I just watched the recent stream and they briefly talked about how they plan to make it more user friendly by adding extra filtering options for planets, ships etc. And this idea came to mind that I think, especially on the larger maps, would help me and I hope others significantly.
Just like in Startrek where their galaxy is split into 4 distinct Quadrants, Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta.
I think it would be helpful to be able to filter everything by what quadrant they are in as well as all the traditional filtering they plan to implement. As they said in the stream, by end game you might have hundreds of planets and ships. By having this filtering option it could effectively cut down on nearly three quarters of the list you’re presented with.
Examples of why it would be good:
-When I remember a planet/ship I’m looking for is in the general area of the top right section “Delta Quadrant”, it can easily eliminate three quarters of the list with a simple click and then I can do a more refined search if I want
-Notifications can list which quadrant they are in, EG: Your ship Scout Mk6 Near Sol in the Beta Quadrant has detected an enemy ship.
-This feature might even be able to incorporate some interesting events or UP options. “The beta quadrant’s merchant guild has been able to gain a monopoly of this area of space; all trade routes to this quadrant now have a 25% penalty however trade routes based out of this quadrant gain a 25% boost.
OR
A new fuel source for warp drives has just been discovered in the beta quadrant boosting all ship speeds; however the Patent of this discovery prevents it from being used outside of the Beta Quadrant.
Ship speeds + 10% in beta quadrant.
Thoughts? Opinions?
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