I had a thought...
with Exploring there is many sections of space that are empty boring parts of the Galaxy that are just a waste of time jumping into, and there is a lot of them which has really turned me off exploring in general...
which made me think perhaps the entire way the galaxy is generated could be updated to make exploration super fun and engaging..
so a few ideas:
A) could be set up in a way similar to Stellaris and the game generates galaxies, set up in a spiral pattern
or the other shapes that are used (big blob or circle) to make Avorions galaxies feel alive rather than a big grid of space. this would also be a great way to see how the interstellar politics work within the game.
a cool thing Stellaris also does is let you choose how many Star systems are in the game, to choose if you want a big game or a small one.
B) To liven up the Systems themselves, perhaps have it set up in a way that there is more going on in the system, rather than just one or two Asteroid fields. Possibly similar to the way that Rebel Galaxy creates systems, where there is stations and other important locations that you have to use a sublight warpdrive to move quickly over too. Would be a cool to have the main factions bases in the center then on the outskirts in an asteroid field a Pirate base, hidden, spawning ships and sending them in to attack the faction and you could be paid to get rid of them by the faction. Creating more action for the player to engage with inside a system.
ps. the way that Rebel Galaxy does the size issues of planets and the sun is really effective.
C) it would also be cool, to help with finding all the factions buildings is, if you go to their main system go to the capital building and you can buy a map of their faction? would be cool just another idea.
so yeah Just some ideas I have been thinking on for a while, after playing other games that I think have really cool and applicable ideas for Avorion cause man there is improvement for sure but I'll be damned if this isn't the best Spaceship building system I have ever used!