I did not like the highways because I did not find a logical explanation of physics. I do understand that we operate in science fiction but there are borders. Jumpdrive in my view is possible - time-space change (as well as jumpgates). ETA is very possible (you can imagine that you are going into hybernation - falling into induced sleep). Gliding is well possible. But highways? It destroys the game feeling especially when they intoduce the mini-game.specialsymbol wrote:I can only add to this. I still don't get why people dislike Rebirth that much. Well, might be because I only started playing with Home of Light..
I love that highway concept. It reminds me of Freelancer. On the other hand I somehow miss the traffic from X³ in some sectors and some features. A combination would be just perfect. Oh, and one thing: please bring back the ship models from X³. They were awesome and I miss them badly. They were iconic! Just think of the various Argon M3 versions.
One can say that the highways are the paths of moving particles (plasma, photons, etc.) but then it will require enormous amount of energy to create it, much more than simply to move a ship (so to say it will not be practical to create it). In X3 you have all sort of ships moving around and it was cool.
Also afaik only the majority of the HoL DLC is on the Y Plane (didnt check entirely, but for Toride and Home of Light i am sure - and the former one has been praised for its exploration potential and lack of tubes), but for many other Sectors the Y Axis is used. for Ascendancy and Far Out its roughly 50% of the X and Z Axis i guess, for Radiant Haven in OL its actually used more than the X and Z axis i think (but i hate that sector for its weirdly sharp turns in the Tubes... would have been an awesome one if it wernt for that)
