Nah,come one you can't tell me you study all the attributes in every system so you can say if it's rare or not by time
How do you find the extraordinary?
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Nah,come one you can't tell me you study all the attributes in every system so you can say if it's rare or not by time
I agree with others about distance not being the Holy Grail. My method is plot a route at the max of 5k LY, then I'm using the realistic mode on the Galaxy Map and every couple of jumps I'll make a detour to whatever looks like it might be promising. I might detour 1 LY, or 500 LYs. I'm in no rush, there isn't a cake in the oven back in the bubble to worry about. Go out, enjoy the stars. You never know, there might be a surprise right next door to write home to mom about.
Given enough experience, you can tell what might be a rare attribute, but you'll need to check it anyway. How? Either by checking it yourself (see the EDSM records page mentioned above, or if it's not there, look through the data), or asking others. In my opinion, it's better if you ask if something's rare even if it turns out not to be, than not to ask and have it later turn out to actually be rare.Nah,come one you can't tell me you study all the attributes in every system so you can say if it's rare or not by time
By looking at lots of uninteresting stuff mainly.
Just found two ringed water worlds in one system, that was nice, found a few large landables, some interesting system layouts, a bit of life, and a lot of boring and uninteresting stiff. I think I'm nearly 150kly on this trip alone, so just persistance and the willingness to look at a lot of stuff.
Just found two ringed water worlds in one system, that was nice, found a few large landables, some interesting system layouts, a bit of life, and a lot of boring and uninteresting stiff. I think I'm nearly 150kly on this trip alone, so just persistance and the willingness to look at a lot of stuff.
Hmm, I almost never route plot over 1000ly, more often in the range of 500+ to 1000ly, the last few days only a few hunded at a time as I am at the top of the galaxy trying to find interesting stuff.
This is what I wanted to confirm during my survey in the Outer Arm. I went to dozens of A-class star systems to no avail though.
Of course
When looking for specific things the search pattern is a key for a better efficiency. Kind of "know where it is first to find it" approach (edit : format)
I just did it the way some of you explained and looked at the system map and plotted routes on my actual route or just choosing something that looks interesting. And I must say: it makes a lot more fun. Found an orange giant on the map hoping that no one has discovered it so far.
(amphora plants)
To be fair, the actual number of candidate planets (landable MR with A star and ELW/GGWL/WG in system) is quite small. It was a bit over 8,000 systems IIRC half a year ago, so I'd expect it to be around ten thousand by now: much more rare than Earth-likes themselves are. So, if you want to find your very own, one that hasn't been discovered by anyone, you'll have to look quite a lot. Just make sure to do it in a region that does have amphora plants; I think they are all tagged on the Codex now, but you could fly to some known candidate planets and check for yourself if there are any in the region. Perhaps if it's a rarely-travelled region, you might be the first to tag amphora plants there.
Yeah, depending on what you're looking for, you can pretty much always improve your chances by restricting your searches. At the end of the day though, nothing is certain (except the primary stars on the galaxy map), so the only way to make sure that you find whatever you're looking for is to visit more and more systems. See the Operation "Brown Dwarf" thread for a good (but extreme!) example.Of course
Indeed... I found some amphora plants in areas where they were already discovered but I was looking for a new discovery elsewhere (in the sectors Aquila's Halo, Outer Arm and Outer Orion-Perseus Conflux ). There were very few candidates (MR in A star system with WW or WG or WBGG...), and no amphoras anyway. Same for the nebulaes there : no Lagrange clouds...
Well done !
Indeed it is, I am currently at the top of the galaxy heading towards Sag A* and found some Anemones and other interesting systems. Have fun. Plotting thousands of LY at a time is only for getting places fast, not for finding stuff.
Unfortunately it was already discovered
but I was only 2.000ly away from the bubble. Nevertheless all the undiscovered systems close to it made me hope 
Yes, before I only hopped from one EDSM POI to another possibly looking for a neutron star or something. But I never paid attention to star masses or something like that. But searching for them on the galaxy map is fun when you know how to do. So a big thanks to all of you enhancing my gameplay
Unfortunately it was already discovered
Yes, before I only hopped from one EDSM POI to another possibly looking for a neutron star or something. But I never paid attention to star masses or something like that. But searching for them on the galaxy map is fun when you know how to do. So a big thanks to all of you enhancing my gameplay
Oh I'll often have a target I am aiming for and I will bookmark it for reference but never plot until I am only a few hundred ly away. At the moment I am heading the Helium White Rhino way above Sag A*, but I am also trying to get all the WD stars in the galactic centre into the codex, so I scrolling through the galaxy may checking the type of each WD between me and there, and looking for other interesting stuff that sits on the way there as well.
As for finding stuff that's already been found, no problems there, you could check everything interesting you see on EDSM but what's the point of that. I once crossed half the galaxy because I spotted a really nice looking planetary nebula in the gal map, when I got there it turned out to have a tourist beacon in the system but I still found it myself, just I wasn't the first to find it!
I think I'll use EDSM POIs only for the direction I want to go but I'm already recognizing that checking the Galaxy map gets me off the track but I like it. It really feels like true exploring the first time.
Is there a way to filter for atmospheric pressure on EDSM? Didn't find an option under search for planets.
I've found a HMC which had an atmospheric pressure of 5.8 million. I know it's not the top 100 but I wanted to know how many of them were found by now.
I've found a HMC which had an atmospheric pressure of 5.8 million. I know it's not the top 100 but I wanted to know how many of them were found by now.
If I'm not mistaken they're somewhat common around very hot stars (class O, class B, etc.). I just stumbled over a few yesterday after adding class O stars to my filter (which is otherwise locked to brown dwarfs right now). They had pressures in the low millions, not as high as yours. I just remembered that I had actually come to the Empyrean Straits region to look for high-g worlds, not to sift through brownies. Kinda happened along the way somehow. So I re-added the hottest star class for a little variety, as there are a few within the brown dwarf layer as well.
Oh, and I'm sure you'll be able to find your very own orange giant soon enough.
Let's see what you'll pick for a target after that.
Oh, and I'm sure you'll be able to find your very own orange giant soon enough.
Let's see what you'll pick for a target after that.
If I'm not mistaken they're somewhat common around very hot stars (class O, class B, etc.). I just stumbled over a few yesterday after adding class O stars to my filter (which is otherwise locked to brown dwarfs right now). They had pressures in the low millions, not as high as yours. I just remembered that I had actually come to the Empyrean Straits region to look for high-g worlds, not to sift through brownies. Kinda happened along the way somehow. So I re-added the hottest star class for a little variety, as there are a few within the brown dwarf layer as well.
Oh, and I'm sure you'll be able to find your very own orange giant soon enough.
Let's see what you'll pick for a target after that.
Ah okay, good to know that cause I just started really checking for the planet features so I only have few experience with that.
Yeah, I already found one orange giant that wasn't discovered before
it was somewhere left to Rohini or something if I remember correctly. It was an accidental find as it was on my route. I just saw it when I charged my FSD for the system Ah okay, good to know that cause I just started really checking for the planet features so I only have few experience with that.
Yeah, I already found one orange giant that wasn't discovered before
I just grabbed first tag on a K Class Orange Giant where I am.
Congrats, Commander o7
A month into my third trip to Beagle Point and sadly I do tend to agree with the OP. The game is very generic and FSS on every fifth identikit system or so to reveal a handful of rocky bodies or ice worlds which even with FTD are worth booger all at the exploration data exchange. I would have at least welcomed a bit of variety and different colours as you pass through the various systems - the X games manage this along with lovely ambient music too (Getsu Fune, anyone).