Cosmic Platform

[Techwright]

What's the backstory to both Excelsior's Cosmic Platform base and those similar in the other shards?  Who created them, who runs them?  Is it different people per shard?  Is there a way we can make requests/suggestions?

 

I, for one, really liked the holiday version in the past of the Excelsior one and was saddened that it didn't appear last December.  I'd love to see it again, and maybe other seasonal ones.

 

I'd also like the Empowerment Stations to reach level 3.  I didn't initially realize there were levels with these, and wondered why the Cosmic Base's offerings were different than that found in my SG base.

 

Lastly, is there any way we can get the word out better as to their existence and how to add them to your controls? Like maybe adding them to a pop-up description for new characters?  I've recently been finding several players per task force that have never heard of the Cosmic Base, and it shows because the number of players inside it at any time has dropped off significantly.  I find it an indispensable tool for Task Forces, especially Numina's, and I'm sure others will as well.  Those that I told seemed genuinely interested in making it a part of their tool set as well.

[Vexxillion]

Hubs are just player-created public bases and there are several on Excelsior, each with its own macro. I can't speak for the activity of the The Cosmic Council's hub. In terms of base items, you might be looking for the Super Collider object for the higher tier empowerment stuff.

[UltraAlt]

On 9/3/2023 at 12:02 PM, Techwright said:

What's the backstory to both Excelsior's Cosmic Platform base and those similar in the other shards?  Who created them, who runs them?  Is it different people per shard?  Is there a way we can make requests/suggestions?

 

I don't see them listed on the Excelsior base list in the wiki

https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Excelsior_Base_List

 

There are plenty of transport hubs listed.

[Vexxillion]

It's the first one on the list and sort of the first main big one that was advertised on Excelsior.

 

On that note (and to OP,) advertising and quality of the base are the two main things. I created The Station and (try to) advertise it in AP broadcast and Help channels during peak hours. The ad is usually focused toward players who are either new, don't have an SG, or just need an easy to use and well made travel hub. There are a few dozen people who use it regularly as a result.

 

You do bring up a good point about getting the word out better. Maybe one solution would be to have a pinned post in each respective sub forum containing that shard's travel hubs? Just a simple list that could be added to would work.

[honoroit]

^ voted 'best base' 5y running.

 

ISLAND-8714

 

 

 

[Vexxillion]

48 minutes ago, honoroit said:

^ voted 'best base' 5y running.

 

ISLAND-8714

 

 

 

 

I didn't hear about that one until recently. Definitely add it to the list on the wiki.

[UltraAlt]

3 hours ago, Vexxillion said:

It's the first one on the list and sort of the first main big one that was advertised on Excelsior.

 

the original poster said:

 

On 9/3/2023 at 12:02 PM, Techwright said:

Excelsior's Cosmic Platform base

 

The first one on th base list says "Cosmic Transport".

 

I usually don't think two things are the same when they have different names.

 

3 hours ago, Vexxillion said:

the first main big one that was advertised on Excelsior

 

Historically, as far as I know, the first big transport hub base on  many of the servers was Warp Zone.

 

Anyone can go in and edit the wiki; change the order of the base and even move other people's bases from one category to another. (which they shouldn't be doing)

 

If the list was in alphabetical order it would still be first on the list. (I think it was in alphabetical order at one point)

Just because it is listed first on the wiki only means that someone edited the page to put it there (or was left there when other bases were mixed in out of order after it being alphabetized.)

 

3 hours ago, Vexxillion said:

Maybe one solution would be to have a pinned post in each respective sub forum containing that shard's travel hubs?

 

It's not pinned - but I posted it a while back ... for every Shard ::

 

 

Edited September 6, 2023 by UltraAlt

[Vexxillion]

Ah you're right, they are spelled different, but that's certainly the base they meant. Not sure what your point about changing the wiki is.

 

A pinned post with some structure would do wonders.