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Start timing your travels!

If you are stuck in a mission and do not know how to continue, this is the place to ask for help. Missing that elusive Level 10 Shield? Don''t know where to find the lost Ohtori ship? This is the only place where spoilers are allowed!

Post Fri Feb 28, 2003 7:18 pm

Start timing your travels!

Start recording the time it takes you from point A->B. If you take shortcuts/holes, etc. just note them. Also note if you're a freighter and run like hell, or if you're a fighter and stop the people that interrupt your trade lanes If you get sidetracked, end up fighting several small battles, etc. your travel time will be rather useless to the compilation.

Post them here.

Any point A -> point B times will be useful. Any measurement will be useful. We have maps, but we don't have travel times. I'll work with the number and make travel time charts from A->B. I'm thinking "Fastest Time Average" and "Average Time" (for those of you who fight a bit on the way.)

It takes 3 seconds to record a time. Grab a piece of paper, a pencil, and start recording!

-Tweed

Post Fri Feb 28, 2003 7:27 pm

From:
los angles, californien

To:
Freeport 4, Magelan

3 minutes fastes, average 4 minutes

8 minutes there and back again average, best time 6 minutes.

Post Fri Feb 28, 2003 7:57 pm

Thanks! Let me be a bit more specific in what I'm looking for:

Planet LA, Cali -> Manhattan, NY - 2:33
Manhattan, NY -> Planet LA, Cali - 3:43 - got stopped twice

Every bit of information is important .. I'll figure the averages, "fastest average", etc. Just post your raw times and notes. thanks

-Tweed

Post Fri Feb 28, 2003 8:08 pm

From the spoiler forum to the Discussion forum--2 seconds

From New london to cambridge: ~5 minutes with having to afterburn to certain trade lanes due to corsairs preventing me from using cruise engine

Post Fri Feb 28, 2003 8:16 pm

OK. I guess ill say it.

Why?

Obviously the longer the route the longer its going to take!
I dont understand why you want specific times. Enlighten me

Post Fri Feb 28, 2003 8:25 pm

Why?

Finding the optimal trade routes for different parts of the system when you just need a few more credits. Making most of your time. Having an hour to play and wanting to visit the other side of the sector.. will you have time?

etc.

It will be very useful once it is done. It is a lot quicker going through some systems than others. Perhaps the fastest routes will be through portals and not the trade lanes?


As far as Discussion as opposed to spoilers, I think the inclusion of all systems would be considered a spoiler. Some people don't know that Omicron Alpha exists, or that it is ~20 minutes from New London, etc.

-Tweed

Edited by - Tweedle on 28-02-2003 20:29:01

Post Fri Feb 28, 2003 8:29 pm

I guess but most times you wont be just hanging out in the same zone.

price list would be better cause you can just see what is closest to buy and sell

Post Fri Feb 28, 2003 8:33 pm

Combined with price lists, it won't be hard to figure out the absolute best trade routes. Price lists have already been compiled, so using them together will give some interesting results.

Post Fri Feb 28, 2003 10:15 pm

All times with no afterburner, but with cruse engines. Times given in seconds rounded to the nearest 5 seconds and + or - 5 seconds. Times given in minutes rounded to nearest .25 minutes and + or - .25 minutes.

TL =Trade Lane
JG = Jump Gate
PL = Planet
ST = Station (includes battleships/cruisers)

Leeds System

PL to Leeds - Edinburgh Gate TL: 15 seconds
Leeds - Edinburgh TL passage time: 45 seconds
Leeds - Edinburg TL to JG: 25 seconds
Total Time, PL Leeds - Edinburgh JG: 1.5 minutes

PL to Leeds - New London Gate TL: 25 seconds
Leeds - New London TL passage time: 25 seconds
Leeds - New London TL to JG: 30 seconds
Total Time, PL Leeds - New London JG: 1.25 minutes

PL to Leeds - Stokes TL: 25 seconds
Leeds - Stokes TL passage time: 30 seconds
Leeds - Stokes TL to ST: 10 seconds
Total Time, PL Leeds - Stokes ST: 1 minute

if this is what you are looking for, I will try to get more inter-system information

I will respond to any questions

Post Fri Feb 28, 2003 10:53 pm

New Berlin to New Tokyo ... 15 minute average. Via Sigmas.

Post Sat Mar 01, 2003 1:26 am

what would be even better is if you could provide a list of trade routes that we would then be able to chart for time... in time I may complete Leeds, and other systems, in the method I have done... but it can be quite time consuming considering much of the data may not be used

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