We have recently discussed about everyones favorite mapping tools on our discord. Based on this we have now re-launcehd the coalition pathfinder service.
It is now up to you to decide which mapping tool we should be using? Do you prefer one over another? Have you tried both of them?
Please leave a comment down bellow to this post with your preference so that we can decide which one we will be using!
https://pathfinder.silentcoalition.com or https://tripwire.silentcoalition.com
on a personal level i have never used pathfinder myself but after setting it up today and trying it out for the first time it does feel a lot easier to get into than tripwire if you have no clue what you are doing. So im voting for pathfinder
I started using TripWire 2 weeks ago. I also tested Pathfinder yesterday. I find TripWire to be more intuitive and would prefer it as a primary tool with Pathfinder as a supplementary option. Maybe I just din’t know where to find all the functionality in Pathfinder, but at this stage TripWire just seems more functional.
i find the Map and the dynamic view by changing the system in tripwire is really better as by Pathfinder.
Pathfinder has a very comfortable layout for wh signature and makes much easier to build the connections.
My vote is for Pathfinder.
I found both to be good and bad.
Pathfinder has good layout if all connections are part of 1 big connection (ie if all start from same place = 1 big connection tree). However if it starts from all over the places, it starts to look messy (with multiple connection trees) and hard to find yourself in it.
Tripwire is in that way better because you can easily search (using search box) for the system you are looking for, paste all the sigs and edit those you are interested very quickly. I dont like about Tripwire it has complicated starter settings, that might be difficult for new users. But once I got over that, it was easy.
I vote for Tripwire
Yeah we noticed also that with several systems beeing scanned the map gets clustered up. We fixed this by adding more map tabs, so similar tabs as there was on tripwire but the tabs are there always and you dont have to know the system names or add them yourself.
Okay, with that fixed and with other stuff I found useful with pathfinder in the meantime, I am changing my vote to Pathfinder
Hard one. The biggest factor for me is, that I am not logging signatures for myself, and therefore I would end up using Tripwire for the corp and Pathfinder for myself.
Therefore, my votes goes for Pathfinder. It does get clustered up faster, we just need to start creating personal tabs for personal chains and make sure to clean up after another.
I feel the GUI is more intuitive on Pathfinder vs. Tripwire. I do think that multiple chains is easier to track via Tripwire, but as a wormhole resident I will always be centering my activities from the home hole.
+1 Pathfinder
I tried to use Trapwire (purposely mispelled) for weeks, the utube video was out of date and left me more confused than just trying to flounder around with it, after clearing up my sign-in issues I was finally looking at and receiving updates, but actually using it was frustrating to an extreme. So extreme, that I finally just gave up on it all together.
I have logged into Pathfinder 2x now and can change the environment setting, and plot a route through losec or hisec, understand the connection classes and WH types intuitively, and little trouble visualizing the maps, to, from, and everywhere in between – all without any tutorial, or video. I have little fear or trepidation about visiting the WH’s now, and may even try a solo trip down there when I get a chance.
My Vote definitely goes to Pathfinder!
Given these 2 options I prefer Pathfinder. Despite its UI might need some more UxD touch, from usability perspective i find it far superior to Tripwire. Conection-wise Tripwire is more optimal for low quality/limited bandwidth connections.
+1 Pathfinder (however i’m hoping for quick fix with ESI and disconnection issues, bug reports have been filed in)