Jump Holes

[hribek]

What we might do, however, is putting those new jump holes into nebulas or asteroid fields properly, or at least at their edges. If you don't understand why, please reply to this topic and list the jump holes in the original Freelancer game which were in open space.

Having a hard time? Well, then you probably understand by now. Neat! Systems need some more love, not just weapons and ships. And I mean the current systems, with their 20 year-old wrecks and such. There's quite a lot of possibilities of small-scale system development without any major effects overall, just adding a bit to explore and the occasional "wow" that makes this pixel-shooter interesting. I'm thinking nebulas, I'm thinking exclusion zones, I'm talking unusual objects. So there's jump holes for you. Hit the stereotype with a long stick, so that you don't get all dirty.

I'd like to see Jumpholes leading to lawful guard systems replaced with Jumpgates though, makes more sense since Jump Holes are supposed to be dangerous according to Ageria propaganda.

That is not a bad idea. You just have to hide them in a cloud. which will make them cool - hidden jump gates are far greater than jump holes in open space. I still remember the first 4.85 closed betas, where jump holes could be seen from 30K. It gave them a completely different feeling, and also the think that something is horribly wrong when so much of the new ones are out in the open.

Also, let's turn the alberta jump hole in ontario into a jump gate, swap the Fort Severn (Ontario) / Red Deer (alberta) station affiliations (police base in the middle of nowhere, beyond a jump hole? Seriously ... HUH?) If not exactly this, at least something has to be done about it. The thing just hits me in the eye each time I pass around. Huge military base the size of a military academy sitting couple K from a jump hole in open space just doesn't seem right at all.