Made it to WP8. Halfway to the waypoint (and as I headed back up into the galactic plane), the sky filled with stars. This even showed up on the Galaxy Map, of my view being blocked by a fuckton of stars.
\nSo yeah.. “It’s full of stars!!”
\nEventually I was within plot distance of WP8. When I did, it took I would say about 10 minutes. This was literally a taste of what’s to come as we near the core by WP9.
\nSo if Patch 2.2 is going to drop by ‘mid October’ as they claimed, it better do it very soon. Though a few say possibly by late October, as the Beta is still ongoing.<\/p>\n
If it doesn’t release by the time we prepare to leave Jaques, this is bad news indeed for the future of the expedition. But this was also to be expected. The only way to get around it is to limit the distance we travel (to decrease the studdering that happens when it plots). This will be fixed in 2.2, which is why I wish it would come out sooner than later. But, you can’t rush good development. Just going to have to deal with slow plot times, for now. It’s not really a gamebreaker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Made it to WP8. Halfway to the waypoint (and as I headed back up into the galactic plane), the sky filled with stars. This even showed up on the Galaxy Map, of my view being blocked by a fuckton of … Continue reading
\nThere is a formula out there to calculate. But to the ones who don’t wish to beat their head into a wall, a fellow player, CMDR Cartherium, has made<\/a>(the link is safe) a small program to help calculate the optimal maximum distance for navigating in (and around) the core (to minimize studdering).
\nFor me, it doesn’t really work. It told me 953Ly is the optional distance (based on my current jump range and range to Sag A*), yet the distance to WP8 was 901Ly. And again, it took quite awhile.
\nAnother time, I had to reroute to the correct WP system which was just under 200Ly away…that too nearly took 10 minutes. I told them about this, and they say it’s to be expected; that it can’t properly adjust the distance (due to the buttloads of possible routes the plotter can use).<\/p>\n