New universe map.

http://www.waylon-art.com/vendettaonline_map.jpg

See if you can spot the differences.

Cool, I'm assuming this will be changed in tonight/today's update?

Haven't Serco and Neutral Territories been shorted a bit of territory? That's not fair.

*pouts*

Nope, same as they've always had. Sector ownership and wormhole connections are the same as they were before, just the names and map layout changed.

cool, I like the new layout, looks much less thrown together (tho that was the point right :) )

Amazing. I like how the nation sectors are placed. Once again, the devs never cease to amaze us :D

[Edit] Re-visiting the maps, I found that Itani have the most nation-owned sectors. Do you guys hold a grudge against the rest of us so you built a bigger Itani Empire? lolz, ignore me :P [/Edit]

*looks at Itani empire*

D'you think they're compensating for something?


/shrek

ummmm why do it look like Australia ?

It's probably a hint: Maybe in Latos or Sedina there's a hidden wormhole to the Tasmania system?

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Seriously tho': Great map! Looks ALOT better! :D

Nooooooooo Ithaca is gone :(

Why, oh god, WHY?

... and geil ... your no fun :(² :) :D

Really nice map....I like it. I would have preferred more interconnections between
systems, but very good nonetheless. I seem to recall that when the Devs asked
for name suggestions for the new universe, something was said about making
the names unique. "Ithaca" of course is the same as Ithaca, New York, and may
have been changed for that reason. Just a guess, though.

Yes, Itani is larger than the other "empires".... my primary character is Itani, and I
would have welcomed a reduction in the size of our "empire." It really takes a
looooooong time to travel through it....

[Edit] A VERY superficial Google search confirms my suspicion: "Deneb" is the name of not one, but two stars!

Are there already plans for a "galactic core", or will it continue to be a wheel, and spread outward from there?

Nice map! I like the new look.

Remember everyone that it's a connectivity map, i.e. the spatial relationships on the map do not necessarily corrospond to spatial relationships in the game world.

yes, however directional consistency between the navmap and the system map makes the game easier to adapt to for beginners. Especially things like mirroring of the "outside" view and "inside" view, even when connections are correct (and put into a 3d space fex. would be natural) the different representations in the 2d scales are hard to comprehend at times : )

Great map!!

Spider...good point...it leads me to my main beef. The map bears no resemblence to the directional consistancy of in-game.

Being UPSIDE DOWN in-game means everything represented by the System map and the sector maps is backwards.

It's a little better then the last map, but IMO it's still extremely spread out with almost zero 'out of the way' places to explore.

IMO, the sectors between core sectors (Sol II, Dau, and Itan) should be MUCH more compact and centrallized, while 60% of the other sectors should spread out and be a lot less travelled for exploration sake. Right now, the universe is way to spread out, even if we had hundreds of people online.

When I get home tonight, i'll make a new map and upload a picture of it for you guys to see. Right now I think the universe map in it's current form will only hamper gameplay, ESPECIALLY for Itani residents who dont have any sectors to explore at all since their 'empire' is some sadisticly huge straight line that they are forced to travel through.

I know, it's horrible, accept a Border Patrol mission and have to travel 6 sectors to get there, so I just decided to abort.

Is it possible to take border partol mission at a station near the boarder? Sorry if this is a stupid question but I haven't tried these missions yet. Been doing trade missions.

paedric: yes