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Space is Vast and Empty, We are all Alone
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The most striking thing about the new sector space is that it is entirely empty and devoid of other players. A vast endless empty expanse. Cold and dark and lonesome. Like you're the only person in whole of creation.
Sector space used to be crowded, you'd see ships of all description going this way and that, people on unknown errands, it felt alive.
Now just vast, dark, quiet emptiness.
Each quadrant of the Galaxy limited to 25 ships. Most not nearly that full.
It doesn't feel massively multiplayer anymore.
Maybe it would be better to have more people per instance, it would be best to have as many as possible in each instance.
Sector space used to be crowded, you'd see ships of all description going this way and that, people on unknown errands, it felt alive.
Now just vast, dark, quiet emptiness.
Each quadrant of the Galaxy limited to 25 ships. Most not nearly that full.
It doesn't feel massively multiplayer anymore.
Maybe it would be better to have more people per instance, it would be best to have as many as possible in each instance.
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Douglas MacArthur - Quote on the dedication plaque of the U.S.S. Ranger NCC-97332-A Armitage class Fleet Heavy Strike Wing Escort.
I do miss seeing oodles of ships.
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Along with that, space IS vast. If I were roaming space, I would not expect to see 30 ships around every corner. If anything, I would say this sector space with low player counts is far more in line with how the series were. Sure, you occasionally come across a ship and you are like "oh hi, you need help with anything?" Beyond that, though, space really is a lonely place. No one to hear you scream if something goes wrong (unless they forget to jam your communications first).
PS. Man, you guys are fast. When I start typing there are no comments, then when I finish there are a dozen. I like that, means I have to type faster.
I was alone in the old sector space a lot. This is no different. I like the sense of enormity, and the little sense of discovery I get when I go somewhere off the beaten path and find someone in orbit with me.
Actual join date: Open beta, 2009ish.
"Where we are is the front."
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And how many times in the shows did the Enterprise or Voyager have to dip to the side to let pass a Recluse?
The new sectors looks good, it feels good, its appropriate to the setting. Its different (from what you would expect from an aging action space MMO), but that isn't the bloody end-all of an opinion!
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It was one of my earliest requests to do something about those absurd walls and cramped, boxed in sectors full of "do you want to warp?" "you don't have permission" while starships ran into invisible barriers or had to navigate towards certain walls while avoiding other walls only to end up ramming them and sliding sideways.
As long as it's possible to warp around in an instance with your team/fleet, it's a most worthwhile compromise.
... and the 2,499 crew of my ship. But close enough.
Though, if there was one thing I'd change, I'd make it a little bit brighter so I can actually see the hull texture on my ships.
- Thot Gar - Commanding Officer of the Braaktak Kaan
One of the biggest things about space is just how freakin' much of it there is. The amount of emptiness between one celestial body and another, one ship and another... these are vast distances. Naturally you'll find hubs such as ESD where there are more people docked, but in a game centralized around exploration the subsequent exploring of the vastness of space, it makes more sense in its current form.
How stingy is the server about opening new instances? For example, if on a team with 4 or 5 people, and you leave Sol, will it open a new instance if they are all almost full, or just dump the 4 team members into different Beta Quadrant zones?
I hope some of these changes will lead into that
One of my characters stumbled across and Unknown Nebula in the Delta quadrant. I went over to check it out, and it was a crafting materials node, but I could easily see them putting missions in on some of these nodes.
Perhaps once we're done fighitng the big bads, we'll get into boldly going...
1) Neutral about space being vast. 25 ships per instance seems low, considering in FFXI I participated in 300 person battles on a PS 2.
2) Space may be dark, but this is Star Trek, I should be able to see how cool my ship looks when traveling at warp.
3) I miss the old spacelane indicators. They were to me a core part of the Look and Feel of the game.
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This is one of the things I really like about the new map(s). I was cruising along and saw what appeared to be a comet, approached it and sure enough "Unknown Comet" popped up. It also was a crafting mats node, but it was intriguing and exciting to find something like that. I have also heard reports of wrecked ships, though I haven't found one yet. Then again it's the small details like these that I really appreciate, that 'oh I should go see what that is' feeling.