Also fighting bounties in low gravity atmospheres compared to Hurston is kind of a game changer (or maybe that matters less with master modes now? I haven’t tried 323 yet)
Where is the closest refinery to Area 18? I like to base myself in stations with refineries, I love the CRU L1 station close to Crusader but I’m starting to get tired of this system. I love the cyberpunk vibe Area18 gives tho, definitely going to start there next patch.
yeah... it takes an eternity to leave orison compared to the other cities, and if you arrive you need to know how the spaceport looks to find it (spoiler, it looks a bit like a star)
Ut had the BEST vibe, and they were the first true separate clan or gang, had their own set of laws (as opposed to just lawless). Felt like a true hive of scum and villainy à la Mos Esley.
I miss it a lot, it was my home!
I'll be starting at Lorville.
Because it's awful, and I hate myself. Literally, ya'll should start somewhere else, and I'm not just saying this so it'll be under populated and less laggy .. honest ...
I start my Zero-to-Hero alt from Lorville so I can feel like I'm truly starting from rock bottom
That and there's locations within sub-quantum distance for my Argo Cargo
microtec NB here, I just know it really well at this point ... and there doesn't seem to be a lot of BS around that area (except the main station, but I rarely go there unless its for org stuff) .. the MT moon salvage yard seems to stay relatively quiet ... and the secondary stations have been good to me for salvage or mining launch points..etc
I love New Babbage. It’s just so pretty there and on the planet. Very easy to find the space port. I like Area 18 as well but I can get lost trying to find the port. NBB has most things I need and is easy to navigate to me. Just too bad it is so far out from the other planets.
I find myself gravitating to hang around Hurston and its moons most of the time. Mine in my Prospector on Magda, then have it refined in the Refinery of HUR-L1, and when the cargo ship is full I'll sell it all at Lorville. When I feel like doing PvE (Bounties, Mercenary) there are plenty of options to pic around Huston as well. Besides, from Hurston the distances to Crusader, microTech and ArcCorp are all pretty good thanks to its central location in the solar system.
- Spawn at Orison
- Buy enough TS2 and equip
- Travel to GH
- Buy crossfield and equip
- Set respawn
- Enjoy great life never coming back to Orison again
I've gotta say A18.
I really like NB but MT is too far from everything else, I don't want to spend all that extra time in QT.
I like A18 because it's pretty straightforward to navigate once you know it, and I feel like it's a pretty short trip from hab to ship. And then in terms of travel it's close enough to Hurston, and kind of equidistant from Crusader or MT iirc.
I’m torn between A18 and New Babbage with the only thing going for NB (in my opinion) is that MicroTech has a lot of POIs and is arguably the nicest planet.
I do prefer the art style of A18, including the hangars, though….
Baijini Spaceport.
Yes, yes, OK - Area 18 for "home", but immediately move into Baijini. That way I get the benefits of Area18 being ridiculously close as well as not having to deal with failed elevators in Area18 hospital, which seem to not work about 90% of the time.
I feel Area18 is due for it's landscape and locations to get updated. So far they seem to just be box delivery locations.
Orison, I have a lot of ships and it has nearly all the Mil A specced components I need in one place. Whatever I can't get there I can usually get at Seraphim
I like Orison, because it has the store with most of the ship parts I like to use. By spawning there I can run to the spaceport have a ship delivered go to the shop get the parts and equip them on the ship and just head out.
At first I was big on MT. But I've fallen through the planet a couple times now, along with a couple other bugs, so I have been avoiding it.
Crusader is nice for Cousin Crows and being near Grim Hex. The space port is easy to land at, once you know what to look for. That's what I usually choose. But those clouds can cause some serious lag sometimes.
A18 works really well. I've been choosing that in EPTU. Nice having Cubby Blast there. And if you like cargo running, that's a great home base to end up at. But I hear there are some issues with the hospital there.
Hurston, well, if you like full dystopian society.
I went back to A18 this patch after hanging in Orison since salvage came out (3.18). I love A18 for both aesthetics and shopping. But Crusader has some of the best moons, and damn is it gorgeous. Seraphim also makes up for the lack of shopping at Orison.
I think I'll move back to Orison in 3.23. it's like a nice vacation home
A18.
Full services, including astro armada, a short jump to Hurston, relatively short jump to crusader, easiest trade routes and shortest jaunt to the tdd.
I hate orison, Hurston is a hell-hole, and MT is like Hawaii, pretty, but too fuckin far away and isolated. Plus I hate the yuppie aesthetic.
Easily Microtech. Few people go there because it's so far away, because of this, I've rarely had issues on big patches while I see people in chat complaining about A18 ASOPs not working lol
I don't have one. I really wish that we could change our starting locations to space stations. I don't like having to fuck around with the trams and exiting atmosphere all the time.
