Fantastix Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 i want to get from place a to b... alright move to your local orbital station, where you CANT mount up.. then get into the elevator... then go through the airlock... then move to your ship then fly to your destination...then get outta the airlock.. then move through the orbital staion where you CANT mount up.. then use the elevator voila you are finally at your destination.. time needed 5 - 10 minutes (since loading screen takes you ton of time) am i the only one who is ABSOLUTELY fking LIKING and LOVING this? ... NOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naibchris Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 orbital stations are one of the most irritating things about this game. It is a time sink that adds nothing to gameplay or story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUnNamedHero Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 voila you are finally at your destination.. time needed 5 - 10 minutes (since loading screen takes you ton of time) Upgrade your PC. My loading screens are all less then 10 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaGicBush Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Upgrade your PC. My loading screens are all less then 10 seconds. Not everyone has the cash to do that guy. Even on a high-end machine though it is still annoying to me, generally the longest time is when loading the planet(nar shadaa takes forever for some reason). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantastix Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 Upgrade your PC. My loading screens are all less then 10 seconds. alright.. my brother is playing swtor on his iphone and has 0,25 seconds loading time for nar shadar... cool story bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinvx Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 It's only 1 loading screen. From the elevator to the shuttle to the planet, it's just a 2 second black screen. The only time sink, is the run from the elevator to the shuttle, which is like 10 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidacid Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 I like orbital stations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNCommand Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 People have loading screens when using the orbital stations shuttle? I just get a short black screen just as when I use the elevators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Die_Scream Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Yeah this is one of those things I've consistently seen on various game site forums as well. This and the ability delay. Wasted time and added tedium in the simplest travel. I suggest a port to ship - no more than 1 hr cool down. Mailbox on ship, speeders can be used everywhere, lose the airlocks, toss the shuttle, land your ship on the planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUnNamedHero Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 alright.. my brother is playing swtor on his iphone and has 0,25 seconds loading time for nar shadar... cool story bro Didn't know they had an app for that. Going to go buy it right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky_walkerPL Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 The most silly part is that orbital stations are often placed on planets where it makes no sense what so ever. EG: Voss. Neutral planet which was just recently discovered, and yet it has huge Republican space station above it build and operational already! As if simple starport wouldn't make 10 times more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patizor Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 And when you finally take off, what do you see? A cut-scene that shows your ship taking off directly from the planet's surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidacid Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 The most silly part is that orbital stations are often placed on planets where it makes no sense what so ever. EG: Voss. Neutral planet which was just recently discovered, and yet it has huge Republican space station above it build and operational already! As if simple starport wouldn't make 10 times more sense. space stations that size are considered very very small and could easily be "towed" and placed there with much less effort than building a ground side one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky_walkerPL Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 (edited) space stations that size are considered very very small and could easily be "towed" and placed there with much less effort than building a ground side one You know that this space station is actually in the size of space station that's a center of Republic Fleet? You can see it from outside in cinematic. It's not "very-very small-class station", certainly not in 3,653 BBY. And that for various reasons no faction should have such a big station over a neutral planet? Who would allow them to place it when Voss barely allowed outsiders to move beyond designated area of Voss-Ka. And when you finally take off, what do you see? A cut-scene that shows your ship taking off directly from the planet's surface. When you land you see ship going towards planet surface When you take off you see ship undocking from space station. Edited January 14, 2012 by Sky_walkerPL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidacid Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 You know that this space station is actually in the size of space station that's a center of Republic Fleet? You can see it from outside in cinematic. It's not "very-very small-class station", certainly not in 3,653 BBY. And that for various reasons no faction should have such a big station over a neutral planet? Who would allow them to place it when Voss barely allowed outsiders to move beyond designated area of Voss-Ka. When you land you see ship going towards planet surface When you take off you see ship undocking from space station. meh they regularly build multi-mile long ships ... and judging by the inside of those orbital stations they are no where even close to being very large... maybe they are pre-fabs and towed in a few chunks? ... common this is SW where they can travel 120,000 light years across an entire galaxy in a few days and you think they can't tow a space dock around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarka Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 (edited) Personally, whilst I agree that the total run from ship to shore is a bloody annoyance, I can see the reasons for the orbital stations. I suggest the following: Remove the airlocks. Aside from a handful of mission endings, they are pointless fluff. They serve no other purpose. When a player presses the button on the elevator, they should appear in their ship. .Allow speeders in orbital stations, hangars and spaceports. We are allowed to use speeders in tunnels on planets, and on the fleet so there's no reason not to allow this. Additional suggestion: Strategically place another fleet shuttle on each planet. Edited January 14, 2012 by Tarka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidacid Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 it wouldn't be bad if maybe they just added more stuff to space stations/space ports ... like the Correllian one or how the Ilum one has a special security vendor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balthazod Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 i agree the ship to shore process is unnecessarily tedious remove orbital stations and lifts and have quick travel point on the ship. If you only have a couple of hours a day/week you don't want to waste so much time just to get from A to B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyersfan Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 voila you are finally at your destination.. time needed 5 - 10 minutes (since loading screen takes you ton of time) I wish it took me 5-10 minutes. It usually takes me 4 minutes just to load up my ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zyanzor Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 i want to get from place a to b... alright move to your local orbital station, where you CANT mount up.. then get into the elevator... then go through the airlock... then move to your ship then fly to your destination...then get outta the airlock.. then move through the orbital staion where you CANT mount up.. then use the elevator voila you are finally at your destination.. time needed 5 - 10 minutes (since loading screen takes you ton of time) am i the only one who is ABSOLUTELY fking LIKING and LOVING this? ... NOT I can agree with this but you gotta understand that it's there to waste time. It sucks but it is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharee Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) i want to get from place a to b... alright move to your local orbital station, where you CANT mount up.. then get into the elevator... then go through the airlock... then move to your ship then fly to your destination...then get outta the airlock.. then move through the orbital staion where you CANT mount up.. then use the elevator voila you are finally at your destination.. time needed 5 - 10 minutes (since loading screen takes you ton of time) am i the only one who is ABSOLUTELY fking LIKING and LOVING this? ... NOT The same is true for spaceports, why don't you hate those? - You get out of ship in your hangar which you have to run through (can't mount up) to reach elevator to the main spaceport. This is an even longer trip than the first hallway you have to run through on the space station. - Then you have to run through the spaceport main building(can't mount up). It is slightly longer than the trek through the space station main room. - The you exit the spaceport and are finally out on the planet. On the space station, you have to click the shuttle door for this, however the planet is already loaded so its just a short blink then you are on the planet surface as well. All in all, the trip through the space station is about the same or slightly shorter than the trip through a regular spaceport, from the point when you exit your ship to the point where you are standing on the planet surface(outside spaceport) Edited February 17, 2012 by Sharee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goretzu Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Loading Screens are slightly worse in an orbital station. However both are plainly bad game design, especially for an MMO in 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiiRahnedancer Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Why would you even want to mount up in an orbital station? It would take as little time to run across that tiny station as it would to summon your mount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeada Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 It is a time sink that adds nothing to gameplay or story. Except there's quite a few storyline fights within the class-specific areas of the orbital stations and/or spaceports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azumio Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 All the space-ports look the same, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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