Greetings CMDRs!
I wanted to share an anecdote about the completion of my first long-term exploration mission. Spent the past 5 weeks or so travelling to the Colonia region and back. Did some sightseeing here and there but mainly it was to stretch the wings of my fully engineered Mandalay and engage in some serious exploration (focused on exobiology). With little exception, every system I mapped that had life, I stopped and scanned. Altogether I've submitted nearly 250 species, 157 of which were first logs from first footfalls (82 of them). With my exobiology rank now at Geneticist, my name is sufficiently splattered across the Galaxy map, haha! I made ~1.3B on the way out, but with a more focused and skilled mindset on the way back I made an additional ~3.2B. With 4.5B in the bank, now I have to decide whether to go after that fleet carrier, start colonizing, or just head back to Hutton and take all those earnings out in cash so I can Scrooge McDuck and get drunk on Centauri Mega.
All that is to say, I've had an absolute blast. I'm a biochemist and astronomy nerd so I also had plenty of nerdgasms along the way.
To FDev: Thanks for crafting an excellent experience. I'm delighted that there is new life being breathed into ED. I'd planned to wait until I got back and buy a Corsair with in-game credits but I feel like I want to better support the game after such a great time, so I'm going to purchase the Corsair with ARX instead. Though I have concerns about the fate of early access monetization practices and the risks posed, for the time being I'll trust you have your eyes wide open on those risks and are avoiding being tempted by the dark side. Make all of your decisions based on what's best for the players and the game experience and you can't go wrong.
See you in the black! o7
I wanted to share an anecdote about the completion of my first long-term exploration mission. Spent the past 5 weeks or so travelling to the Colonia region and back. Did some sightseeing here and there but mainly it was to stretch the wings of my fully engineered Mandalay and engage in some serious exploration (focused on exobiology). With little exception, every system I mapped that had life, I stopped and scanned. Altogether I've submitted nearly 250 species, 157 of which were first logs from first footfalls (82 of them). With my exobiology rank now at Geneticist, my name is sufficiently splattered across the Galaxy map, haha! I made ~1.3B on the way out, but with a more focused and skilled mindset on the way back I made an additional ~3.2B. With 4.5B in the bank, now I have to decide whether to go after that fleet carrier, start colonizing, or just head back to Hutton and take all those earnings out in cash so I can Scrooge McDuck and get drunk on Centauri Mega.
All that is to say, I've had an absolute blast. I'm a biochemist and astronomy nerd so I also had plenty of nerdgasms along the way.
To FDev: Thanks for crafting an excellent experience. I'm delighted that there is new life being breathed into ED. I'd planned to wait until I got back and buy a Corsair with in-game credits but I feel like I want to better support the game after such a great time, so I'm going to purchase the Corsair with ARX instead. Though I have concerns about the fate of early access monetization practices and the risks posed, for the time being I'll trust you have your eyes wide open on those risks and are avoiding being tempted by the dark side. Make all of your decisions based on what's best for the players and the game experience and you can't go wrong.
See you in the black! o7
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