Colonization for those who got there first

[abbat76]

There are too few systems to colonize with such a small expansion radius. A day after the patch, it is impossible to find an attractive system to colonize even on the edge of the bubble. So who is this patch for? I returned to the game to do some colonizing, but it turned out that I wasted my time exploring opportunities that simply do not exist. Who is this content for? Casual players? Well, the developers did a good job - players have staked out all the systems they can. I convinced my friends to play with me by advertising an interesting colonization, they laughed at this patch and the "opportunities" that simply do not exist. In the end, they refused to play - nothing to colonize

[DoltLumb]

Origineel geplaatst door DoppyTheElv:

Origineel geplaatst door DoltLumb:

No you cant find proper system to colonize.Greedy lifeless elite players already got all of good systems.

what a load of nonsense. 4 billion star systems and there are none to colonize. Get a grip. I found me a good system yesterday after looking for about 20 minutes.

You are too fool to argue,sorry but thats the facts.First learn the new update features and then argue.

[spam]

Origineel geplaatst door Sighman:

On Spansh you can find uninhabited systems in the bubble with > x bodies. e.g. more than 15.

^This! There will be a lot more available systems in a month or two, so you can be patient, or use the available tools to find what you are looking for.

Spansh.co.uk is your friend here.

With a few more parameters you can really hone in on what you are looking for. I used the parameters below to get a list of 100 or so potential systems, imported the list into excel and sorted by estimated mapping value.

A day after the initial rush, I went to a station colony rep* and went through the first 50 and (copied & pasted the system name from excel), the ones that were out of range, or available I bolded. This method has limits, about 65% of the top 50 systems had been claimed, so other people no doubt used this technique.

From there, I went through Inara.cz and examined the bodies in each system. For those that I was really interested in I checked the distance to the nearest station in Inara (some were beyond 15LY).

Search Parameters (pick your own values to taste)
I played around with the various parameters until I came up with a list that looked reasonable to me, and recommend you do the same. I spent about an hour or so to get it to my liking.

Estimated Mapping Value (to weed out ice ball systems)
Estimated Scan Value (to weed out ice ball systems)
Population 0
Distance from reference system (to keep more or less within bubble)
Body Count
Reference System: Sol

Headers I used were:
Body Count
Distance (LY)
Estimated Mapping Value
Estimated Scan Value
Population
Reference System

*You can go to any colony rep and find out what systems have been claimed, even if they are out of that station's range, so you don't have to fly all over the bubble!

[GreenRivin]

Well, good that i am not the only one struggeling. Because it feels like the only systems left have 1 Star but no planets :/. It does feel like an "Elite player thing" again but i mean, maybe the devs will care about players that couldn't hop on in the first hours? (Sadly i have a life and couldn't go online soon enough) But it might be better once the people finished their bases? Maybe all those who didnt get a chance the first time will get one then?

[LuckyVanDine]

Origineel geplaatst door Sighman:

Origineel geplaatst door LuckyVanDine:

If you wait a week for their stations to complete and have their own colonisation contacts, there will be even more candidate systems

You don't have to wait a week. The contact is live immediately, and you can buy a beacon and move to the next system right away.

Oh, wow - yes. Hadn't realised!

[Dead Baron]

Knew this would happen the moment they announced the limit near the bubble. Hopefully someday you can claim systems anywhere and they'll lessen the grin-

BAHAHAHA

Who am I kidding. Played since closed beta. Frontier only knows how to make super grindy games with weird AF design decisions. It's like they expect people to get addicted from mechanics that are just making a progress bar fill instead of making a game that feels alive. They have a goldmine if they would flesh out exploration for example, that's one of the biggest things that get people hooked.

Even the Thargoid boss fights were just looping attack runs to deplete progress bars until it blew up.

[nZ RaifalM3n]

Origineel geplaatst door DoltLumb:

No you cant find proper system to colonize.Greedy lifeless elite players already got all of good systems.

yes and no. you are just jelous on players that actually PLAY the game and got a decent system. Like the one i got near Harma. Ahahaha

[Sighman]

Origineel geplaatst door GreenRivin:

Well, good that i am not the only one struggeling. Because it feels like the only systems left have 1 Star but no planets :/. It does feel like an "Elite player thing" again but i mean, maybe the devs will care about players that couldn't hop on in the first hours? (Sadly i have a life and couldn't go online soon enough) But it might be better once the people finished their bases? Maybe all those who didnt get a chance the first time will get one then?

We've just been explaining, with examples and links, that there are more systems out there to colonise right now than you need for about 50,000 more ED players.

It's a vast buffet. Space is big.

[Devilish Dave]

I can't claim the system I want so I'm waiting for the issue to solved. I keep getting an error. So in the meantime I'm hauling for others and I really hope I get the system I want and that others will help me too.

[Eruannon]

Origineel geplaatst door abbat76:

Origineel geplaatst door DoppyTheElv:

LMFAO you mean to take away people's carriers as penalty? Deluded.

What is a carrier worth compared to the lost lives of hundreds of colonists who never got a new home and remained frozen in cryocapsules... Everyone must be held accountable.

I'll be blunt to answer your question, as You make a critical mistake of applying 2025 earth morality to 3311's reality:

Carriers are FAR much more valuable, than people in cryocapsules that never even got killed, just of a commander who didn't give the little tiny kids some place to call home.

In fact I will go a step further - at average of ~9696 cr/person [average slave price], a single carrier is worth more than 500 000 people. Combined. For the cheapest possible carrier.

Welcome to the 3311's Milky Way Galaxy, Kid. It will take some time for You to get used to the reality once You're out of Your homeworld's cradle.

[nZ RaifalM3n]

Origineel geplaatst door Eruannon:

Origineel geplaatst door abbat76:

What is a carrier worth compared to the lost lives of hundreds of colonists who never got a new home and remained frozen in cryocapsules... Everyone must be held accountable.

I'll be blunt to answer your question, as You make a critical mistake of applying 2025 earth morality to 3311's reality:

Carriers are FAR much more valuable, than people in cryocapsules that never even got killed, just of a commander who didn't give the little tiny kids some place to call home.

In fact I will go a step further - at average of ~9696 cr/person [average slave price], a single carrier is worth more than 500 000 people. Combined. For the cheapest possible carrier.

Welcome to the 3311's Milky Way Galaxy, Kid. It will take some time for You to get used to the reality once You're out of Your homeworld's cradle.

I want a carrier but still 3 billion short. meh, who cares about slaves and people lol. a carrier is the best.

[Rias]

Origineel geplaatst door abbat76:

There are too few systems to colonize with such a small expansion radius. A day after the patch, it is impossible to find an attractive system to colonize even on the edge of the bubble. So who is this patch for? I returned to the game to do some colonizing, but it turned out that I wasted my time exploring opportunities that simply do not exist.

Dunno, I opend the Galaxy-map filtered for unclaimed systems and over 50% of the "Bubble" is still there - free to claim....

BUT SURE IF YOU JUST WANT A GOD SYSTEM WITH 100+ BODIES MULTIPLE STARS(With a Neutron star or even multiple ones) SERVED ON A SILVER PLATE, IN HAVING NO EFFORT FINDING IT.
sure the "known" systems will be the target No.1 and if you dont get one, ofc. it will be FDevs fault (LUL)

maybe get in your ship and start the exploration for your dream system!!!!!

instead of whining....

[RacuVovk]

letting players claim more than one was a horrible mistake and idk why they thought that was a good idea