Explain Cosmic Exploration to me like I am a toddler

[Gwenkatsu]

I gotta say that sounds like a huge bummer. I struggle to collect the credits for the license, losing them to RNG sounds like a complete waste of my time.

You buy the licence for 1000 tokens, then enlist to the next mech mission.
When you do not get selected as mech pilot, you keep the licence, so you can use it for the next mission, and so on.
When you get selected, you loose the licence, but get one token for a special roll of the wheel of fortune.
So you don't loose anything for doing the mech missions (except when you get disconnected before boarding the mech).

[Hallarem]

Beat rock, cut leaf, build things, get ticket, lottery, boring, the end

[Mawlzy]

Some of the crafting recipes are interesting, but didn't need Cosmic Explo to be introduced. The pseudo-group content (missions, red alerts) gets old really fast IMO.

The main thing I got out of it was the reminder that I quite like crafting, but dislike the lunar backdrop. Gathering is not for me on the moon - I can't see the nodes.

Had this been released in 7.0 it would have been tolerable leveling content. For those of us who have all crafters/gatherers at 100 I don't feel it offers very much.

[ServerCollaps]

I guess (Though the base needs to be upgraded more), having your character on a hologram statue for 2 weeks, you name on a board and a special effect doesnt count as any flex.

well, theres nothing permanent about it. People will forget about you 1 or 2 weeks later, as if it never happened
For ishgard I can still look up who were the top 10 of any class 10 years ago

[Valence]

I understand, thank you very much for the explanation.


I gotta say that sounds like a huge bummer. I struggle to collect the credits for the license, losing them to RNG sounds like a complete waste of my time.

We're already past the huge rush we had first week where being chosen was a huge hassle. Currently odds to be picked are very high or 100% on my server, and it's not a dead server.

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

Depending on where you are, swapping to low pop instances also greatly raises your chances of getting picked for the pilot mech.

[Asari5]

you work together with everybody on your server by doing your own stuff while never ever having a reason to interact with those other people you see standing around