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Elite Dangerous Exobiology Rank Threshold Rebalance Information
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At the end it is online game in XXI century, which is quite complex.
I think that community which gather, process and publish such amounts of data is incredibly cool thing.
I think, that I like it more, than in game eddb, inara, or list of all prices.
It only show, how broken are current payouts.
1b from trade?
Few days ago I milked more than half billion in 1 day of exobiology.
Elite in 2 evenings? I know, that for people "I want it now", or "I need elite in all ranks after MAX 1 week of certain activity" can be mad- but elite after few days is crazy, broken, and show, that elite rank is something like "yes, I did it for 2/3 days", instead "ye, this activity is one of my main things in this game".
Bus as I said in other thread- only combat show this, since all other ranks outside cqc are onl about money which is easier and easier.
Elite: Zimbabwe
Me too matey - in the meantime just stick me on your ignore list.
Nah no need, I like to read the comic strip too!
Good point of view.
The Thargoids aren't taking a break though!!
But how can we see our rank at 0%? Frontier has removed the % since Odyssey for ranks (and added the % for the shield!).
Bring back rank percentages!
as of the newest update, all rankings have lost their percentages (combat, trading, explo, cqc). These percentage values gave me a sense of actual progress and reward for my actions, and i know many others who feel the same way. Honestly when i saw the change in the newest update i didn't play...
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You can look into your log file. Every time you start a session, your log file will get an event entry with both the rank label and rank progress (in %). With exo-bio it doesn't matter, anyway. Just keep on cashing in until you get demoted, and from then on your rank should be reflected normally again. Or just stop exo-bio completely until they fix this mess eventually.
I think they meant your journal file. In the saved games folder - the header has several lines giving status information, on which are the various ranks and the progression in them.
%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\
I use EDDiscovery, that lets me see what is in the log / journal file directly.
I would point out that it currently says "exobiology 0%" until my commander gets back up to the Taxonimist rank (which I got to before the changes), that won't move.
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There is a good chance that you will be demoted to Collector before you see the zero move, anyway.
Possibly, makes no difference to me, labels are just labels, I refuse to be manipulated by attempts at inferring value via the wording. (I wear my "Helpless" CQC badge with pride.
)I like my ecologist status made during this bio event (that is how I treat it). Also I like this blue color suit (so if I do not plan to do exobiology any more I will not wear it anyway). I am also a proud owner of Helpless in CQC. I think Fdev can do changes to exobiology being more interesting. Moneywise it was an absolutely right move that should be done together with rank changes. The freebee players got was just an advanced promotion, now we have to really earn it. Somebody said that half a billion a day it is too much. I would correct it - if you are good at something it makes thing easier. I made less than 400mln Cr for three days playing only exobiology. In other activity I am good at I could make more than a billion for these three days. So I guess the pay is just right, the changes in ranking also are correct.Possibly, makes no difference to me, labels are just labels, I refuse to be manipulated by attempts at inferring value via the wording. (I wear my "Helpless" CQC badge with pride.
Three types of complains
1. Somebody got exobiology ranks before the update 14 and is afraid to loose the progress with the new system in place. If you like the exobiology, it does not change much for you except a bigger pay which is a nice thing to have anyway to pay for your FC upkeep. You will still do exobiology when you reach Elite because you like it, won't you?
2. Somebody got through ranks at the event from zero to hero (like me) and now is getting upset that it will be reset. If you did not like the exobio, you do not need to play it, the rank will stay as it is. You did not get to Elite? Well, you had the chance. You do not get anything to be an Elite (apart the first one - access to Jameson). Triple Elite? It is actually shame to have the logo on your ship - it is like a mark telling "I am a looser and do not have a real life".
3. Everything is and will be wrong type. The pay is too much but the new Elite rank is too high (the new ranking system is actually less time consuming with the bigger pay - less hours to reach Elite). It is not like one person saying contradictory things, there are people on both sides and as long as it is more or less equal, it is well balanced.
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I like my genetecist rank for no reason other than it mirrors somewhat my meat suit profession.
there is an easier but less accurate method to see your progression. The rank entirely depends on money you make in the category (minus first discovery bonus and codex entry for exobiology). Just go to your personal stats in codex and then see exobiology stats - see how much pay you got and can see where approximately you are compared to the new ranking system. If you need more accurate number you probably need to take into consideration codex pay (need to be deducted but it is relatively small), first discovery (as I recall there is a separate line for that), hired pilot take (2+ %), pre-update credits with a multiplicator. In any case you can see the progress towards the next rank reset.
I just started the Exobiology rank climb from zero. Turned in 12,934,900 CR, and I am only 57% to the first level-up, so that puts it around 22,500,000 CR for Mostly Directionless where it used to be 1,500,000 CR based on the Wiki.
it's close enough (next ranks were multiplied by a value somewhere around 15-16x)
30B for Elite?