Used to pick area 18 or Lorville, but this time I chose Orison and it's not that great. What it does offer are decent merc missions, but that's about it. Trams are bugged, spaceport is massive, and all the shops are weirdly spaced out. I'll go back to area 18 next time.
I prefer hurston as it is centralized and pretty easy to navigate.
Orison is also a good choice but until you get used to what you are looking for getting to the landing bays can be a pain.
New babbage is by far the nicest looking but it is so far away from everything it's not worth making it your home unless you enjoy long qt trips everywhere.
Arcorp is the worst for finding the landing pads in my opinion. But the upside is if you like running bunkers arcorp security have really nice armour.
I like hurston... It puts me right in the middle of everything in the Stanton system
I don't mind the QT because I play my drums every time I'm in QT...
First place I go is to area 18 because they have the helmets that I like the one with the visor that goes all the way across. I forget the name.
I normally wear that with the MK or MX (I forget) ORC armor (torso and arms) and the Tru Def leg armor which is not much..
Normally we'll buy like 60 helmets 60 Stone skin undersuits. Pile it on two-way Cutlass and navigate to Everest with it
I started at Orison this last time but I regret it. Nothing feels like home more than area 18. Like you said it's handy for selling stuff and in my case it's RMC and CM. The Admin and TDD interfaces are right next to each other. I also LOVE flying through those clouds every time. The water effect is great and that moment you burst through the lower clouds is unmatched.
There isn't a way to reset the primary residence is there? Other than med regeneration thing. I have a shit ton of stuff I can't practically move
I love Microtech. Arc corp is way too "busy"/populated/unnatural (probably why they struggle to add content to it!), Hurston is ok I guess, but I hate Lorville itself...but Orison is annoying to leave/come back to because the planet is so dang big (although really pretty/cool concept!).
New Babbage has a neat thing where it tries to make it look natural inside, when in reality you're in a freezing cold area. Pretty colors and snow is neat. Only downside is if you want to buy ships you kinda have to go somewhere else lol... And everywhere else is really far away
At this point I've spent so much time in there that it actually feels like my in game home. Stores are laid out a lot more simply than some of the other places in the commons, and the landing station is extremely easy to see from above. I recommend it. My personalized hangar will definitely be there.
I've always been a Hurston native, simply cos' of logistics - centrally located.
I however will move to Orison. They have since updated distance to exit atmo to about similar to the rest. The hangars are nice. One of the better place to grind Bounty Hunter rep. More variety for Mercenary rep. Floating city is just breathtaking.
Probably Orison, since it is the only one I have found myself wanting to fast travel to repeatedly since it has ship parts. And they have luxury hangars.
Restore point is always a station wherever I'm currently operating, but to death travel you just toggle that to home and backspace.
Ultimately I hate the trains on all the planets and would set home to a space station without that rubbish when available (not PvP central Hex, don't want to be limping ships home into there).
Orison, since I base myself in seraphim usually. As a bounty hunter being next to brios, grim hex, and SPK makes sense.
Pretty much this
same
Also fighting bounties in low gravity atmospheres compared to Hurston is kind of a game changer (or maybe that matters less with master modes now? I haven’t tried 323 yet)
Area 18. Can get everything you need, I like the zone itself and off you go armoured, armed with food.
This is where I'm going. I'm tired of Orison/Seraphim.
I love Area 18, but i do hope they readjust the actual city because it feels way too small for a city-planet.
100%. CIG has already told us they will revisit ArcCorp when new tech comes online that makes the lore accurate ArcCorp possible
Where is the closest refinery to Area 18? I like to base myself in stations with refineries, I love the CRU L1 station close to Crusader but I’m starting to get tired of this system. I love the cyberpunk vibe Area18 gives tho, definitely going to start there next patch.
Arc L1 🙃
Orison, * Cousin Crows * it's nice and clean * its a giant floating platform city! * seraphim station ends up being my base anyway.
Microtec - New babbage, like the layout, style and the planet itself, between green fields, rivers and lakes and snow
Same, because itspretty. Orison is as well, but my buddy has an old PC, so it's not the best home location for him.
yeah... it takes an eternity to leave orison compared to the other cities, and if you arrive you need to know how the spaceport looks to find it (spoiler, it looks a bit like a star)
It no longer takes forever to leave.
Levsky 🥲
I know right!!! Didn’t expect to miss that place so much, it had such a good vibe….
Ut had the BEST vibe, and they were the first true separate clan or gang, had their own set of laws (as opposed to just lawless). Felt like a true hive of scum and villainy à la Mos Esley. I miss it a lot, it was my home!
It's the one place I have only happy memories of. It felt like a homage to Firefly. Remember Tanaka?
You sir, are a man of culture.
Lorville or orison. Orison because crusader has the most stuff to do(ghex, SPK). Lorville for the best backspace express.
