DaMuncha wrote:My problem with Highways in XR was the green/blue lines criss crossing all over space. and the stupid tailgating mini game.
What bothered me was most those ships were procedurally generated IN the Highway to make the mini-game.
I don't mind dodging traffic in a highway, but I want to know that these ships came from a factory, were bought by an NPC and flies to random locations like a normal person.
They made this mini-game (Which was even worse Pre-2.0, that 9xGrid square lane) was horrible.
Solflame wrote:The thing is, Highways allow for large explorable sectors and proper large-scale space combat, as long as the highways don't get you everywhere you need to go. Before all we had was either sectors that were basically just a small area which could be crossed relatively quickly, or those freaking huge Terran or Aldrin sectors people hated.
Oh yeah! I completely forgot about Aldrin, I HATED that Sector, would not set foot in it, That's a place where people wouldn't be complaining about a Highway, if one was put there.
The distance between Accelerators in each corner of Aldrin was unreal.
Good point there!
Solflame wrote:The thing is, Highways allow for large explorable sectors and proper large-scale space combat, as long as the highways don't get you everywhere you need to go.
Absolutely!
You wouldn't see a Highway in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest.
Highways in X games should always be about establishing civilization in a region of space.
For example the Wild West, you could only get to a place by Horse and Cart.
Then they build saloons, general stores and homes for people to live.
Then the Town Grows in size and require a much better mode of transport for ever increasing demand for wares and basics.
Government builds Better Roads, a Rail Network and the town grows to something more established.
That's what Highways need to be, they need to be sections of space that have already been explored, settled with a large population that needs those Trains and better highways.
The outskirts is still the Wild West waiting to be discovered and settled in, no dirtroads, no trains, just you on your horse looking for some place to settle as your own..