New Systems

[Reno]

I want Omega-15 back

me too, but ETA first

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[Catbert]

I voted "Yay, with stipulations", and even started writing a very long post about why. But I thought that a wall of text would be detrimental, so I summarized it as theses. Everything here is just my opinion, and I'm probably wrong about some things.

1. Discovery could use more "frontier" systems, like 4.85 Kansas (for its abundance of unusual stuff) or 4.87(?) Omicron Zeta (I know other systems serve that purpose now, but I just loved its looks). These systems could serve a nice environment for random RP and eventual player-run events.

2. Connections between systems could probably us a little rework to make it easier for factions to meet each other. For example, I think that there are one or two systems too many between Mu and Delta, where the Order is supposed to clash with the Core and Nomads. For example, Omicron Minor's position between Order and Core somewhat detracts from the feel of the system, and turns a historical fleet graveyard into a highway. It makes sense to have it linked to, say, Alaska (because LSF don't come to the Omicrons as often anyway) and Delta (to give the Order and Core that extra battleground).

3. New systems (regardless of how much lore and cool stuff they have) shouldn't be a buffer. They should be dead-end, and probably out of the normal ways that players take. That way people wouldn't come there as often, which would add to those systems' mystery. Although, I can think of at least one buffer system that I totally love: Zurich. It has unique lore, aesthetics/music, and very obvious verticality to it (much like Kansas, actually).

4. Some systems double for each other. For example, Liberty has 2 nice secret systems (Alaska and Virginia; it used to have even more when Ellesmere was around). I'm really on the edge about whether anything should be done about this. On the one hand, in cases like that it'd be nice to get a single, but more packed system. On the other hand, these systems are out of the way, and merging would remove something beautiful from the mod (like it was the case with Omicron Zeta).

[SnakeLancerHaven]

New Systems


ONLY if you make them dead ends like guard systems used to be. Else it's pointless. Alltho there are PLENTY of systems we have right now that could be turned into that (dead ends) and worth exploring.

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[Skorak]

Just saying but they kinda were all two way....
Probably forgot one:

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[Chuba]

No. No to new systems.

Yes to a new system. As we all know and has been argued to death, we are the last legs of this game and players should be concentrated into activity hubs to compensate for this. New, pointless systems that serve no purpose other than to expand the mod made perfect sense a decade ago, but now we have to be a lot more careful with what we do.

But there are loads of cool fancy things that we can do with this game these days, and I see no reason for this not to be explored. It's hard to say how exactly this should be executed, which I suppose would require a longer conversation, but I think a new, fancy system with a specific purpose every now and then would be entirely constructive.

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+1

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[SnakeLancerHaven]

Ye but you couldnt jump from O-91 to O-47 as you can see, that's what I meant with "cornered Systems". In the end, it is a dead end. @Skorak

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[Agent Omega]

Delete Coronado and merge it with Tau 44. Best idea ever.

[Skorak]

Surprise. It's not.

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[Emperor Tekagi]

No. No to new systems.

Yes to a new system. As we all know and has been argued to death, we are the last legs of this game and players should be concentrated into activity hubs to compensate for this. New, pointless systems that serve no purpose other than to expand the mod made perfect sense a decade ago, but now we have to be a lot more careful with what we do.

But there are loads of cool fancy things that we can do with this game these days, and I see no reason for this not to be explored. It's hard to say how exactly this should be executed, which I suppose would require a longer conversation, but I think a new, fancy system with a specific purpose every now and then would be entirely constructive.

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+1

Give this man a beer! He likely ran out of one just for getting this idea written down. +1

[Durandal]

Alltho there are PLENTY of systems we have right now that could be turned into that (dead ends) and worth exploring.

I feel the need to point out that most people say this about most corners of the map they don't play in because they lack a reference for ongoing roleplay and regional lore of those areas. I spent about an hour looking at the navmap and was only able to come up with 12 systems which I think could reasonably receive that treatment, and I'm sure most people who have a serious stake in those systems would reject it.