ships drifting too much

[xiphos]

Too much? I am certainly more likely to mine another field where the base is only 1-2 minutes away. Why mine in S19 when the base in Okinawa is so much closer to the field? Not too much, just unintended consequences I think. Not many people mining in Humboldt now, this just means fewer there over time, and more in omega7 where the base is 30 seconds away. Is that too much? Wrong question

Then the main problem is that some non player bases are maybe too close to the mining fields and not the F1 re-enter distance.

If we talk about the distance I think a 80k re-entry point would be awesome. Bad for the unwanted disconnects though. So 50 k is ok because you have enough time to re enter a fight after a disconnect and 5 or 6 minutes are a little and for sure reasonable penalty for intentional hitting the F1 button.

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[Ursus]

Then the main problem is that some non player bases are maybe too close to the mining fields and not the F1 re-enter distance.

just so we're clear, your position here is that all the bases should be +50k from the fields?

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[Jayce]

but anything over 30k is just punitive.

That's the point.

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[Markus_Janus]

I like it, the only downside for me is when I f1 my pirates at a choice mining spot and switch to another character to watch for my trap to be sprung, now I have to actually fly there instead of instantly popping up next to them with weapons charged.

Oh well I can live with that, 40k as a max might make sense to me, but I am just as happy with how it is now.

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[pitockm]

hmm....just send 1 mil to one of your chars before F1.(then send it back

once you got to that char)

also...it just make the sender to not to drift....means miner will drift.

and use Select new char then press Esc key.(makes you face the F1

warning Asap wich sometimes with normal f1 and quit to main menu

,your char will see the F1 warning after 1 minute..and 1 min is enough to

Drift away.) that's how it works for me....i hope it work for you too!

[AeternusDoleo]

Too much? I am certainly more likely to mine another field where the base is only 1-2 minutes away. Why mine in S19 when the base in Okinawa is so much closer to the field? Not too much, just unintended consequences I think. Not many people mining in Humboldt now, this just means fewer there over time, and more in omega7 where the base is 30 seconds away. Is that too much? Yes I think so, if we dont want those fields to be mined just turn them off

The Humboldt fields have a higher yield then the O7 ones. The drawback is that you don't have a friendly base nearby. Risk/reward kind of thing. I'm surprised noone has set up a playerbase out there - it's remote enough that people won't quickly find a base (so you can establish it with shielding before folk take note) and there's not many other miners out there.

As for reducing drift, I feel it's fine as is. The idea about drift is to prevent people from logging in on a cloaked-out character that's near a chokepoint (a lame tactic that some groups were abusing quite frequently prior to drift being included). For that measure to be effective, people NEED to be some 5 minutes away from their previous position, so that if folk hop onto a cloaked out character, they do not get the initiative due to game mechanics abuse.

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[xiphos]

just so we're clear, your position here is that all the bases should be +50k from the fields?

No. I said too close, not +50 k

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[Ursus]

The Humboldt fields have a higher yield then the O7 ones. The drawback is that you don't have a friendly base nearby. Risk/reward kind of thing.

That's a valid balance by itself. Adding 50k drift on top is what breaks it. Only takes a couple of times drifting into the sun and you learn, okay not supposed to logout here, nowhere to logout here, moving to another location. Most people think of this as necessary grinding and look for path of least resistance, if you hit them with a stick they will respond to it. Either cut the distance or provide a place to logout that is within reach, or let the fields go.

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[SparkyRailgun]

Welp, I would certainly say this is a clear non-issue.
Anyone who shuts off their ship in space is a bit silly in the first place.

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[hansen-dennis@hotmail.com]

If you don't like it don't F1 in space. Dev's shouldn't change something because you're too lazy to find the nearest base.
Otherwise just find another system to mine in.

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