I spent the past three days exploring systems and planet surfaces (total of 230km in the SRV) in a nebula on the edge of the dense core region, using economical setting and filtering out visited systems. I made 30 jumps of 6ly and less before I could see a noticable dent in the fuel gauge.
In two weeks, two moons are going to collide in a system that is a bit over 15k ly from my present location. I plotted the route today, and it has me averaging 167 ly per jump to get there (max is 248).
I'll make a detour along the way to check out a couple of systems that appear to be 112 - 118 ly from any other to see if anyone else has gotten there first.
For me, jump range is important. For others, it is not.
The trouble with associating one's personal preference on jump range with how everyone else should approach exploration is that the logic is stupid.
In two weeks, two moons are going to collide in a system that is a bit over 15k ly from my present location. I plotted the route today, and it has me averaging 167 ly per jump to get there (max is 248).
I'll make a detour along the way to check out a couple of systems that appear to be 112 - 118 ly from any other to see if anyone else has gotten there first.
For me, jump range is important. For others, it is not.
The trouble with associating one's personal preference on jump range with how everyone else should approach exploration is that the logic is stupid.