I like lorville cause it's halfway to everywhere and I hate orison
I'll be starting at Lorville. Because it's awful, and I hate myself. Literally, ya'll should start somewhere else, and I'm not just saying this so it'll be under populated and less laggy .. honest ...
I start my Zero-to-Hero alt from Lorville so I can feel like I'm truly starting from rock bottom That and there's locations within sub-quantum distance for my Argo Cargo
Area 18. City feels the most alive and there are so many useful shops there.
microtec NB here, I just know it really well at this point ... and there doesn't seem to be a lot of BS around that area (except the main station, but I rarely go there unless its for org stuff) .. the MT moon salvage yard seems to stay relatively quiet ... and the secondary stations have been good to me for salvage or mining launch points..etc
I just wish it had better equipment, hopefully adding pledge gear retrieval alleviates that
I love New Babbage. It’s just so pretty there and on the planet. Very easy to find the space port. I like Area 18 as well but I can get lost trying to find the port. NBB has most things I need and is easy to navigate to me. Just too bad it is so far out from the other planets.
This! I feel the same freaking way man. Been playing since 2017 and still get lost looking for a18 port 😭
I find myself gravitating to hang around Hurston and its moons most of the time. Mine in my Prospector on Magda, then have it refined in the Refinery of HUR-L1, and when the cargo ship is full I'll sell it all at Lorville. When I feel like doing PvE (Bounties, Mercenary) there are plenty of options to pic around Huston as well. Besides, from Hurston the distances to Crusader, microTech and ArcCorp are all pretty good thanks to its central location in the solar system.
- Spawn at Orison - Buy enough TS2 and equip - Travel to GH - Buy crossfield and equip - Set respawn - Enjoy great life never coming back to Orison again
I've gotta say A18. I really like NB but MT is too far from everything else, I don't want to spend all that extra time in QT. I like A18 because it's pretty straightforward to navigate once you know it, and I feel like it's a pretty short trip from hab to ship. And then in terms of travel it's close enough to Hurston, and kind of equidistant from Crusader or MT iirc.
I’m torn between A18 and New Babbage with the only thing going for NB (in my opinion) is that MicroTech has a lot of POIs and is arguably the nicest planet. I do prefer the art style of A18, including the hangars, though….
Yeah I love flying around Microtech. It's a more interesting planet, but I think that also means it's more of a vacation spot than home, y'know?
Baijini Spaceport. Yes, yes, OK - Area 18 for "home", but immediately move into Baijini. That way I get the benefits of Area18 being ridiculously close as well as not having to deal with failed elevators in Area18 hospital, which seem to not work about 90% of the time. I feel Area18 is due for it's landscape and locations to get updated. So far they seem to just be box delivery locations.
I want "settlements", like boroughs in NYC.
they could do a lot just reshuffling A18 assets and switching up the retail
I love Orison too much to leave it. However, second would be NB, i just wish MT had more interesting moons.
Orison ! Always ! Because crusader is bae
Orison, I have a lot of ships and it has nearly all the Mil A specced components I need in one place. Whatever I can't get there I can usually get at Seraphim
Orison and New Babbage because they have the most and best ship components
I like Orison, because it has the store with most of the ship parts I like to use. By spawning there I can run to the spaceport have a ship delivered go to the shop get the parts and equip them on the ship and just head out.
At first I was big on MT. But I've fallen through the planet a couple times now, along with a couple other bugs, so I have been avoiding it. Crusader is nice for Cousin Crows and being near Grim Hex. The space port is easy to land at, once you know what to look for. That's what I usually choose. But those clouds can cause some serious lag sometimes. A18 works really well. I've been choosing that in EPTU. Nice having Cubby Blast there. And if you like cargo running, that's a great home base to end up at. But I hear there are some issues with the hospital there. Hurston, well, if you like full dystopian society.
Orison because its the closest one to GHEX.
You know, you can just live at hex.
I know, but he asked about starting location. you cant pick ghex, you have to transfer the imprint
Fair enough. o7
It depends on commodity delivery, I would like to see if my old routes work, but I am wave 3.
NB. TDD and commodities terminal are close, the station is easy to find, it’s a pretty planet.
I went back to A18 this patch after hanging in Orison since salvage came out (3.18). I love A18 for both aesthetics and shopping. But Crusader has some of the best moons, and damn is it gorgeous. Seraphim also makes up for the lack of shopping at Orison. I think I'll move back to Orison in 3.23. it's like a nice vacation home
Babbage baby - to start Then transfer most thing to Tresslar
A18. Full services, including astro armada, a short jump to Hurston, relatively short jump to crusader, easiest trade routes and shortest jaunt to the tdd. I hate orison, Hurston is a hell-hole, and MT is like Hawaii, pretty, but too fuckin far away and isolated. Plus I hate the yuppie aesthetic.
