Not all that familiar with subspace tbh, i should probably do some of that content.
Im just pointing out as a player that's still pre T21, the enjoyment i can get out of the progression is severely limited once you hit T20, to the point of feeling counterproductive from a game design standpoint- arguably you want your players to have fun even after they do content with a lockout, but with a weeklong lockout you suddenly introduce a massive lack of anything that can fill that time gap with engaging, worthwhile play, because the interesting content you would need would have to be even bigger or more plentiful than the content used to progress- and this is why in something like WoW, or whatever, it works, because the team working on it is massive and can introduce side content that can fill those voids, either that or you have content you can actually grind and still feel like you're progressing statistically, issue with SS in T20+, is progressing statistically is prevented by Tech level and lack of itemization options.
-Tech level is then also prevented by the lockout because it's the only option to that particular progression. This is honestly 'fine', but could arguably be changed/added to.
-Itemization is again, also prevented by the lockout, as generally you wont find items that help you at all outside of the content you're locked out of. (though with my lack of experience in subspace, i would assume that it somewhat alleviates this, and the balancing pass that's happening to most of the gear or whatnot should also help), this is also why i made posts encouraging fun dynamics to gear/mods and referenced borderlands shields recently, but that's a different subject altogether.
Lockouts are arguably quite fine in concept, we just don't have anything worthwhile to do in the meantime, while waiting for them to end.
So then, in my opinion, we either need some content introduced to fill that time, or to reduce lockouts drastically- Or, as a midway, you could do both, for example, if oly were on a Daily lockout, i'd probably be more drawn in to trying to run it and actually playing the game. it'd also be more accessible, and once done, it shouldn't be hard to fill that 24h~ gap with something engaging that people can dick around with and not feel bored.
At the same time, i'd be fine with grindy alternatives to Oly, or a sudden influx of content that's actually interesting and holds a worthwhile value, at the end of the day i'm just talking out of my ass because i want to feel like when I'm playing after a lockout that i'm actually DOING something.
Sorry about the long rant, but yknow, it's a game, it's supposed to be fun. As it is, it feels like a chore
