Hello, how will the Galactipedia and Galaxy map be updated as player(and presumably NPC) discoveries of new systems, planets, and other items of interest are made public? (public, as in sold/given to an official UEE information bureau)asked by SwordfishLspear
TL;DRCherie Heiberg says she wants discoveries recorded behind the scenes but reported by the player to appear in the Galactapedia, so players can keep finds secret; this is her vision and not implemented yet.
Well, what I want, and what hasn't been implemented yet, which i'm going to emphasize, is that the game will have a behind-the-scenes mechanism way of recording discoveries. This won't lead to immediate publication on the galactapedia of course, this'll just be behind the scenes, so that we know who discovered it, who's been to the location, etc... etc... etc..., so we have these internal numbers to compare to when you as the player report the discovery. The second part of this question is that, when you make new discoveries like this, and items of interest pop up, is that you the player should have the choice whether or not to report it. I want this because what if you are coming back to pirates, what if you're playing as a pirate, and you discover a jump point no-one else has discovered it yet. How strategically valuable would it be to keep that jump point for yourself, and to fight people off to make sure that no-one can discover this jump point but you? And if we have it so that it automatically publishes in the galactapedia that you've discovered this jump point, well there's no secrecy anymore, so why bother to defend the point, why do anything, so I feel that makes sense.
A very interesting kind of strategic ability, whether you're a corporation trying to get a better trading route, and there are plenty of jump points out there that will be up for grabs, and may be beneficial to players out there, so...
So yes. The short answer to the question is that, if you make a new discovery, you will need to report it in order for it to be recorded in the galactapedia, for you to get the recognition. You also asked a little bit about certain triggers happening in the game, NPC's revealing things, and that information would be published. If an NPC discovers something. Just... in game planned events. This is all my personal vision, this is what I want to happen, and I think that this is the best route for the players and the characters they want to be.