Cold Star to Torride/Omicron Lyrae Kills Freighters
Posted: Sat, 7. Jul 18, 18:15
When a freighter in Cold Star wants to go to Omicron Lyrae, it jumps to Natural Expanse, takes the gate near Midas Mist to Torride, takes another gate to Maelstrom, then the gate to OL. Unfortunately, the first gate is almost certain death - at least in my game. For whatever reason, the freighters don't go to the gate near Midas Mist - they go to Midas Mist itself where a very well defended Xenon mining station blows them away. A big minefield close by doesn't help things, either. This happens to both my freighters and NPC freighters.
I tried taking down one of the nastier battle platforms but it just grew back a few minutes later.
I noticed freighters seem to like to stick to the zones so I tried dropping a nav beacon closer to the gate in hopes they would fly to the 'empty space' zone instead of Midas Mists. No luck there.
Unfortunately, I built an R&D station that demands BoFu and makes nothing but wares that only sell in OL so I run into this more than most. It's pretty annoying, too, given that there's a route through HoL with the same number of jumps. Is there a work around for this other than picking up the goods, manually telling the freighter to go to HoL or Albion, then finishing the trade?
I tried taking down one of the nastier battle platforms but it just grew back a few minutes later.
I noticed freighters seem to like to stick to the zones so I tried dropping a nav beacon closer to the gate in hopes they would fly to the 'empty space' zone instead of Midas Mists. No luck there.
Unfortunately, I built an R&D station that demands BoFu and makes nothing but wares that only sell in OL so I run into this more than most. It's pretty annoying, too, given that there's a route through HoL with the same number of jumps. Is there a work around for this other than picking up the goods, manually telling the freighter to go to HoL or Albion, then finishing the trade?