A Puzzling Conundrum

gooddoc

gooddoc
I started off scanning everything, including Asteroids (which get you 0 credits when you sell the data). As time passed i slowly moved to scanning all objects except Asteroids & Ice/Rock worlds. This was due to time taken in getting to & scanning these objects against their 'worth'.

You can get good finds from the 'honk & go' group. I have 2 ELWs & 1 WW to my name in a system where the main Neutron Star had been tagged but the other planets left.

It's personal choice what you scan, depending on how much time you can spend in systems of 90+ objects around Suns 450LSs apart.
 

Sayyadina

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I tend to be somewhat cat-like in my explorations. Water Worlds and ELWs are always scans. Most times I skip Ice-balls usually with loud expletives uttered. I usually keep runs to outer systems limited to 50K LS. However, if I see something shiny, I'll go chase it.
 

Whiterose

Whiterose
SNaomiScott said:
I genuinely didn't mean any offense, so if I have offended I apologise. I was simply making an observation, and thanks to the replies of others can now see why and how things are the way they are.

Forgive me for wanting to understand.
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Just ignore the aggressive posters. They are not really welcome here as we are a frienfly bunch. Yes you are right, and I am guilty as charged. Sometimes I will scan a whole system, sometimes I wont. The beauty of being an explorer is there are no rules, you do what you like when you like. There are scimmers who only scan the star, completionists who scan everything, and those in between.
 

Jesters09

Jesters09
Some of those systems might be my fault.
In my early exploration days, I wasn't fully clued up on the scanners and devices available for exploration.
I was using the normal scanner and not even beepin the horn.
I use to fly around looking so see which speck didn't move like the rest. <----- I was the "edited due to work rhymes with rick and starts with a "P". Pin rick now edited to speck.
A system scan took ages.

My last CMDR went out 18K in a Hauler with only the standard range scanner and the detailed surface scanner to see if it would hinder profits in exploration.
Made 120 million so it didn't make much difference at all. I have since upgrade that ship to the ASP and the advanced scanner, I don't expect it to be too long to Elite.
 
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SMcA

SMcA
Jhyrryl said:
Don't mind the trolls. Asking questions is what the forums are for.

Go have fun exploring how you want to explore. As indicated, those wants are likely change over time for a variety of reasons, but it doesn't matter as long as you can continue to have fun.
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Best answer so far. Fun is what it is about.
But it seems to be human nature to find things to disagree about. The cause of wars in RL. Protestants and Catholics, Sunnis and Shia, Big Endians and little Endians. The list goes on.
It is not helped by the way a lot of people write. They use an absolutism where it sounds that "my view is the only true way and all else is heresy". It is mostly men who do this, I am forced to admit. We are used to being listened to even, no especially, when we are speaking rubbish. (Myself and present company excluded) :p

So endeth the sermon.:rolleyes:
 

PanicButton

PanicButton
SNaomiScott said:
If you truly are an explorer, and want to wear that badge with pride, shouldn't you be checking out every little thing along the way, even if it's something you've already seen a hundred, thousand or even tens of thousands of times before? Would a 'true' explorer just scoop up the cash cows and leave the rest alone? To my way of thinking, that sort of behaviour is more applicable to a trophy hunter than a real explorer.
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Scanning icy planets/moons get boring really really fast. Only got about 1400 systems under my belt, but there's no way you can convince me to travel an extra 4-5K Ls to scan those little marbles.

There are some exceptions...like BH systems or multiple ELW or WW systems. Systems like that will be scanned to the last speck of spacedust.
 

streki

streki
You don't get to Elite by scanning stuff that the Universal Cartographics guys don't want to pay for - the game mechanics therefore encourage players to cherry pick the most expensive bodies only (if rank progression is their motivation).

There's 400 billion stars though...plenty for everyone.
 
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Sapient6

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SNaomiScott said:
If you truly are an explorer, and want to wear that badge with pride, shouldn't you be checking out every little thing along the way, even if it's something you've already seen a hundred, thousand or even tens of thousands of times before? Would a 'true' explorer just scoop up the cash cows and leave the rest alone? To my way of thinking, that sort of behaviour is more applicable to a trophy hunter than a real explorer.
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Historically speaking, most explorers have been goal oriented. They set out looking for something in particular. Right now it sounds like your goal is "chart everything between here and there", and there's nothing wrong with that. I think that might be the most obvious exploration goal, so many of us started out that way (myself included). Eventually you're going to want to change that up. ;)
 

SNaomiScott

SNaomiScott
Thanks to everyone for the replies. It would appear that exploration is a multi-faceted career with as many ways of doing the work (and reaping the rewards) as there are CMDRs involved in the doing.

As I mentioned in an earlier reply, I'm currently planning on being one of those who scans every last little thing that exists in a system, credits be damned, but it wouldn't surprise me if at some point do I find myself bypassing those asteroid clusters and icy moons 'just because'...

Happy hunting to everyone, and maybe see you out in the black some time.
 
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