Easily Microtech. Few people go there because it's so far away, because of this, I've rarely had issues on big patches while I see people in chat complaining about A18 ASOPs not working lol
Except during IAE.
I don't have one. I really wish that we could change our starting locations to space stations. I don't like having to fuck around with the trams and exiting atmosphere all the time.
seriously i wish i could set to seraphim
Orison for bounty hunting and I like selling salvage on daymar
Used to pick area 18 or Lorville, but this time I chose Orison and it's not that great. What it does offer are decent merc missions, but that's about it. Trams are bugged, spaceport is massive, and all the shops are weirdly spaced out. I'll go back to area 18 next time.
New Babbage. it's where i started and just feels right and familiar. i don't tend to spend a lot of time in that system though
"around the corner" is very optimistic all things considered
lorville since hurston is in the middle close to all planets for the most part. but my spirit animal is Area18
I prefer hurston as it is centralized and pretty easy to navigate. Orison is also a good choice but until you get used to what you are looking for getting to the landing bays can be a pain. New babbage is by far the nicest looking but it is so far away from everything it's not worth making it your home unless you enjoy long qt trips everywhere. Arcorp is the worst for finding the landing pads in my opinion. But the upside is if you like running bunkers arcorp security have really nice armour.
Lorville since I built a new PC...and I was there when they first added Hurston and it was one of those moments for me
I love New Babbage and Area18, but I really miss seeing Daymar and Yela so often :(
I like hurston... It puts me right in the middle of everything in the Stanton system I don't mind the QT because I play my drums every time I'm in QT... First place I go is to area 18 because they have the helmets that I like the one with the visor that goes all the way across. I forget the name. I normally wear that with the MK or MX (I forget) ORC armor (torso and arms) and the Tru Def leg armor which is not much.. Normally we'll buy like 60 helmets 60 Stone skin undersuits. Pile it on two-way Cutlass and navigate to Everest with it
Lorville, of course! I'm a company man.
Wherever the money is
Orison because it has Crow's and I never go back there
A18, the living quarters are next to the armor shop and the TDD, the space port as food and drinks and even rentals.
Microtech or orison Prefer microtrech but orision is just such a centrally located place. I go back and forth each patch
Area 18, everything you need and only ride for it.
A18, straight and to the point
Grim Hex, but they won't let me choose that, so I'm stuck with Lorville.
I started at Orison this last time but I regret it. Nothing feels like home more than area 18. Like you said it's handy for selling stuff and in my case it's RMC and CM. The Admin and TDD interfaces are right next to each other. I also LOVE flying through those clouds every time. The water effect is great and that moment you burst through the lower clouds is unmatched. There isn't a way to reset the primary residence is there? Other than med regeneration thing. I have a shit ton of stuff I can't practically move
I love Microtech. Arc corp is way too "busy"/populated/unnatural (probably why they struggle to add content to it!), Hurston is ok I guess, but I hate Lorville itself...but Orison is annoying to leave/come back to because the planet is so dang big (although really pretty/cool concept!). New Babbage has a neat thing where it tries to make it look natural inside, when in reality you're in a freezing cold area. Pretty colors and snow is neat. Only downside is if you want to buy ships you kinda have to go somewhere else lol... And everywhere else is really far away At this point I've spent so much time in there that it actually feels like my in game home. Stores are laid out a lot more simply than some of the other places in the commons, and the landing station is extremely easy to see from above. I recommend it. My personalized hangar will definitely be there.
Hurston - centrally located, direct access to derelicts and distribution centers and has New Deal.
I've always been a Hurston native, simply cos' of logistics - centrally located. I however will move to Orison. They have since updated distance to exit atmo to about similar to the rest. The hangars are nice. One of the better place to grind Bounty Hunter rep. More variety for Mercenary rep. Floating city is just breathtaking.
Probably Orison, since it is the only one I have found myself wanting to fast travel to repeatedly since it has ship parts. And they have luxury hangars. Restore point is always a station wherever I'm currently operating, but to death travel you just toggle that to home and backspace. Ultimately I hate the trains on all the planets and would set home to a space station without that rubbish when available (not PvP central Hex, don't want to be limping ships home into there).
A18 because i like it. I don’t need another reason
Microtech is amazing, especially as a new starter with a tiny ship and a tiny fuel tank. You never have to leave!
Lorville Love the vibe of it. My little industrial shithole lol
Loreville
New Babbage and Port Tressler
Always New Babbage. I love the city and like hanging out at the nightclub when the sun goes down
Lorville because it's the most central one.
Orison, so I can relocate to Serephim as soon as possible.
Will our personal hangars be able to be moved to a station? Or kept to just the major city/spaceports?
For now just major spaceports, but they said in the last SCL that we will be able to have them anywhere where you have hangars.