Is it worth scanning steroid belts?
- Thread starter Col Frost
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No, unfortunatly it is not worth it at all. You get zero credits for scanning them but for myself, I scan them all anyways. The completionist in me compels me to do so lol.
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You ninja'd me lmao.
Thanks. This is a little sad, since the asteroid belts are one of the most easily-exploited parts of a system for mining, so in-game information about their composition should be worth quite a bit.
no they are too tough
I agree, it's also odd how you know what type of belt it is immediately without having to do any follow up scan.
My pet annoyance with belt (rather than rings) are the sheer amount of 'unknown' entries you get in the nav console. It can make scrolling through it to find the unknown planet you are trying to lock on for a real pain. Would love to be able to filter them or at very least scan one cluster and get them all.
Only if you're entering in referee-judged power sport.
I scan them too, but I thought you got 200cr per scanned asteroid site? Is that wrong?
You get zero for just scanning the steroid belts.
I was thinking the same thing.
As for asteroid belts, I've never really payed attention to what pays what for exploration as it's not my main source of income but I've just been leaving them alone because you have to get so close to them and personally I think it's a pita to scan every one of them. Seeing how they aren't worth anything, I guess I was making the right call.
Definitely not. In fact, don't even bother with Class M systems unless they have a metallic planet or two. Also ice planets aren't really worth it, brown dwarf systems, binary suns that are 1 million ls away... all worthless. Focus on systems with hot stars. Look for metal rings and metal planets and earth like worlds. Rare stars like t-tauri, pulsars, supernovas and black holes seem to be worth a fair amount.
would have thought the information of what elements / minerals are in the belts would be quite valuable to some.one. Shame.
Planets with metal or mineral rings are worth a bit, but the belts around stars are just worthless rocks.
I was thinking the same thing.
As for asteroid belts, I've never really payed attention to what pays what for exploration as it's not my main source of income but I've just been leaving them alone because you have to get so close to them and personally I think it's a pita to scan every one of them. Seeing how they aren't worth anything, I guess I was making the right call.
Asteroid belts have no value in credits. Go for the brownish and dark brownish planets in the system map, the darker the better: those are metal rich and pay well.
Yeah, I was just looking at that. Interesting that it says icy planets are worth more than rocky. The chart for gas giants seems a bit off as well. No class V to start with.