Will we be able to place a waypoint on the map, even if there is nothing there, and then quantum travel to it?
TL;DRWaypoints on empty map spots are definitely being discussed, but they raise unresolved implications for trade lanes and patrolled routes, so nothing is committed yet.
Yes, definitely. We've definitely talked about that. It's come up in multiple conversations just about quantum travel in general. We've talked about a few things because it implies that you can get to areas to drop that waypoint that don't have a quantum travel point associated with it to get there in the first place, right? It also means that you'd have to be able to point in a direction and just go somewhere to plot down your waypoints. So it does have some other implications that we have to work through.
Or just bring up the star map, find a space that's in the middle of nowhere and drop a marker on your star map.
Yeah, or I want to go there. We're just not sure what the best way to go about doing it is, and there's other considerations, like we want to have trade lanes or we want to have patrolled routes between two points, and so that also implies that people can circumvent these areas, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's just we've got to think about what other kind of systems we need in place to make sure that it's a fun experience no matter where you go.
So not ruling it out then?
Not right now. No, definitely. It's being talked about, but we've got a lot of stuff to figure out before we can commit to that.