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Finally Arrived in Colonia (i.imgur.com)
submitted 1 year ago by nparkinglot@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/elitedangerous@lemmy.world
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After stopping and starting once or twice over the course of a year, crashing and nearly dying on an extremely high G planet, mistaking a white dwarf for a neutron star and nearly burning to a crisp, and making as few civilized pit stops as possible- yesterday I finally arrived in Colonia.

Next week I start my next journey to Sag A.

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[-] kinther@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I flew to Colonia and haven't picked the game back up since. The ride was peaceful but mind numbing. I'll boot the game back up someday...

[-] cumcum69@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I did this in game recently. It's a really boring trip

[-] nparkinglot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Something I realized while on that trip is that if you enjoy the exploration part of this game, you essentially enjoy roleplaying a field researcher with a dash of survival on the side. It’s tedious, boring work and you have to be really into the details of all the stuff you find to keep going.

I keep IRL notes on a lot of my finds. I stay more engaged and I can easily find the location of some interesting thing I passed.

[-] plscks@artemis.camp 1 points 1 year ago

Keeping an IRL log like this is a really cool concept, thanks for the idea!

[-] nparkinglot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

wish I could say I came up with it, but you’re welcome nonetheless! Fly safe o7

[-] GrasshopperMan17@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Fly on, Commander o7

[-] Stormrvr@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Sounds like a great adventure though 😁 I keep meaning to make that trip myself!

[-] nparkinglot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Do it! It took an extremely long time for me, but I was also stopping and exploring constantly so that added a ton amount of time to the trip.

The combination of gratification, pride, and relief I felt completing that final jump to Colonia is hard to describe.

And the amount of stuff I FD’d along the way is mind-boggling. 100% worth it.

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