked with the transponder off
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Ryan390

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Re: My first suggestions as a new player
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2021, 10:29:54 AM »

When you get a bit stronger or bigger, try and start transporting mercenaries in your fleet, you can raid the pirate bases for fuel and supplies and can save yourself a fortune in the long run.
Be careful not to keep targeting the same base too many times if you do that, as they can become de-civilized / disbanded forever.
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