(11-09-2018, 09:43 PM)Lythrilux Wrote: swap the Azurite and Iridium fields. Iridium really should be in Delta - make the system something like Tau-23.
Why not move the Iridium ore to Kappa, or even in Chi? In the light of the removal of Xeno relics from Gamma, who would want to travel there?
Xi would have been handy for Xeno relics but totally useless having it in a planet where you can only take 650 units out max a time. If it takes 5 minutes to do a round trip that is not even 8000 units PER HOUR you could extract. (that decision was not thought through TBH).
As I said, Delta should be like Tau-23. Better to put the mining field in there so that the activity can be more focused in the hotspot. Also if you put it in Kappa you then start to put it further away from Order/Nomads (although less so in the case of the Nomads - they actually achieve parking their ships outside of Iota). When the Corsairs were more active, they used to frequent Delta all the time. I had hoped that the addition of Iridium would draw them in further. But the field is just too far away. The travel distance is a bit of a pain, especially all the way from Gamma (which is where at least in my experience Corsairs tend to be based). Chi is just a pretty awful system overall that no one ever visits. In terms of travel times, the distance to Delta is pretty short/easy for local factions.
In regards to Xi, I actually have to wonder why the Planetary atmosphere was added in. I mean, yeah it looks cool, but it adds an extra jump to the route. An extra jump for interaction. Seems counter-intuitive. I don't know what XR's are like now. I know before the recent changes there were complaints that in some ways they were a bit naff but capable.