Im kinda torn on this one, One the one hand we rarely ever get a CG event based around exploration. Hell we just spent a couple years at war. Would be nice to just have an event that didnt evolve around combat.
Now on the other hand, I get it, and I am enjoying reading everyone cry about it.
Anyway, Ill hold on for a bit, Really wish exploration data was storable, Kind of messed up making a bunch of explorers risk all that data.
This is the biggest problem I have with the situation.
Everyone coming in from outside the bubble has exploration data worth millions, potentially billions, of credits. If you swap over to your combat ship and subquently get killed, all that data is gone.
Thus, to me, there just isn’t enough motivation to come to the system’s defense if you’ve got that much data. It’s a far safer option to wait it out and hope that the situation gets resolved on its own. Then, if it doesn’t, you can still go cash in your data some place else and still get the exploration payout.
I get it. And this is the reason i dont play in open.
Wondering why they cant just jump the ship to another system?
Also would have been better to go into lock down with like an hour left and then start a Bounty hunting CG right after this one.
Another thing to look at is this system had a player controlled faction in charge of it until the Trailblazer showed up. Maybe they finally got enough kills to take it back.