Death by Map

Post by **Drasha** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:42 pm

First time I have ever seen only one path from the start to the exit. Had a stealth ship with no shields so I tried to avoid the asteroids.

Vind · Post by **Vind** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:41 pm

Yeah - tough map layout. Stealth ship have pretty good starting engines so powering FTL up takes little time - ou can still break through rebels and play on.The most probable path is shortest between beacons - in other words it was 99% chance south part of the map is isolated.

Post by **Drasha** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:50 pm

First time I encountered a dead fork like that most of the maps forked and came together at the end. I figured I might be able to jump in time and skip back the way I came but the rebel ships were deap in the red and pounded me to hard I only managed to get to 60% charge before my engines where hit and then I swiftly died.

Doom Lich · Post by **Doom Lich** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:06 pm

And so a lesson has been learned.

I'd imagine now you'll do better at estimating distances.

Post by **Drasha** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:18 pm

I really wish there was a better indicator of what your next jump/s connect you to. I have bet my life on it being just close enough on a number of occasions though this is the only time it has screwed me this badly.

Scase · Post by **Scase** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:34 pm

Drasha wrote:I really wish there was a better indicator of what your next jump/s connect you to. I have bet my life on it being just close enough on a number of occasions though this is the only time it has screwed me this badly.

Over time you learn how to gauge the distances better, if the game told you that you could go that way then where is the exploratory fun

Post by **Drasha** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:46 pm

Fair enough

Fredchuckdave · Post by **Fredchuckdave** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:36 pm

It happens, though mostly just once in a while. At least you were playing a likely doomed ship regardless

ComboBreaker · Post by **ComboBreaker** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:59 pm

I use a ruler to measure plausible distances.Like,I take out damn ruler and put it at my damn screen in real life.

For my screen max jump is 3,3 sm.You may laugh,but it saved me from a lot of dead ends.

Gorlom · Post by **Gorlom** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:02 pm

ComboBreaker wrote:I use a ruler to measure plausible distances.Like,I take out damn ruler and put it at my damn screen in real life.

For my screen max jump is 3,3 sm.You may laugh,but it saved me from a lot of dead ends.

what standard unit is that?

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