Observations over the weekend

[chesspupil]

I would like to see the navigation map haze over with the crossing of factions.  Perhaps as simple as an extra outline around the Green / Red dots.  Planets on the game map should have a color ring around them to show their loyalty.

A method of quickly being able to tell if two contracts are in the same general direction would be great... 12 AU to contract one is great, but is it N,S,E,W?  

On the contracts the text seems to read at the end as if I am just receiving the contract...  some slight changes and all the treats of what happens if I fail seems redundant... (Im making the deal, so threats are un-needed.

A waypoint mode towards a contract point that stops at star ports for refueling would be helpful and drop some of the tedium.

Especially if I could specify to divert slightly to only independents stops

A skill chance of trading water-fuel or other common items covertly during trade wars would be nice... maybe call it trying to deal on the black-market. 

On goods deliveries if I have to move say 51 units of metal and I drop off 25, why not give the prompt that my target amount is less.

If I have greater sails or engines (or what ever game mechanic) than the attacking ship I should be able to Retreat from them with impunity... no way they could catch me... on the other hand a slower ship in retreat might have a chance of loosing a faster ship by some sort of pilot skill.  (trying to retreat for 700+ turns was simply ridiculous and I was 1.5 better on all fronts)

First mate should tell Captain when his crew is less than full while in port... remind him to recruit

show on map at time of rumor would be nice rather than on separate list

The grey boxes that pop up should be on the event log.  ... like the boxes that appear when you are exploring a planet.... if I touch them they should persist.

The wounds saying I lost an eye, leg, arm etc, seems detached... provide some true to form injury text

anyway more later...

[slayernz]

Quadrant map shows territory markings - navigation map does not, because it is a more straight forward interface. You don't get clutter when you fly the Cadar skies <smile>

When you're picking up contracts, it always tells you distance, destination co-ordinates, and your current co-ordinates. It's up to you, as captain, to understand the navigation
The Co-ordinates are displayed in (x,y) format.
So if you are (1,1) and destination is (1,15), you are going to be heading south, 14AU.
If you are (1,1) and destination is (15,1), you are going to be heading east, 14AU
If you are (1,1) and destination is (-2,4), you are going to be heading west 3AU, and south 3AU.

For waypoints stopping st star ports for refueling - this is out of scope of the auto-pilot, and not recommended in any event. Auto-Pilot calculates the lowest-fuel cost travel from A to B. It is not smart enough to calculate in any other way (although there may be an enhancement in ST2). EVEN if you could stop off at planets on your journey, you don't necessarily want to pop into the exchange and buy/sell stuff, or do repairs. Each of these actions consumes time. If you're running tight (ie, you are 12AU away, and only have 13 weeks to go), you don't want to stop at all. I would recommend not relying 100% on auto-pilot anyway. manual navigation keeps you safe

Black markets have been a years-long request ... soooooooo hopefully a ST2 feature

Good idea for the goods delivery contracts. If you check your contract detail, you do see how many remain, but it would be good to have a toast notification as well.


It's not just the number of engines, but your hull size and your pilot skill. You may have 40 engines and your enemy has 20, but you might have a hull of 40, and your enemy has a hull of 10. In fact, your enemy can maneuver twice as efficiently as you. Also, pilot skill makes a huge difference.

Your officers (including first mate) don't care how many crew you have - but when you visit a spice hall (which you should do whenever you land), you'll see the recruit button is greyed out when you have max crew.

In the galactic/quadrant map, you do get to see the rumors. They have a distinctive marker to show that there is something of interest. In your general navigation screen you don't get those overlays.

Losing an eye/leg/arm/etc ... yeah they are detached (and not in a punny way). The message is random and yes, you can indeed lose 4 eyes in a row. Yes, it would be cool if that affected one or more of your attributes until you got healed, but that would likely be a feature in ST2 ... and not necessarily a feature that I would be hanging out to see

[Cory Trese]

Thanks for the feedback! We will see if any of these are possible in ST RPG or even ST 2.

Happy sailing!