Set Map Command

[Geodin]

Hey Kal-el!

I kind of agree here, and I have an idea, but I'm not sure exactly how it would be coded into the game. But for the data-packs that are sold in bars, perhaps you could increase their frequency-of-occurance and instead of it always just being a -single- JH or a -single- base, perhaps if you're buying info off of a DSE-agent in the bar it could give you all or some DSE bases? or just a random clumping of bases/JHs/etc for an increased price? And the more it costs, the more info you get from it. And have local police/navy agents in bars on the central world of each House (London, Tokyo, Berlin, Manhattan, Crete, Malta, etc) always sell a -basic- map of basic worlds and bases within their house's ZOI for a decent price?

It -is- a pain, to always have to start at square one. It's like taking a road trip,even though you've been on the road trip before several times, but you always burn your map at the end of the trip. I mean, isn't it reasonable that a Trader would invest in at least some basic navigation maps before heading out into the utter VASTNESS of (Discovery Freelancer) Space? Or that someone in a house military would automatically have Naval Base locations built into his ship?


At the very least, PLEASE increase the potentency and frequency of the buyable nav data in bars (data packs, right? Unsure of the proper term here.)

There's got to be a way to balance it, both in locations to purchase this info, and cost of doing so. Somewhere we can meet in the middle, because it is bloody tedious to dock at every single base in every single system with every single character (ESPECIALLY IF IT'S THE SAME CHARACTER!)

Of course, on the alternative side to this, it gives a pretty big advantage to long-time Veterns (as opposed to relative newbies like me) who have multiple accounts and lots of money, and on much older accounts have explored almost the entirity of space and would be rendered (potentially) exempt from doing -any- exploring if a basic code is set that unlocks the map for every character you have because you've taken the time to explore it all at least once.

So I'm alittle on the fence here, I think the idea really needs to be hammered out and discussed more thoroughly.

Overall