Why does it take so long to land???

[MintDragon]

From discord:


3two1letsjamToday at 2:20 PM
ok Craig Rittenhouse j4j ok so I've tried a few more landings, seems the usual is between 3-5 days, it's been 8 days once, so you may be right that it depends on planet size because in my last game I didn't take screens but there were several places where it took 15 days - still, even if it's 3-5 days on average that really adds up and takes away from any kind of game logic, especially compared to travel times between planets, I just don't understand the idea of taking days to land a ship

[drspendlove]

The fuel cost I follow, as slowing down in space is expensive. The time though may be a little much, sure.

[fallen]

Never seen a landing take that long! It certainly doesn't here. Can't reproduce or see how that could possibly happen from the math used. Maybe he is getting in multiple ship fights trying to run a Blockade?

[Brutus Aurelius]

Aug 13, 2018 18:55:49 GMT -5 drspendlove said:

The fuel cost I follow, as slowing down in space is expensive. The time though may be a little much, sure.

I always figured that landing involved holding orbit and waiting until you had a clear berth approved for your ship in the Starport.

[fallen]

Gotcha, this has been a bit improved. Fuel cost is increased by atmo and time is increased by the planet's danger rating.

Orbital requires 1 turn to land and no fuel.

Rebalanced a bit.