Botious

All of these ideas seem harsh. I don't want to lose my ship because it's parked at the market. The real problem is that you have to RENDER all of the ships at the market... Other games have solved this type of problem more elegantly. Here's an example rule: if there are more than X player constructs in an area, replace rendering them with a sprite if they are not logged in. Or, here's another idea... Maybe markets could have a "behind the scenes" parking service/garage/port (tractor beam?). You wouldn't even have to bother landing at markets at all. And, all the ships that have used this service don't render at the market (they are "in the garage/port"). If you've configured your flight to "park at the market", then when you get close enough, you get a "parking/loading" screen, your ship gets tucked away in a database, and there you are. Some other ideas:

In my opinion, prioritizing piloting should be the top priority focus of the dev team at this point. The lag I get when trying to go to the market, or even just land at my base, is just unreal. It's by far the biggest pain point I'm having with the game. For example, the reason I'm posting, I was frozen during my Alioth D7 Market landing for about 8 minutes (yes, EIGHT), before, once again, crashing my ship (...again). Now, because the game doesn't actually tell my why it's frozen for eight minutes (trees? mining holes? constructs? something completely different?), I don't actually know what's in place already. Here are some ideas: Pilot Priority Mode A setting that toggles a wire-framed world while piloting or similar, like simply not rendering things that don't affect my flight or convex hull (only) other-player constructs while piloting or a mix of the above Quick Fixes (Temporary issue patch ideas) Zero Damage Lag Detection If the game detects lag that occurs shortly before landing, no damage to ship... Free Landings Built-in auto-land to markets and owned constructs Within some distance (2km?) - A loading screen would be fine (I don't need to see you auto-land my ship) Reduce the necessity for market travel There might be a stark reason this isn't already in place, but what if a planet's markets were linked? Call it item teleportation (fancy!), allowing us to buy and sell any item on that planet's market. Thanks for reading. I've been playing about a month, and I'm hooked. The game is amazing, and I plan to keep renewing my subscription. But, please, PLEASE, could you do something about this piloting lag?