What's the point of surface scanning gas giants?
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There was talk of being able to go inside gas planets to scoop stuff.
David Braben on Gas Giant plans for Elite Dangerous
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypIq3fg9nMM
David Braben on Gas Giant plans for Elite Dangerous
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypIq3fg9nMM
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If you're after money, your time would be better spent moving on to more valuable planets.
IMO the only reason to map a gas giant is if you're a completionist and want your name in the First Mapped tag for every planet in a system. Otherwise, there's no reason. You can't land on them or find any surface biological or geological features on them, and they aren't worth enough money such that any time you spend flying towards them and mapping them could be more profitably spent looking for more valuable planet types. There's definitely no reason currently to map a gas giant that already has the First Mapped tag claimed by someone else. And there's nothing wrong with that IMO. There are much bigger fish for FDev to fry than to waste any time coming up with some incentive for people to map gas giants.
I think mapping gas giants is more of a place holder atm, for future content, e.g. like DB mentions in the video nick sticks linked above.
Or maybe one day someone will find a Thargoid mothership hiding in one!
Or maybe one day someone will find a Thargoid mothership hiding in one!