05-12-2021, 01:38 AM
(05-10-2021, 11:26 PM)ronin Wrote: Knowing that the game engine tries to keep player's home worlds far apart, I'm pondering the approach to exploring. Should I investigate the systems nearest my home world, or those furthest away? If I stay close to home, I'm certain to avoid contact with the other players. But those worlds should be safe from the others for quite a while (someone said 6 turns?). So if I jump further, I can start colonizing worlds as a buffer zone. And maybe get first contact at a better stand-off distance.Your ship also has a better probability of succeeding longer jumps while it's shiny, bright and new. You can make shorter jumps a couple of turns down the road.