I've got two problems with exobiology.
First, and least important, the payouts are quite small.
Second, and IMO much more important, the minigame doesn't actually encourage you to look at the plant! You basically ignore the pretty plant, covering it up with a bright green overlay half the time, and the ex-minigame the other half!
To fix both these issues, it would be cool if each species had their own credit multiplier. These would be listed in the Codex.
For example, certain species of Fungoida, Vista Genomics might want the LARGEST example you can find, and the bigger you get over average, the bigger the payout multiplier!
For a species of Osseus, by contrast, they might want the smallest one you can find, to study them in their juvenile state!
For Bacterium, they might want ones that are near many other bacterium bacterium bacterium bacterium bacterium, to study how they deal with competition!
With normally-denser ones like Tussock, they might want isolated ones, to study how they first begin to spread!
For particularly pretty ones, they might want examples that are in full bloom!
You get the idea. The best part about all of these is, they mean you need to look at the plants! And with exobiology, isn't that the whole point?
First, and least important, the payouts are quite small.
Second, and IMO much more important, the minigame doesn't actually encourage you to look at the plant! You basically ignore the pretty plant, covering it up with a bright green overlay half the time, and the ex-minigame the other half!
To fix both these issues, it would be cool if each species had their own credit multiplier. These would be listed in the Codex.
For example, certain species of Fungoida, Vista Genomics might want the LARGEST example you can find, and the bigger you get over average, the bigger the payout multiplier!
For a species of Osseus, by contrast, they might want the smallest one you can find, to study them in their juvenile state!
For Bacterium, they might want ones that are near many other bacterium bacterium bacterium bacterium bacterium, to study how they deal with competition!
With normally-denser ones like Tussock, they might want isolated ones, to study how they first begin to spread!
For particularly pretty ones, they might want examples that are in full bloom!
You get the idea. The best part about all of these is, they mean you need to look at the plants! And with exobiology, isn't that the whole point?
