Time compression

[TooJaded]

A question for the old hands. When patroling a grid or making you way to a grid, what impact if any does time compression have on spotting ships? The game interrupts you and takes the time down x8 and gives a you a plot on a map. But I am always concerned that whizzing through an area sort of skips past potential targets before the game has time to alert you. Although I am not suggesting trying to do a patrol in real time

Any observations or hints/tips to share or am I worried about nothing

[John Pancoast]

Originally Posted by TooJaded

A question for the old hands. When patroling a grid or making you way to a grid, what impact if any does time compression have on spotting ships? The game interrupts you and takes the time down x8 and gives a you a plot on a map. But I am always concerned that whizzing through an area sort of skips past potential targets before the game has time to alert you. Although I am not suggesting trying to do a patrol in real time

Any observations or hints/tips to share or am I worried about nothing

TC won't affect ship encounters much. However it can affect aircraft encounters.
Anything above 256x may have you not encountering aircraft when you should.

[TooJaded]

Good to know I am not whizzing past targets like the flash