Out of all the systems in ED
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I'm going from memory, but I think FDev stated not too long ago that about 1-2% of the Galaxy had been 'discovered'.
verminstar
Banned
About 0.0001% give or take a few zeros...
Fairly sure its a lot less than 1%...nearly sure its not even half a percent...but dont quote me ^
Fairly sure its a lot less than 1%...nearly sure its not even half a percent...but dont quote me ^
If you round it up,none.
It's been a while since we heard anything official from FD about that, but the last count (maybe a year or two ago) suggested that we'd only explored something like 0.2 % of the systems. The odds are it's still in excess of 99%of the galaxy that hasn't been visited.
If there really are 400 billion+ stars in the simulation of the Milky Way, I would be surprised if we've got about 1% yet. That doesn't mean it is easy to find an undiscovered star - you need patience more and more now, as further and further must be travelled.
verminstar
Banned
I think someone with a few grey cells worked it out that if everyone in game started exploring now, we might get the entire milky way mapped in under 500 years...so get to work ye swabs ^
I spent about 9-12 months out in the black already
Actually, I suspect that's what I'll eventually use my PS4 account for. Kit myself out with another Asp and just head off out there again.
There are roughly 400 billion (that's a '4' with 11 '0's) systems in ED. That's a LOT. Let's say that there are 2 million players in total and each player has visited 1,000 unique systems (some players will have visited a lot more than this, and others a lot less).
If each player never visited a system that had previously been visited before (impossible, because we see others players all the time in Open), then that would give us 2 billion ('2' with 9 '0's) unique systems visited, or about 0.5%.
I think it's still safe to say that there are quite a few unvisited system still 'out there'
If each player never visited a system that had previously been visited before (impossible, because we see others players all the time in Open), then that would give us 2 billion ('2' with 9 '0's) unique systems visited, or about 0.5%.
I think it's still safe to say that there are quite a few unvisited system still 'out there'
verminstar
Banned
I spent about 9-12 months out in the black already
Actually, I suspect that's what I'll eventually use my PS4 account for. Kit myself out with another Asp and just head off out there again.
So if we having a p contest, Im reaching up to the water jets with being out nearly 5 months so far...and yer yellow rain is dripping from the light fixings with more than double that?
When I switched from pc to xbone, I had those exact same reasonings...shame it didnt exactly work out like that though, took nearly a week getting the asp from nothing before self destructing from 6 klys out to restart building a keelback cos Ive never owned an slf before and saw some guys racing them in jacques at the start of the year and I thought, "ye baby I want some of that"
Now Im still in the asp, halfway to jacques 5 months later while wondering if I have enough creds to transfer it out...cos a 23ly range is just soul destroying and spirit crushing when the first 20klys or so is just travel ^
It just goes to show that the enormity of space, despite excellent simulatoins like Elite, is still lost on a lot of people.
We hear high numbers being thrown around like Greece's national debt (I live in Greece) every day, and we have got used to hearing the word 'billions' so often that it's lost it's meaning.
A billion is 1000 millions. Now you might think that in a large 10KG sack, there are millions of grains of rice. No, there are around half a million in a 10KG sack. So, just to reach a billion in terms of grains of rice, you would need....
TWO THOUSAND 10KG BAGS!
And that's just 1 billion. There are 4 HUNDRED billion systems in Elite. Anyone still having trouble?
We hear high numbers being thrown around like Greece's national debt (I live in Greece) every day, and we have got used to hearing the word 'billions' so often that it's lost it's meaning.
A billion is 1000 millions. Now you might think that in a large 10KG sack, there are millions of grains of rice. No, there are around half a million in a 10KG sack. So, just to reach a billion in terms of grains of rice, you would need....
TWO THOUSAND 10KG BAGS!
And that's just 1 billion. There are 4 HUNDRED billion systems in Elite. Anyone still having trouble?
No offence intended but 23Ly range for an Asp is pretty poor. Mine did 29Ly completely un-Engineered, and that was with an SRV.
But yes, the black is starting to call me again. Saw some wonderful sights out there. One of the best was a system with four neutron stars and one very worried looking brown dwarf. I'd like to go back there if I could remember where it was...
This. Nothing to my knowledge since then, but 0.2% is the number I saw. 400 billion systems will take a while.
Unless you're heading to certain specific points or the fringes of the galaxy, anything over 20 ly range is more than adequate. You can easily get to Colonia with 15 ly range. Sure it will take longer and involve more jumps, but you have a better chance of finding stuff that other players have missed
_trent_
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According to EDSM which a lot of players use when exploring (including me)
"0.003486% of the galaxy has been discovered on EDSM, it will take 58,435 years, 10 months, 15 days to discover it entirely."
https://www.edsm.net/
I'm sure the number of systems that have been visited but not uploaded to EDSM is much higher, but even if it were 100 times as many, that would still be 0.3% of the total number of systems in the game.
"0.003486% of the galaxy has been discovered on EDSM, it will take 58,435 years, 10 months, 15 days to discover it entirely."
https://www.edsm.net/
I'm sure the number of systems that have been visited but not uploaded to EDSM is much higher, but even if it were 100 times as many, that would still be 0.3% of the total number of systems in the game.
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verminstar
Banned
Certain build compromises were made because Im carrying a lotta stuff I dont need...spares and the like because I spend so little time in the bubble, I tend to do a lotta shopping when Im there so I can stay out fer longer. When I say the bubble bores me in the extreme, did ye think I was jesting? I really wasnt...I genuinely hate being in it so the less time I need to be there, the better.
None of my ships are rngeerd because of this...because it means spending time in the one place I dont wanna be.
Its has a very specific use m8...its intended fer sag a and the core and jacques and thats it. Range is useless in the core as ye well know as the stars are so packed in that one could probably traverse all of it in a stock sidewinder without once running into range issues. Ive been there before last year so I already know what to expect, and that was in a cobra 3 which had a 21ly range.
Like I say in other threads...one really does not need rngeers to play this game and enjoy it...patience is a virtue after all and one likes the extra challenge that ignoring them offers ^
your avatar... looks like speedball 2, or something else from bitmap brothers... but i don`t remember it from my amiga days.... what is it from?
I think there's still time to discover a system or two...however, best be sure so go now before it's too late, the great influx of PS4 players and all...