4.95.0 Patch 6

[Alvin]

Not a fan of the Zeta side part of the update, but I am going to skip what has already been mentioned

For me, while the new system does give a spooky vibe, unfortunately I feel like it just turns further it into another "nomad esque" system ... but with rockblocks and no redeeming, nor distinguishing features in return afaik (eg the nomad reactor, ruins, gravity field, interesting objects you see in Delta / Nu etc). Once the new renovation dust settle down, I feel like the whole system will just be more looked over, and overall seem like we lost more than we got in return in the rework.

I also recall last Zeta adjustment the Order wanted Cairo hidden in nebula (rather than orbiting Saipan) due to RP nature of the station, so it seems these existing factors weren't taken account in the update.

What frustrated me even more is the change in Alien organism route. - Sorry if I should have posted this in the mining section instead @aerelm or any others.
While the inception of this type of mining took some time to get the right balance, it got to a point where Kadesh POB actually promoted it as feature in the system, as it ran a zero profit transaction between player to player.

It was an active system available 24/7 on the point of supply, rather than the reactive "mine till its full, sell till its gone and repeat" waiting game. It also acted as hybrid bridge gap between the one in Penn, or the regular mining system, and allowed separation of miners and traders on a smaller scale. Despite Kadesh is actually a detour to the overall route, it provided a unique system and people actually utilised it (= activity). The Delta - FP11 route on the other hand seems like a step back from this and converted a very simplistic version of the Penn system which baffled me. Whilst I see no issue with this, I would love a return to what we had in some form.


Other than that, thanks for the update in general. Looking forward to dusting off the yacht and trying out new toys.



P.S Once again I really feel like patch notes should be pinned / announced on the front page - it is the easiest form of advertising to get activity in game and we are just not taking advantage of it. Instead we get to see a list of 24 factions failing activity check, which give nothing but the ooze of "DiScO is dYiNg" in general